LAWFUEL- Legal Newswire – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Miami Field Office, announced that defendants Joanna Delfel, Victor Garcia, and Sylvia Oramas, three former employees of Kendall Regional Medical Center (“KRMC”), a full-service hospital located in […]

WASHINGTON – LAWFUEL- Legal Newswire – A federal grand jury in Jacksonville, Fla., indicted a former Florida State Prison correctional officer on federal civil rights charges related to an August 2005 assault on an inmate, the Justice Department announced today. Paul Tillis was charged with violating the civil rights of the inmate by intentionally pouring

NEW YORK, July 24, 2008 (LAWFUEL) — Roy Jacobs & Associates announces that it is investigating Zimmer Holdings Inc. (“Zimmer” or the “Company”, NYSE:ZMH) for securities law and other violations in light of the revelation on July 23, 2008 that high rates of repeat surgery involving one of its key products, the Durom Cup hip

The Federal Reserve’s decisions to offer credit to its 18 primary dealers — and to extend these credit facilities to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, complementing the recent Treasury proposal for authority to back their debt and buy their equity — are highly unusual. Because they break with the norm that markets should decide which

NEW YORK, July 23, 2008 (LAWFUEL) — The Brualdi Law Firm P.C. announces that a class action lawsuit has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Central District of California on behalf of employees and/or former employees of IndyMac Bancorp. Inc. (“IndyMac” or “the Company”) and asserting violations of the Employee Retirement

Washington, D.C., July 23, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed fraud charges and obtained an emergency court order to stop a Hillsborough, Calif., investment adviser who is alleged to have misappropriated more than $20 million from investors who were falsely promised that their money would be invested in the stock market.

PHILADELPHIA (LAWFUEL) – July 23, 2008 – Before employers hand out BlackBerry or other wireless devices that can keep employees in continual contact with the workplace, or encourage workers to take business calls while on the road, they need to be aware of their potential legal liability, according to Pepper Hamilton LLP, a multi-practice law

(LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission 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 SwedishVegas, Inc. (“SwedishVegas”), of Arcadia, California, at 9:30 a.m. EST on July 23, 2008, and terminating at 11:59 p.m. EST on August 5, 2008.

PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Five members of a drug trafficking organization were sentenced to prison yesterday by U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton. The leader of the organization, Victor Manuel Leon-Sanchez, 29, of Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, was sentenced to 19 years in prison. His second-in-command, Juan Ceniceros, 41, of Rosarito, Sinaloa, Mexico, was sentenced to 15

DENVER (LAWFUEL) – Edward “Eddie” Davidson, age 35, also known as the “spam king,” walked away from a federal prison camp in Florence on Sunday, July 20, 2008. Davidson, who was sentenced to serve 21 months in federal prison, is now officially in “escape” status. He was last seen in Lakewood. U.S. Marshals are leading