United States Attorney Karen P. Hewitt announced that Maria Eugenia Gutierrez was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in San Diego by United States District Judge Marilyn L. Huff to serve 30 months in custody, based on Gutierrez’ conviction for conspiring to smuggle and transport illegal aliens, bringing illegal aliens into the United States for […]

LAWFUEL – See ‘Hot Gossip’ – Now that Scooter Libby’s been found guilty on four of five charges the question arises: Is he disbarred? Why, yes. No brainer, according to GWU professor Alan Childress’s Legal Profession Blog.

LAWFUEL – Australia Business News – Law Jobs – Mr Adrian Camilleri, a Sydney finance broker, has pleaded guilty to five charges of managing a corporation while disqualified following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The matter was heard in the Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney yesterday. The charges relate

LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs – A La Canada couple who operated live auctions on satellite channels that purported to sell genuine works of art and jewelry have admitted that they ran a scam that defrauded purchasers out of more than $20 million by rigging auctions and selling bogus artworks. Among other things, the

HOUSTON – LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Law Jobs – Andrews Kurth LLP has named Elizabeth A. Campbell as its Chief Diversity Officer. Ms. Campbell is a partner at the firm and will devote her efforts full time to overseeing the firm’s diversity strategy. Leaders of the 400-attorney firm say that Ms. Campbell’s hiring

WASHINGTON —LAWFUEL – Law News – Law Jobs – Unclaimed refunds totaling more than $2.2 billion are awaiting about 1.8 million people who failed to file a federal income tax return for 2003, the Internal Revenue Service announced today. However, in order to collect the money, a return for 2003 must be filed with an

Lawfuel.com – US Legal news – Law Jobs – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Miami Division, and Melody Jackson, Special Agent in Charge, Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, announced today that

March 6, 2007 – LAWFUEL – Patent Law News – Chadbourne & Parke LLP won a decisive victory in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in a patent case representing Avent Ltd. Avent, a subsidiary of Royal Philips Electronics, had been sued in the United States District Court for the Western District

LAWFUEL – US ATTORNEY – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Anthony V. Mangione, Acting Special Agent in Charge, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security and Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, Miami Field Division; announced today the filing of an