Washington, D.C., April 16, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – The Securities and Exchange Commission’s staff today announced the availability of a new compliance tool to assist anti-money laundering (AML) compliance efforts by broker-dealers. The “AML Source Tool” is on the Commission’s website at: http://www.sec.gov/about/offices/ocie/amlsourcetool.htm Broker-dealers have compliance obligations under statutory and regulatory […]

Alex Terras, Jason Kaplan & Timothy Harris Join From DLA Piper (April 16, 2007, Chicago, IL) – LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Having officially launched its Chicago combination with Sachnoff & Weaver in March, Reed Smith LLP today announced the arrival of a lateral team from DLA Piper. Alexander Terras and Jason Kaplan

LAWFUEL – US Law Newswire – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, William T. Simms, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Secret Service, Julie Torres, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced the April 13,

NORWALK, Conn., April 16, 2007 LAWFUEL – Class Actions Newswire — Pirate Capital LLC today filed a class action lawsuit against the Board of Directors of Aquila, Inc. (“Aquila”). Pirate alleges breaches of fiduciary duties related to the process and structure of the proposed transaction with Great Plains Energy, Inc. (“Great Plains”), as well as

BLACKSBURG, Va., LAWFUEL- The Law Newswire – April 16, 2007 Tuesday, there will be a university convocation/ceremony at 2 p.m. at Cassell Coliseum. The university was struck today with a tragedy of monumental proportions. There were two shootings on campus. In each case, there were fatalities. The university is shocked and horrified that this would

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 16 /PRNewswire/ — The Cochran Firm, founded by famed attorney Johnnie L. Cochran, has filed suit against the world’s largest processor and marketer of chicken, beef, and pork. With annual sales of $26 billion in 2005 and with 50 poultry processing facilities in the U.S., Tyson Foods will prospectively see a fierce

London, 27th March 2007 Maxymiser today announced the availability of their unique website testing and optimisation software to partner agencies. Established agencies can now partner with Maxymiser to roll out advanced Multivariate Testing technologies to their existing clients under their own brand. Maxymiser’s technology allows website owners to perform statistical testing on content variations to

Monday 16 April 2007 LAWFUEL – The Law Newswire – The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) announced today the successful prosecution of 144 company officers over the last three months. Fines and costs totalling more than $288,980 were imposed as a consequence. These prosecutions, concerning 279 contraventions of the Corporations Act, are the result

How tough is it for lawyers at the top of their game? In Britain, The Times asked their law panel for their views on balancing work and life. The consensus seems to be that work/life balance is a nice sounding, but little practised lifestyle choice. This past Easter weekend, senior lawyers took a break from