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Justice Department & IRS Announce Results of UBS Settlement & Unprecedented Response in Voluntary Tax Disclosure Program (Popularity:  )
Deputy Attorney General David W. Ogden released the following statement regarding the announcement today by the Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regarding the results arising from previous settlements of civil and criminal cases against Swiss banking giant UBS AG. The Justice Department and IRS announced that over 14,700 taxpayers have come forward to report previously-undisclosed foreign bank accounts under the voluntary disclosure program the IRS implemented ...
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Open Book Alliance Issues Statement Reacting to Revised Google Book Settlement Proposal (Popularity: )
On Friday, Google, the Authors Guild, and the Association of American Publishers released their revised book settlement proposal in an attempt to fix the deeply flawed legal agreement.
Open Book Alliance co-chair Peter Brantley said, "Our initial review of the new proposal tells us that Google and its partners are performing a sleight of hand; fundamentally, this settlement remains a set-piece designed to serve the private commercial interests of Google and ...
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Massachusetts Man Charged With Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to Terrorists (Popularity: )
A Sudbury, Mass., man was charged today in federal court with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists.
Acting U.S. Attorney Michael K. Loucks and Warren T. Bamford, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI - Boston Field Division, announced today that Tarek Mehanna, 27, of 6 Fairhaven Circle, Sudbury, Mass., was charged in a complaint with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists.
The complaint alleges that, beginning in or about ...
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Attorney General Announces Formal Medical Marijuana Guidelines (Popularity: )
Attorney General Eric Holder today announced formal guidelines for federal prosecutors in states that have enacted laws authorizing the use of marijuana for medical purposes. The guidelines make clear that the focus of federal resources should not be on individuals whose actions are in compliance with existing state laws, while underscoring that the Department will continue to prosecute people whose claims of compliance with state and local law conceal operations ...
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Charges Hedge Fund Managers, Fortune 500 Executives, and Management Consulting Director in $20 Million Insider Trading Case (Popularity: )
Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Joseph Demarest, Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the FBI, today announced charges against six individuals arising out of their alleged involvement in the largest hedge fund insider trading case in history. The defendants include: Raj Rajaratnam, the Managing Member of Galleon Management, LLC (Galleon), and a portfolio manager for Galleon Technology Offshore, Ltd.; ...
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Law Enforcement Officer Fatalities Fall Sharply during Third Quarter of 2009 (Popularity: )
After jumping 20 percent in the first six months of 2009, the number of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty fell sharply during the third quarter of this year and is on pace to reach a five-decade low this year, according to preliminary data from the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.
Nationwide, 26 officers died in the line of duty during the months of July, August and ...
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Georgia Dui Lawyer Ben Sessions Annonces The Gaduidefenselawfirm.Com (Popularity: )
Georgia DUI Defense Attorney Ben Sessions announces the launch of his firm’s website. The newly launched website focuses on Georgia’s complex DUI laws and provides information for those faced with a Georgia DUI charge. Concentrating exclusively on Georgia DUI law, Ben Sessions specializes in DUI defense and is available 24 hours a day for free consultation.
Georgia DUI lawyers Ben Sessions delivers results in the defense of Georgia DUI cases ...
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U.S. District Court Upholds Validity of Lilly's Evista Patents Through 2014 (Popularity: )
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana today upheld Eli Lilly and Company's (NYSE: LLY) method-of-use patents on Evista(R) (raloxifene HCl tablets). In the case of Eli Lilly and Company v. Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd., the court ruled in favor of Lilly on all accounts for these method-of-use patents, including the patent doctrines of obviousness, enablement, and inequitable conduct. These patents provide protection for Evista through March ...
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Federal, State Partners Convene to Discuss Ongoing Anti-Fraud Efforts in Mortgage Market (Popularity: )
Attorney General Eric Holder, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan, FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Director Jim Freis and attorneys general from 11 states will be available to reporters to discuss ongoing anti-fraud efforts in the mortgage market on THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 at 10:00 A.M. ET.
The brief remarks follow a closed-door meeting with the state and federal officials to discuss emerging trends and new ...
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Husband and Wife Co-Owners of Subcontracting Company Plead Guilty to Contract Fraud Related to Afghanistan Rebuilding (Popularity: )
Delmar Dwayne Spier, the chief executive officer and managing director of United States Protection and Investigations, LLC (USPI), today pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to conspiracy, major fraud and wire fraud arising from an alleged scheme to defraud the United States; and his wife, Barbara Edens Spier, the president and owner of USPI, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States in connection ...
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