Defendants Allegedly Fraudulently Conspired to Obtain over $1,000,000 in Equipment From Cisco under the SMARTnet Service Contract Program SAN JOSE, Calif. – LAWFUEL – California Law – A federal grand jury in San Jose has charged four Minnesota residents with defrauding Cisco Systems, Inc. of over $1 million computer networking equipment, United States Attorney Scott […]

SAN JOSE – LAWFUEL – California Legal – U.S. Attorney Scott Schools announced that Michael Costa was sentenced today to 17 years in prison for his role in directing a cross-country, 1,000 kilogram marijuana distribution conspiracy involving the use of firearms, violence, and money laundering to execute the drug trafficking scheme. This sentence is the

Homicides prosecutors have been called into the Anna Nicole Smith case, according to reports in the Miami Herald. Seminole police will not comment on the nature of the discussions that have been held, according to Broward chief state attorney Chuck Morton. The Herald reported Seminole Police Captain Robert McDaniel cautioning against making conclusions about meeting

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–LAWFUEL – Law Business News –Endeca Technologies, Inc., an enterprise information access software company, today announced that LexisNexis has selected the Endeca Information Access Platform (IAP) to power the legal business development solution, LexisNexis® atVantage™. Designed to help business development and marketing professionals at law firms identify new business opportunities and grow existing accounts,

Washington, DC— LAWFUEL – US Law Firm News, Law Jobs – Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP (K&L Gates) welcomes Nicholas J. Spaeth as partner in the firm’s Washington, DC office. Spaeth comes to K&L Gates from H&R Block, where he served as the company’s senior vice president and general counsel. Spaeth also served

LawFuel.com – Lead story – The Montana Supreme Court has upheld a $9.9 million punitive damage award against Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, finding that Gibson Dunn acted with “actual malice” in suing an art expert who declared a painting with the signature of C.M. Russell was done by Olaf C. Seltzer, thus greatly reducing its

MIAMI– LAWFUEL – Deals & Law –The Daily Business Review® today announced that more than 150 of the region’s most influential dealmakers in law, real estate and finance are expected to attend the publication’s first “Top Dealmakers of the Year Recognition Luncheon” on Friday, March 23, from noon to 2:30 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency

NEW YORK–LAWFUEL – Class Actions –On March 12, 2007, an Atlantic City, NJ jury unanimously awarded a $47.5 million verdict against Merck & Co. in its most recent Vioxx trial. Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C. congratulates the plaintiffs, Frederick Humeston, and his wife, Mary, as well as all of the attorneys responsible for this great success.

Washington, D.C., March 14, 2007 – LAWFUEL – Securities Law, Corporate Law – The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today a settled enforcement action against Banc of America Securities LLC (BAS) for failing to safeguard its forthcoming research reports, including analyst upgrades and downgrades, and for issuing fraudulent research. As part of the settlement, BAS