This case is going to bring new meaning to the “Glue Stic” product. For a Wisconsin man, one evening started out like a happy dream. The AP reports:

A married eastern Wisconsin man thought he was going to a motel for a little romance with one of his handful of lovers. She allegedly played along and suggested he be tied up and blindfolded for a massage, according to court documents.But it ended up so horribly wrong: But four women eventually showed up to […]

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Three Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Illegally Exporting Highly Sensitive U.S. Technology to China

LawFuel.com – 05 August, 2009 – LOS ANGELES – In two separate cases, three men have been sentenced to federal prison for attempting to transport sensitive and advanced U.S. technology to the People’s Republic of China. Two men were sentenced yesterday, and another man linked to one of the schemes was sentenced last week to

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Man Killed Today After Crashing his Truck Near Pleasant Hill Bart Station

August 4, 2009 (by Horatio Algren) A truck crash near the Pleasant Hill Bart Station fatally injured a 60 year old man. According to the California Highway Patrol Officer Tom Maguire, the accident occurred at approximately 4:50 p.m. in the vicinity of Jones Road traveling toward Treat Boulevard, when the 1997 Chevrolet 1500 pickup he

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North Hollywood Man Faces 10 Years in Federal Prison for Filing False Claims with the IRS

LawFuel.com – 05 August, 2009 – Los Angeles – Yesterday afternoon, in United States District Court in Los Angeles, a North Hollywood man pleaded guilty to being involved in a conspiracy to defraud the United States with respect to claims, in violation of Title 18, United States Code section 286. Sigbirt Adler, of North Hollywood,

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State Employee Who Inspected Rehab Clinics Indicted on Corruption Charges for Allegedly Taking Cash Bribes

LawFuel – 05 August 2009 – LOS ANGELES – An employee of the California agency charged with coordinating alcohol and drug abuse programs across the state was indicted today on federal corruption charges for allegedly demanding more than $100,000 in bribes from the owners of two rehabilitation clinics that were seeking state certifications. Gary Eugene

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Will it be long before we see outside ownership of law firms in the U.K.? Perhaps just a couple of years, reports Bloomberg, in a story out today.

In 2007, the U.K. changed its rules on law-firm ownership. Starting in 2011, when the new rules go into effect, firms will be allowed to accept outside investments. According to Bloomberg, three private equity funds — Fleming Family & Partners Ltd., Phoenix Equity Partners Ltd. and Lyceum Capital Partners LLP — are considering investing in

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Glendale Man Sentenced to Over 7 Years in Federal Prison for Running $14 Million Ponzi Scheme

LawFuel.com – 04 August, 2009 – A Glendale man was sentenced today to 87 months in federal prison for orchestrating a $14 million Ponzi scheme, one of the three frauds that led him to plead guilty in three separate cases earlier this year. Antoine David Haroutunian, 47, was sentenced today by United States District Judge

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Chadbourne Represented Terra-Gen Power in Wind Turbine Financing Deal Turbines Set for First Phase of Alta Wind Energy Center, One of Largest Ever Wind Farms

LawFuel.com – August 04, 2009 – Chadbourne & Parke LLP represented Terra-Gen Power, LLC in a $115 million initial funding of a $140 million financing used to fund the purchase of 100 General Electric 1.5 megawatt wind turbines. The turbines will be deployed in the first phase of Terra-Gen’s Alta Wind Energy Center, located in

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New York Rabbi Pleads Guilty to Scheme to Defraud I.R.S

LawFuel.com – August 04, 2009 – LOS ANGELES – The Grand Rabbi of Spinka, a religious group within Orthodox Judaism, pleaded guilty this morning to a criminal conspiracy charge, admitting that he worked with others to obstruct the Internal Revenue Service by soliciting charitable donations with secret promises to refund donors the vast majority of

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