Legal Eagle Review

Lawyer Barred from Promoting Tax Shelters Generating $370 Million in Sham Deductions

Written by Legal Eagle Review
Tuesday, 04 October 2011
Chicago, Illinois - A federal court has permanently barred John E. Rogers and two of his companies, Sugarloaf Fund LLC and Jetstream Business Limited, from promoting tax shelters that allegedly use distressed Brazilian debt to lower customers’ reported income improperly, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today.
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SEC Charges Hedge Fund Manager with Fraud Involving PIPE Transactions

Written by Legal Eagle Review
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
Washington, DC - The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Long Island-based investment adviser with defrauding investors in hedge funds investing in PIPE transactions and misappropriating more than $1 million in client assets for his personal use.
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SEC Charges Bay Area Investment Adviser for Defrauding Clients

Written by LER
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
Washington, DC - The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a San Francisco-area investment adviser with fraud for lying to clients about how brokerage commission rebates were being used and producing phony documents to cover up the fraud during an SEC examination.
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Former Williams Specialty Services Employee Indicted

Written by Globe NewsWire
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
Tucker, Georgia - Williams Specialty Services, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Williams Industrial Services Group, LLC, learned on September 27 that a former employee and supervisor, John Delk, has been charged by federal prosecutors with falsifying inspection and measurement reports relating to work previously performed at Tennessee Valley Authority's Watts Bar nuclear plant.
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Comverge, Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Announce Settlement

Written by Legal Eagle Review
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
Norcross, Georgia - Comverge, Inc. (Nasdaq:COMV), the leading provider of Intelligent Energy Management solutions for Residential and Commercial + Industrial (C+I) customers, announced an amicable settlement related to litigation with Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities Company (KU), with no material impact to Comverge's financials, under terms that are confidential.
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Lawfirm Investigates Illnesses Related to Consumption of Cantaloupe Contaminated With Listeria

Written by GNW
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
Phoenix, Arizona - Keller Rohrback P.L.C. announced that it is investigating illnesses related to the consumption of Rocky Ford cantaloupe shipped to Arizona that was contaminated with listeria. Recently, Jensen Farms of Colorado recalled its Rocky Ford cantaloupes, some of which were distributed in Arizona.
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Three Arbitration Claims Against UBS Seeking Damages Filed

Written by Klayman & Toskes P.A.
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
New York, New York - The Securities Arbitration Law Firm of Klayman & Toskes, P.A. ("K&T") announced today that it filed three securities arbitration claims against UBS Financial Services (NYSE:UBS) on behalf of investors for losses sustained in Lehman Brothers Structured Products, including 100% Principal Protected Notes, Return Optimization Notes, and Auto-Call Notes.
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