PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Salvador Vivas-Diaz, 50, of Mexico, charged in Superior Court earlier this week with the death of Phoenix Police Officer Shane Figueroa was charged today in U.S. District Court with Illegal Reentry after Deportation. Vivas-Diaz is currently in the Maricopa County Jail. A federal warrant was issued for his arrest in order for […]
DENVER (LAWFUEL) – Gordon Dale Sanchez, age 54, of Arvada, was sentenced this afternoon to serve 4 years probation for tax evasion, announced United States Attorney Troy A. Eid and Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Christopher M. Sigerson. The sentence was handed down by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Wiley Y.
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PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Frank Nicholas Pellegrino, 35, of Staten Island, New York, was sentenced on October 29, 2008 by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release. Pellegrino pleaded guilty on August 22, 2008. Pellegrino was charged with one count of Conspiracy to Possess with
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WASHINGTON (LAWFUEL) – Among the Department of Justice’s highest priorities are protecting voting rights and combating voter fraud. The Department’s Civil Rights Division enforces specific federal laws that help to ensure all qualified voters have an opportunity to cast their ballots and have them counted, while the Department’s Criminal Division oversees the nationwide enforcement of
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LONDON – LawFuel – Legal Announcements – Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced today that Richard Eaton, Chris Grew and Struan Penwarden have joined the firm as partners in its Corporate Group in London, together with three associates who work with them. The new partners join Orrick from Heller Ehrman, where they represented nearly a
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Four lawyers are set to guide Thelen’s wind-down. The three members of Thelen’s dissolution committee are David Graybeal, Douglas Davidson and Thomas Hill. The firm has also hired as outside counsel Peter Gilhuly, the Latham & Watkins bankruptcy partner who advised Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison on its dissolution half a decade ago. While the dissolution
Washington, D.C., Oct. 30, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission and the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) today announced they will waive the initial set-up and annual system fees paid by investment adviser firms to maintain the Investment Adviser Registration Depository (IARD) system. Separately, NASAA announced that for next year it will
Washington, D.C., Oct. 30, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged privately-held, registered broker-dealer Lazard Capital Markets LLC with failing to supervise three employees who collectively spent more than $600,000 while improperly entertaining traders at Fidelity Investments in an effort to generate brokerage business. The SEC also charged the three employees and
DENVER (LAWFUEL) – United States Attorney Troy Eid announced today that Assistant United States Attorney Thomas O’Rourke is his office’s contact person for the Department of Justice’s nationwide Election Day Program for the November 4, 2008 general election. O’Rourke was selected for this position before early voting began. As the District Election Officer for the
TUCSON, Ariz. (LAWFUEL) – Two individuals – including one wanted for homicide – were returned to Mexico earlier this month after federal extradition proceedings were concluded in U.S. District Court. Both fugitives had been apprehended in Arizona by Deputy U.S. Marshals. Efren Martinez-Valencia, a resident alien of the United States, was arrested in Tucson on
