PHOENIX (Lawfuel) – Immanuel Cassa, 32, of San Carlos, Ariz., a member of the San Carlos Apache Indian Tribe, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Susan R. Bolton to six years in federal prison for assaulting another man with a knife. Cassa pleaded guilty on January 24, 2008 to Assault with a Dangerous Weapon. […]

HARTFORD, Conn., April 15, 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

PALO ALTO, Calif.– LAWFUEL – Legal Announcement Service –IntApp Inc., the leading provider of confidentiality management, time capture and integration software for the legal industry, today announced that international legal practice Norton Rose Group has selected IntApp’s Wall Builder product to bolster its confidentiality and compliance initiatives. Norton Rose Group will be deploying Wall Builder

Washington, D.C., April 15, 2008 (Lawfuel) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the launch of its latest offensive targeting online boiler rooms, cold calls, and other potentially fraudulent financial solicitations circulating to unsuspecting investors. Such solicitations often use phony claims of SEC registration, false U.S. addresses, or endorsements from make-believe government agencies or

RICHMOND, Va.–LAWFUEL – Legal Announcements –For the first time ever, over 70 national organizations, including AARP, the American Medical Association and the American Hospital Association, have joined forces to promote public awareness of the benefits of signing a healthcare advance directive during the inaugural National Healthcare Decisions Day on April 16, 2008. National Healthcare Decisions

CLEVELAND– LAWFUEL – Legal Announcements –On April 2, Thompson Hine LLP hosted a forum at its Cleveland office, bringing together member companies from The Presidents’ Council and representatives from private equity firms and investment banks. The Presidents’ Council is a coalition of minority-owned businesses in the greater Cleveland area, and the forum provided an opportunity

CHICAGO–LAWFUEL – Legal Announcements –The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced today that Miriam G. Bahcall, Steven M. Malina and Beth A. Black have joined the Litigation Practice in its Chicago office. Bahcall and Malina join as Shareholders, and Black joins as an Associate. Prior to joining the firm, they were with the Chicago

WASHINGTON (Lawfuel) – The Internal Revenue Service recently released for public comment the draft instructions to the 2008 Form 990, which is the return most tax-exempt organizations must file annually. The instructions apply to the redesigned Form 990 that organizations will file for their 2008 tax years (returns filed in 2009). The final version of

ARLINGTON, Va LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire –Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul once again demonstrated his tremendous popularity with young people yesterday when he addressed an overflow crowd of 1,200 people at Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland. On Friday, April 11th, the Texas Republican was met with similar passionate crowds of 800 at Gettysburg College and

<a href= LawJobsPipeline Thelen Reid is the latest firm to announce layoffs, confirmed by AbovetheLaw reporting a layoff of 26 associates and 85 staff firm-wide. That’s a layoff rate of around four per cent of Thelen’s total headcount of 600 lawyers. Thelen co-chair Stephen O’Neal told ATL that the layoffs were spread out among groups,