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Weil Gotshal News – Monday, 14 August 2006 – LAWFUEL – Legal News Service 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

August, 2006 – LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – In an evolution of its management structure, Locke Liddell & Sapp has nominated Bryan Goolsby, currently the firm’s Managing Partner, to become the firm’s Chairman effective at the end of the year, with Jerry Clements nominated to become Managing Partner. Goolsby has served as Managing Partner

LAWFUEL – Legal News Network – On August 2, 2006, United States District Judge William Bassler entered a judgment on behalf of Morgan Lewis clients Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and Daiichi Sankyo Inc. (collectively, Daiichi), finding, in a lengthy 51-page opinion, that defendants Apotex Inc. and Apotex Corp. (Apotex) would infringe Daiichi’s U.S. Patent No.

LAWFUEL – Legal News Network – Thirty WilmerHale lawyers are notably featured as “Leaders in their Field” in the 2007 edition of Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers. The rankings are based on technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial awareness/astuteness, diligence, commitment, and other qualities that clients consider relevant. Chambers Global 2007 will

Washington, DC, August 10, 2006 – O’Melveny & Myers LLP announced today that Maryanne Kane joined the firm as Of Counsel and will be resident in the firm’s Washington DC office. Until recently, Ms. Kane served as Chief of Staff to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras. Ms. Kane has joined the firm’s

London / Frankfurt, August 10, 2006 LAWFUEL – Press Release Service … White & Case has strengthened its already significant finance capabilities in Europe with the addition of partners Alan Rockwell and Tom Schorling in the Firm’s London Banking & Capital Markets practice and Frankfurt Finance practice respectively. Both will add experience to the Firm’s

Defendant faces up to 40 years imprisonment OAKLAND – LAWFUEL – Legal News Service – United States Attorney Kevin V. Ryan announced that Jzon Edward Buckner pleaded guilty today to two counts of unarmed bank robbery. This guilty plea is the result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Alameda County

LAWFUEL – Law News Network – The case of Orthotec v. REO Spineline had been pending for two years when Orthotec chose to add Theken Spine, LLC, as a defendant. Orthotec did not plead that Theken had itself done anything wrong. Orthotec alleged only that Theken had acquired the assets of REO Spineline when REO

WILMINGTON, Del., Aug. 15 LAWFUEL – Class Action News Daily — Pamela S. Tikellis of Chimicles & Tikellis LLP has been appointed Interim Co-Lead Counsel along with Diane Nygaard of The Nygaard Law Firm of Leawood, Kansas in the consolidated class action filed against Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI) (“KMI” or the “Company”), and certain

LAWFUEL – UK Legal News Network – Lovells has advised Standard Chartered (Pakistan) Limited (‘Standard Chartered’) on its acquisition of an 80.9% stake in Union Bank Limited for $413 million, the biggest acquisition in the Pakistan banking sector to date. The deal was signed on 9 August 2006. The consideration for the acquisition will be