Today Richard M. Steingard joins Sheppard Mullin Richter and Hampton LLP as special counsel to head the Los Angeles office’s White Collar and Civil Fraud Defense practice. Steingard has exclusively practiced criminal defense for 25 years and joins the firm after 17 years of a solo practice in Los Angeles. Steingard’s criminal trial and appellate […]
LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Special agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation this morning arrested a Burbank man on charges of defrauding a North Carolina man out of more than $8.7 million through a bogus investment scheme. Thomas Mitchell Johnson, 53, a former member of the boards of directors of the Beverly Hills
LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The Immigration Minister is not convinced Ali Panah will be put to death if he goes home to Iran, TVNZ reports. David Cunliffe says the Refugee Status Appeals Authority has rejected a string of applications from Panah, saying there were just too many inconsistencies in his story. “We do
LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The Law Council of Australia says Fiji no longer has a functioning judicial system, after the resignation of six expatriate judges on the country’s court of appeal. Former New Zealand Chief Justice Sir Thomas Eichelbaum says it is clear he and the five other judges are no longer wanted
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LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Defending the rule of law in the face of global terrorism, political instability and the expanding powers of government is one of the greatest challenges facing the legal profession today, Law Council President Tim Bugg said on the eve of an inaugural conference showcasing this topic. Some of the
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LawFuel – The Legal Newswire – A company receiver from the United States is optimistic about extracting money after the failure of a partnership formed to run Auckland’s new Vector Arena, the NZ Herald reports. Michael Goldberg, the Florida-based receiver of Worldwide Entertainment, said he believed he could get at least some of the failed
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The plaintiff in a long-running trademark infringement lawsuit against Google Inc agreed on Friday to drop its case targeting the Web search advertising leader’s core business, according to court filings. American Blind & Wallpaper Factory Inc., a reseller of window blinds, had charged that Google abuses trademarks by allowing rivals of the company to buy
FRANKFURT, GERMANY– LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – September 4, 2007 – King & Spalding, a leading international law firm, announced today that it has opened an office in Frankfurt, Germany, further expanding its international footprint to four offices outside the United States, to respond to growing client demand in the areas of real
~Event will launch statewide educational cybersafety program~ Who: Attorney General Bill McCollum What: CyberSafety Media Event When: Wednesday, September 5th from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Where: Rampello Downtown Partnership School, Tampa Contact: Jenny Nash/850.544.0880 Jenny.Nash@myfloridalegal.com To view the event via webcast please visit: mms://150.176.6.97/sboe56 or follow the link located at www.myfloridalegal.com
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LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has obtained orders in the Supreme Court of Victoria to wind up four companies, Business Strategies No 5 Fund Limited, Business Strategies No 6 Fund Pty Ltd, Paraville Pty Ltd and Dingley Developments Pty Ltd, (the Group) on just and equitable grounds.
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