LAWFUEL- The Law Newswire – A Los Angeles con man with a long string of fraud convictions was sentenced today to five years in federal prison for trying to extort more than $50,000 from an attorney by claiming to have information that could exonerate her brother, a convicted murderer who is serving a life prison […]

Wednesday 16 May 2007 LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has disqualified four directors from managing corporations during April following their involvement in failed companies. Mr Tedwin Arthur Stewart ASIC has banned retail food outlet operator and finance broker, Mr Tedwin Arthur Stewart, of Maryborough, Queensland, from managing

(Moscow, 15 May 2007) – LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP announces that Dan Coppel has joined the firm’s Moscow office as a partner. He brings the number of partners based in Moscow to seven. Dan is a transactional M&A lawyer and much of his work is cross-border

New York – May 15, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP advised Discovery Communications in the exchange of Cox Communications, Inc.’s 25% ownership stake in Discovery for Travel Media, Inc., the company that owns Travel Channel and TravelChannel.com. The exchange was completed May 14, 2007. Discovery Communications is a

CHICAGO– LAWFUEL – The Law Jobs & Law Newswire –Todd & Weld LLP and Lite DePalma Greenberg & Rivas, LLC hereby give notice that a class action lawsuit was filed in the Northern District of Illinois, on behalf of all persons who purchased club memberships in “Distinctive Retreats by Abercrombie & Kent, Inc.” during the

LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – While David Bain and indeed New Zealand waits for the Solicitor General, Dr David Collins QC to make his decision on the merits of a retrial for David Bain, the questions raised by the decision as to the manner in which such investigations and trials are prosecuted has been

LawFuel – The Law Newswire – Tyco International whose top two officers were imprisoned for fraud, has agreed to pay almost $3 billion to settle class-action suits brought by investors, the company announced today, as reported by the New York Times. The settlement, described as the largest payment ever by a company in such a

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.–LAWFUEL -The Law Newswire –Al MacKenzie, Deputy District Attorney in Los Angeles County, has been recognized as “Prosecutor of the Year” by Llorente SIU™, a leading private-sector insurance fraud investigation firm. The award is given annually to a prosecutor who does an extraordinary job of fighting insurance fraud. Los Angeles District Attorney Steve

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – May 15, 2007 – Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) announced today that it will present at the following investor events: JMP Securities Research Conference Gokul Rajaram, Product Management Director Monday, May 21, 2007 2:30 p.m. ET / 11:30 a.m. PT Goldman Sachs Eighth Annual Internet Conference Alan Eustace, Senior Vice President, Engineering &