New York – April 24, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising HarbourVest Partners, LLC in connection with the formation of Dover Street VII L.P., a $2.9 billion global secondary fund. Dover VII makes secondary investments in venture capital, leveraged buyout, and other private equity assets, as well as portfolios of operating companies. […]

DENVER (LAWFUEL) – Eric Richfield Majors, age 39, formerly of Colorado Springs, Colorado, pled guilty on April 17, 2009, before U.S. District Court Judge John L. Kane to conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Acting United States Attorney David Gaouette, Special Agent in Charge of

Washington, D.C., April 24, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission will hold a roundtable on May 5 beginning at 10 a.m. ET to further discuss whether short sale price test restrictions or short sale circuit breakers should be adopted. The Commission voted unanimously on April 8 to propose two approaches to restrictions on

LawFuel – April 24 2009 Davis Polk & Wardwell is advising BearingPoint, Inc. in connection with its sale to PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP of a significant portion of its North American Commercial Services business and associated global development centers in China and India for $25 million. The transaction includes a sale of BearingPoint’s entire equity interest in

Croshaw receives real estate recognition from GlobeSt.com and Real Estate Forum SAN FRANCISCO (April 23, 2009 – LAWFUEL) – Cathy L. Croshaw, Partner at Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP, has been recognized by GlobeSt.com and Real Estate Forum as one of Northern California’s Commercial Real Estate (CRE) “Women of Influence” for 2009. Croshaw, a

April 23, 2009 (by Otto Smyth) According to reports by commuter bus injury lawyers in Los Angeles County, a commuter bus on U.S. Highway 101 caught fire north of Los Angeles. The Commuter Express bus was approximately 12 miles north of Los Angeles in Calabasas. When the driver saw smoke coming from the rear of

LawFuel.com Washington, D.C. (April 23, 2009) – Sidley Austin LLP has announced that long-term House of Representatives public health lawyer Peter M. Goodloe has joined the firm as a counsel in the FDA, Healthcare, and Public Policy and Government Affairs practices. Mr. Goodloe will focus his practice on food, drug, device, healthcare, and other public

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