LawFuel.com – Legal Newswire – WASHINGTON, DC, April 21, 2009 — The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) has named John McMickle co-chair of its legislative committee. McMickle is a partner in Winston & Strawn LLP’s Washington, D.C. office and a member of the firm’s federal governmental relations and regulatory affairs practice group. The ABI is the […]

NEW YORK, April 21, 2009 (LAWFUEL) — Roy Jacobs & Associates is investigating potential shareholder claims in connection with Broadcom Corp.’s offer to purchase Emulex Corp. (NYSE:ELX) for $9.25 per share and Emulex apparent unwillingness to entertain the offer or seek to maximize shareholder value. Rather it has been reported that Emulex has adopted a

WASHINGTON (LAWFUEL) — National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson announced today that the Internal Revenue Service has awarded almost $9.5 million in matching grants to Low Income Taxpayer Clinics (LITCs) for the 2009 grant cycle. LITCs are organizations that represent low income taxpayers in federal tax controversies with the IRS for free or for a

PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Brian Guzman-Ochoa, 39, of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to one count of transportation of illegal aliens resulting in death. The charge is related to a vehicle rollover crash that occurred on August 7, 2008, near Florence, Ariz., resulting in the death of 10 passengers. Guzman-Ochoa admitted that

(LAWFUEL) – The Queensland Police Service (QPS) and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) with the assistance of the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service have today completed a six month operation targeting the manufacturing and trafficking of dangerous drugs throughout the North Coast, Southern and South Eastern areas of Queensland. The joint operation involved officers

Washington, D.C., April 22, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged New York-based investment adviser Hennessee Group LLC and its principal Charles J. Gradante with securities law violations for failing to perform their advertised review and analysis before recommending that their clients invest in the Bayou hedge funds that were later discovered

Any DUI criminal defense attorney in Los Angeles County will be the first to tell you that the police have been permitted to search the passenger compartment of vehicles and the Supreme Court has allowed it when an inhabitant of a vehicle was arrested. This began when New York v. Belton in 1981 began the

LawFuel.com – The Legal Workshop aims to revitalize legal scholarship STANFORD, Calif., April 21, 2009—A consortium of America’s most influential law reviews today launched The Legal Workshop (www.legalworkshop.org), a free, online magazine featuring articles based on legal scholarship published in the print editions of seven participating law reviews: Stanford Law Review, New York University Law

(LAWFUEL) – Peter J. Gluck, a partner at the prominent California law firm Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP, was recently recognized by the Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal as one of the Top 25 intellectual property portfolio managers and patent prosecutors in California. Gluck, who recently joined Luce Forward and is co-chairing

United States Attorney Southern District of New York FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE April 21, 2009 YUSILL SCRIBNER, REBEKAH CARMICHAEL, JANICE OH LawFuel.com – Legal PR Newswire – LEV L. DASSIN, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and MICHELE M. LEONHART, the Acting Administrator of the United