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NEW YORK-- Shares of Amyris Inc. fell Thursday after a law firm said it has filed a federal securities class action lawsuit against the company, saying Amyris misled investors about its production capabilities. THE SPARK: Milberg LLP said its lawsuit will include investors who bought Amyris securities between April 29, 2011 and Feb. 8, 2012.
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By Huw Jones and Dena Aubin. LONDON/ NEW YORK, May 16- Company balance sheets could swell by trillions of dollars under an international plan issued on Thursday by two accounting bodies to show more clearly the cost of leasing everything from photocopiers to property.
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The complaint comes from the tiny African state of Comoros, a member of the court, though Israel is not. Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said she met Tuesday with lawyers from a Turkish law firm that is representing Comoros. The Mavi Marmari was registered in Comoros, an archipelago off the African coast near Madagascar with a population of around 800,000..
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WASHINGTON, May 10- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's top trial lawyer, who is slated to try one of the agency's highest-profile cases stemming from the financial crisis, is testing the waters for prospective employment at leading law firms, three people familiar with the matter said.
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COLUMBIA, S.C.-- The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit challenging billions of dollars in sales tax exemptions, without weighing in on the exemptions' legality. House Speaker Bobby Harrell characterized the case, which sought to strike all exemptions, as seeking a $3 billion back-door increase.
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May 7- Mortgage finance company Fannie Mae and accounting firm KPMG have agreed to pay $153 million to settle a shareholder lawsuit filed by Ohio pension funds and others accusing the companies of issuing false and misleading financial reports, the Ohio attorney general said on Tuesday.
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May 7- Mortgage finance company Fannie Mae. and accounting firm KPMG have agreed to pay $153 million to settle a shareholder lawsuit filed by Ohio pension funds and others accusing the companies of issuing false and misleading financial reports, the Ohio attorney general said on Tuesday.
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May 7- Mortgage finance company Fannie Mae and accounting firm KPMG have agreed to pay $153 million to settle a shareholder lawsuit filed by Ohio pension funds and others accusing the companies of issuing false and misleading financial reports, the Ohio attorney general said on Tuesday.
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May 7- American Express Co said Chief Financial Officer Daniel Henry will retire as soon as a replacement is found, a process that could take "a couple of months." Henry, 63, joined American Express in 1990 and has served as CFO since 2007. He was a partner at accounting firm Ernst& Young before joining the company.
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NEW YORK-- A prominent New York state senator pleaded not guilty on Monday to embezzlement and other charges alleging he brazenly tried to sabotage a federal fraud investigation of his law practice by seeking inside information from an employee of the Brooklyn U.S. attorney's office.
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May 3- The lawyer who has been defending controversial plaintiffs attorney Steven Donziger in a lawsuit by Chevron Corp, filed a motion on Friday to withdraw as counsel, citing Donziger's inability to pay his legal bills.
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May 6- Fidelity National Information Services Inc:. For a summary of rating and price target changes on U.S. companies: Reuters Eikon users, click on RCH/US Reuters 3000 Xtra users, double-click RCH/US Reuters Station users, click. 1568.
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FRANKFURT, May 6- A court ruled that Bayer. Schering investors who held a combined 7.5 million shares and did not accept the rival German drugmaker's offer of 89.36 euros per share in July 2006 are eligible to receive 124.65 euros, plus interest, for each share they held before Bayer took full control of Schering, law firm Dreier Riedel said.
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May 3- The lawyer who has been defending controversial plaintiffs attorney Steven Donzinger in a lawsuit by Chevron Corp, filed a motion on Friday to withdraw as counsel, citing Donzinger's inability to pay his legal bills.
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LOS ANGELES, May 3- Melvyn Weiss, who dominated the field of shareholder class-actions for three decades before pleading guilty to paying plaintiffs kickbacks, has avoided a return to jail after violating the terms of his supervised release from prison.
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LOS ANGELES, May 3- Melvyn Weiss, who dominated the field of shareholder class-actions for three decades before pleading guilty to paying plaintiffs kickbacks, has avoided a return to jail after violating the terms of his supervised release from prison.
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The federal government's recent position that states are free to offer Internet gambling may lead states to turn to the Web as a new source of tax revenue.
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*SEC subpoenas DC firm, analyst, lobbyist targeted-report. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has subpoenaed an analyst with Height Securities, and Mark Hayes, a lobbyist who advised the capital markets firm, as well as Hayes' law firm Greenberg Traurig, The Washington Post reported, citing sources who could not be named because of the investigation.
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*SEC subpoenas DC firm, analyst, lobbyist targeted-report. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has subpoenaed an analyst with Height Securities, and Mark Hayes, a lobbyist who advised the capital markets firm, as well as Hayes' law firm Greenberg Traurig, The Washington Post reported, citing sources who could not be named because of the investigation.
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A group of 10 lawyers and academics with experience in prior liability cases met in Indianapolis in mid-April to discuss whether a lawsuit claiming online gaming further promotes gambling addiction has a shot at winning.
