NEW YORK, March 28, 2007 – LAWFUEL – Entertainment & IP Law News – Loeb & Loeb LLP announced today that Thomas A. Guida has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property and Entertainment Groups as a partner. Guida, who will reside in the New York office, formerly practiced law at Baker & Hostetler LLP in New

LawFuel.com – Former Anna Nicole Smith boyfriend, attorney Howard K Stern, has rejected suggestions that he was somehow to blame for the death of the former Playboy model. Stern released a statement late Monday in which he indicated friends and colleagues of Anna Nicole Smith had similarly urged the TrimSpa model to check herself into

Thursday 29 March 2007 Mr Erick Tjandra The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned Mr Erick Tjandra of Sydney, formerly an employee of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), from providing financial services. Mr Tjandra was banned following his conviction for a fraud-related offence. Mr Tjandra was convicted of 37 counts of

Jamaican police are narrowing down their investigation of the death-by-strangulation of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer, according to Jamaican police sources. Although the police had indicated that the investigation was complicated by the depature from Jamaica of so many players and other potential witnesses, they feel confident they will get the killer. Police interviewed all

NEW YORK–LAWFUEL – Law News Law Jobs Network –The law firm of Milberg Weiss & Bershad LLP announces the continuation of its investigation of New Century Financial Corporation (NYSE: NEW) (“New Century” or the “Company”) and certain of its officers and directors for allegedly issuing materially false and misleading statements and potentially violating federal securities

Settlement Agreement is Among Largest in Southern District of Texas HOUSTON–LAWFUEL –Because of a Harris County Hospital District employee’s persistence in challenging improperly filed health insurance claims, the federal Medicare and Medicaid programs will recover almost $15.5 million from the hospital district, according to the settlement agreement unsealed today by the U.S. District Court for

Washington, D.C., March 28, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Securities and Exchange Commission announced it will hold an open meeting on April 4, 2007, to discuss the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s (PCAOB) proposed auditing standard for Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the coordination of that proposed standard with the Commission’s related pending

London – LawFuel – Media Law News – Allen & Overy LLP has advised Apax Partners on its acquisition of a 49.9% stake in Trader Media Group from Guardian Media Group. The remaining 50.1% stake in the business will be retained by Guardian Media. The acquisition values Trader Media Group at STG1.35 billion. The Allen

WASHINGTON – Disbarred Los Angeles, California, lawyer Eduardo M. Rivera, was sentenced to 60 days in jail and a $500.00 fine on March 26, 2007, for committing criminal contempt of court by violating an injunction that barred him from promoting a frivolous legal opinion, the Justice Department announced today. On December 19, 2006, Judge George