Washington, D.C. – July 31, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – Pepper Hamilton LLP announced that Stanley R. Soya, a government contracts and white collar defense lawyer who has been an attorney with the U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Inspector General as well as in private practice, has joined the firm as a partner in the Washington, […]

(LAWFUEL) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the temporary suspension, pursuant to Section 12(k) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), of trading in the securities of Global Diamond Exchange, Inc., at 9:30 a.m. EDT, July 31, 2008, through 11:59 p.m. EDT, on August 13, 2008. The Commission temporarily

DLA PIPER FORMS NEW ASSOCIATION IN SAUDI ARABIA ENHANCING OFFERING AS MIDDLE EAST-ASIA TRADE AND INVESTMENT EXPANDS (LAWFUEL) – DLA Piper has established an association with Saudi Arabian lawyer, Abdulaziz Al-Bosaily, in order to develop its presence in Saudi Arabia as well as reinforce support for clients increasingly involved in trade and investment between the

San Diego Office Adds To Growing IP Litigation and Prosecution Team WASHINGTON, D.C. – LAW FIRM Newswire – (July 29, 2008) – Sughrue Mion, PLLC, a leading global intellectual property law firm, announced today the expansion of its San Diego office, adding associate Ruthleen Uy. Ms. Uy has been an associate in Sughrue’s Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. – July 30, 2008 – The U.S. Department of Justice has charged Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens with seven counts of failing to disclose and receiving more than $250,000 in gifts and services from VECO Corp. on his Senate financial disclosure forms, instead of charging the senator with more difficult-to-prove bribery charges, according to

Just Released: A New “Magic Code” that when added to any site you have causes your site (or even any site) to magically start making money. No joke. This discovery was made by a New York doctor who for the last 10 years used it secretly to do everything from offset his advertising costs, to

London and Cologne – LAWFUEL – DLA Piper is advising Sophos Plc (“Sophos”), a global leader in endpoint security and control solutions, on its €217 million voluntary public takeover offer (“Offer”) for Utimaco Safeware AG (“Utimaco”), a leading global provider of data security solutions. Sophos’s decision to make the Offer was announced on 28 July

PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Micah Lynn Bowens, 39, of Las Vegas, pleaded guilty on Monday in U.S. District Court in Phoenix to one count of conspiracy, four counts of false loan and credit applications, two counts of mail fraud, six counts of wire fraud, five counts of transactional money laundering, and two counts of using a

Washington, D.C., July 30, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted unanimously to propose measures that would for the first time enable investors to easily access complete financial information about municipal bonds for free on the Internet. Currently, retail investors in municipal securities usually cannot get ongoing disclosure information about their securities

Washington, D.C., July 30, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted unanimously to provide new guidance to public companies about how to comply with the securities laws while developing their Web sites to serve as an effective means for disseminating important information to investors. Issued in the form of an interpretive release,