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LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire (NEW YORK) September 5, 2007 – Heller Ehrman LLP has hired Suzanne Hawkins as its firmwide Chief of Practice Excellence. This newly created position will be responsible for the development, implementation and management of firmwide systems, processes and training to support and enhance the delivery of legal services to […]

Class Actions Lawsuit Newswire NEW YORK and SEATTLE, Sept. 5, 2007 — Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP and Keller Rohrback L.L.P. today filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court, Western District of Washington, on behalf of all persons who purchased the common stock of Jones Soda Company (“Jones Soda”

LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire SAN FRANCISCO – United States Attorney Scott N. Schools announced that Johnny Lee Tan was sentenced on August 30, 2007 to 18 months in prison for money laundering and that Kevin Pua was sentenced to a five-year term of probation for conspiracy. The convictions grew out of the men’s

LAWFUEL – US Law Newswire R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Julie Torres, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Joyce Dawley, Special Agent in Charge, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, and Ken Mascara, Sheriff, St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office, announced that defendant Derrick Cooper,

LAWFUEL – US Law Newswire R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Julie Torres, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, announced today that defendants Kurt D. Anderson and Leon D. Clarke were sentenced on robbery, carjacking and firearms charges. On July 6, 2007, a

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire Dear Editor: The August 25th Washington Post article “Terror Suspect List Yields Few Arrests” inaccurately described the work of the Terrorist Screening Center (TSC), one of the most significant success stories in the U.S. Government’s fight against terrorism. The TSC addressed pre-September 11th vulnerabilities by consolidating terrorist identity information into

LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Miller Alfano & Raspanti, one of Philadelphia’s commercial litigation boutique law firms, said Wednesday it will be splitting up, with name partners Gaetan Alfano and Marc Raspanti leading a 10-lawyer group that will be joining Pittsburgh-based Pietragallo Bosick & Gordon, BizJournals reports. Effective on or before Jan. 1,

LAWFUEL -The Legal Newswire – Tonight, coyer-than-thou Fred Dalton Thompson finally steps into the Republican race with ads on the always-friendly Fox News, a Leno appearance, a Webcast going live at midnight, and then a multi-state fly-around where he might actually talk with real people. At the moment, it’s unclear whether Thompson is the new

Greenhouse Update – 5 September 2007 In brief: In August, the Commonwealth Government introduced legislation to establish a national system for greenhouse and energy reporting by companies. This is seen as a necessary prerequisite to the introduction of an emissions trading scheme. The first reporting period will be the financial year commencing 1 July 2008.

Commission’s Crackdown on Financial Fraud Against Seniors Continues Washington, D.C., Sept. 5, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed charges stemming from a $428 million securities fraud that victimized thousands of seniors and other investors throughout the United States. The SEC’s action, filed in federal district court