LawFuel – Legal Newswire – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Christopher B. Dennis, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General, Miami Regional Office, announced today that defendant

DENVER (LAWFUEL) – James D. Caban, age 48, of Northglenn, Colorado, a former federal prison correctional officer, was sentenced last week by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Wiley Y. Daniel to serve 12 months and 1 day in prison for accepting a bribe as a public official. After serving his prison sentence, Caban must serve

(LAWFUEL) – A 40-year-old Victorian man will face Melbourne Magistrates Court this morning after an alleged attempt to smuggle narcotics into Australia. Customs and Border Protection officers at Melbourne International Airport selected the man, from Mill Park, for a baggage examination after he arrived on a flight from Vietnam yesterday (Tuesday 3 February). During the

(LAWFUEL) – Timothy Gutierrez, age 20, of Cortez, Colorado, appeared yesterday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Durango, before U.S. Magistrate Judge David West, for arraignment and a detention hearing. Gutierrez entered the pro-forma plea of not guilty. Magistrate Judge West then found that Gutierrez is a danger to the community, and thus ordered him

LawFuel Blogs – John Bowie – Briefcase Blog – What will they do to Vince Siemer? After being imprisoned, fined, held in contempt, sued and bankrupted Siemer’s protagonist Michael Stiassny and the judicial system must want nothing better than to wash their hands of the American litigant once and for all. Before Christmas, Cooper J

NEW YORK, February 2, 2009 – Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced today the admission of 13 lawyers to the partnership, effective January 1, 2009. A group of associates and of counsels are admitted to the partnership each year. Orrick currently has 415 partners, including the partners announced today. Orrick will name two additional partners

LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – LEV L. DASSIN, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and JOSEPH M. DEMAREST, JR., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) announced that ROBERT SCHARFF was arrested today and presented before United States Magistrate Judge

WASHINGTON – LawFuel – Legal Newswire – The former finance director of an Orange County, Calif.-based valve company pleaded guilty today in connection with his role in a conspiracy to pay approximately $628,000 in bribes to numerous foreign government officials, Acting Assistant Attorney General Rita M. Glavin of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Thomas P.