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Leading Energy Litigator William Scherman Joins Gibson Dunn in Washington, D.C.

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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that William Scherman has joined the firm as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office.  Scherman, who was previously a partner with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and a former general counsel of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), will continue his energy litigation and […]

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Former Radio Personality and Funds Manager Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison in Investment Fraud Scheme that Cost Victims More Than $24 Million

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          LOS ANGELES – LawFuel.com – US Law News – A former investment fund manager and radio personality who admitted bilking investors out of millions of dollars by falsely promising to purchase corporate bonds backed by the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) was sentenced this afternoon to 120 months in federal prison.         John

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Former Chairman and CEO of West End Financial Advisors Gets Jail

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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 that WILLIAM LANDBERG, former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of West End Financial Advisors, LLC (“West End”), was sentenced today to 42 months in prison in connection with an

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Mayer Brown’s Tax Transactions & Consulting practice ranked in US and Paris by International Tax Review

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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

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Manhattan US Attorney Announces Criminal Division Appointments of Chiefs of Appeals

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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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Evonik Investors Sell Shares in Private Placement

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  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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Orange County Couple Sentenced to Prison in Federal Fraud Case for Bilking Seven Banks out of Nearly $5 Million

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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.

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Claims Administrator for Fraud Victims of Full Tilt Poker Appointed by US Attorney

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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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