LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs – The attorney for a commodities futures trading firm that defrauded hundreds of investors out of more than $95 million has pleaded guilty to conspiring with one of the scam’s principals to defraud an investment victim, as well as to lying to investment industry regulators and a state court. […]

Orders Placed From Foreign Accounts Just Prior to $45 Billion Acquisition Announcement; as much as $5.4 Million Frozen LAWFUEL – US Securities Law News – On March 2, 2007, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago, entered a Temporary Restraining Order freezing assets of certain Unknown Purchasers of Call

Discussions to be Webcast in Real Time Washington, D.C., March 2, 2007 – The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today the details for the upcoming roundtable on the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) “roadmap.” John W. White, Director, Division of Corporation Finance, will open the meeting at 10:00 a.m. Professor Hal S. Scott of Harvard

LawFuel.com – See ‘Hot Gossip’ – The WSJ Law Blog carries a memo put out to Mayer Brown associates regarding the ‘loss’ or demotion of 45 partners (you interpret). The blog reports chairman-to-be James Holzhauer saying the cuts were made to increase the firm’s “leverage,” which reflects the ratio of partners to associates, in an

LawFuel – Law News – Astronaut Lisa Nowak, 43, has been charged by US prosecutors with attempting to kidnap a romantic rival, almost a month after she was arrested. No charge of attempted murder has been filed but she also faces charges of trying to inflict bodily harm, burglary with a weapon and battery. Police

LOS ANGELES, March 2 LAWFUEL – Law News US — Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales today joined Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa in highlighting the collaboration between the Department of Justice and the City of Los Angeles to curb the threat of violent gang crime in the city. As with many other areas of the

Hong Kong: LAWFUEL – Law Firm News Every Day – Clifford Chance has been named IFLR International Law Firm of the Year in Asia at the annual IFLR Asian Awards, held in Hong Kong on 1 March. In the award citation, IFLR’s judges said, “Clifford Chance stepped up another gear this year and was involved

TALLAHASSEE, FL – LAWFUEL – US Attorney – Attorney General Bill McCollum and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement today announced that five Tampa area residents were arrested for possession and distribution of child pornography. The arrests are the culmination of a weeklong operation in the Tampa area by federal, state and local law enforcement

LAWFUEL – US Attorney News – A San Fernando Valley man has been sentenced to 151 months in federal prison for possessing over 1,000 images of child pornography, including pictures and movies portraying sadistic and masochistic acts on children, and distributing nearly two pounds of methamphetamine. Brett David Schenk, 42, of Studio City, was sentenced