NEW YORK, Oct. 17, 2008 (LAWFUEL) — The Brualdi Law Firm, P.C. announces that a lawsuit has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of purchasers who purchased the common stock of Cano Petroleum, Inc. (“Cano” or the “Company”) (AMEX:CFW) issued pursuant to a registration […]

(LAWFUEL) – Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps today announced partners Carl B. Johnson and Dan Titelbaum, both previously practicing at Heller Ehrman, have joined the California law firm as it continues to build its San Francisco office. Johnson will augment the firm’s leading real estate practice, while Titelbaum will be a part of Luce Forward’s

WASHINGTON (LAWFUEL) — Jerry Mason, of Frankfort, S.D., pleaded guilty today and was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Denver for a false statement he provided to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in an attempt to illegally import a leopard hide and skull from a trophy hunt in South Africa, the Justice Department

DENVER (LAWFUEL) – Superior Medical Supply, Incorporated, of Westminster, Colorado, has agreed to settle allegations of improperly controlling controlled substances, and not filing required reports with the Drug Enforcement Administration, the United States Department of Justice announced today. The agreement calls for Superior Medical Supply to pay $200,000 in civil penalties to the United States

WASHINGTON (LAWFUEL) — Senior law professors from The George Washington University Law School will join with officials from the Treasury Department , the IRS, a representative from the OECD and representatives of the tax authorities of foreign governments to discuss significant tax compliance and treaty issues at the 21rst Annual Institute on Current Issues in

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (LAWFUEL) – Houston-based litigation firm Hicks Thomas LLP is pleased to announce the opening of its new office in Sacramento, Calif. This marks the firm’s first expansion outside Texas. “Increasingly, our clients are calling on us for help with environmental and toxic tort litigation in California,” says John B. Thomas, co-founder of the

(LAWFUEL) – Australian Federal Police have today charged two Indonesian nationals with people smuggling offences under the Migration Act. The first, a 58-year-old man was the captain of a vessel that arrived at a production offshore storage facility in the Timor Sea on 6 October. The second, a male whose age is yet to be

(LAWFUEL) New York, October 16, 2008 — Global law firm Shearman & Sterling LLP is expanding its Bay Area M&A group and corporate practice with the addition of partners Michael J. Kennedy, Steve L. Camahort and Michael S. Dorf. All three were formerly with Shearman & Sterling. Messrs. Kennedy, Camahort and Dorf return to the

LawFuel – Law Firm Announcements – On October 13, HM Treasury, the United Kingdom’s economics and finance ministry, announced a rescue plan under which three of the U.K.’s largest banks (Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, HBOS PLC and Lloyds TSB Group PLC) will be recapitalized. The U.K. government is expected to make up to

LawFuel Legal Newswire – Shearman & Sterling has successfully defended a top oil major in an ICC arbitration in Singapore brought by one of the company’s South-East Asian distributors in what was viewed by our client as a test case for its relationships with dozens of distributors in the region. The distributor claimed that our