NEW YORK March 25, 2008 – Lawfuel – Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP represented Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. as part of an investment group which also includes Goldman Sachs in a comprehensive recapitalization of MoneyGram International, Inc. (NYSE: MGI), it was announced today. The transaction, comprised of several different types of financing, including preferred […]
HARTFORD, Conn., March 28, 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 Texas on behalf of all persons
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LawFuel – Legal Newswire – MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that SAMUEL A. FISHMAN, a former partner at a major United States law firm (the “Firm”), pleaded guilty earlier today before United States District Judge VICTOR MARRERO to a mail fraud charge arising out of
A federal judge has handed the White House a legal victory in battle with the Democratic National Committee over e-mails related to U.S. attorney firings. District Judge Ellen Huvelle of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled on Thursday that the DNC does not have a right under the Freedom of Information
Poison drummer Rikki Rockett has been arrested on a Mississippi rape warrant following his return from a New Zealand band reunion concert. Rockett, a former hairdresser who formed part of the famous “hair band” was arrested by the LAPD as he went through customs. Rockett and singer Bret Michaels founded Poison together. He was in
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More Expansion in Latin America Being Considered NEW YORK, March 26, 2008 LAWFUEL – The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP announced today that it has opened an office in Mexico City as part of the expansion of its Latin American practice. Attorneys in the office will advise clients in Latin America and
Xerox Corp., the world’s largest maker of high-speed color printers, said it received preliminary court approval to settle an eight-year-old investor lawsuit for $670 million. Xerox will take a $491 million first-quarter charge to cover the settlement and other cases, the Norwalk, Connecticut-based company said today in a statement. Xerox will pay the settlement into
LAWFUEL – A Reserve Naval lieutenant commander and chaplain with the United States Navy has been indicted on nine counts of theft of government funds for allegedly receiving approximately $172,229 in unearned pay and allowances from the Navy. Rudolph Charles Dimery, 50, of Pasadena, was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles.
PHOENIX – LAWFUEL – Juan Manuel Santillan, 33, of Chandler, was sentenced here on March 24, 2008 by U.S. District Court Judge Stephen M. McNamee to two concurrent 48 month terms in federal prison. Santillan pleaded guilty on April 24, 2007 to separate counts of Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering and to Conspiracy to Possess
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March 27, 2008 –LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – Is bullying an acceptable childhood rite of passage or a form of potentially severe abuse? “Bullying is Peer Abuse,” insists author Elizabeth Bennett. “Bullying has long been accepted as a normal part of growing up, but everything changed after Columbine. After one of the greatest school massacres
