PHOENIX – Bradley Blaise Hanaback, 38, a citizen of Canada, pleaded guilty on March 3, 2008 to traveling in interstate commerce with the intent to engage in sexual conduct with minors. On June 1, 2007, Hanaback responded to an ad for a child sex tour in Mexico. The defendant traveled to Arizona, where he paid […]
An activist lawyer with close ties to a jailed Chinese dissident is missing, a rights group said Friday. Teng Biao did not return home from his Beijing office on Thursday, despite telling his wife he would be back around 8:30 p.m., the Hong Kong-based China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group said on its Web site.
The legend of Richard Scruggs is by now well-known. His fame took root in the 1990s, when he won settlements for shipyard workers in Pascagoula, Miss., who had been exposed to asbestos. It blossomed in 1998, when the former Navy fighter pilot pressured tobacco companies to agree to a $248 billion settlement. And, in recent
WASHINGTON — LawFuel – The Internal Revenue Service announced today that individuals who normally do not file a tax return but must do so this year in order to receive their 2008 economic stimulus payment can now use the IRS Free File program to help them file returns for 2007. IRS and several of its
~ Attorney General wins significant damages from 2007 lawsuit ~ TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum announced today that a U.S. citizen residing in Thailand has been ordered to pay $6.4 million for running an elaborate real estate scam that prevented landowners from selling their property to anyone but him. Todd Teal, 63, was
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Washington, D.C., March 6, 2008 – LawFuel – Legal Newswire – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has obtained an emergency court order against an unregistered securities day-trading firm in La Jolla, Calif., that was not disclosing to traders that more than one-third of their money was being used to cover other
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LawFuel.co.nz – The Legal Jobs board at LawFuel.co.nz offers top legal positions with one of New Zealand’s premier law firms in both Auckland and Wellington. The positions include corporate, competition, litigation and financial services and are available to intermediate solicitors right now. Apply through LawFuel.co.nz.
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New partner brings additional US funds experience to Clifford Chance John Fadely to join the firm in Asia from 12 March Hong Kong/Tokyo: LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – John Fadely will join leading law firm Clifford Chance as a partner on 12 March 2008. He will join the firm in Tokyo, where he most recently
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Washington, D.C., March 6, 2008 – LAWFUEL.COM – The Securities and Exchange Commission today issued a report reminding public pension funds of their responsibilities under the federal securities laws, and warning them that they assume a greater risk of running afoul of anti-fraud and other provisions if they do not have adequate compliance policies and
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LAWFUEL.COM – MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and MICHELE M. LEONHART, the Acting Administrator of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), announced today the unsealing of charges against VIKTOR BOUT, a/k/a “Boris,” a/k/a “Victor Anatoliyevich Bout,” a/k/a “Victor But,” a/k/a “Viktor Budd,” a/k/a “Viktor Butt,”
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