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TALLAHASSEE, FL – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that a Duval County man has pleaded guilty to attempted lewd and lascivious molestation of a child under 12 and promoting the sexual performance of a child, both second-degree felonies. James Walker McSpadden was arrested in January after a tip […]

Violations that Put at Risk the Bonds’ Tax-Exempt Status Washington, D.C., September 28, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled enforcement actions against two California companies for their failure to disclose a fee agreement that created a risk to investors that interest on $650 million of

September 28, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Beijing – Property developers in China are set to experience some immediate improvements when the new PRC property law (“Property Law”) takes effect next Monday, but the longer-term impact of the law is still uncertain, according to international law firm Jones Day. The Partner leading

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael E. Yasofsky, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation; Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation; and Al Lamberti, Sheriff, Broward Sheriff’s Office, announced today that defendants Marc F. Desiderio

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Miami Field Office, Melody Jackson, Special Agent in Charge, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, Atlanta Regional Office, Anthony V.

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMS) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Apothecon, Inc., have agreed to pay over $515 million to resolve a broad array of civil allegations involving their drug marketing and pricing practices, United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan announced today. The settlement was announced today by Assistant Attorney

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that eight defendants, including a Capo in the Genovese Organized Crime Family, three Genovese Soldiers, and a Genovese associate who is the brotherin- law of the former Acting Boss of the Family, were sentenced

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Democrat John Edwards would like to focus his presidential campaign on change in Washington but Hillary Clinton keeps getting in the way. In challenging the front-runner, the former North Carolina senator inevitably finds his own political vision becomes secondary to his differences with Clinton, a New York senator and

LawFuel – Securities Newswire Commission Seeking Public Comment on Web-Based Program Aimed At Unregistered Soliciting Entities Washington, D.C., Sept. 26, 2007 – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a new Internet-based initiative to alert investors worldwide about problems with certain unregistered entities engaged in solicitations of securities transactions. By more immediately sharing information received

LawFuel – Securities Newswire Regional Brokers, Inc. Ordered to Pay $100,000 Penalty; Discount Munibrokers’ Broker-Dealer Registration Revoked Washington, D.C., Sept. 27, 2007 – The Securities and Exchange Commission today instituted settled enforcement actions against two broker-dealers and their CEOs for fraudulent auction practices in the municipal bond market. A supervisor at one of the firms