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LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and James M. Foster, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) Miami Field Office, announced that defendant Gabriella Ferroni-Carli, of Port St. Lucie, was found guilty yesterday by a Fort Pierce jury after

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Chris Cillizza reports for the Washington Post on the GOP frontrunners. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani — the two leading candidates for the Republican presidential nomination — came under pointed criticism both from their rivals and from New Hampshire residents in

OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 6 LAWFUEL – The Class Actions Newswire — A class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington against Jones Soda Co. . The complaint alleges violations of federal securities laws, Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule

SINGAPORE–LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – September 6, 2007 – Lawyers, business people, academics and others have a new way to follow developments in the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The FCPA Blog, launched in August, describes itself as “News and Views About The United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.” One of the most talked about

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The ruling of a federal judge who struck down parts of the revised USA Patriot Act suggests that despite Congress’ attempts to put the Act on firmer constitutional ground, it still faces significant legal challenges. U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero ruled that investigators eventually must obtain a court’s approval

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The Mother of missing child Madeleine McCann is to be made a formal suspect in her disappearance, according to a McCann family spokesman. AFP reports that McCann arrived at the police headquarters in the town of Portimao at 11:10am (1010 GMT) where hundreds of journalists and onlookers were waiting

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that EDWARD GARAFOLA, a Soldier in the Gambino Organized Crime Family, was sentenced to 360 months’ imprisonment late yesterday on murder, murder conspiracy, and extortion charges. The sentence was imposed by United States

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Davis Polk & Wardwell today said that it is taking a major step forward in its previously announced plan to expand its French law practice with the arrival of Georges Terrier and Christophe Perchet as partners. Georges Terrier, who joins Davis Polk from Jeantet, a leading independent French law

lawfuel – The Legal Newswire – Proskauer Rose is set to open its London Mayfair office with former O’Melveny & Myers private equity chairman Matthew Hudson as head, The Lawyer reports. Hudson, who joined O’Melveny in 2004 as part of the firm’s strategy to rebuild its private equity practice, said the office will focus on

SANTA ANA, Calif. – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – A 64-year-old former contract employee for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is scheduled to make his initial appearance in federal court this afternoon on charges of engaging in illicit sexual contact with a boy while working for USAID in Bangladesh. William Newton Rudd,