National legal publication lists $20.8 million verdict among Top 10 in Texas DALLAS – LAWFUEL.com – The Law Offices of Frank L. Branson has been recognized by American Lawyer Media’s Verdict Search for obtaining one of the nation’s largest verdicts of 2007. In May 2007, the firm obtained a $20.8 million jury verdict for the […]

WASHINGTON — LAWFUEL.com – The Internal Revenue Service announced today that it has automated the user fee calculations for taxpayers entering into an installment agreement. Previously, taxpayers were required to submit a paper Form 13844 to request a reduced user fee. Now, eligibility for reduced fees is determined automatically by the IRS. An installment agreement

Washington, D.C., March 4, 2008 – LAWFUEL.com – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the filing of an enforcement action against a Salt Lake City investment adviser and three of its principals for making undisclosed high-risk investments that resulted in the near total loss of the assets in two hedge funds managed by the

Dallas (Mar 5, 2008) — LAWFUEL.com – Michael Danforth, an employee benefits attorney, has joined Texas law firm Winstead PC as an associate. He will be working with the Taxation, Employee Benefits and Private Business Practice Group in the Business & Transactions Department. Danforth comes to Winstead from Haynes and Boone LLP, where he advised

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced the temporary suspension of trading of the securities of the following issuers, commencing at 9:30 a.m. EST on March 5, 2008 and terminating at 11:59 p.m. EDT on March 18, 2008: · Machine Technology, Inc. (MTGYQ) · Magnum Sports & Entertainment, Inc. (MAGZ) · Management of Environmental Solutions

CINCINNATI, March 5, 2008 LAWFUEL – Litigation Newswire — The class action Cincinnati law firm of Statman, Harris & Eyrich, LLC announces it is continuing its investigation of Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE:RF) (“Regions”) for potential violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) relating to the Regions Financial Corporation 401(k) Plan (the

LAWFUEL.com Addition of Federal Prosecutor Bolsters Securities Fraud Expertise in Firm’s Government Investigations Group NEW YORK, March 3, 2008 – The national law firm of Alston & Bird LLP announced today that Craig Carpenito has joined its New York office in the nationally recognized Government Investigations and Compliance Group, which is part of the firm’s

ATLANTA (March 5) – LAWFUEL.com – Kilpatrick Stockton announced today that Managing Intellectual Property Magazine ranked the firm the Top Patent Prosecution Firm in the South and among the top nine Patent Prosecution Firms in the country. The firm was ranked among the top 20 firms in the nation for BioLife Sciences. In compiling the

Kyiv, 3 March 2008 – Baker & McKenzie announced today that it has recently acted as Ukrainian law counsel to the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in connection with USD350 million long term financing to Industrial Union of Donbass (IUD), one of the largest Ukrainian steel making and trading companies with more than forty industrial enterprises

Ron Paul, the feisty libertarian presidential contender has survived yet another day on the trail. Although Dr Paul did not receive a nomination for the presidency, he easily beat a challenger for his Congressional seat in Texas’s 14th Congressional District. With 56 percent of precincts reporting so far, Paul has 69.4 percent of the vote,