LAWFUEL – Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), Miami Field Office, announced that defendant, Peter Lombardi, the former President and sole shareholder of South Florida viatical firm Mutual Benefits Corp. (“MBC”) was sentenced today by United States […]

PHOENIX – LAWFUEL – Robert C. Hazlett, 44, of Gilbert, Ariz., the former CEO of a collection agency, Valley Acceptance Corporation, was sentenced here to 8 months in prison, to be followed by 36 months of supervised release, and ordered to pay restitution of $744,376 by U.S. District Judge Stephen M. McNamee. Hazlett had been

Tokyo – LAWFUEL – Law News Network – DLA Piper today announced the appointment of a leading energy lawyer, Paul Fredrick, as Counsel in Japan. His extensive experience for Japanese companies in the oil and gas sector includes work on LNG projects and the acquisition and disposal of energy assets as well as cross-border pipeline

TORONTO (January 18, 2007)LAWFUEL – Canada Law News – Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes), one of Canada’s leading business law firms, today announced that three members of the Firm have been selected as recipients of the Firm’s first annual Volunteer of Distinction Award. “The Volunteer of Distinction Award will be presented annually by Blakes

January 19, 2007 (Mountain View and San Francisco, CA) – LAWFUEL – Fenwick & West LLP announced that it has elected two associates to join the Firm’s partnership, effective January 1, 2007. The new equity partners are Blake W. Martell and Heather N. Mewes. “We are honored to welcome Heather and Blake as our newest

LAWFUEL – Law News Network – An Ontario man has agreed to plead guilty to providing false information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation by reporting that he had overheard conversations in which a man threatened to “knock [Los Angeles] off the earth” in a terrorist attack. In a plea agreement filed today, Dennis Leon

SAN FRANCISCO –LAWFUEL – Law News US – United States Attorney Kevin V. Ryan announced that Steven Donnelly, a former buyer in UCSF’s Procurement Office, pled guilty to public-corruption charges in connection with allegations that Mr. Donnelly, who was involved in the competitive bidding process for a contract to install fiber obtics to connect all

TALLAHASSEE – LAWFUEL – US Law News – Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced several appointments to his senior management team. The appointees include an attorney from a private law firm, a former state agency head and a communications official for another state agency. “I am confident that each of these individuals will bring their

LAWFUEL – US Criminal Law News – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, Miami Field Office, and Robert Parker, Director, Miami-Dade Police Department, announced that defendant Shynita Townsend, 43, a Miami-Dade Corrections & Rehabilitation Officer, has been arrested on

CHICAGO – LAWFUEL – US Law Firm Network – Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the U.S., is pleased to announce that it is the first law firm in the metropolitan Chicago area to sign on to Start! with the CEO. Gary M. Ropski, President of Brinks,