HARTFORD, Conn., Nov. 19, 2007 LAWFUEL – The Litigation Newswire — 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 District of Arizona on behalf […]

Statistics released today by the Federal Bureau of Investigation revealed that 7,722 criminal incidents involving 9,080 offenses were reported in 2006 as a result of bias against a particular race, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity/national origin, or physical or mental disability. Published by the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Hate Crime Statistics, 2006, includes data from

LAWFUEL – The NZ Legal Newswire – LawTalk reports that the partial defence of provocation is an important part of our legal framework and should not be repealed as the Law Commission recommends, NZLS Criminal Law Committee Convener Jonathan Krebs says. The Criminal Law Committee discussed the issue on 26 October, the day the commission

LOS ANGELES–LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The University of Akron School of Law was announced as the champion of Loyola Law School’s 6th annual National Civil Trial Competition on Saturday, November 17, 2007 at an awards banquet held at the Wilshire Grand Hotel in Los Angeles, CA. The winning members of the Akron team

Firm Recognized for Its Real Estate, Entertainment, Corporate, Trusts & Estates, Intellectual Property, Tax, and Litigation Practices LOS ANGELES–LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Greenberg Glusker today announced that 13 of its attorneys—Robert E. Bennett, Stephen Claman, Bonnie E. Eskenazi, Bert Fields, Harvey R. Friedman, Ronald K. Fujikawa, Jon J. Gallo, Arthur N. Greenberg,

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Washington, D.C., Nov. 9, 2007 – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the appointment of Kevin Goodman as the Associate Regional Director for Examinations in its Denver Regional Office. Mr. Goodman, who currently holds the position of Assistant Regional Director for Examinations in the Los Angeles Regional Office,

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – TORONTO (November 9, 2007) – Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes), one of Canada’s leading business law firms, today announced that it has been named “Canadian Law Firm of the Year” by Chambers and Partners Legal Publishers, one of the world’s leading publishers of legal directories and trade periodicals.

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The owner and operator of a Florida health care company has been sentenced to 66 months incarceration for Medicare fraud, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta of the Southern District of Florida announced today. Marianela Smith was sentenced on

LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – DENVER – The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) today opened its 5th National AMBER Alert Conference in Denver. Over the next four days, teams from all 50 states, tribal communities, the territories, the District of Columbia, Canada, and Mexico will gather to discuss strategies for strengthening