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LAWFUEL – Law News Network – LawFuel.com’s lead story from News.com reports that Telstra will engage the Australian government regulator in a legal battle that could affect its profits and dividends at the same time Canberra is trying to entice investors to buy $8 billion worth of shares in the company.

Commission Also Charges Four Individuals with Fraud Washington, D.C., Aug. 28, 2006 – LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled enforcement proceedings against Prudential Equity Group, LLC (PEG), formerly known as Prudential Securities Inc. (PSI), alleging that former PSI registered representatives defrauded mutual funds by concealing their identities,

Foley Attorney Receives Lelia J. Robinson Award For Demonstrating Excellence In Legal Profession BOSTON – LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that Ellen C. Kearns will receive the Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts (WBA) Lelia J. Robinson Award. Since 1994, the WBA has celebrated Lelia J. Robinson’s achievement of

Monday 28 August 2006 06 – LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Following an application by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the Supreme Court of Queensland at Brisbane has made a declaration that Mr David Jeremiah Palmer and companies related to him (the Intertax Group) operated an unregistered managed investments scheme (Scheme) in

LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Corporate partner Richard Capelouto will speak at the Law Seminars International’s upcoming conference “The New Era in Technology M&A.” This conference will focus on the changing market dynamics and new legal and business developments related to technology M&A deals. Mr. Capelouto will be a speaking on the “Recent Legal

LAWFUEL – Legal News Network – In a decision featured in Tuesday’s New York Law Journal, Paul, Weiss won a significant victory for pro bono client Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York (ROC-NY) when Justice Edward H. Lehner of the New York Supreme Court granted ROC-NY’s motion to dismiss a complaint brought by the Redeye

LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP advised Glaceau® in its definitive agreement with The Tata Group whereby Tata will invest $677 million in Glaceau, which will be used to purchase the stake previously held by TSG Consumer Partners and provide additional growth capital. As a result of this investment, Tata will

Lawfuel – Law News Network – Davis Polk & Wardwell advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc. as sole bookrunner and representative of the underwriters on the offering by American International Group, Inc. (AIG) of 15.4 million common shares of IPC Holdings, Ltd. for $415.7 million. AIG founded IPC Holdings in 1993, and the sale represented approximately

LawFuel – Australia Law Daily – LawFuel com’s latest headline from the Sydney Morning Herald looks at the state of Australia’s justice system. In recent years, we have the unfortunate end to the career of Justice Jeff Shaw. We have had querulous magistrates. We had the rise and demise of a perjuring blackmailer, John Marsden,

DLA PIPER ADVISES ON HOUSE OF FRASER BID Manchester – DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary (“DLA Piper”) has advised Bank of Scotland on the £453m bid for House of Fraser by a consortium led by Icelandic retail investor Baugur Group. The consortium includes Don McCarthy, the head of the Shoe Studio, Principles and Warehouse fashion