DENVER (LAWFUEL) – Dominic Eugene Hughes, age 33, of Weld County, was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Wiley Y. Daniel to serve 30 months in federal prison for failure to register as a sex offender, United States Attorney Troy Eid and U.S. Marshal Edward Zahren announced today. After his prison sentence, Hughes […]

DALLAS (LAWFUEL) – The 2009 officers for the Legal Marketing Association’s Dallas City Group have been announced. Lisa Whitley Coleman, Communications Manager, Gardere Wynne Sewell, LLP, has been elected as Chair. Ms. Coleman has worked in the legal marketing field for the past five years, after working for the proceeding five years covering the legal

(LAWFUEL) – A 45-year-old New Zealand citizen was arrested last night (23 December) in connection with an international music piracy ring. The man was arrested after arriving at Sydney Airport on a flight from Auckland. The investigation began in June 2007, after the Australian Federal Police (AFP) received a referral into allegations of music piracy

December 22, 2008 -LawFuel Legal Announcements – Chadbourne & Parke LLP has been selected as counsel to the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in the Tribune Co. Chapter 11 case. The Firm was chosen at a committee formation meeting of creditors on December 18. Tribune, owner of 25 TV stations and 12 newspapers, including the

LawFuel – LEV L. DASSIN, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that KOSTA KOVACHEV, formerly a registered broker with the National Association of Securities Dealers, was arrested last night on charges of conspiring with MARC DREIER in connection with the sale of fictitious promissory notes. KOVACHEV was arrested

LawFuel – Legal Newswire – LEV L. DASSIN, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and RONALD J. VERROCHIO, the Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the United States Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS”), announced the arrest today of BRYANT ISMAIL RODRIGUEZ, a/k/a Bryant Rodriguez, a/k/a Rubin Rodriguez, a/k/a Salvador

Washington, D.C., Dec. 23, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today approved temporary exemptions allowing LCH.Clearnet Ltd. to operate as a central counterparty for credit default swaps. Today’s action is an important step in stabilizing financial markets by reducing counterparty risk and helping to promote efficiency in the credit default swap market. “Today’s

PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Jamil Hanna Abdallah, 48, a U.S. citizen residing in Chandler, Ariz., was sentenced on Monday, December 22, 2008 by U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton to a term of probation of five years for Willfully Making and Subscribing a Materially False Tax Return. Abdallah was also fined $10,000. When Abdallah pleaded guilty

TUCSON, Ariz. (LAWFUEL) – Veronica Sanchez, 32, of Phoenix, was sentenced yesterday by Chief U.S. District Judge John M. Roll to a total of 37 months incarceration in two separate cases. Sanchez was sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for Conspiracy to Transport Illegal Aliens for Profit and 16 months (consecutive) for Identity Fraud,