Washington, D.C., Sept. 15, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today began accepting filings of Form D through the Internet as part of the agency’s overall efforts to reduce unnecessary paper filings and regulatory burdens, particularly for smaller companies. The new rules providing for online filing and simplification of Form D notices were […]
(LAWFUEL) Washington, D.C., Sept. 15, 2008 – The decision by Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. to file for protection under Chapter 11 of the bankruptcy laws is expected to lead to the winding down of Lehman Brothers Inc., its U.S. regulated broker-dealer, outside of bankruptcy. The accounts of Lehman’s U.S. retail securities customers are with the
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(LAWFUEL) Washington, D.C., Sept. 14, 2008 – The SEC announced this evening that it is working with Lehman Brothers to address the issues that it faces. In particular, the SEC is taking actions to ensure that customers of Lehman Brothers Inc., the U.S. regulated broker-dealer subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., which holds the accounts
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(LAWLUEL) – A 25-year-old Malaysian man will appear in Southport Magistrates Court today charged with importing approximately two kilograms of heroin concealed in his luggage. After arriving at Gold Coast Airport on Saturday (13 September) on a flight from Kuala Lumpur, the man was stopped by Customs officers who conducted a search of his luggage
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Mondays better not get any more manic than this. Wall Street expected to spend today trying to contain the damage from a bankruptcy filing by Lehman Brothers (LEH) after the fourth-largest investment bank failed to find a buyer for its broken balance sheet over the weekend. And that’s not all. There’s the distressed sale of
Two lawyers for Chevron Corp., the second-largest U.S. energy company, were indicted in Quito, Ecuador, over allegations stemming from a cleanup of oil pits that’s now the subject of a multibillion dollar lawsuit. Texaco Inc., which Chevron acquired in 2001, drilled for oil in the Amazon region of Ecuador through the early 1990s, when it
PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Anna Mari Perez, age 46, of Chandler, Ariz., and a former employee of the United States Postal Service pleaded guilty yesterday to Theft of Mail Matter by a Postal Employee in federal district court in Phoenix. In the course of her guilty plea, Perez admitted that on December 3, 2007, she stole
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ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., Sept. 13, 2008 (LAWFUEL) — The law firm of Gardy & Notis, LLP filed a securities fraud class action lawsuit on behalf of all investors who purchased or otherwise acquired Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNCR) securities for a class period between February 4, 2008 and June 9, 2008, inclusive. The lawsuit is pending
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The highest earners in 2007 were men in legal occupations, who earned a median salary in 2007 of $105,233, according to a Census Bureau report. The online report (See:
DLA PIPER STRENGTHENS ITALIAN BANKING TEAM Milan – DLA Piper has appointed Mario D’Ovidio as a partner to lead its Italian banking practice. Mario, who joins DLA Piper from Clifford Chance, will be based in Milan and report to Finance and Projects Location Head, Luigi Rizzi. Mario has extensive finance experience having advised local and
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