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05/14/2008 11:13 PM

U.S. Prosecutors to Subpoena UBS Over Wealthy Clients, WSJ Says (Bloomberg.com)

May 15 (Bloomberg) -- UBS AG may receive a subpoena from U.S. prosecutors for the names of American clients it may have helped avoid paying income taxes, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing lawyers and other people involved in the case.

05/16/2008 08:13 AM

Sect lawyers: Clients questioned without legal counsel (Houston Chronicle)

The raid on a West Texas polygamist sect cost nearly $7.5 million in state spending during the first 19 days of what is now one of the largest child custody cases in U.S. history, a newspaper reported today.

05/15/2008 12:35 AM

U.S. to subpoena UBS for wealthy client names: WSJ (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

U.S. prosecutors are expected to approach UBS AG with a subpoena for the names of rich American clients who may have used the Swiss bank's services to skirt income taxes, the Wall Street Journal said on Thursday, citing lawyers and others involved in the case.

05/14/2008 03:36 AM

Fen-phen lawyers shift blame (The Cincinnati Enquirer)

The lawyers who allegedly defrauded clients out of millions in a Fen-phen settlement blamed a Cincinnati lawyer and a retired judge.

05/15/2008 10:12 PM

Cheating on your spouse, revealed by your mouse (Knoxville News Sentinel)

Marriage on the rocks? Better watch your digital dalliance. What used to require a private eye and physical evidence better left to the imagination can now come back to haunt couples in the throes of divorce as a digital trail of infidelity, hidden property or other incriminating evidence lurking in cyberspace. According to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, a survey of divorce ...

05/15/2008 03:48 AM

US prosecutors are expected to confront Swiss banking giant UBS with a broad subpoena for the names of wealthy ... (eFinancial News)

US prosecutors are expected to confront Swiss banking giant UBS with a broad subpoena for the names of wealthy American clients who may have used its services to avoid income taxes, according to lawyers and others involved in the case.

05/14/2008 01:19 AM

'Unbridled greed' cited in lawyers' trial (Lexington Herald-Leader)

Jurors heard opening arguments in the federal trial of three fen-phen lawyers Tuesday, with a prosecutor calling the case one of "unbridled greed" and the defense saying the three never intended to defraud anyone. Assistant U.S. Attorney Linda Voorhees said attorneys William Gallion, Melbourne Mills Jr. and Shirley Allen Cunningham Jr. rightfully were entitled to about $60 million in fees ...

05/16/2008 01:36 AM

3 ex-Phila. police officers win $10 million judgment (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

INQUIRER STAFF WRITER Three former Philadelphia police officers who contended they suffered retaliation because they opposed discrimination against African American officers said yesterday they felt vindicated by the $10 million verdict awarded by a federal court jury.

05/14/2008 02:57 AM

Long-awaited diet-drug case goes to trial (Louisville Courier-Journal)

The prosecutor said they committed fraud that represented "unbridled greed." But attorneys for three lawyers accused of bilking clients out of $65 million in Kentucky's fen-phen case said yesterday that if mistakes were made, others were to blame, and there was no intent to commit a crime.

05/16/2008 11:46 PM

Another BP trial over Texas City blast nears (Houston Chronicle)

Most of 4,000 civil claims filed in the aftermath of the deadly explosion at BP's Texas City refinery more than three years ago have been settled, but at least one more trial is on tap.

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