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LAWFUEL – Legal News Network – Simpson Thacher advised Evercore Partners Inc. on the initial public offering of its Class A common stock and on its acquisition of Protego Asesores, an investment banking firm in Mexico, which closed shortly before the IPO. Lehman Brothers Inc. was the lead underwriter for the $82.95 million offering, and

LAWFUEL – Law News Network – A federal judge ruled in favor of Kirkland & Ellis LLP client Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company in the first Hurricane Katrina insurance coverage case to go to trial. Following an eight-day bench trial that was closely watched by the insurance industry and Gulf Coast communities, Senior Judge L.T. Senter,

LAWFUEL – Legal News Network – Weil, Gotshal & Manges attorneys from the Warsaw, London and New York offices teamed up to successfully represent BOT Elektrownia Belchatow S.A. in a €1.6 billion transaction designed to finance the €880 million construction of a new electricity generating plant and the modernization of the existing plant. The financing

LAWFUEL – Legal News Network – Davis Polk & Wardwell advised UBS Securities LLC, A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC as underwriters on a 3,500,000 registered common stock offering by Aqua America, Inc. Of those shares, 500,000 shares were newly issued by Aqua America and 3,000,000 shares were sold in connection

PALM BEACH, Fla., Aug. 18 LAWFUEL – Legal News Network — A U.S. District judge yesterday ruled that the United States’ top cigarette makers conspired for decades to mislead the public about the health hazards and addictive nature of smoking. That decision mirrors findings recently affirmed by Florida’s Supreme Court that Big Tobacco has been

19 August 2006 – LAWFUEL – Legal News Service – The Los Angeles Times has published a list of the 100 most influential people in Southern California and has named Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP Partner Bob Hertzberg among these distinguished individuals, known as “The West 100.” The Los Angeles Times reviewed over 350

Girls Allegedly Transported Between California, Nevada, and Florida OAKLAND – LAWFUEL – Legal News Network – United States Attorney Kevin V. Ryan announced that Marcus Sewell was arrested on August 17, 2006 pursuant to an arrest warrant issued upon his indictment. A federal grand jury in Oakland indicted Mr. Sewell, 34, of Oakland, on August

SAN FRANCISCO– LAWFUEL – Law News Network – United States Attorney Kevin V. Ryan announced today that Beverly Enterprises, Inc. agreed to pay $20 million to settle allegations that its former wholly owned subsidiary, MK Medical, violated the civil False Claims Act. According to the settlement agreement, the United States alleges that MK Medical submitted

LAWFUEL – Legal News Network – In a summary judgment victory rendered in August, the California Superior Court in Los Angeles ruled in favor of Skadden client State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company in a 33-million member nationwide class action in which the plaintiffs were seeking to recover up to $47 billion from the company.

WASHINGTON- LAWFUEL – Aug. 17, 2006 –Late Thursday afternoon, Judge Gladys Kessler of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the tobacco industry conspired for decades to deceive the public about the dangers of smoking. Judge Kessler specifically found that the defendant cigarette companies had deceived smokers of “light” cigarettes