LawFuel.com – IT Law News – Baker & McKenzie was recognized as “Global Law Firm of the Year for Intellectual Property” at the Chambers Global Awards 2013. In identifying Baker & McKenzie as the best global Firm for IP, Chambers wrote, “This world-renowned firm has a phenomenal presence in the IP arena, with specialists stationed […]
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Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), today announced conspiracy and securities fraud charges against RAJARENGAN RAJARATNAM (“RENGAN RAJARATNAM”), a former portfolio manager at the hedge fund management firm Galleon
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Competition law is undergoing rapid changes. In Canada, the Competition Bureau is aggressively deploying its investigative and enforcement powers and is displaying a renewed readiness to litigate. As a result, both Canadian and global entities are finding merger reviews more onerous, competitive activities more closely scrutinized, and compliance programs and counselling more important than ever before.
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LawFuel.com – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that EDWIN MANSOUR, JR. was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 51 months in prison for his role in what is believed to be the largest known credit repair fraud scheme ever charged. His co-defendant, Denise Hudson was
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LawFuel.com – The US Law Newswire – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James T. Hayes, Jr., the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (“ICE”) Homeland Security Investigations (“HSI”), announced today the unsealing of a three-count Indictment
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RIVERSIDE, California – LawFuel.com – An Inland Empire man who molested at least three children, photographed the abuse and traded those images over the Internet with other pedophiles was sentenced this morning to 25 years in federal prison. Peter Ruiz, 33, of San Bernardino, who was described by prosecutors in court papers
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
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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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 – Global law firm Mayer Brown advised a consortium of banks on the issuance and placement of a EUR 500m Mortgage Pfandbrief of Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG due 18 March 2020. The EUR 500m Mortgage Pfandbrief issued on 18 March 2013 has a fixed interest rate of 1.50 per cent. p.a. The syndicate of banks
