LAWFUEL.COM – Legal Newswire Daily- Theodore Boutrous, Jr., of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Ted Boutrous had to wait more than a year, but he’s finally going to get another shot at reversing the largest class certification in history. Last Friday the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to reconsider en banc whether to uphold a

LawFuel.com – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that defendant Samuel Morejon was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Court Judge Marcia Cooke to 27 months in federal prison, to be followed by three years of supervised

LAWFUEL.COM – Legal Newswire – LEV L. DASSIN, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and JOSEPH M. DEMAREST, JR., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced today the indictment and arrest of PAUL GABRIEL AMOS in connection with an elaborate, internationally coordinated

NEW YORK–LAWFUEL.COM – Legal Newswire Service – NERA Economic Consulting, a leading global provider of economic advice and analysis in business, legal, and regulatory matters, announced today that Dr. Adam Borison has joined the firm as a Senior Economist and Leader of NERA’s Energy and Infrastructure Risk Advisory Group. Dr. Borison is an internationally recognized

Washington, D.C., Feb. 19, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today made the following statement regarding its enforcement action against Robert Allen Stanford: “At the request of the SEC, Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Richmond Division today located and identified Stanford Financial Group chairman Allen Stanford in the Fredericksburg, Va.,

Washington, D.C., Feb. 19, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary L. Schapiro announced today that former federal prosecutor Robert Khuzami has been named Director of the Division of Enforcement. Previously, Mr. Khuzami served as a federal prosecutor for 11 years with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New

The housing slowdown shows a major downturn for conveyancers LawFuel.co.nz – Legal Jobs & Law News – Figures released by the Real Estate Institute indicate something all conveyancing lawyers already knew – legal fees are way down. The REINZ figures show that real estate sales were the lowest they’ve been since 1992 last month, at

For the First Time in the Internet Era, Court Upholds Validity of Hot-News Misappropriation Claim by News Service; Finds That Claim Can Be Asserted Separately From Copyright Infringement (New York) February 19, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – DLA Piper announced today that it has obtained an important decision for The Associated Press, one of the world’s largest

PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Angel Mendoza-Romero, 40, of Mexico, pleaded guilty yesterday to Harboring Illegal Aliens For Financial Gain before U.S. Magistrate Judge Lawrence O. Anderson. Sentencing is set before U.S. District Judge James A. Teilborg on May 4, 2009. In the days leading up to December 30, 2008, Mendoza-Romero operated an alien smuggling business from