Washington, D.C., Feb. 12, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged George Georgiou of Toronto, Ontario, with manipulating the market in four separate microcap stocks – Avicena Group, Inc., Neutron Enterprises, Inc., Hydrogen Hybrid Technologies, Inc., and Northern Ethanol, Inc. The SEC alleges that Georgiou, who controlled the publicly traded stock of […]

DENVER (LAWFUEL) – Jacob John Polick, age 35, of Thornton, Colorado, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge John L. Kane to serve 5 years probation for tampering with a consumer product by putting a syringe into a bag of potato chips. Judge Kane also ordered Polick to have no contact with the victim

Dark Days At Big Law LawFuel – The Law Jobs and News Wire . . Big US law firms are still doing the firing, but it’s not looking pretty The ‘AboveTheLaw’ blog has been doing the tallying, but the wreckage from the recession is taking its heaviest toll ever among the Big Law firms. –

New York — February 12, 2009 (LAWFUEL) — Hunton & Williams LLP is pleased to announce that nationally known litigator Edward F. Fernandes has joined the firm as a partner and will be resident in its Houston and Austin offices. “We are continuing to strategically expand our strong litigation practice both nationally and in Texas,

PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Dustin Owen Setoyant, 18, of Bapchule, Ariz. and a member of the Gila River Indian Tribe, was sentenced yesterday to 84 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Neil V. Wake. Setoyant pleaded guilty on October 29, 2008 to Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury and Using a Firearm During a

Washington, D.C., Feb. 11, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settlements with KBR, Inc. and Halliburton Co. to resolve SEC charges that KBR subsidiary Kellogg Brown & Root LLC bribed Nigerian government officials over a 10-year period, in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), in order to obtain construction

CHICAGO (LAWFUEL) – Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the United States, today announced that Judge Milton I. Shadur of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has ruled in favor of its client, the City of Chicago, in a trademark infringement case, Rudolfo

(LAWFUEL) – Clyde & Co LLP has been appointed to the legal advisor panel for the Dubai Holding group. Dubai Holding companies operate across a wide range of industries including hospitality, technology, communication, education, finance, real estate, healthcare, leisure and entertainment, industrial manufacturing, biotechnology, energy and telecommunications. Dubai Holding’s subsidiary companies include well known names

LawFuel – Legal Annoucnements – International law firm Eversheds has successfully secured a place on the global legal panel of Dubai Holding following a re-panelling exercise. The appointment means that Eversheds are able to advise all the group companies that are managed by Dubai Holding, including Dubai Properties Group, Jumeirah International, TECOM Investments, Dubai International