Washington, D.C., Aug. 3, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that a federal jury found Michael J. Pietrzak and Maurice W. Furlong liable for securities fraud and other charges in their operation of Hexagon Consolidated Companies of America, Inc. (HCCA), a development stage mining company headquartered […]

LAWFUEL – The disaster of the Minneapolis bridge collapse could lead to hundreds of millions of dollars in legal claims say lawyers familiar with such cases. Private contractors and the insurance companies that represent them could face hundreds of millions of dollars in legal claims arising from the collapse of the Interstate 35W bridge, attorneys

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., Aug. 3, 2007 LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire — Gardy & Notis, LLP announces that it has filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York on behalf of all persons who purchased or otherwise acquired the publicly traded securities of American Home

LawJobsPipeline.com – Legal Jobs – The Mahlab Recruitment report on the Australian legal recruitment scene has been released – The 2007 Survey highlights the mismatch between employer demand and domestic training, which will need to involve the attraction of the bright young people from blue collar families who might otherwise have missed the chance to

Washington, D.C., Aug. 3, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a London, England resident with insider trading ahead of the July 14, 2006, announcement that San Diego-based Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. would be purchased by two private equity firms. The Commission filed an amended complaint in

LAWFUEL – Legal Announcement – New York, NY— August 3, 2007 — Attorney Advertising. The law firm of Milberg Weiss LLP announces its investigation of American Home Mortgage Investment Corp. (NYSE: AHM) (“American Home Mortgage ” or the “Company”), certain of American Home Mortgage’s officers and directors, as well as Citigroup Global Markets Inc., the

CHICAGO–LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Principals Frederick H. Cohen and David J. Chizewer and associates Chad A. Blumenfield and Ann H. Chen received the 2007 Trial Lawyer of the Year Award from Public Justice Foundation (formerly the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice Foundation) for obtaining a record-breaking verdict against Amerigroup Corporation and its

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – The FBI search of Rep William J Jefferson’s office last year was improper, a federal appeals court has ruled. The New York Times reported that the raid on the Capitol Hill office of Rep. William J. Jefferson, D-La., improperly exposed legislative materials to executive review and ordered the return

Technical Writers Sue UGS Corp. for Unpaid Overtime in Class Action SAN FRANCISCO–LAWFUEL – Law Firm Newswire – Law firm Schubert & Reed LLP is making the announcement that a multi-million dollar lawsuit has been filed against UGS Corporation, a division of Siemens AG (NYSE:SI), accusing the company of cheating its workers out of pay