TALLAHASSEE, FL Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced the CyberFraud Section of his Economic Crimes Division has reached a settlement with Media Breakaway, LLC, a Colorado company that markets mobile content for cell phones. Building on earlier agreements with advertising networks, a mobile content provider and a major wireless carrier, todays agreement with Media Breakaway, […]
NEW YORK — December 19, 2008 — LawFuel – Legal Announcements – Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP is pleased to announce that Josh Dambacher, William H. Gussman and Jason S. Kaplan have been elected partners of the firm and that Scott A. Gold, Neil P. Horne, David J. Karp and Beate Krieger have been elevated
For Immediate Release: Opa-locka, Florida, December 19, 2008 — St. Andrew Missionary Baptist Church, 15000 Northwest 27th Ave, Opa-locka, in cooperation with the City of Opa-locka Police Department, Miami-Dade County, Florida Highway Patrol, along with other partnering agencies, churches and businesses, will host a Gun Buy Back Initiative on Saturday, December 20, 2008, from 10:00
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WASHINGTON (LAWFUEL) — The Internal Revenue Service today announced the selection of seven new members for the Information Reporting Program Advisory Committee (IRPAC). The appointees will join 27 returning members who are in the second year or third year of a three-year term. “IRPAC provides an important role in the tax administration process,” said IRS
ALBANY, NY (LAWFUEL) – After one of the largest worksite enforcement operations conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, IFCO headquartered in Houston, Texas has agreed to pay $20.7 million dollars in civil forfeitures and penalties over four years, for employing illegal alien workers at its plants. John P. Torres, Acting Assistant Secretary of Homeland
Bernie Madoff is a man of superlative accomplishments, albeit negative ones. He bilked thousands of hedge fund investors in a gargantuan and unprecedented $50 billion Ponzi scheme. He repeatedly evaded review by the SEC, as detailed in this Wall Street Journal article. So persuasive were Madoff’s techniques, that he managed to make all but one
WASHINGTON (LAWFUEL) — The Internal Revenue Service’s next Tax Talk Today program, “Getting Ready for Filing Season 2009 — Individual and Business,” will be Tuesday, Jan. 13, at 2 p.m. This special, 100-minute program will give tax preparers a head start on the 2009 filing season. The extended program will discuss updates to tax forms,
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(LAWFUEL) – Two Darwin residents were charged yesterday afternoon with drug related offences as a result of a joint operation involving the Australian Federal Police (AFP), Customs and Northern Territory Police. A 33-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman were charged with importing and possessing a border controlled drug contrary to the Criminal Code Act 995.
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BALTIMORE, MD December 18, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The Baltimore-based law firm Ober|Kaler announced today that it has added three new associates. Jackson Brent Boyd, Kyle E. Conklin, and Lisa D. Stevenson joined the firm in September as first-year associates and were formally admitted to practice in Maryland this month. Mr. Boyd practices in Ober|Kaler’s Litigation
Washington, D.C., Dec. 18, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged seven individuals and two companies involved in an insider trading ring, alleging that Matthew Devlin, a former registered representative at Lehman Brothers, Inc. in New York City, traded on and tipped his clients and friends with confidential, nonpublic information about 13
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