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Pittsburgh, PA (July 24, 2006) – LAWFUEL – Law News Network – On Friday, July 21, 2006, U.S. Chief District Judge Donetta Ambrose ruled that Slippery Rock University intentionally discriminated against its female student-athletes by eliminating the women’s swimming and water polo teams after shortchanging its women athletes of their fair share of athletic opportunities

Developing Cross Atlantic Financial Markets Washington, D.C., Aug. 2, 2006 – LAWFUEL -The SEC and the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) published today a joint work plan that will be implemented immediately. The work plan is a direct output from the December 2005 meeting between SEC Chairman Christopher Cox and CESR Chairman Arthur Docters

Additional Talent and New Office Bolsters Energy and Commercial Litigation Practices HARTFORD, Conn.- LAWFUEL – Press Release Service -Aug. 2, 2006–Day, Berry & Howard LLP today announced that it has opened a new office in Washington D.C. to support the firm’s growing Energy Practice and has expanded its New York office with the addition of

RICHMOND, Va.- LAWFUEL – Press Release Service -Aug. 2, 2006–Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Company (NYSE: HRH), the world’s tenth largest insurance and risk management intermediary, announced that effective today it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Chicago-based Thilman & Filippini, L.L.C. (Thilman Filippini), one of the nation’s top 100 insurance intermediaries. Thilman Filippini provides

LAWFUEL – Law News Network – An Orange County man who ran Mortgage Capital Resource Corporation (MCR) has pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud and money laundering charges related to a scheme that cost lenders more than $9 million. Kenneth Christopher Ketner, 57, of Newport Beach, pleaded guilty to the two felony counts late Tuesday

Washington, D.C., Aug. 2, 2006 – LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Dr. Zoe-Vonna Palmrose, the PricewaterhouseCoopers Professor of Auditing at the University of Southern California’s Leventhal School of Accounting and Marshall School of Business, will join the Securities and Exchange Commission as its Deputy Chief Accountant for Professional Practice, the agency announced today. “Dr.

Paul Hastings Represents JBIC In A US$1.2 Billion Financing Deal For The Tangguh LNG Project, Indonesia Hong Kong/Tokyo (August 2, 2006) – Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP (Paul Hastings), a leading global law firm, has successfully represented Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) in its financing of the liquid natural gas (LNG) facility being

Company Asserts Patents on Pulmonary Administration of Insulin; Seeks Preliminary Injunction PRINCETON, N.J., Aug. 2 LAWFUEL – Law News Network — Novo Nordisk (NYSE: NVO) announced today that the company filed a lawsuit against Pfizer claiming that Pfizer’s product Exubera(R) infringes patents owned by Novo Nordisk. The patents cover inhaled insulin treatment for diabetes. The

Five Attorneys Chosen By Peers As Best In Practice LOS ANGELES – LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that four partners and one of counsel have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2007®. The attorneys named and their primary practices as classified

Schwartzman v McGavick Seeks Return of $28 Million ‘Stolen Parachute’ SEATTLE, Aug. 1 LAWFUEL – Law News Network — Flanked by legal counsel, Emma Schwartzman, the great, great granddaughter of a Safeco founder, announced the filing of a lawsuit on behalf of Safeco shareholders against former CEO Mike McGavick. The central claim in the suit