SEATTLE, Aug. 9, 2007 LAWFUEL – Class Actions Newswire — Keller Rohrback L.L.P. (www.erisafraud.com) announced that it has commenced an investigation against Health Management Associates, Inc. (“HMA” or the “Company”) (NYSE:HMA) for potential violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). The investigation focuses on investments in HMA stock by the Health […]

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – He’s said to be the richest man in the world. He’s certainly Latin America’s leading business mogul. As Forbes reports, Carlos Slim may eventually need to respond to growing criticism over his monopolistic telecom business. Mexican businessman Carlos Slim is now said to be the world’s richest man. He

Tax Preparer Allegedly Claimed Bogus Telephone and Fuel Tax Credits for Customers WASHINGTON – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The United States has brought suit against a Ft. Lauderdale man, seeking to bar him from preparing tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. According to the government’s complaint, Joshua Chikudo operates Quick

LawFuel – The Legal Newswire – TMZ.com reports that actor Brad Pitt is due to make a Court appearance in California imminently. Pitt showed up for jury duty today after court officials gave him an ultimatum to appear or be guilty of contempt. The website reports that he had postponed his service several times because

Victims as Young as 13 Were Promised Jobs, Then Suffered Threats and Beatings LOS ANGELES – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Six members of a Guatemalan family and three associates were indicted for their roles in a sex trafficking ring that recruited young women in Guatemala with false promises of high-paying jobs, smuggled the

(New York, New York) – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael A. Asaro has joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as a partner in the litigation practice in New York, the firm announced today. Mr. Asaro is the 14th former federal prosecutor to join the firm’s white-collar criminal

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire -In a further sign that Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe is a basket case collapsing into a legal quagmire as dangerous as its economic ruin, a new surveillance law targets “journalists with hidden agendas”. AllAfrica reports that a sweeping surveillance law ratified Friday in Zimbabwe will target “imperialist-sponsored journalists with hidden agendas,”

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Two Marines involved in an alleged massacre of 24 civilians in Iraq had charges against them dropped yesterday. Reuters report that a U.S. Marine general dropped all charges on Thursday against two Marines in the shooting deaths of 24 civilians in Haditha, scene of what Iraqi witnesses said was