Washington, D.C. – LAWFUEL – Law News & Law Jobs – Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that the firm will receive the prestigious Entrepreneurial Star Award presented by the Business Women’s Network (BWN) and Diversity Best Practices (DBP) in recognition of its strong and ongoing commitment to diversity in the workplace, and in the […]

Friday 27 October 2006 LAWFUEL – Law News Network – The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has commenced proceedings against Canberra-based mortgage broker, Tonadale Pty Ltd (trading as ACT Mortgages), and Mr Kelvin Skeers, following allegations of unconscionable and misleading and deceptive conduct in relation to the arrangement of lo-doc loans. These proceedings in

LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Skadden is representing Capgemini S.A. (France), a provider of information technology, systems integration, software development, outsourcing, and management consulting and services, in its approximately US$1.3 billion acquisition of Kanbay International, Inc., a provider of information technology services to financial services companies.

LAWFUEL – Law News Network – State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer announced today the arraignment of a Manhattan retail store owner on two misdemeanor charges stemming from his failure to maintain the payroll records required by law. Henry Ishay, an officer of X-Treem Vibe Inc., operates the Manhattan store Yellow Rat Bastard, located at 478

William P. Quigley, Professor at Loyola University New Orleans School of Law, to Be Honored for His Efforts Following Hurricane Katrina Christa Gannon, Founder and Executive Director of Fresh Lifelines for Youth (FLY) to Be Honored for Youth Advocacy in California STANFORD, Calif.–LAWFUEL – Law News Network –Stanford Law School’s new Center for Public Service

Company enters into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement SAN FRANCISCO B – LAWFUEL – Law News Network – InterMune, Inc., a Brisbane, California biopharmaceutical company, has agreed to enter into a deferred prosecution agreement and to pay nearly $37 million to resolve criminal charges and civil liability in connection with its illegal promotion and marketing of

WASHINGTON–LAWFUEL – Law News Network -Bracewell & Giuliani LLP announces that Jeff Holmstead, former Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for Air and Radiation and one of the nation’s foremost air quality experts, has joined the firm as a partner in the Washington, D.C., office. Mr. Holmstead, who is returning to private law practice

Washington, D.C., Oct. 26, 2006 – LAWFUEL – Law Jobs, Law News – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) today announced they will continue to waive for two years the annual system fees paid by investment adviser firms to maintain the Investment Adviser Registration Depository (IARD)

BUFFALO, N.Y., Oct. 26 LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs — Many retirees who have homes both in a northern state and Florida have changed their official domicile and will vote in Florida on Election Day. The move to opt for Florida citizenship has been driven in part by the skyrocketing Florida real estate tax

LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs – A Santa Ana Jail detention officer was indicted today on federal bribery charges for allegedly accepting $6,000 in bribe money in exchange for bringing unlawful contraband to a federal inmate housed in the Santa Ana City Jail. Jose Abel Flores, 37, of Corona, was indicted by a federal