June 14, 2004 – LAWFUEL – An Orange County man was sentenced today to 33 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to participating in an Internet auction fraud scheme and in a second plot to defraud a bank out of $400,000. Cole Bartiromo, 19, of Mission Viejo, was sentenced today in federal court in […]

Chicago, IL, June 14, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Baker & McKenzie has been selected as one of the top ten corporate law firms in America for the fourth consecutive year, according to a survey of more than 2,000 directors of publicly traded companies given by Corporate Board Member magazine. The Firm holds its sixth place

San Francisco, CA, June 13, 2004– LAWFUEL – The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today granted Guatemalan asylum-seeker Reina Izabel Garcia-Martinez’s Petition for Review of an adverse Board of Immigration Appeals decision. A victim of gang-rape by soldiers in her native country in 1993, the decision recognizes Ms. Garcia-Martinez is entitled to

ROSEVILLE, Calif., June 14, 2004 – LAWFUEL – IHI Insurance Services announced another fraud conviction in a workers’ compensation claim resulting in $12,224 in restitution, 90 days in jail, and three years of formal probation. This award followed the guilty plea of a workers’ compensation claimant on one count of insurance fraud, in violation of

Fulbright Named One of Three Top Energy Firms In United States HOUSTON — The international law firm of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. announced today that Chambers Global selected it as one of three top Energy Firms in the United States. Fulbright was one of eight firms vying for the Law Firm of the Year Award

Tokyo – 14 June, 2004 – LAWFUEL – International law firm Clifford Chance has announced that Angela Krantz has joined the firm’s Tokyo office as a Senior Associate with the Corporate Group, effective 14 June 2004. Angela has been working as a lawyer in Tokyo for approximately 8 years, most recently with Morrison & Foerster

COLCHESTER, Conn., June 11, 2004 -LAWFUEL – Scott + Scott, LLC, a Connecticut law firm with offices in Ohio and California, announced that it has commenced an investigation into Bally Total Fitness Holding Corporation (NYSE: BFT). On April 28, 2004, the Company issued a press release announcing that its Chief Financial Officer and Director, John

Unanimous vote give New Zealand membership of prestigious, international environmental organisation Marrakesh, Morocco – June 14, 2004 – LAWFUEL – New Zealand has been unanimously welcomed into one of the world’s major environmental education organisations, the European-based Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE). Although FEE is perhaps best known for its Blue Flag beach programme it

NEW YORK, June 13, 2004 – LAWFUEL – New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s office called the office of prominent hedge-fund manager Stanley Druckenmiller last fall and said, with a chuckle, that the purpose of the call wasn’t a “regulatory matter,” but that Spitzer wanted to chat, according to people who’ve heard the story from

NEW YORK, June 13, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Last week the White House dismissed news accounts of an explosive August 2002 brief from the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel which has been widely criticized for seeming to flout conventions against torture. The memo, drafted by former OLC lawyer John Yoo, defends most interrogation methods