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Los Angeles, CA – LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – Paul Pai Mendoza, of Glendale, California, was sentenced Monday afternoon to serve 13 months in federal prison following a guilty verdict for filing false tax returns. United States District Court Judge Ronald S.W. Lew, who presided over the trial and sentencing, also ordered Mendoza to

Brynn D. Peltz joins from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – Clifford Chance US LLP announced today that Brynn D. Peltz is joining the firm’s Corporate Finance practice as a partner in the Funds Group, resident in Clifford Chance’s New York office. Brynn has over 18 years of experience in

San Francisco, July 31, 2006 – LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced today that Lawrence B. Low has joined the firm as a corporate partner in its San Francisco office. Low, previously a founding partner of Preston Gates’ San Francisco office, is the sixth in a series of high-profile

Washington, D.C., July 31, 2006 – LAWFUEL – Law News Network – The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today the appointment of James L. Carley as the Associate District Administrator for Examinations in the Commission’s Atlanta District Office. Mr. Carley will direct a team of accounting, finance, and legal professionals in the examination of broker-dealers,

ATLANTA, Ga., (July 31, 2006) – LAWFUEL – Law News Network – In a significant ruling that establishes an important precedent for the collegiate licensing industry, the United States District Court Eastern District for Louisiana has ruled that universities can protect their school color schemes as trademarks against unlicensed use by companies. In a landmark

Paul Hastings Expands Corporate Department with Addition of David Dedyo to the Palo Alto Office Palo Alto, CA (July 31, 2006) – Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP (Paul Hastings), a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce that David Dedyo, previously a partner at White & Case LLP, will join the firm’s Corporate

LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – HCA Inc. has retained Evan R. Chesler, Robert H. Baron and Sandra C. Goldstein of Cravath to represent the corporation and certain of its directors in litigation relating to the sale of HCA to a consortium of private equity investors. HCA has also retained Katherine B. Forrest of Cravath

Over the last four months BNP Paribas has launched and closed three balance sheet synthetic collateralised debt obligations (CDOs), each transferring the risk of a separate credit portfolio. Lovells advised BNP Paribas as arranger and separately advised the trustee on each transaction. These transactions (Global Liberté III, Global Liberté IV and Global Liberté V respectively)

SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 28 LAWFUEL – Law News Network — A U.S. District Court judge in San Francisco today denied a request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) to block The McClatchy Company’s proposed sale of the San Jose Mercury News and Contra Costa Times to MediaNews Group, Inc. (MediaNews) and the Monterey (CA) Herald

LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – Firm represents retailer Mervyn’s in case testing amendments meant to rein in plaintiff abuses of California’s §17200 consumer protection laws; Prop 64 standards must apply to all cases, not just those recently filed ——————————————————————————– San Francisco, CA (July 24, 2006) – In a decision intended to curb abuses of