The State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) announced a $13 million grant to the University of Washington (UW) Law School’s Asian Law Center to continue an innovative legal education program for Afghanistan. The Legal Educators Support Program - Afghanistan (LESPA), administered through the University of Washington Law School, provides graduate education opportunities to Afghan law deans, professors, and other professionals who will return to Afghanistan to continue as legal educators in universities.
New York, New york - The Rosen Law Firm, P.A. today announced that a class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of investors who purchased the shares of New Energy Systems Group (AMEX:NEWN) between April 15, 2010 and November 14, 2011, inclusive (the "Class Period").
New York, New York - Pomerantz Haudek Grossman & Gross LLP has filed a federal securities class action (1:12-cv-02460) in the United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, on behalf of all persons who purchased or otherwise acquired Groupon, Inc. ("Groupon" or the "Company") (Nasdaq:GRPN) common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the Company's Registration Statement and Prospectus (collectively, the "Registration Statement"), as amended, issued in connection with its November 4, 2011 initial public offering (the "IPO"), and/or purchased or otherwise acquired Groupon common stock during the period from February 8, 2012 through and including March 30, 2012.
Oakland Park, Florida - The Securities and Exchange Commission Friday charged that a South Florida investment manager defrauded investors by making false claims about his investment track record and providing bogus account statements that reflected fictitious profits.
Houston, Texas - The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it charged Franklin Bank Corp.’s former chief executives for their involvement in a fraudulent scheme designed to conceal the deterioration of the bank’s loan portfolio and inflate its reported earnings during the financial crisis.