Financial Advisers Allegedly Helped Clients Understate Taxes On Sales of Assets Worth More Than $1 Billion WASHINGTON – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The Justice Department announced today that it has asked a federal court in San Francisco to stop three firms and four men from promoting a tax scheme that the government alleges […]
In choosing his new attorney general, President Bush departed Monday from one of his more unshakable core values: the known commodity. Instead, the White House, seeking consensus over confrontation, tapped former New York federal judge Michael Mukasey to helm the troubled Justice Department. Mukasey, 66, would take over an agency that’s seen an exodus of
TUCSON, Ariz. – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Sassandra Guadalupe Moreno, 33, of Phoenix, was sentenced in Tucson to 15 months in prison by U.S. District Judge David C. Bury for Conspiracy to Transport an Illegal Alien for Profit. When Moreno pleaded guilty on June 26, 2007 she admitted that on April 30, 2007,
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire — Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on President Bush’s nomination of retired federal Judge Michael B. Mukasey for U.S. Attorney General: “The President today nominated a former federal judge with a distinguished career to be the next attorney general. “An Attorney General must be
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LAWFUEL – The US Legal Newswire – The owner and operator of the now-defunct downtown investment advisor firm C+ Capital Management, LLC was sentenced late this afternoon to 87 months in federal prison for bilking primarily Korean-American investors out of more than $28 million. Won Charlie Yi, 47, of Los Angeles, was sentenced by United
TORONTO (September 17, 2007) – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes), one of Canada’s leading business law firms, today announced that Paul Martel has joined its Montréal office as Special Corporate/Commercial Adviser. The Blakes Montréal office was established in September 2001, and in the ensuing six years, has grown
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Foundation Says Legislation, AB868, Will Delay or Prevent Fair Sales of Gasoline SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 17 LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire — The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights today asked Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to veto a bill now on his desk that would delay any remedy to the “hot fuel” rip- off of
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New York – September 17, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising EDO Corporation (EDO) in its definitive agreement with ITT Corporation (ITT) for ITT to purchase all outstanding shares of EDO for $56 per share in cash. Including approximately $120 million in debt and the conversion of
LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – LawFuel’s lead story – The highly publicized arrest of Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick has brought new attention to dogfighting from law enforcement officials and civilians. Vick pleaded guilty last month to bankrolling an interstate dogfighting operation, and he admitted participating in the killing of pit bulls.
The arrests of two Severna Park residents on dogfighting charges were unusual, but officials say they were not the first signs that the blood sport takes place in Anne Arundel County. Animal control officers occasionally pick up strays suffering from injuries, scars and other marks typical of dogfights, but when ownership is not clear, police
