A federal judge’s ruling in Los Angeles is getting attention among corporate lawyers because it suggests they need to issue more explicit warnings during internal company investigations that they don’t represent individual employees.

A federal judge’s ruling in Los Angeles is getting attention among corporate lawyers because it suggests they need to issue more explicit warnings during internal company investigations that they don’t represent individual employees. The ruling earlier this month by U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney threw out portions of the government’s criminal case against a former […]

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SEC Announces 100% Return of Funds to Defrauded Concorde America and Absolute Health Investors

Washington, D.C., April 14, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – Investors who were defrauded by schemes involving Concorde America, Inc. and Absolute Health and Fitness, Inc. will be receiving all of their money back due to the efforts of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The checks, which will be distributed beginning as early as April 15, will total

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Statement by Acting U.S. Attorney David Gaouette Regarding Joseph Nacchio Reporting to Prison

“This morning former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio reported to prison at FCI Schuylkill, Satellite Camp, in Minersville, Pennsylvania. On April 19, 2007, a jury found Nacchio guilty of 19 counts of insider trading. Nacchio was sentenced to prison by a federal judge on July 27, 2007. Thanks to the hard work of federal prosecutors, including

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SEC Charges 7 Chruch Leaders in Fraudulent Investment Scheme that Targeting Parishioners

Washington, D.C., April ­14, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged seven leading members of a church in Queens, N.Y. for orchestrating a fraudulent investment scheme that targeted mostly elderly parishioners. The seven individuals defrauded investors of more than $12 million by making numerous misrepresentations, including promises of returns as high as

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Tribute for Legal Eagle as UM School of Law Embarks with New Dean, Chair

(LAWFUEL) – “To Soia, theory and craft were intertwined and essential concepts of the process of learning to become an artist in law. She envisioned the intellectual side of the art of law as emanating from and being directly responsive to the technical skills of the lawyer. Solid law training, therefore, must consist of a

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8 Charged in Scheme to Smuggle Semi-Automatic Rifles to Mexico – 1 Fugitive Remains a Large

PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – A federal grand jury in Phoenix returned a 7-count superseding indictment on March 31, 2009, charging several individuals with conspiring together to transport semi-automatic weapons to Mexico. Based on an investigation headed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, several are also charged with making false statements regarding purchases of firearms from federally

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SEC Charges California Promoter for Operating Ponzi Scheme Targeting Hispanic-American Community

Washington, D.C., April 13, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged an El Segundo, Calif.-based promoter and her firm for operating a $23 million Ponzi scheme that purported to use investor funds to invest in risk-free, high-yield investment programs involving bank trading, oil and gold exploration, or real estate. The SEC alleges

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Former Bank of Durango Executives Plead Guilty to Tax Evasion

DENVER (LAWFUEL) – Cheryl McMillan, age 56, and Marion McMillan, age 61, who reside in Kansas, pled guilty late last week before U.S. District Court Judge Christine M. Arguello to tax evasion charges, Acting United States Attorney David Gaouette and the Special Agent in Charge of the IRS Criminal Investigation Denver Field Office Christopher Sigerson

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