LOS ANGELES – LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – The owner of Oxnard-based Haas Automation, Inc. was sentenced this afternoon to two years in federal prison for orchestrating a scheme in which tens of millions of dollars in bogus expenses were put on the company’s books in an attempt to avoid the payment of more than
NEW YORK – November 5, 2007 – LAWFUEL – US Litigation & Class Actions – Wolf Popper LLP has filed a class action lawsuit against Washington Mutual, Inc. (“Washington Mutual”) (NYSE: WM) and certain of its officers and directors in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, on behalf of
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LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Announcement Service – Holman Fenwick & Willan (HFW) is delighted to announce that Tan Lian Yok has joined the firm as a Partner in Singapore, whilst in Piraeus, Alexia Kleonakos has been elected to the Partnership. In addition Xavier Ribierre has joined the Paris Office as a consultant. Lian Yok,
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BURLINGTON, Mass.– LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire –iRobot Corp. (Nasdaq: IRBT) today announced that the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts has granted in part iRobot’s request for preliminary injunction in a lawsuit against former employee Jameel Ahed and his company, Robotic FX, Inc., prohibiting use of critical features incorporated in the design of
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LAWFUEL – Legal Jobs & Law Announcements – Associate Justice Minister Clayton Cosgrove has today announced the government’s decisions reforming real estate law, which include an end to the industry’s self-regulation and a range of new consumer protection measures such as an independent complaints body and compensation for people who are ripped off by agents.
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Arizona Heart Hospital Allegedly Billed Medicare For Non-Covered Procedures WASHINGTON – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Arizona Heart Hospital in Phoenix and two groups of doctors associated with the health care facility have agreed to pay the United States $6,720,412 to settle allegations that they improperly billed Medicare for non-covered procedures in which artificial
LAWFUEL -The Legal Announcement Service – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, John R. Large, Acting Special Agent in Charge, United States Secret Service, Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Henry Gutierrez, Inspector in Charge, United States Postal Inspection Service, and the members of
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Following revelations that an adviser and top fundraiser to Fred Thompson’s presidential campaign had a history as a drug dealer, bookie and reluctant taxpayer, that adviser resigned, according to a statement released by the Thompson campaign. An e-mailed statement from the campaign to reporters quoted Philip Martin as saying he had decided to step down
CHICAGO & NEW YORK – LAWFUEL – Legal Announcements, Law Jobs – For the second consecutive year, Institutional Investor’s Alpha Magazine has ranked Sidley Austin LLP (www.sidley.com) the number one legal adviser to the hedge fund industry among onshore law firms. Additionally, Sidley placed first in almost every sub-category, including “business planning,” “client service,” “hedge
November 5, 2007- LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – A California company represented by Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP scored a first-round knockout victory when a federal district judge in Los Angeles dismissed—with prejudice—a class action complaint alleging that it and several of its senior officers and directors had illegally “backdated” stock option grants.
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