Lawfuel.com – Global Law News Service – Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, announced that the firm’s Tax Transactions & Consulting practice was ranked as a tier one tax transactional firm in North America and tier two in France in International Tax Review’s (ITR) 2013 “World’s Leading Transactional Firms Survey,” a comprehensive guide to …
LawFuel.com – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that TAI NGUYEN was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to one year and one day in prison for conspiring to commit securities fraud and wire fraud in connection with an insider trading scheme in which NGUYEN, the president …
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LawFuel.com – UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE Southern District of New York Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the appointment of Michael A. Levy as Chief of the Appeals Unit. Mr. Levy will replace Katherine P. Failla, who was recently confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve …
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Yale Law School takes the top position in the latest US News and World report rankings, a list that has stirred controversy and debate in recent times. The US News rankings displayed relatively few changes in the top 10 positions, although it was lower down the law school rankings where major changes occurred. In the …
LawFuel.com – Skadden represented a group of more than two dozen institutional investors in connection with a global private placement of shares representing approximately 12 percent of the share capital of German specialty chemicals maker Evonik Industries AG. This private placement, which closed on March 12, constitutes the largest-ever pre-IPO capital markets financing in …
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LawFuel.com – SANTA ANA, California – A husband and wife from Newport Coast have been sentenced to federal prison for defrauding a consortium of seven banks, including Bank of America, in connection with a $130 million line of credit. Thomas Chia Fu, 64, was sentenced yesterday to 21 months in federal prison. …
LawFuel.com Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that the United States has retained the Garden City Group (“GCG”) to serve as Claims Administrator to oversee the process of compensating eligible victims of the fraud committed by Full Tilt Poker against United States players that was set …
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LawFuel.com – US Law News – UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE Southern District of New York U.S. ATTORNEY PREET BHARARA Marcel Acevedo Sarmiento Was Prosecuted As Part of “Operation Relentless,” an International Joint Undercover Operation Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MARCEL ACEVEDO SARMIENTO was sentenced today …
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It’s one of the largest class action lawsuits ever in New Zealand and it’s targeted the country’s Australian-owned banks who, the lawyers claim, have ripped off kiwi banking clients to the tune of over $1 billion. The action, which is fronted by Australian-based Slater & Gordon and also assisted by litigation funding outfit Litigation Lending …
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MIDLAND, Texas, March 12, 2013 LawFuel.com — Burleson LLP, the largest law firm in the country devoted specifically to the oil and gas industry, announced today that attorney Pat Long Weaver has joined the firm’s Midland location. The addition further strengthens Burleson’s litigation capabilities and underscores its commitment to delivering the most seasoned, energy-specific legal …
