Two Orange County men who worked as sales representatives for a medical supply company were arrested this morning on charges that they caused their employer to fraudulently bill Southern California hospitals for approximately $3.5 million in spinal implant products that never were used during surgery. Jason A. Koenig, 33, and Mark A. Crane, 45, both […]

With an eye toward advising on the upsurge of international investment activity into and out of China, White & Case has strengthened its regional venture capital and private equity practice with a significant hire in Hong Kong and integration of related practices in Asia and California. Peter W.H. Tan joined White & Case as a

Skadden, Arps represented the Ministry of Treasury of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Italy (the “Ministry”) in connection with Europe’s largest equity placement so far in 2003. The Ministry sold 400 million shares of Enel S.p.A. to Morgan Stanley & Co. International Limited. Enel is Europe’s largest privatized utility and is listed on

Baker & McKenzie is the winner of the esteemed ‘Best Global Use of IT’ award in recognition of its strong business driven approach and success in the use of Information Technology throughout its extensive global operations. The award sponsored by Perot Systems was presented at the Legal IT Forum 2003 held October 15th and 16th

Reed Smith LLP an international top 25 law firm, has announced the addition of Bruce Markowitz as a partner in its Business & Finance Department, effective immediately. He will work from the firm’s expanding Falls Church office in Northern Virginia. A corporate, restructuring and real estate transaction lawyer, Mr.Markowitz was formerly a partner in the

Atlanta-based hip-hop group, Arrested Development, has filed a trademark infringement suit against FOX, Imagine Films Entertainment, Inc. and New World Communications of Atlanta, Inc. for their use of the band’s name as the title for FOX-TV’s new series — “Arrested Development” — which premiered this month. “Over the past 14 years, the two-time-Grammy-Award-winning band has

The national law firm of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP is pleased to announce that Timothy S. McCann, a leading corporate, securities and international transactions lawyer, has joined its growing San Francisco office as a partner. McCann has a broad general practice that includes corporate governance, securities law and domestic and international transactions, including public and

A Van Nuys man was charged today with defrauding the federal Medicare program by submitting claims for medical equipment that in some cases was never received and by paying kickbacks to physicians who signed off on bogus bills. Vasu Deo, 43, was named in a criminal information filed this morning in United States District Court

Taylor Wessing advised Aureos Capital, the leading manager of SME private equity funds in the developing world, on the creation of and fundraising for three new funds. The funds total $107.5 million in value and will be invested in the SME sector in the South Africa, East Africa and West Africa regions. With African businesses

Parker & Waichman, LLP announces that it has been retained by additional plaintiffs and that they will soon file a new round of claims against Merrill Lynch on behalf of current and former Enron Corporation shareholders. These plaintiffs purchased shares of Enron as a result of misleading research and advice from Merrill Lynch analysts and