Coral Gables, FL (March 2, 2009 – LAWFUEL) – This past February, second-year University of Miami School of Law student Madeleine “Mady” Mannello was elected president of the Florida Bar’s newly-established Law Student Division (LSD). She was elected by representatives from 10 Florida law schools, beating out students from Florida Coastal School of Law and

Asia (LAWFUEL) – DLA Piper today announced that it advised the Government of the Republic of Indonesia (the “Republic”) on its successful offering of US$3.0 billion of medium-term notes, the country’s largest ever U.S. dollar-denominated bond sale. Southeast Asia’s largest economy sold US$2.0 billion of 10-year notes, with a yield of 11.75%, and US$1.0 billion

The use of hormones in weight loss has been little explained but it plays a fundamental role in weight loss, as Susie Whitney explains in her new blog – BurnFatPlan Fat burning “breakthroughs” are a dime a dozen. New programs emerge as quickly as new food products put on supermarket shelves to tempt us. Well,

WASHINGTON (LAWFUEL) – Miguel Caro Quintero, the alleged former leader of the now-defunct Sonora Cartel, was extradited by the government of Mexico to the United States on Feb. 25, 2009, the Justice Department announced today. Miguel Caro Quintero arrived in the United States yesterday and has been transferred to the District of Colorado to face

LawFuel.com – In just over seven years, the Blakes Montréal office has grown from three lawyers to more than 60! MONTRÉAL (February 27, 2009) – Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes), one of Canada’s leading business law firms, today announced the addition of four new partners in Montréal: Yvon Martineau, Réal A. Forest, Peter Villani,

LAWFUEL.COM Rodrigo Molina, 33, a Brazilian national who resided in Miami, was found guilty by a federal jury on 11 of 16 charged counts related to a $13.5 million money laundering conspiracy, Acting Assistant Attorney General Rita M. Glavin of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta of the Southern District of Florida

LAWFUEL.COM – Scams Led to Approximately $46 Million in Losses to Lender A former Alhambra-based CPA who was involved in several elaborate schemes that defrauded HSBC Business Credit (USA) out of approximately $46 million through a series of fraudulently obtained credit lines was sentenced today to 2½ years in federal prison. Richard Po-Chun Wong, 59,

ATLANTA (February 27 – LAWFUEL) — Kilpatrick Stockton announced today that Paul Rosenblatt, Partner in the firm’s Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring Team, will be a featured panelist at the Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal 2009 Symposium at Emory Law School on March 5. The sixth annual symposium provides practical and timely topics on both consumer and

LAWFUEL.COM – Legal Announcement Service SAN FRANCISCO (February 27, 2009) – Morrison & Foerster LLP is pleased to announce that Michael A. Stallman has joined the firm as Of Counsel in the IP Group, resident in the San Francisco office. Stallman’s practice focuses on patent evaluation and due diligence investigations, strategic planning, licensing and litigation.