April 3, 2009 (Mountain View, CA – LAWFUEL) – Fenwick & West LLP is pleased to announce the firm’s recent ranking by Bloomberg as the #8 U.S. M&A legal advisor, based on volume of transactions, for Q1 2009. In addition, Fenwick also received top advisor rankings by Bloomberg: § #11 as U.S. M&A legal advisor, […]

PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – The former owners and operators of a Phoenix business have admitted in federal court that they conspired to defraud health care benefit programs of approximately $180,000. Roel Hernandez, 38, of Scottsdale, Ariz., and Jose Marroquin, 56, of southern Calif., each entered a guilty plea to one count of Conspiracy to Commit Health

WASHINGTON (LAWFUEL) — Victims of severe flooding in Minnesota and North Dakota have an extra 30 days, until May 15, to file their 2008 individual tax returns and pay any taxes due, the Internal Revenue Service announced today. Because the flooding has occurred within close proximity to April 15 –– the nation’s tax day and

LawFuel – Briefcase Blog – John Bowie – If lawyers are logical beings then it seems to defy logic to understand why law school rolls should be increasing markedly both here and overseas when jobs are diminishing faster than the Antartic. The answer, presumably, is that people are taking refuge from the recession in law

U.S. Sues 32 Individuals, Alleging $30 Million Tax Credit Scam Based on Sham Sales from Non-Existent Methane Production Facilities at Landfills Florida-Based Promoters Allegedly Used Tax Preparers to Sell Scheme to Customers Across the Country WASHINGTON – LawFuel.com – Legal Newswire – The United States has sued four Certified Public Accounts (CPA), 27 tax preparers

LAWFUEL.com – Legal Newswire Nora R. Dannehy, Acting United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that STUART WAX, 51, of the Beverlywood section of Los Angeles, pleaded guilty today before Senior United States District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to one count of making a false statement in an export control

LawFuel.com – Legal Newswire FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE April 2, 2009 YUSILL SCRIBNER, LEV L. DASSIN, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the seizures yesterday of a multimillion dollar waterfront home in Palm Beach, Florida, and three vessels (the 55′ yacht Bull in Broward County,

Washington, D.C., April 1, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today halted a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme and froze the assets of the Long Island-based investment adviser operating it. The SEC alleges that Edward T. Stein preyed upon long-time friends and acquaintances to move more than $55 million through the accounts of his

LawFuel.com – The former bookkeeper of the International Longshoremen’s & Warehousemen’s Union (ILWU), Local 26, was found guilty today of federal charges of embezzling union funds, with the evidence showing that she stole more than $100,000 from the union. Rosa Della Porta, 44, of Highland Park, was found guilty following a 6½-day trial of one