Archive for January 2012

New Criminal Law Firm Member Solutions For 2012

January 31, 2012 General, Uncategorized No comments

Jones Walker is very pleased to declare that Michael W. Magner has moved into the firm’s New Orleans firm of criminal law attorneys as special counsel. Mr. Magner practices in the firm’s Business & Commercial Litigation Practice Group. His experience focuses on preventative and litigation services for businesses and individuals in corporate and white collar criminal law matters. He likewise represents people and corporations involving grand jury and other investigations.

Mr. Magner’s particular expertise is in anti-corruption deference and litigation matters on both a domestic and international level. He served as a federal prosecutor in New Orleans for 20 years where he was a key member of the team that successfully prosecuted former Louisiana Governor, Edwin Edwards, following a 5 month trial. He was also the lead prosecutor in the Department of Justice‘s long term investigation and prosecution of judicial and related public corruption in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana known as “Operation Wrinkled Robe.” In recognition of his work, Mike was awarded the Department of Justice‘s highest award for Litigation, the John Marshall Award, as well as the Director’s Award for Superior Performance by a Litigative Team.

Mr. Magner stated, “Joining Jones Walker and being able to work with the Jones Walker white collar team is an exciting opportunity. Their law firm has a number of former U.S. Attorneys and Assistant U.S. Attorneys, all of whom have a stellar reputation in representing clients in the defense of government investigations and prosecutions.”

Mr. Magner has also functioned as a supervisor of the U.S. Attorney’s Office‘s Anti-Terrorism/Crisis Response Unit, Organized Crime Strike Force, and Violent Crime Unit, and has tried over 40 jury trials to verdict, in virtually all sections of the United States District Court for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Louisiana. He specialized in long term, complex white collar investigations and trials, including export control, mail and wire fraud, government contract fraud, bribery, money laundering, police misconduct, civil rights violations, and RICO. In 2011, he served as the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Advisor to the Kenyan Anti-Corruption Commission (“KACC”) in Nairobi, Kenya, where he was embedded in the KACC’s principal headquarters for nearly two months, and provided training to KACC’s investigators, auditors, and attorneys on corruption compliance, investigative, and prosecution matters. He has also trained foreign judges and prosecutors in Central Asia and Africa and has regularly trained federal prosecutors through the Attorney General’s Advocacy Institute.

Right before dealing with the KACC, Mr. Magner was with the Department of Justice’s first Counsel for Emergency Management and Crisis Response in the Office of Director, Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys in Washington, D.C. for 18 months, where he represented the DOJ at various White House level emergency exercises and planning meetings relating to the federal government’s response to major criminal events, natural disasters, and pandemics. While with DOJ, Mike was also selected as a trained evaluator of other U.S. Attorneys’ Offices throughout the country on various substantive legal areas as well as ethics and professionalism.

Mr. Magner received his juris doctor qualification from Tulane University School of Law, cum laude; and was Managing Editor of The Maritime Lawyer. His Bachelor of Arts in Political Science/International Relations was earned from The George Washington University.

A Guide To Critical Details Of Solar Battery Advancements

January 29, 2012 General, Uncategorized No comments

GS Battery Inc. only just publicized it has began to provide its ECO R model SLC 70-4 and SLX246-12 batteries for use in Suniva’s Balance of System Solutions. Co-Branded with the Suniva and GS Battery logo, these outstanding capacity batteries supply longevity and exceptional cycling capacity held up by many years of expertise in Japan.

This collaboration allows Suniva and GS Battery to optimize their alternative energy products to improve the performance and reliability of the entire PV system, thus improving the Levelized Cost of Electricity. Custom engineering support to help meet individual project needs is also available. The ECO R batteries are a significant component to Suniva’s Balance of System Solutions.

“Market interest continues to be very positive for the ECO R batteries and has been aided by Suniva’s introduction of the Balance of System Solutions (BOSS) at Solar Power International,” said Jay Northey, Executive Vice-president and General Manager, GS Battery (USA) Inc. “We are excited to continue our collaboration with Suniva as our co-branded offerings expand globally.”

GS Battery Inc. is an American subsidiary of GS Yuasa Group of Japan, a world leader in automotive, motorcycle and standby storage batteries, which serves the power sports, telecommunications, UPS, and the emergency lighting markets. GS Battery Inc. recently announced that they will enter the renewable energy photovoltaic and storage market in North America.

Suniva® is an American manufacturer of high-efficiency crystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) cells and high-power solar modules used in solar panels. The company uses patented, low-cost manufacturing techniques and industry-leading technology to produce its high-quality products and maintain competitive costs. Headquartered in metro-Atlanta, GA, Suniva sells its advanced PV solar cells and modules globally.

Methods In Ninth Circuit Appeals In The USA

January 28, 2012 Financial, General, Uncategorized No comments

The law organization of Lee Tran & Liang has landed yet another Ninth Circuit appeal; actually its fourth consecutive victory in the Ninth Circuit since 2009. On Jan 26, 2012, the 9th Circuit confirmed a grant of summary judgment in which LTL attained for its client, the defendant in a copyright laws and trade dress case. Firm partner Enoch H. Liang – combined with lawyer Daniel Taylor – defended Bedrosian’s (in Orange County) and Hirsch Glass Company (in New Jersey) both before the District Court and the Ninth Circuit. The plaintiff has been represented by renowned intellectual property specialist Christie Parker & Hale.

As reported in LTL’s June 2010 press release, the District Court granted LTL’s motion for summary judgment on Plaintiff’s trade dress claims in mid-2009. Then, in September 2009, less than 4 days before a jury trial was scheduled to begin, the District Court also dismissed Plaintiff’s 17 copyright claims. In July 2010, Plaintiff appealed to the Ninth Circuit, arguing that the District Court erred in both holding that the scope of Plaintiff’s copyrights were “thin,” and finding that “there is no substantial similarity (much less virtual identity) insofar as the protectable items are concerned as between Plaintiff’s copyrighted products and Defendants’ glass tiles.”

After extensive briefing, on January 13, 2012, LTL Partner Enoch Liang argued the case, defending the District Court’s ruling. Fewer than a couple weeks after the oral argument, the Ninth Circuit Judges W. Fletcher, Fisher, and Zouhary—issued their unpublished opinion. The Ninth Circuit held that “protection over designs is thin.” The Court further held that the defendants’ designs “are not ‘virtually identical’ to because the streaking effect, color blends, and appearance of randomness in designs are different…”

This determination reaffirms the necessity of a two-pronged method in copyright infringement actions. Often, the issue of infringement is determined by the “scope” of the copyright that the court determines as a matter of law. Hence, in litigating copyright matters, plaintiffs should pay particular attention to avoid falling into various limiting doctrines that may limit the scope of their copyrights. Defendants should do the opposite.

Lee Tran & Liang, APLC is a California based law firm focusing exclusively on business litigation. The firm’s partners have practiced at prominent law firms, and are graduates of top law schools including Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, and Michigan. Primary practice areas, as outlined by the firm itself and every attorney directory, include business disputes (breach of contract, aggrieved investors and professionals, and commercial disputes) intellectual property litigation (patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets), and employment litigation (defense). What sets the business apart is its ambition of aligning itself with its clients’ desires, by delivering a variety of creative payment plans in suitable concerns.

Rudimentary Criteria For Small Business Loan Deadlines – What’s Needed

January 27, 2012 Financial, General No comments

The U.S. Small Business Administration is telling smaller businesses that February. twenty-four will be the completing due date pertaining to federal economic injuries disaster loans obtainable in Lee and Scott counties in Virginia. The SBA proclaimed a natural disaster due to intense storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds along with water damage which began on April 23, last year.

In addition, the Small Business Administration revealed in the week that federal government economic injury disaster financial loans are offered to small business, small agricultural cooperatives, small organizations engaged in aquaculture and the majority of private non-profit associations of all sizes situated in the counties of Dillon and also Horry in South Carolina as a consequence of Hurricane Irene that came about in August.

“When the Secretary of Agriculture issues a disaster declaration to help farmers recover from damages and losses to crops, the Small Business Administration issues a declaration to assist eligible entities affected by the same disaster,” announced Frank Skaggs, director of SBA’s Field Operations Center East in Atlanta.

Under this declaration, the SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan program is accessible to suitable farm-related and also nonfarm-related companies that endured financial losses as a direct consequence of this calamity. Aside from aquacultural enterprises, agricultural companies, farmers and also ranchers are definitely not eligible to a href=”http://www.sba.gov/content/how-apply-sba-loan”>apply to SBA.

Financing for small business can be up to $2 million, with interest rates of 3 percent for non-profit organizations and 4 percent for small businesses. Terms can be up to 30 years. The SBA decides eligibility depending on the size of the prospect, type of undertaking as well as its financial means. The agency establishes loan amounts as well as terms based on every applicant’s economic affliction. These SBA small business loans may be used to pay fixed debts, payroll, accounts payable, and other bills that could have been paid had the disaster not occurred. These particular small business loans are not designed to substitute missed gross sales or income.

Compared – Convenient Alder Law Firm Plans

January 26, 2012 Financial, General, Lawyers No comments

Throughout the aftermath of the darkest court budget cuts in California‘s history, plaintiffs’ trial lawyer Michael Alder of AlderLaw, P.C. in Beverly Hills assumed the office of president of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA), the nation’s largest local association of plaintiffs’ attorneys, that’s consisting of approximately 3,000 lawyers.

“Consumer lawyers are vital, now more than ever, to protecting the civil rights of people who’ve been left without access to judicial relief, which is just about everyone except the super-rich,” said Alder. “Legal bills add up to astronomical sums very quickly, because litigation is such an intensive process. Without lawyers who work on a contingency fee basis, which means they risk their own money instead of the clients’ and agree not to be paid unless they win the case, even people with big incomes quickly find their resources drained when faced with the large legal bills that result from a contested matter. Consumer lawyers must be prepared to provide leadership, vision and most of all integrity.”

Alder is seen as a steadfast advocate of plaintiffs’ attorneys, otherwise known as consumer lawyers, working to raise public awareness of their importance at a time of corporate fraud and abuse. He’s been a member of CAALA for 14 years and spearheaded a city-wide billboard campaign to fund billboards that highlight the good that consumer lawyers do for society. He also is one of five founding members of the Trial Lawyers Charities, a non-profit group that donates capital as well as legal services to men and women in need in Los Angeles.

Alder is presently working on some of the most cutting-edge litigation efforts in the country. He has tried well over seventy law suits as part of his career and closed more than $140 million in verdicts and pay outs for his clientele in the year 2011 alone. Lately, in December 2011 he gained a nearly $33 million outcome for Concept Chaser, Co., Inc. in the advertising fraud case Concept Chaser Co., Inc. v. Pentel of America Ltd.

CAALA officially installed Alder as its 2012 president on Jan. 21 at its 63rd Annual CAALA Installation & Awards Banquet at the Four Seasons Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills. The group also announced its new officers and Board of Governors. For more information, visit www.caala.org.

AlderLaw, P.C. is a Los Angeles criminal attorney and plaintiffs’ law firm that represents plaintiffs in personal injury, business tort and employment litigation nationwide. The firm was founded in 2000 by attorney Michael Alder, current president of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA) and past CAALA Trial Lawyer of the Year. Alder has tried more than 70 cases in his career, and works with a team of seven associate attorneys. AlderLaw, P.C. obtained more than $140 million in verdicts and settlements for its valued clients in 2011. For information, visit www.alderlaw.com.

The Facts On Immediate Plans For Wind Turbine Power

January 25, 2012 Financial, General, Uncategorized No comments

Juhl Wind Inc, the Leader in Community Wind Power, has publicized the official commercial start-up and operation of the two turbine project regarding Gundersen Health System in Winona County, MN. The 4.95 megawatt undertaking stands out as the first-of-its-kind throughout The United States to be erected exclusively to handle the alternative energy concerns of a sizeable regional health care group, in this instance, Gundersen Health System.

“This unique wind project represents the continued activity by Juhl over the past two years and highlights our strength and diversity in the community wind energy market,” explained Corey Juhl, Vice President of Development for Juhl Wind Inc. “We are seeing an increased demand for large commercial and industrial organization projects such as Gundersen’s as they fit extremely well within Juhl Wind’s area of expertise. This community-based project will provide significant economic benefits to the region. As one piece of their Envision program, the wind farm project will help Gundersen Health System achieve their goal of becoming 100% energy independent by 2014.”

“This is an exciting time for Gundersen and our Envision program. This community wind project we have done with Juhl Wind was about two years in the making, and we’re happy to report that the turbines are now creating energy,” said Jeff Rich, executive director, GL Envision, LLC.

Juhl Wind is an established pioneer in Community Based Wind Power advancement and administration, focused on wind turbine projects throughout the United States and Canada. Juhl Wind pioneered Community-Based wind farms, developing the currently accepted financial, operational and legal structure providing local ownership of medium-to-large scale wind farms. To date, the Company has completed 21 wind farm projects and provides operations management and oversight across the portfolio of renewable resources. Juhl Wind services every aspect of wind farm development from full development and ownership, general consultation, construction management and system operations and maintenance. With its consolidation of the Valley View, Winona County and Woodstock Hills wind farms, the Company has now invested in and operates 21.7 MWs of wind power through its independent power producer subsidiary, Juhl Renewable Asset, Inc. Through its Next Generation Power Systems subsidiary, Juhl Wind also provides full product sales along with service to smaller, on-site wind power and solar panel developments together with the company’s bigger Community Wind turbine Farms.

Vital Details In New Therapy for Gynecologic Cancer Simplified

January 22, 2012 General, Uncategorized No comments

Medical patients who have gynecologic cancer have brand-new optimism from a novel technology currently made available at the Seidman Cancer Center at University Hospitals Case Medical Center. A team of cancer specialists, led by Robert DeBernardo, MD, is among the first in the nation to launch a dedicated program using Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) to treat ovarian, endometrial and select other cancers.

Implemented as soon as possible following surgical procedure, HIPEC makes available heated chemotherapy through a ‘hot bath’ into the abdominal cavity, where it can penetrate diseased tissue directly. Shortly after the doctor takes away as much visible cancer as viable, a heated, a sterilized chemotherapy solution is circulated across the midsection through a technologically sophisticated perfusion system to destroy the leftover cancer cells.

“This is a new and potentially revolutionary way of treating women with gynecologic cancers, which tend to be quite responsive to chemotherapy,” says Dr. DeBernardo, gynecologic oncologist at UH Case Medical Center and Assistant Professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. “Our preliminary data and experience has been overwhelmingly positive and the therapy has been well-tolerated and effective. HIPEC promises to extend lives in a meaningful way.”

HIPEC has been used for years for public health care in patients with colon, pseudomyxomas, malignant mesothelioma and appendiceal cancer, cancers that in general are usually not reactive to chemotherapy, however it’s now considered as a promising brand new remedy for gynecologic malignancy.

Straightforward Methods For SBA Disaster Loans – The Inside Track

January 22, 2012 Financial, General, Uncategorized No comments

The U.S. Small Business Administration revealed in the week that federal government economic injury disaster financial loans are offered to small businesses, small farming cooperatives, small firms engaged in aquaculture and most private non-profit establishments of all sizes found in the counties of Dillon and Horry in South Carolina as a result of Hurricane Irene that took place in August.

“These counties are eligible because they are contiguous to one or more primary counties in North Carolina. The Small Business Administration recognizes that disasters do not usually stop at county or state lines. For that reason, counties adjacent to primary counties named in the declaration are included,” stated Frank Skaggs, director of SBA’s Field Operations Center East in Atlanta.

“When the Secretary of Agriculture issues a disaster declaration to help farmers recover from damages and losses to crops, the Small Business Administration issues a declaration to assist eligible entities affected by the same disaster,” said Skaggs.

Under this declaration, the SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan program is available to suitable farm-related along with nonfarm-related organizations that encountered financial losses being a direct consequence of this disaster. Aside from aquacultural enterprises, agricultural companies, farmers and ranchers are not eligible to apply to SBA.

Loan options for small business can be up to $2 million, with interest rates of 3 percent for non-profit organizations and 4 percent for small businesses. Terms can be up to 30 years. The SBA determines eligibility in line with the size of the applicant, form of endeavor along with its financial resources. The agency controls loan levels and terms based upon every candidate’s economic condition. These may be used to pay fixed debts, payroll, accounts payable, and other bills that could have been paid had the disaster not occurred. The small business financing loan is not intended to replace lost sales or profits.

Criteria In Alcohol Treatment Center

January 21, 2012 General, Uncategorized No comments

Hazelden, one of the planet’s most well known and most trusted private, charitable alcoholic and drug treatment centers, publicized at the moment that it’ll expand it’s out-patient substance addiction treatment and psychological healthcare offerings to Chaska, Minnesota, in a that will assist women and men plus youth as young as 12.

“Addiction affects people of all ages, and Hazelden understands the growing need for outpatient treatment for busy families,” reports Mark G. Mishek, president and CEO of Hazelden. “In addition to expanding services for adults, Hazelden is reaching out like never before to young people. We don’t want them missing out on the good stuff of growing up: being with friends they can count on, figuring out what they’re good at and achieving their academic goals.”

Hazelden in Chaska will open up its business to grown ups about March one, and then to youth about April 1. The center can be found within the third floor of the Hazeltine Gates building, 1107 Hazeltine Blvd., having hassle-free access from Highways 212 and 41. The 5,400-square-foot alcohol treatment center features individual areas for youths and older people, including a get together area for teenagers that stimulates peer interconnection and kinetic understanding. The north-facing windows open to a look at the Chaska Town Golf Course.

Fast Products In Copyright Legal Issues – For Adults

January 20, 2012 Crimes, General, Lawyers No comments

{Yung Joc may very well be going over a legal fight immediately following Master Mind Music Corporation., an Atlanta-based music company, filed litigation against the artist along with his former label Block Enterprises. Within the lawsuit

Andrew Hurwitz, a designate teammate at the New York City law office Schreck Rose Dapello Adams & Hurwitz, has joined up with the contending entertainment law firm Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz as a partner in their entertainment team. The self-sufficient movie dealmaker is a ’88 graduate of Georgetown’s law school had been with Schreck Rose since ’07. Hurwitz’s Schreck Rose associate Alan Sacks likewise joined up with Frankfurt Kumit.

A law firm announced that it is beginning a class action lawsuit that would comprise shareholders of Chemed Corporation. The grievance stems from information which originated November 16 regarding a whistleblower lawsuit alleging that Chemed cheated Medicare. Chemed’s stock fell $6.87 per share, or 11 percent, to close at $50.65 per share that day. San Diego law firm, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd, said it manually filed the litigation on account of an institutional trader in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati.

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