LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MARIO MASTELLONE pleaded guilty today to a charge of fraudulently obtaining money from the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund. The plea was entered in Manhattan federal court before United States District Judge VICTOR MARRERO. […]

LawFuel – The Law Jobs and Legal NewsWire – Electronic courtrooms were the not-too-distant vision for the New Zealand legal system, Courts Minister, Rick Barker, told a meeting of ADLS Council. He said that electronic courtrooms would make full use of technology to enhance the services provided. “This courtroom is not based on paper or

PHOENIX – Patrick T. Buckner, 47, of Gilbert, and John E. Reagan, 65, of Mesa, both former employees of the Boeing Company’s Mesa helicopter manufacturing facility, were sentenced to terms in federal prison today for numerous felonies stemming from a fraudulent scheme they devised that involved stealing and selling Boeing helicopter parts as well as

LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has indicted a Los Angeles woman and her sister on money laundering, wire fraud and conspiracy charges for submitting home loan financing packages for residential real estate that contained false information and forged signatures. The defendants used the fraudulently obtained proceeds to purchase

LAWFUEL.co.nz – Legal Jobs & News – The Commerce Commission has decided to prosecute Telecom and its subsidiary Xtra for alleged breaches of the Fair Trading Act, in relation to the Go Large broadband promotion. In 2006 Telecom and Xtra undertook extensive nationwide advertising of a new broadband plan called “Go Large”, in which it

~ As tax season approaches, consumers should be wary of tax return scams,unscrupulous “preparers” ~ TALLAHASSEE, FL – LAWFUEL – Legal Announcement Service – Attorney General Bill McCollum today issued a consumer advisory warning Floridians to be wary of any tax-related scams as tax season rapidly approaches. The Attorney General noted that his fraud hotline

WASHINGTON — The Department of Treasury, the Internal Revenue Service and scores of community partners nationwide today kicked off EITC Awareness Day to promote the refundable tax credit for low-wage workers and options for free tax preparation. January 31 – designated as EITC Awareness Day by the IRS – also marks the deadline for employers

LawFuel – The Law Firm News Service – International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has today launched the first international, externally assured corporate social responsibility (CSR) report produced by a major international law firm. The report covers each of Freshfields’ 26 offices around the world and follows the release of the firm’s London-focused CSR report

SAN FRANCISCO– LAWFUEL – Litigation News & Law Firm Announcements –Kelly M. Dermody of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, announced today that the parties have settled a class action lawsuit filed against Scripps Health (“Scripps”) regarding pricing and collection practices for uninsured patients at its affiliate hospitals. Ms. Dermody is court-appointed lead counsel for

Complaint Alleges that Powerful Family Controlling U.S. Sugar and Others Committed Fraud and Breached Fiduciary Duties by Depriving Employee Shareholders of the Company of Right to Sell Shares for $293 Per Share CORAL GABLES, Fla.– LAWFUEL – Legal & Litigation Announcements –A class action lawsuit was filed in Federal Court in West Palm Beach, Florida