LAWFUEL – US Attorney News Releases – Three former employees of Kendall Regional Medical Center (“KRMC”), a full-service hospital located in Miami-Dade County, Florida, were charged in an Information filed today with conspiring to defraud the KRMC of nearly $7 million through a sophisticated purchase order scheme, announced R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for […]

Nicholas also Named in Narcotics Indictment that Accuses Him of Putting the Drug Ecstasy into Drinks of Industry Executives SANTA ANA, Calif. – LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire Service – Dr. Henry T. Nicholas III, a co-founder and former chief executive officer of Broadcom, and William Ruehle, the former chief financial officer of the Irvine-based technology

Amsterdam – LAWFUEL – Law Firm Newswire – DLA Piper is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor J J C (Jan) Kabel to its Dutch Technology, Media & Commercial (“TMC”) practice as of counsel. Jan officially joined DLA Piper on 15 May 2008. Jan Kabel is a professor of information law at the Institute

TALLAHASSEE, FL – LawFuel – Law Newswire – Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that Florida will receive more than $9.8 million from a $35-million multistate settlement with Walgreens over claims the company switched dosage forms for several medications commonly prescribed for Medicaid recipients. The switches allegedly caused Medicaid programs nationwide to pay substantially more

(Lawfuel) New York – June 5, 2008 – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising Verizon Wireless in connection with its agreement to acquire Alltel Corporation in a cash merger. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Verizon Wireless will acquire the equity of Alltel for approximately $5.9 billion. Based on Alltel’s projected net debt at

First Law Firm to Receive Prestigious Award (Lawfuel) – Chicago, June 4, 2008 –Baker & McKenzie has become the first law firm to receive a Corporate Responsibility Award from the Foreign Policy Association (FPA). The honor was bestowed at the FPA’s 90th annual dinner last week in New York City. Shell Oil Company and John

LAWFUEL – MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that JULIO CESAR LOPEZPENA, a/k/a “Julito,” a/k/a “Ojitos,” a high-ranking member of the notorious Norte Valle Cartel in Colombia, was sentenced today to 45 years in prison for importing thousands of kilograms of cocaine into the United States

BENSALEM, Pa., June 4, 2008 (Lawfuel) — Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that it is investigating claims against BP p.l.c. (“BP” or the “Company”)(NYSE:BP) concerning whether the BP post-retirement benefit plans (the “Plans”) imprudently invested in BP stock and whether the Plans’ administrators breached their fiduciary duties to the Plans’ participants in violation

PHOENIX (Lawfuel) – A federal grand jury returned a 22-count indictment yesterday against Jose Carmelo Magana, 44, of Yuma, Ariz.; Ana Calderon, 28, of San Luis, Ariz.; and Jesus Gastelum-Rodriguez, 41; Guadalupe Milan de Gastelum, 38; and Brenda Covarrubias, 39, all of San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, Mexico. All were arrested in the Yuma area