TALLAHASSEE, FL – LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – Attorney General Bill McCollum today issued a consumer advisory warning Florida’s senior citizens about a mortgage-related scam that may target them directly. As he unveiled legislation this week to combat mortgage “foreclosure rescue” scams, the Attorney General also cautioned senior citizens about scams associated with reverse mortgages, […]

LAWFUEL – Legal News Service – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Miami Division, and Michael E. Yasofky, Jr., Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division, announced the unsealing of forty-two count Racketeering indictment returned

BALTIMORE – January 24, 2008 – LAWFUEL – The Law Firm News Service – Ober|Kaler is pleased to announce that Christopher B. Younger has joined the firm as an associate in the Business & Tax Group. Mr. Younger focuses his legal practice on business and private aircraft transactions as well as issues relating to federal

WASHINGTON, DC (January 24) – LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Kilpatrick Stockton announced today the addition of Partners Rob Harmala and Erik Huey to its growing Government Relations Team. Mr. Harmala and Mr. Huey are joining the firm’s Washington, DC office. “Rob and Erik bring a wide-range of expertise and reflect the firm’s

LAWFUEL – Law Firm Newswire – Stikeman Elliott LLP is pleased to announce that Douglas Richardson will be joining its Calgary office as a partner in the Tax Group. Mr. Richardson’s practice focuses almost exclusively on the areas of domestic and international energy related transactions and investments, mergers and acquisitions and corporate reorganizations. Prior to

LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – As part of its Anti-Spam initiative, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission” or “SEC”) today announced the temporary suspension, pursuant to Section 12(k) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), of trading in the securities of the following issuers, commencing at 9:30 a.m. EST on January 24,

IT Attorney Brings Additional International Privacy Experience to Firm PALO ALTO, Calif. – LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that Peter F. McLaughlin has joined its Silicon Valley office as a senior counsel and a member of the Intellectual Property Department and the Privacy, Security, and Information Management, and Information

LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – Holman Fenwick & Willan’s Singapore office represented Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd., as mandated lead arranger and bookrunner, and new lenders in the modification of the existing US$170m senior debt facility of CBK Power Company Limited, a Philippine limited liability partnership jointly owned by J-Power and Sumitomo Corporation. The debt modification,

CHICAGO – Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the United States, is pleased to announce that attorney Manish K. Mehta has been appointed to the position of Vice President of Events and Publicity for the Indian- American Bar Association (IABA) of Chicago. In addition, nine new board

HOUSTON – The Haynes and Boone, LLP Energy and Power Practice Group participated in four deals selected by Oil and Gas Investor as winners in the 2007 Oil and Gas Investor Excellence Awards, an annual recognition program which identifies stand-out executives, M&A deals and financings, wildcatting, field rejuvenation, investor relations and corporate citizenship within the