SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION SUSPENDS TRADING OF THE SECURITIES OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS VENTURES GROUP, INC. BECAUSE OF QUESTIONS REGARDING THE ACCURACY OF STATEMENTS MADE TO THE PUBLIC (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the temporary suspension, pursuant to Section 12(k) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), of trading of […]

IRS Employees More Flexible, More Cost Effective WASHINGTON (LAWFUEL) — After conducting an extensive review of the private debt collection program, including the cost effectiveness of the effort, the Internal Revenue Service will not renew its contracts with two private debt collection agencies, the agency announced today. The IRS determined that the work is best

(LAWFUEL) – On March 5, 2009, U.S. District Court Judge David C. Godbey issued an order at the request of Stanford court-appointed receiver Ralph S. Janvey unfreezing approximately 12,000 Stanford investor accounts held at Pershing LLC. The court’s order applies to customer accounts valued at $250,000 or less as of month-end February 2009, and is

DALLAS (LAWFUEL) – Attorney David Segrest, a partner in the Dallas office of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, was given the 2009 Distinguished Alumnus Award by the Texas Tech University School of Law. Mr. Segrest, who was in the law school’s first graduating class, was honored at the annual Texas Tech University School of Law Gala

LAWFUEL.COM – Legal Announcements – March 4, 2009 Davis Polk & Wardwell is advising Ford Motor Company on its debt restructuring plans announced earlier today, including a conversion offer for any and all of its outstanding convertible debt and tender offers by Ford Motor Credit Company for Ford’s outstanding unsecured bonds and senior secured term

LAWFUEL.COM – Legal Newswire March 04, 2009 Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Dan Mummery has joined the firm’s Palo Alto office as a partner. Mummery will continue to focus his law practice on complex outsourcing and technology transactions. “Dan enjoys a very strong reputation in the outsourcing community. He will

March 5, 2009 (by Otto Smyth) According to reports by car accident lawyers, authorities in Jones Count North Carolina and Marine Corps Captain Clark Carpenter at least 13 Marines were injured this morning in a bus crash while on their way to Norfolk Virginia. The Marines that were traveling from Camp Lajeune on three tour

LawFuel.com R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Eddie McKissick, Resident Agent in Charge, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and H. Jeff Radonski, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office For Law Enforcement, announced that Edward Saul Arias Ducker, 40, a Honduran national, has been

Washington, D.C., March 5, 2009 (LAWFUEL)- Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary L. Schapiro announced today that the agency is moving to improve the handling of whistleblower complaints and enforcement tips in order to better protect investors. The SEC has enlisted the services of the Center for Enterprise Modernization, a federally funded research and development