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19 July 2006 – LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised sole global co-ordinator, bookrunner, nominated adviser, financial adviser and broker JPMorgan Cazenove on the AIM IPO of Nikanor, the holding company of a group with copper and cobalt assets in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The new

LAWFUEL – Law News Network – A July 18 article in the Toronto Star notes Paul, Weiss’ representation of Teck Cominco in its takeover bid for Inco Limited, a Canadian mining and metals company. The article discusses the continued bidding war for Inco and Falconbridge by rival bidders Phoenix-based Phelps Dodge Corp., Xstrata PLC and

LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Skadden is representing Iowa-based AmerUS Group Co. in its $2.9 billion acquisition by United Kingdom-based Aviva plc. Both companies are providers of insurance.

LawFuel.com’s lead story from The Times looks at the repercussions from the detention in the US of BETonSPORTS chief David Carruthers and the vulnerability British gambling chiefs have of extradition to the US for breach of US tax law. See: www.LawFuel.com

lawfuel – Law News Network – More Than One Hundred Charged in Central New York Drug Investigations State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick, Oswego County District Attorney Donald Dodd, Monroe County District Attorney Michael Green, Lewis County District Attorney Michael Young, and Oneida County District Attorney Michael Arcuri today announced

PHOENIX, Arizona – LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – Darlina C. Mercado, age 43, of Sacaton, Arizona, a member of the Gila River Indian Community, and a former Tribal Court Associate Judge, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Neil V. Wake on July 17, 2006, to five years probation, 90 days home detention and

Paris and New York – July 18, 2006 – LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising The Rexel Group (Rexel), the world’s leading distribution network of electrical supplies, in its agreement with GE Consumer & Industrial, a unit of General Electric, to acquire GE Supply, GE’s electrical distribution business, for

Japan – LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – Global law firm Clifford Chance is pleased to announce that Tokyo-based corporate bengoshi Tatsuhiko Kamiyama was promoted to counsel on 1 July 2006. Tatsuhiko is an international lawyer specialising in corporate and M&A matters. He has been with Clifford Chance* for over five years, including a spell

(NEW YORK) July 19, 2006 – LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP has announced that Edwin Bowman has joined the firm as Eastern Regional Manager of Diversity. He will take a leadership role in the development of diversity programs, facilitate training efforts and track the overall progress of

Washington, D.C., July 19, 2006 – LAWFUEL – Press Release Network – The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that starting today the fund administrator will begin making distributions to compensate customers who were injured by the unlawful proprietary trading conducted by seven New York Stock Exchange specialist firms. The distribution funds include approximately $247 million