March 5, 2013 (New York) – LawFuel.com – The law firm of Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP is pleased to announce that Martin J. Nilsen has rejoined the firm as counsel in the firm’s Insurance and Reinsurance Department in New York City. Nilsen has more than 35 years of experience in the insurance and financial services […]
LOS ANGELES – LawFuel.com – Two men and the import-export company they allegedly used to move millions of dollars linked to illegal activity from the United States to Mexico are scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon after being indicted on federal charges of operating an unlicensed money transmitting business and structuring cash transactions.
LawFuel.com – US Attorney News – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Toni Weirauch, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI”), and George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Federal Bureau of
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LOS ANGELES – LawFuel.com – A San Fernando Valley-based investment advisor was sentenced this afternoon to two years in federal prison for his role in an investment scheme in which he stole profits from trades executed on his clients’ behalf, depriving them of more than $900,000. Philip D. Horn, 51, of Tarzana,
In First-Ever Sentence of a Foreign Bank, Wegelin & Co. Ordered to Pay the United States Approximately $58 Million for Conspiring to Evade Taxes LawFuel.com – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Kathryn Keneally, the Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division of the Department of
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LawFuel.com – The seemingly increasing trend for judges to re-join the ranks of the bar or law firms after serving their time on the bench, often ending prematurely, is awakened again with the decision by a judge who ordered Apple to publish an apology to Samsung on its website joining a law firm involved in
Washington, DC – The global law firm Jones Day is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a Qualifying Foreign Law Practice (QFLP) licence, allowing the Firm to advise on Singapore law matters in permitted areas. The licencing application period took place in July and August of 2012, and 23 foreign law practices submitted
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Minneapolis-based international law firm Dorsey & Whitney is feeling good about 2013 – which is a nice change compared to many of their fellow travellers in the legal world. The surprise departure of former Managing Partner Marianne Short took the firm and many others by surprise. However the firm, with 19 international offices ranging from
LawFuel.com – International law firm Clifford Chance advised Royal Dutch Shell plc on its acquisition of part of Repsol S.A.´s LNG portfolio outside of North America for a cash consideration of US$4.4 billion. The transaction includes plant capacity and supply positions in Peru and Trinidad and Tobago, a 25 per cent stake in a power
LawFuel.com – US Law News – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that DONNA GUERIN, an attorney, was sentenced today to eight years in prison on conspiracy and tax evasion charges stemming from her work on the design, marketing, and implementation of fraudulent tax shelters that allowed
