Barking Mad Out Silverstream Way <a href= LawFuel Legal Jobswire BlogsWellington lawyer Ian McCulloch has received the order to kill his mutts. Ian got offside with his neighbour over his barking dogs. Ian’s a very pleasant, if somewhat Dickensian character who collects old vehicles, old Martinborough villas and, evidently, old dogs. I recall an encounter […]

LOS ANGELES, CA, June 19, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – O’Melveny & Myers LLP announced that its Entertainment and Media Practice received Chambers and Partners’ highest recognition at the annual Chambers USA Awards for Excellence ceremony, held on June 12 in New York City. Joseph Calabrese and Dale Cendali accepted the 2008 Award for Excellence in the

Two Senior Managers of Failed Bear Stearns Hedge Funds Indicted Today in Separate Mortgage-Related Securities Fraud Case WASHINGTON – LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – The Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced today a national takedown of mortgage fraud schemes, the culmination of substantial coordinated efforts during the last three and a

LAWFUEL – Attorney General Bill McCollum announced the arrests today of Esther Romeu, a Miami health clinic owner, and five South Florida physicians on charges of defrauding the Medicare and Medicaid programs out of more than $15 million. The doctors and clinic owner are alleged to have run an elaborate scheme involving costly treatments for

PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – The U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced today a takedown of mortgage fraud schemes, the culmination of substantial coordinated efforts during the last three and a half months to identify, arrest and prosecute mortgage fraud violators in Arizona. Operation Cash Back highlights the strong enforcement response undertaken

LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and RONALD J. VERROCHIO, the Inspector-in-Charge of the New York Office of the United States Postal Inspection Service (“USPIS”), announced the arrest late yesterday of EMANUEL MEDEIROS for perpetrating a mass-mail, fake invoice scam that targeted

LAWFUEL – Legal Announcement Service – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Miami Field Office, Michael Fithen, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. States Secret Service (USSS), Jon Rymer, Inspector General, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation – Office of

Nonprofit Promotes Professionalism Through Volunteer Service New York (June 16, 2008) – LawFuel – Legal Newswire – Pro Bono Net, a national nonprofit dedicated to increasing access to justice, was selected as one of three winners of this year’s American Bar Association (ABA) E. Smythe Gambrell Professionalism Awards. The E. Smythe Gambrell Awards recognize projects

WASHINGTON (LAWFUEL) — The Internal Revenue Service today announced that it will waive certain limitations for the low-income housing tax credit in Indiana and Iowa so that owners of facilities in these states can provide housing to victims of recent storms and flooding. The IRS will continue to monitor closely the housing situation in other

Philadelphia, Pa. – June 19, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – Pepper Hamilton LLP recently secured major victories for biotechnology and pharmaceutical clients in three separate securities class actions in a 10-day period. Representing Discovery Laboratories, Inc., Eli Lilly and Company and GlaxoSmithKline, the firm won dismissals from three federal courts between April 29 and May 9, 2008.