WASHINGTON- LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The Crane Company, a manufacturer of products, such as valves and marine components, has agreed to pay the United States $7.5 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations, the Justice Department announced today. The government alleges the company did not comply with Defense Department Qualified Products List (QPL) […]

TALLAHASSEE, FL – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that his office has filed a lawsuit against a Jacksonville businessman and his company, alleging the man systematically defrauded consumers and engaged in threats, intimidation, and extortion. Eric Nelson owns and operates W.S. Industries, a business that provides custom woodworking

First-of-Its-Kind Initiative Honors Trailblazers in Work-Life Balance and Women NEW YORK – August 16, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Working Mother magazine, the authoritative source for career mothers, and Flex-Time Lawyers LLC, a national consulting firm advising attorneys and legal employers on work-life balance and the retention and advancement of women, have

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Former Attorney General John Ashcroft was visited in hospital by then-White House counsel Alberto Gonzales on the White House’s demands for its national security program, according to FBI reports. The White House demanded in 2004 that the Justice Department approve a secret national security program without fully briefing the

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The turmoil in mortgage markets has put the spotlight on Fannie Mae, which filed its delayed annual report for 2006 and said its profit for the year fell 35 percent from 2005. The Washington Post reports that the mortgage finance company blamed the decline on the slumping U.S. housing

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The Mexican criminal case against Duane Dog Chapman may not be over yet. Fox News reports that although a Mexican judge has ruled to close the criminal case against bounty hunter and TV reality star Duane “Dog” Chapman, but state prosecutors have appealed the decision, officials said Thursday. In

Riverside, California – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Adam Hansen appeared in United States District Court in Riverside, California yesterday to answer charges that he was a part of a conspiracy to file false claims with the Internal Revenue Service and that he willfully made false statements to IRS – Criminal Investigation Special Agents.

MIAMI – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – A federal jury in the Southern District of Florida has convicted Jose Padilla of conspiracy to murder, kidnap and maim individuals in a foreign country, conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, and providing material support to terrorists, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and R. Alexander Acosta,

NEW YORK, Aug. 16, 2007 LAWFUEL – The Class Actions Newswire — Seeger Weiss LLP announces that it filed a class action lawsuit today in the United States District Court For The Eastern District of Pennsylvania on behalf of purchasers of RAIT Financial Trust (“RAIT” or the “Company”) (NYSE:RAS) common stock in the open market