CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.–LAWFUEL – Class Action Lawsuits News –Goldman Scarlato & Karon, P.C., a law firm with offices in Pennsylvania and Ohio, announces that a lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the District of Louisiana, on behalf of persons who purchased or otherwise acquired publicly traded securities of Hornbeck Offshore Services, […]

Lawfuel.com reports that Christopher J. Steskal, a lead prosecutor of a federal task force investigating the backdating of stock options at Apple Inc. and other companies, is leaving his San Francisco post to join Fenwick & West.

A Bahamas law firm is suing Anna Nicole Smith for unpaid legal fees totaling $113,000 (£58,000). Callenders, which is based in Nassau, has secured an injunction from the Bahamas Supreme Court forbidding Smith from reducing the balance in her local bank accounts below $125,000 (£64,000). Attorney TRACY FERGUSON contends Smith has repeatedly failed to pay

NEW YORK–LAWFUEL – Lawsuit News Daily –The Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc. (NYSE: IPG) announced today that it has withdrawn its Statement of Claim against Sir Frank Lowe before the American Arbitration Association. In exchange for this withdrawal, Sir Frank has agreed to withdraw his lawsuit for defamation against Interpublic in New York State Supreme

R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Anthony V. Mangione, Acting Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, announced today that defendant Jimmy Oliver, of West Palm Beach, was sentenced to 130 years’ imprisonment following his conviction on four (4) counts of sexual exploitation of a minor to

LAWFUEL – Los Angeles and New York – January 18, 2007 – Legal 500, a law firm referral guide, includes Loeb & Loeb LLP in their inaugural U.S. edition among its list of “top tier” mergers and acquisitions (M&A) practices at U.S.-based law firms. Legal 500 US 2007 Edition results were based on deals and

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