Washington, D.C., Jan. 11, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to extend for 45 days the comment period on the proposed rulemaking relating to self-regulatory organizations (SROs) that was published in the Federal Register on December 8, 2004 (Release No. 34-50699). These proposed new rules […]

12 January 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Some Birds Were Infected with Exotic Newcastle Disease Two Inland Empire residents have pleaded guilty to their roles in a scheme that smuggled hundreds of protected parrots from Mexico, Central America and South America into the United States, where they were sold at a

Former federal prosecutor Evan Barr and experienced local litigator John Lovi join the firm as partners WASHINGTON, D.C., January 11, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Steptoe & Johnson today announced the opening of a New York office in Manhattan and that local attorneys Evan Barr and John Lovi have joined the

11 January 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – A woman who traded air pollution credits among Southern California businesses was indicted this afternoon by a federal grand jury that alleged the defendant took $12.5 million from investors who were falsely told that the money would be used to purchase pollution credits that

11 January 2005 – LAWFUEL – The law news network – Marcos Daniel Jiménez, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; and Michael S. Clemens, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced today that on Friday, January 7, 2005, defendant, Lillie Mae Xavier, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge

NEW YORK, Jan. 11 2004 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network — Bloomberg, the leading global provider of business and financial news and data, today unveiled its Bloomberg Law Merger, Acquisition and Divestitures rankings for 2004. The global rankings are compiled by Bloomberg as part of Bloomberg Law, a comprehensive legal information, news and

Washington, D.C., Jan. 11, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a settled administrative proceeding against Respondents Lawrence S. Powell and Delano N. Sta.Ana in connection with their participation in a scheme to defraud mutual fund shareholders through improper market timing and late trading. Powell and

PARIS, 10 January 2005 – LAWFUEL – Law news network – Securities attorney Anne Maréchal will join the Paris affiliated office of DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary, the firm has announced. Maitre Maréchal and her two associates will be the first securities attorneys practicing in the firm’s affiliated Paris office. The firm notes that, in

Kilpatrick Stockton announced today the election of Simela Karasavidis to its partnership. Ms. Karasavidis, who joined the firm’s London office in 2003, assumed partnership status on 1 January 2005. This announcement comes just weeks after the high-profile additions to the London office of Helen Newman, Partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group, and Mary O’Connor,

11 January 2004 – LAWFUEL – The law news network – A Mission Viejo man pleaded guilty this afternoon to federal fraud and money laundering charges for running a telecommunications company that purported to sell investments in adult-entertainment pay-per-call telephone lines, but was in fact a Ponzi scheme that collected more than $4.9 million from