WASHINGTON, DC (LAWFUEL) – December 18, 2008 – O’Melveny & Myers LLP is pleased to announce that 15 new partners will be admitted to the Firm, effective February 1, 2009. Members of the 2009 partner class are: Stephen D. Brody (Washington, DC), Nathan G. Bush (Beijing), Winston Chang (Newport Beach), Peter Chen (Hong Kong), Brian […]

Tokyo, 18 December 2008 – LawFuel – Legal Announcements Service – International law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP (Orrick) has advised Dentsu Inc. (Dentsu), one of the world’s largest advertising agencies, which is based in Japan, in creating a joint venture advertising agency based in Moscow, Russia. Completed on 12 December, 2008, the new

WASHINGTON (LAWFUEL) — The IRS has placed its comprehensive tax guide for individuals on IRS.gov, updating it for tax year 2008. The updated on-line version of IRS Publication 17, “Your Federal Income Tax,” contains more than 900 interactive links. Publication 17 has been updated with important changes for 2008, including information on the new recovery

PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Darrell Forest May, 58, of Phoenix, was sentenced here on Monday, December 15, 2008, by U.S. District Judge Earl H. Carroll to five years probation and a $20,000 fine. May pleaded guilty on October 29, 2007 to Tax Evasion. Between July 2000 and December 2005, May attempted to evade the payment of

Washington, D.C., Dec. 17, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today approved a new rule to help protect seniors and other investors from fraudulent and abusive practices that can occur in the sale of equity-indexed annuities. Equity-indexed annuities, first introduced in the mid-1990s, have grown significantly over the years. In 2004 alone, sales

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, Miami Division, and Betty N. Stewart, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division, announced that defendants Vincent F. Artuso, John Vincent Artuso, Gregory

LawFuel – Legal Announcement Service – Ron Paul’s letter to supporters asks where the money went? “The Founders’ inspired vision of limited government has been kept alive by the hard work and generosity of Americans who truly cherish individual Liberty… average people like you and me. In the toughest times… times like we are facing

DENVER (LAWFUEL) – Yong Gates, age 70, of Houston, Texas, pled guilty yesterday before U.S. District Court Judge Marcia S. Krieger to structuring prostitution proceeds, Troy A. Eid, U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado, Christopher M. Sigerson, Special Agent in Charge, IRS Criminal Investigation, and Jeffrey Copp, Special Agent in Charge, Immigration and Customs