December 7 2011 Santa Ana, California – Shield Healthcare, a medical supply provider based in Santa Clarita, has paid the United States and the State of California a total of $5 million to resolve a “whistleblower” lawsuit alleging that the company submitted inflated bills to California’s Medicaid program, Medi-Cal. The settlement was announced today when […]

Scheme Triggered a $6 Billion Loss to Ahold Shareholders in 2003 7 December 2011 – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MARK P. KAISER, a former executive of U.S. Foodservice, Inc. (“USF”), then a subsidiary of the Dutch food conglomerate Royal Ahold, N.V. (“Ahold”), was sentenced

LOS ANGELES (December 7, 2011) – Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP, a prominent California law firm with a national reputation, announced today that Los Angeles-based attorney Michelle K. Sugihara has been named the President-Elect of The Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Greater Los Angeles (APABA-LA). Sugihara’s one-year term is effective December 1st, 2011

LawFuel.com – Will law suits follow the Mythbusters TV stunt that went awry when an errant cannonball entered a family home and then a parked van several hundred feet away? TV stunts often have a habit of going wrong and can lead to legal issues from damages claims to prosecutions. The Mythbusters show, produced by

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY’S OFFICE Southern District of New York U.S. ATTORNEY PREET BHARARA FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Ellen Davis, Jerika Richardson Wednesday, December 7, 2011 Carly Sullivan, http://www.justice.gov/usao/nys (212) 637-2600 Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that LAURENCE M. BROWN, an accountant in Westchester County, New York,

Former DLA Piper Partner Joins Firm’s Western Commercial Litigation Group (December 7, 2011, Chicago) – Reed Smith LLP today announced the addition of Peter M. Ellis as a partner in the Western Commercial Litigation Group in the firm’s Chicago office. Mr. Ellis was formerly a partner in the general commercial and business litigation department of

Defendant Convicted of Racketeering Acts Including Murder, Attempted Murder, Narcotics Trafficking, and Operating Illegal Gambling Businesses 7 December 2011 – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that GUANG JU LIN, the long-time leader of a violent Chinese gang based in New York City and Los Angeles, was

Defendants Include Seven Leaders of Bronx-Based Gang 7 December 2011 – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Wilbert Plummer, the Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), Raymond W. Kelly, the Commissioner of the Police Department for the City of

7 December 2011 – Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Wilbert Plummer, the Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), Raymond W. Kelly, the Commissioner of the Police Department for the City of New York (“NYPD”), Joseph Anarumo Jr., the

Lawfuel.com – Internet growth with tools like Facebook and Twitter have introduced a variety of major privacy issues for everyone. Some of the key tips that anyone can use in order to protect their privacy have been announced by Canada’s privacy commissioner. The commissioner said that web users should always be able to opt out