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Wednesday 30 August 2006 06 – LAWFUEL – Law News Network – GE Money will refund a $25 establishment fee to approximately 2,500 MasterCard customers following discussions with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). GE’s announcement follows concerns raised by ASIC regarding the following statement on its website: ‘There is no annual fee for

Kyiv, Warsaw, Amsterdam, 28 August 2006 – LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Baker & McKenzie has acted as transaction counsel in an IPO and private placement for Astarta Holdings N.V., the Dutch holding company of a leading Ukrainian sugar company. This pioneering transaction used the EU prospectus requirements to help raise development finance for

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.- LAWFUEL – Legal News Network –Aug. 28, 2006–Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, PLLC announced today that it has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of rice farmers in Arkansas, Missouri, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and California against Bayer CropScience for contaminating the U.S. rice crop. Plaintiffs filed their suit this afternoon in

New York – August 29, 2006 –LAWFUEL – Legal News & Law Jobs – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising Ronald S. Lauder, Non-Executive Chairman of Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. (“CME”), in an agreement under which funds advised by Apax Partners (“Apax”) will acquire a 49.7% stake in the interests in CME owned by

LAWFUEL – Law News Network – A Los Angeles man who owned several food distribution companies was sentenced today to 60 months home detention for orchestrating a scheme in which he paid kickbacks to restaurant purchasing agents and caused the restaurant owners to pay inflated prices for his food. Michael Silver, 62, was sentenced by

DURHAM, N.C.- LAWFUEL – Legal News Network -Aug. 29, 2006–One of North Carolina’s fastest-growing personal injury law firms continues to experience strong growth in numerous offices around the state. Today Lanier Law Group announced the addition of a new employee in its Raleigh office, and the promotion of three others to its Raleigh, Winston-Salem and

Dallas (August, 2006) –LAWFUEL – Legal News Network – Vinson & Elkins LLP is proud to announce that Pam Lewis, a paralegal in the firm’s insolvency and reorganization (IR) practice in Dallas, received the President’s Call to Service Award in a ceremony at the Fort Worth Police Academy on August 23, 2006. Lewis was nominated

WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 28, 2006) LAWFUEL – Law News Network — McDermott Will & Emery is pleased to announce the arrival of Michael P. Socarras. Mr. Socarras joins the Firm’s Trial Department and will be based in the Washington, D.C. office. His practice is focused on U.S. and international litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution. “Mike

FORT WORTH, Texas- LAWFUEL – Legal News Network – Aug. 29, 2006–Cano Petroleum, Inc. (Amex:CFW) (“Cano”) today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements with institutional investors, in a private equity transaction, to sell approximately 49,116 shares of convertible preferred stock at a price of $1,000.00 per share and approximately 6,584,247 shares of common

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Aug. 29 LAWFUEL – Legal News Network — R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company is pleased that a Federal District Court in Massachusetts has dismissed a lawsuit brought against the company and other tobacco manufacturers by United Seniors Association, Inc. (United Seniors). This is the fourth federal court to dismiss claims against the tobacco industry