New York, NY – November 6, 2008 – The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP today announced that it has formed a new structure for its Tokyo office (“Greenberg Traurig Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi Jimusho,” or Greenberg Traurig Registered Foreign Lawyers’ Office), for the purpose of better establishing a long-term and independent presence in this important […]

LawFuel – Led one of the most significant and prolific rulemaking periods in the Division’s history New York, November 6, 2008 – Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP is pleased to announce that John W. White, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Director of the Division of Corporation Finance, will be rejoining the Firm as a partner

NEW YORK, Nov. 6, 2008 (LAWFUEL) — Levi & Korsinsky (“L&K”) announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of all persons who purchased the common stock of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (“Cadence” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:CDNS) between April 23, 2008 and October 22, 2008 (the “Class Period”). The class action lawsuit

Washington, D.C., Nov. 6, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission has been selected to receive the Distinguished in Diversity Award by GAYLAW, the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Attorneys of Washington, in recognition of the agency’s commitment to diversity in the workplace. In a letter to SEC Chairman Christopher Cox, the organization’s co-presidents

Washington, D.C., Nov. 6, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved a plan that establishes a process for reserving, selecting, and allocating securities symbols. The exchanges that list securities and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) must join the plan within 60 days. “Securities symbols are a key element in the

DENVER (LAWFUEL) – Patrick Alan McCuaig, age 28, of Salida, Colorado, was sentenced this week to serve 92 months (over 7 and ½ years) in federal prison for bank robbery, United States Attorney Troy Eid and FBI Special Agent in Charge James Davis announced today. The sentence was pronounced by Senior U.S. District Court Judge

PHOENIX – Richard Steven Riess, 34, of Ontario, Canada, was found guilty of Perjury and False Claim of Citizenship today by a federal jury. The case was tried before U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton on November 4 and 5, 2008. Sentencing is set before Judge Bolton on February 2, 2009. The evidence at trial

DENVER (LAWFUEL) – Isaac Pena-Rascon, age 24, of Mesa County, Colorado, was sentenced earlier this week to serve 42 months (3 and ½ years) in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, United States Attorney Troy A. Eid and DEA Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey D. Sweetin announced.

LawFuel – Law Newswire – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Ivan Vikin, Acting Special Agent in Charge, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency – Criminal Investigation Division, Amie R. Tanchak, Resident Agent in Charge, Department of Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS), Southeast Field Office, Ferdinand Vazquez, Resident Agent in