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Husband and Wife Co-Owners of Subcontracting Company Plead Guilty to Contract Fraud Related to Afghanistan Rebuilding (Popularity:  )
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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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In Communities Across America, Huge Crowds Protest Gun Violence (Popularity: )
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Advocates for laws making it harder for dangerous individuals to get firearms demanded action at events in more than 25 cities and towns from District Heights, Maryland to Seattle, Washington and from Dallas, Texas to the Twin Cities of Minnesota, on a national day of protest organized by the Reverend Jesse Jackson's Operation Rainbow/PUSH and the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. The National Day of Protest marked the 44th ...
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Independent Shareholder Ted Karkus Files Preliminary Proxy Statement to Elect Nominees to the Board of The Quigley Corporation (Popularity: )
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Ted Karkus, a management consultant and private investor, announced today that he filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission a preliminary proxy statement nominating independent directors to replace the entire Board of Directors of The Quigley Corporation (Nasdaq: QGLY) at Quigley's 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 20, 2009.The nominees are:Ted Karkus, the managing member of Forrester Financial, LLC which he founded in 2001. Forrester ...
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Injunction Against Certain Qualcomm Products for the U.S. Market Provides Some Limited Licenses (Popularity: )
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Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a leading developer and innovator of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and other advanced wireless technologies, today announced that Federal District Judge James V. Selna has issued an injunction against certain Qualcomm products for the United States market that were found to infringe three Broadcom patents. Qualcomm is reviewing the complex ruling and expects it will require further clarification from the court on various aspects of ...
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International Arbitration Decision Issued Regarding Divestiture of Batu Hijau in Indonesia, Contract of Work Remains in Effect (Popularity: )
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Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE: NEM) ("Newmont" or "the Company") today announced that the international arbitration panel delivered its decision pertaining to the dispute in regard to the divestiture of PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara's ("PTNNT's") shares. The Company, as a foreign shareholder in PTNNT, together with Nusa Tenggara Mining Corporation, an affiliate of Sumitomo Corporation of Japan, is required under the Contract of Work with the Government of the Republic of ...
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Judge Orders 'Virtual Visitation' for Father & Son Based on New Law (Popularity: )
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Cook County Judge Michael Panter utilized Fathers' Rights Attorney Jeffery Leving's new Virtual Visitation Law by awarding Leving's client internet "web visitation" yesterday. This Las Vegas father will now enjoy video conferencing with his infant Chicago son twice weekly. This virtual visitation supplements the father's "in-person" visitation as ordered by the court.Attorney Jeffery Leving (http://dadsrights.com), who co-authored the Illinois Virtual Visitation Law, which just went into effect this new year ...
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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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Justice Department and FBI Announce Formal Conclusion of Investigation into 2001 Anthrax Attacks (Popularity: )
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The Justice Department, FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service today announced that the investigation into the 2001 anthrax attacks, which killed five individuals and sickened 17 others, has formally concluded.Earlier today, representatives of the FBI and Justice Department provided a 92-page investigative summary along with attachments to victims of the attacks, relatives of the victims and appropriate committees of Congress. This document sets forth a summary of the evidence developed ...
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Justice Department Requires Divestitures in Republic's Acquisition of Allied Waste (Popularity: )
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The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement that will require Republic Services Inc. and Allied Waste Industries Inc. to divest commercial waste collection and disposal assets, serving 15 metropolitan areas, in order to proceed with Republic's proposed $4.5 billion acquisition of Allied. The settlement requires Republic and Allied to divest 87 commercial waste collection routes, nine landfills and 10 transfer stations, together with ancillary assets ...
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Justice Department to Monitor Elections in Florida (Popularity: )
The Justice Department today announced that on March 13, 2007, it will deploy Department personnel to monitor municipal general elections in the cities of Miramar and Hallandale in Broward County, Fla., to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act. A Civil Rights Division attorney will coordinate the federal activities and maintain contact with local election officials. Both cities have an obligation to provide all election information, ballots, and voting assistance ...
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