LAWFUEL – The president of the Cambodian Freedom Fighters – a Long Beach, California-based organization that was formed to seize political control in the southeast Asian country – was found guilty today of conspiring to kill in a foreign country. Yasith Chhun, 51, a United States citizen, was found guilty of four felony charges at […]
SAN DIEGO (April 15, 2008) Lawfuel – Affordable Housing Advocates, a nonprofit legal services project dedicated to ensuring the development of critically needed affordable housing for low income people and families, today announced it will honor Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP’s affordable housing specialists at its 17th anniversary fundraiser, “Celebration of Justice.” The event,
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TALLAHASSEE, FL – LAWFUEL – The Attorney General’s Office today filed a response with the United States Supreme Court to Mark Dean Schwab’s petition for writ of certiorari and a motion to vacate Schwab’s stay of execution. The response to the petition for writ of certiorari focuses on the fact that the Florida Supreme Court
GARDERE ANNOUNCES WINNER OF MCCLEARY LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIP DALLAS (Lawfuel) – Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP is proud to announce that Ausra Laurusaite-Kromelis has been selected as the recipient of the 2008 Donald C. McCleary-Gardere Leadership Scholarship. The scholarship was presented during the Dallas Bar Foundation’s Annual Fellows Luncheon today at the Belo Mansion. The $7,500 scholarship
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LOS ANGELES, April 16, 2008 (Lawfuel) — Liner Yankelevitz Sunshine & Regenstreif LLP (“LYS&R”) has commenced an investigation relating to WellPoint, Inc. (“WellPoint” or the “Company”) and potential violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). The investigation focuses on investments in WellPoint by the WellPoint, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (the
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HARTFORD, Conn., April 16, 2008 (Lawfuel) — The law firm of Schatz Nobel Izard P.C., which has significant experience representing investors in prosecuting claims of securities fraud, announces that a lawsuit seeking class action status has been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of all
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MINNEAPOLIS, MN (APRIL 15, 2008) Lawfuel — The Chief Judge of Ramsey County, Minnesota has ruled that an age discrimination suit filed by five 3M employees may proceed as a class action on behalf of about 6,000 Minnesota-based current and former 3M salaried employees over the age of 45. The suit alleges that when James
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To redress what it terms a “persistent lack of diversity” in the legal profession, one of the nation’s largest corporate law firms will commit $9.6 million over the next decade toward an honors program designed to encourage and support minority students at the City College of New York to become attorneys. The Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Citigroup Inc has won the dismissal of much of a multibillion-dollar New Jersey lawsuit over its alleged role in the 2003 collapse of Parmalat SpA, the Italian food company. The largest U.S. bank still faces a May 5 jury trial in the case. But Tuesday’s ruling by Judge Jonathan Harris of Bergen County Superior Court
To settle a New York Civil Liberties Union lawsuit challenging the policing of large protests, the NYPD has officially agreed to stop sending police horses into crowds without a warning and a chance to disperse, to ensure that pens do not become traps, and to assure that protesters have the information needed to get into
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