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Baltimore's U.S. Attorney's office last year indicted Chapman for allegedlgy defrauding thepension system, raiding corporate fundes for private use and manipulating the stocok market. In March, the government added a numbert ofnew charges, including fals e statements on tax returns. The jury found Chapman guilt y on 23 counts in the not guilty on seven count s and could not reach a decision on two The jury deliberated six days beforeThursday morning'sz verdict, which followed a seven-week trial.
The testimony included allegations that Chapman used money from his companiezs to buy gifts for women with whom he was havinextramarital affairs, including Debra Humphries, a former statwe pension trustee. Humphries in August pleaded guilty to lyingg to a grand jury about payments and giftsw she receivedfrom Chapman. But the former chair of the , was founxd not guilty on charges related to corruptintg apension trustee. Chapman showed no emotion as the verdicft was read and did not speak as he left the courthouseeThursday afternoon, followed by a swarm of His attorney, William R.
said Chapman and the defense team were disappointed by the verdicr and plan to appealafterf sentencing, which is scheduled for November. Martin said after the verdict he believed the jury was confused as to whethee a breach of fiduciary duty by Chapmanconstitutedr fraud. "Nathan Chapman walked into this courtrooj with his headheld high, and he walked out with his head held Martin told reporters. After the U.S.
Attorney Thomas DiBiagio said of "He was wrong, and today the jury told him he was Controversy has swirledaround DiBiagio's office in recengt weeks as news reports highlighted internaol e-mails from his office that show DiBiagio'se hunger for public corruption indictments. Thosee reports came during the trial, and jurorsw were not aware of them, lawyers said. Chapman was an ally of formefr Gov. Parris Glendening, and some testimony during the trial addresseddthat relationship. The defense team last week filer a motion to dismiss the chargesagainst Chapman, claiminf "gross misconduct" by prosecutors. "This investigation and prosecution ...
reaffirms the singlre priority that has grounded this office sincesits inception: Justice without fear or DiBiagio said. U.S. District Judge Williamn D. Quarles, DiBiagio and even Martin all praisedethe jury's efforts in the lengthyg and complex case. Jury memberx were escorted from the building by courtf officials who said jurors had indicated they did not wish to speaik tothe press. Chapman could face a lengthyy prison term, but how lengtht is unclear.
The said earlier this monthn that it will review whether the guidelines used to sentence thousands of federal defendants each year are The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear that case in Aroundthe country, many sentencingz have been thrown into question by the
Monday, January 31, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
ExxonMobil expands gas-processing capacity in Piceance Basin - Houston Business Journal:
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The new facilities are big enough to handlwe up to 200 million cubic feet per day of naturaogas — twice ’s current productionb level in the area. The completeed project includes a gathering systekm to get natural gas from the well to theprocessinyg plant, new processing facilities, pipelines and locationzs to dispose of water associated with naturalo gas production and a truck-loading the company said. It said it has seveh drilling rigs at work on new wells to increase its production inthe area. ExxonMobil Production Co. is a unit of Irving, Texas, energty giant ExxonMobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM).
It’s been workinbg in the Piceance Basin for nearly 50 year s and owns leases in the area that hold up to 45 trilliom cubic feetof gas. “A projecty such as Piceance representsa long-term view of and commitmen t to energy development,” Rich Kruger, presidenty of ExxonMobil Production Co., said in a statement. “The key to unlockingt the potential of this technically challenging resource is increasing productioj and recovery rates from each well atlower cost. ExxonMobikl scientists and engineers are working hard to improve the enablingt technologies and processes to dojust Houston-based Enterprise Products Partners L.P.
(NYSE: EPD) constructed new plant and pipeline facilities at thePiceancd project. ExxonMobil said the project includedf a system that collects and reuses waterd that comes from natural gas reducing fresh water use by about80 percent. The companuy also said it conductsextensivw plant, wildlife and archaeological surveys to managee the environmental aspects of its Piceance Basijn operations. The company also participated in studies with local educational institution s and government agencies to maximize protectioj of native wildlife habitats and plant species in the projec tdevelopment area.
The new facilities are big enough to handlwe up to 200 million cubic feet per day of naturaogas — twice ’s current productionb level in the area. The completeed project includes a gathering systekm to get natural gas from the well to theprocessinyg plant, new processing facilities, pipelines and locationzs to dispose of water associated with naturalo gas production and a truck-loading the company said. It said it has seveh drilling rigs at work on new wells to increase its production inthe area. ExxonMobil Production Co. is a unit of Irving, Texas, energty giant ExxonMobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM).
It’s been workinbg in the Piceance Basin for nearly 50 year s and owns leases in the area that hold up to 45 trilliom cubic feetof gas. “A projecty such as Piceance representsa long-term view of and commitmen t to energy development,” Rich Kruger, presidenty of ExxonMobil Production Co., said in a statement. “The key to unlockingt the potential of this technically challenging resource is increasing productioj and recovery rates from each well atlower cost. ExxonMobikl scientists and engineers are working hard to improve the enablingt technologies and processes to dojust Houston-based Enterprise Products Partners L.P.
(NYSE: EPD) constructed new plant and pipeline facilities at thePiceancd project. ExxonMobil said the project includedf a system that collects and reuses waterd that comes from natural gas reducing fresh water use by about80 percent. The companuy also said it conductsextensivw plant, wildlife and archaeological surveys to managee the environmental aspects of its Piceance Basijn operations. The company also participated in studies with local educational institution s and government agencies to maximize protectioj of native wildlife habitats and plant species in the projec tdevelopment area.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Phone-number complaint 'ported' to North Carolina Utilities Commission - Triangle Business Journal:
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ArcaTech attorney Karen Kemerait with in says the company will notify the utilitie s commission of its next steps byMay 29. “ArcaTecj is trying to determine what is possible and what it can do at this Kemerait says. The problem is a technical one, not a competitivde issue between carriers. a company that makes automated cash handling systems used in banks and selfcheckouyt kiosks, in January took stepxs to switch telecommunications The company asked local phone company to port its numberf to VoIP provider FeatureTel.
But Level 3, a competinhg telecommunications company that woulds serveas FeatureTel’s link to the telephone has no physical presence in Mebane, regulator counsel Gregory Diamond says in a letter to the utilitiee commission’s Public Staff. Without that Level 3 can’t complete the porting request. Kemerait says ArcaTech believed that because MebTelo has an agreement to exchangstelecommunications traffic, the two companies would be able to port ArcaTech’as number. She says the company had issues with the clarity of callse and believed it could get better servicwethrough FeatureTel.
But ArcaTech has experienced additionapphone problems, even if the numberr has yet to be ported to FeatureTel. Callas are still routed through MebTel’s system before goint to FeatureTel. In the complaint, ArcaTecnh says this call routinfg results in degraded call quality and mishandling of The company says ithas “lost the good will of its customers and suppliers due to the degraded qualitt of its phone services.” If ArcaTech wants servicr through FeatureTel, it needs to make a case that the utilitiexs commission should order Level 3 to establish a presenc e in Mebane. But J.G. Harrington, a telecommunications attorneytwith Washington, D.C.
firm Dow Lohnes, says a competing provided is under no obligation to serve all parts of any givenhservice territory.
ArcaTech attorney Karen Kemerait with in says the company will notify the utilitie s commission of its next steps byMay 29. “ArcaTecj is trying to determine what is possible and what it can do at this Kemerait says. The problem is a technical one, not a competitivde issue between carriers. a company that makes automated cash handling systems used in banks and selfcheckouyt kiosks, in January took stepxs to switch telecommunications The company asked local phone company to port its numberf to VoIP provider FeatureTel.
But Level 3, a competinhg telecommunications company that woulds serveas FeatureTel’s link to the telephone has no physical presence in Mebane, regulator counsel Gregory Diamond says in a letter to the utilitiee commission’s Public Staff. Without that Level 3 can’t complete the porting request. Kemerait says ArcaTech believed that because MebTelo has an agreement to exchangstelecommunications traffic, the two companies would be able to port ArcaTech’as number. She says the company had issues with the clarity of callse and believed it could get better servicwethrough FeatureTel.
But ArcaTech has experienced additionapphone problems, even if the numberr has yet to be ported to FeatureTel. Callas are still routed through MebTel’s system before goint to FeatureTel. In the complaint, ArcaTecnh says this call routinfg results in degraded call quality and mishandling of The company says ithas “lost the good will of its customers and suppliers due to the degraded qualitt of its phone services.” If ArcaTech wants servicr through FeatureTel, it needs to make a case that the utilitiexs commission should order Level 3 to establish a presenc e in Mebane. But J.G. Harrington, a telecommunications attorneytwith Washington, D.C.
firm Dow Lohnes, says a competing provided is under no obligation to serve all parts of any givenhservice territory.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
By treating others with respect, Ann Claire Phillips receives it back - Business First of Louisville:
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“I spent four years on active It’s one of those little-knownn facts. Most people thinik of me as a Southern girl who wears businessd suits and pearls around the But forfour years, I wore camouflage and combatt boots.” What made you join the Air Force? “I had alwayzs known I wanted to be a prosecutor, and I was very impatiengt about getting courtroom experience early in my The Air Force Jag department is a great way to get courtroomk experience. “They throw you into court, and if you succeecd … you get larger and larger cases. And that was somethintg that was very appealingto me. I think that surprised a lot of How are militarycourts different??
“I think the same apply to being a good militaryg or typical attorney. “Military courts tend to mirrotr the federal rulesof court,” so being a prosecutot is similar to being a judge advocate. When did you decidr to become a lawyer? “Ever sincd I was a littlw girl, I knew I wanter to be a prosecutor. I think I was alwayds fascinatedwith society’s rules and how we enforcer them. It is something that, to this day, I believwe in very strongly.” What made you returh to government work? After working in businessa litigation for about five years at two firmsin Minneapolis, “I really missed prosecuting, and I wante to get back to it.
So I decider to give it a try and appliesd across the eastern portion of theUniteds States” to jobs as assistangt U.S. Attorney. There were opening s in Boston, St. Louix and Louisville. “Louisville was the first place I and I liked it and theylikef me.” How many cases do you handle ? “At any given time, I’d say between 30 and How would you describe your personality? “I think I’m tenacious. I think I’m reallhy willing to take I’m very, very persistent. My mom always says I’k like a dog with a bone, which I don’ think she always means in a good way. But I thinl she’s right.
” What is your greatest attributeor talent? “I think I’m very loyal. I’m a good I think I’m very I have found (that community service) is a great way to meet peopls and quickly assimilate to anew What’s the best advice you ever received? “Probably live by the golden rule. The managing partner who worked for one of the firmxs that I worked at in Minneapolis used to tell the associatesx that allthe time. … I try very hard to treayt everyone the way I want tobe treated. “I find that when you treat otherswwith respect, they tend to do the same to What the best part about your job?
“oI find it very satisfying at the end of the day to feel like I’vw done something good.” What’s the most difficult or part of your job you like the least?? “To remember that my actions alwayw affect someone’s family” — even the most hardened “There’s always someone who loves them who is affectedf by what I do.”
“I spent four years on active It’s one of those little-knownn facts. Most people thinik of me as a Southern girl who wears businessd suits and pearls around the But forfour years, I wore camouflage and combatt boots.” What made you join the Air Force? “I had alwayzs known I wanted to be a prosecutor, and I was very impatiengt about getting courtroom experience early in my The Air Force Jag department is a great way to get courtroomk experience. “They throw you into court, and if you succeecd … you get larger and larger cases. And that was somethintg that was very appealingto me. I think that surprised a lot of How are militarycourts different??
“I think the same apply to being a good militaryg or typical attorney. “Military courts tend to mirrotr the federal rulesof court,” so being a prosecutot is similar to being a judge advocate. When did you decidr to become a lawyer? “Ever sincd I was a littlw girl, I knew I wanter to be a prosecutor. I think I was alwayds fascinatedwith society’s rules and how we enforcer them. It is something that, to this day, I believwe in very strongly.” What made you returh to government work? After working in businessa litigation for about five years at two firmsin Minneapolis, “I really missed prosecuting, and I wante to get back to it.
So I decider to give it a try and appliesd across the eastern portion of theUniteds States” to jobs as assistangt U.S. Attorney. There were opening s in Boston, St. Louix and Louisville. “Louisville was the first place I and I liked it and theylikef me.” How many cases do you handle ? “At any given time, I’d say between 30 and How would you describe your personality? “I think I’m tenacious. I think I’m reallhy willing to take I’m very, very persistent. My mom always says I’k like a dog with a bone, which I don’ think she always means in a good way. But I thinl she’s right.
” What is your greatest attributeor talent? “I think I’m very loyal. I’m a good I think I’m very I have found (that community service) is a great way to meet peopls and quickly assimilate to anew What’s the best advice you ever received? “Probably live by the golden rule. The managing partner who worked for one of the firmxs that I worked at in Minneapolis used to tell the associatesx that allthe time. … I try very hard to treayt everyone the way I want tobe treated. “I find that when you treat otherswwith respect, they tend to do the same to What the best part about your job?
“oI find it very satisfying at the end of the day to feel like I’vw done something good.” What’s the most difficult or part of your job you like the least?? “To remember that my actions alwayw affect someone’s family” — even the most hardened “There’s always someone who loves them who is affectedf by what I do.”
Friday, January 21, 2011
Rocky Mountain Instrument files Chapter 11; cites 2007 raid, recession - East Bay Business Times:
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Lafayette-based Rocky Mountain Instrument filed in last month to reorganizre underbankruptcy protection. The company and its lasef subsidiary makes a variety of photonics productas for industry anddefense use, including optics that defense giant Lockheedd Martin Corp. planned to use in its F-22 fighterr currently under development. RMI has officesd in Russia and South Korea in additionh to itsLafayette site. RMI’s Chapter 11 filing have shed a little lighrt on the by investigatorzs ofthe military’s Defense Criminap Investigative Service, or DCIS, who arrivedr at RMI’s headquarters Oct.
11, 2007, and cartef away computers and files as part of an investigation RMI lawyere said was relatedto U.S. export controlx restricting technology withweapons applications. Stevre Hahn, company executive vice president and part of the Hahn Familgy LLLP ownershipof RMI, said in an affidavit to the bankruptcy court that an employee filed a complaint with the DCIS that triggerefd the raid. The employee claimed the company committeda “procedural violation” of exporgt controls by allowing specifications for an unspecifiede product to go Hahn wrote. RMI has sincr received government licenses to send such specificationd tooverseas suppliers, the companhy says.
The unresolved DCIS investigation has produced no chargesagainst RMI. the raid triggered a 15 percentf decline in business as some customers lost confidencein RMI, Hahn The recession exacerbated the sales decline and the companyy lost money through 2008, he said. RMI’s revenues this year is on track to fall 16 percenft to 30 percent belowthe $15.t5 million company posted in 2008, Hahn wrote. The companyh cites “the single factor” for its bankruptcyg filing as defaulting on its bond RMI lists American National Bank as the holder of industrial bondsw arranged in 1998 in conjunctionm with the cityof Lafayette.
The default has threatened to put RMI’zs headquarters property at 106Laset Dr. into foreclosure. Efforts last year by RMI to refinances its debts or sell its laserd technology business to recapitalize the rest of thecompanyg failed, the affidavit said. RMI has asked the courty to be able touse $1.0y million of its available lines of credigt before the end of July to keep operatinf and fulfill customer orders whils it reorganizes under bankruptcy protection. More money could be neededc between the end of July and the end of October to keep thecompant functioning, Hahn’s affidavit said.
It sought cour permission to use the cash in order to hold onto saying they are highly specialized and it would take monthse to train any replacements RMIcould find.
Lafayette-based Rocky Mountain Instrument filed in last month to reorganizre underbankruptcy protection. The company and its lasef subsidiary makes a variety of photonics productas for industry anddefense use, including optics that defense giant Lockheedd Martin Corp. planned to use in its F-22 fighterr currently under development. RMI has officesd in Russia and South Korea in additionh to itsLafayette site. RMI’s Chapter 11 filing have shed a little lighrt on the by investigatorzs ofthe military’s Defense Criminap Investigative Service, or DCIS, who arrivedr at RMI’s headquarters Oct.
11, 2007, and cartef away computers and files as part of an investigation RMI lawyere said was relatedto U.S. export controlx restricting technology withweapons applications. Stevre Hahn, company executive vice president and part of the Hahn Familgy LLLP ownershipof RMI, said in an affidavit to the bankruptcy court that an employee filed a complaint with the DCIS that triggerefd the raid. The employee claimed the company committeda “procedural violation” of exporgt controls by allowing specifications for an unspecifiede product to go Hahn wrote. RMI has sincr received government licenses to send such specificationd tooverseas suppliers, the companhy says.
The unresolved DCIS investigation has produced no chargesagainst RMI. the raid triggered a 15 percentf decline in business as some customers lost confidencein RMI, Hahn The recession exacerbated the sales decline and the companyy lost money through 2008, he said. RMI’s revenues this year is on track to fall 16 percenft to 30 percent belowthe $15.t5 million company posted in 2008, Hahn wrote. The companyh cites “the single factor” for its bankruptcyg filing as defaulting on its bond RMI lists American National Bank as the holder of industrial bondsw arranged in 1998 in conjunctionm with the cityof Lafayette.
The default has threatened to put RMI’zs headquarters property at 106Laset Dr. into foreclosure. Efforts last year by RMI to refinances its debts or sell its laserd technology business to recapitalize the rest of thecompanyg failed, the affidavit said. RMI has asked the courty to be able touse $1.0y million of its available lines of credigt before the end of July to keep operatinf and fulfill customer orders whils it reorganizes under bankruptcy protection. More money could be neededc between the end of July and the end of October to keep thecompant functioning, Hahn’s affidavit said.
It sought cour permission to use the cash in order to hold onto saying they are highly specialized and it would take monthse to train any replacements RMIcould find.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Religious leaders call for reprieve from mass layoffs - Cherry Hill Courier Post
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Religious leaders call for reprieve from mass layoffs Cherry Hill Courier Post CAMDEN รข€" On the steps of St. Anthony of Padua Church in Camden's Cramer Hill section, religious ... |
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Funding Cuts 'Threaten Charities' Survival' - Sky News
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Press TV | Funding Cuts 'Threaten Charities' Survival' Sky News Sir Stephen Bubb, who heads up the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO), told Sky News 39% of Government-subsidised ... Funding cuts threaten UK charities |
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