LAWFUEL – American Legal Newswire – Lancaster Community Hospital today paid the United States government $1.2 million to settle allegations that it improperly accounted for physical therapy costs on its Medicare cost reports and subsequently was overpaid by the federal health insurance program. The settlement resolves allegations made against Lancaster Community in a “whistleblower” lawsuit […]

WASHINGTON – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Ionia Management, a Greek company that manages a fleet of tanker vessels, was indicted today for its role in overboard dumping of waste oil from the M/T Kriton into international waters and their efforts to impede the United States Coast Guard and other authorities from learning of

DENVER – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Troy A. Eid, United States Attorney for the District of Colorado, announced today that WILLIAM L. GLADNEY, aka “L” was sentenced this morning to serve life in federal prison without the possibility of parole by U.S. District Court Judge Marcia S. Krieger for federal racketeering charges related

LAWFUEL – The US Law & Business Newswire – Faced with congressional investigations, document requests and who-knows-what President Bush is loading up with lawyers as he prepares for battle with Congress. Faced with a flurry of document requests and expanding congressional investigations, the White House announced Friday that Bush had hired nine lawyers, including five

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – A late legislative call gives the Minnesota Boxing Commission regulatory control over mixed martial arts — or Ultimate Fighting — events in the state. The battle over who should regulate mixed martial arts competitions in Minnesota has a winner and new champion, reports Richard Meryhew in the Philadelphia Star-Tribune.

LAWFUEL – US Business & Law Newswire – The firm is representing Blackstone Capital Partners in its announced acquisition of an ownership stake in Alliant Insurance Services, Inc., one of the nation’s largest insurance brokerage firms. In partnership with Alliant’s management and employees, Blackstone Capital Partners has reached an agreement to acquire the Company from

LAWFUEL – Law Newswire – A transient was convicted today on fraud and money laundering charges for running a scheme that bilked several victims out of more than $5 million with promises of huge returns on their investments that they thought were being used to make “bridge loans” or to invest in projects such as

LAWFUEL – See LawFuel’s ‘Hot Gossip’ – Jail expert Duane ‘Dog’ Chapman is reported by TMZ as saying he was considering making a plea to Paris Hilton’s judge, offering to do the time for her. Dog and his wife Beth have done a little time and think the unemployed, DUI socialite has suffered enough. They

The international law firm Clifford Chance advised debitel AG, Stuttgart, on the complete takeover of the Talkline Group. The purchase price is EUR 560 million. The transaction will take place subject to approval from the relevant antitrust authorities. debitel AG is a portfolio company of the private equity house Permira and is the largest provider