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LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Phelps Dodge Corp., the world’s third-largest copper producer, agreed to buy Canadian nickel miners Inco Ltd. and Falconbridge Ltd. for $40 billion, protecting the two companies from hostile suitors in the largest mining takeover. Phelps Dodge’s deal will thwart Canada’s Tech Cominco Ltd.’s hostile bid of C$15.2 billion bid

WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 30, 2006) – LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – Perkins Coie attorneys were part of a defense team that received a favorable ruling in a landmark case that challenged the scope of presidential authority. In a historic decision, the Supreme Court ruled (5-3) that military tribunals established by the Executive Office to

DALLAS, June 30 LAWFUEL – Law News Network — Attorneys from the Dallas law firm of Baron & Budd, P.C., have been named as finalists for the prestigious “Trial Lawyer of the Year Award” presented by Trial Lawyers for Public Justice. The lawyers from Baron & Budd and attorney Richard “Rick” Gonzales of Tucson, Ariz.-based

Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Presses Forward With Boycott CHICAGO, June 30 LAWFUEL – Press Release Service — The following press release is being issued by Rainbow/PUSH Coalition: In a stunning development, federal investigators from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission charged British Petroleum (BP) with price manipulation. BP’s alleged price manipulation conspiracy allowed it to corner the U.S.

Clifford Chance advises Namco Bandai on takeover of Zapf Creation AG Namco Bandai submitted voluntary takeover offer to the shareholders of Zapf Creation AG. The international law firm Clifford Chance advises the Japanese toys manufacturer Namco Bandai Holdings Inc., Tokio, on the intended takeover of Zapf Creation AG, Rödental. Via its German subsidiary, Bandai GmbH,

On June 19 the Federal Communications Commission unanimously approved Paul, Weiss client Intelsat, Ltd.’s proposed merger with PanAmSat Holding Corporation. This is the last regulatory hurdle faced by the two companies, and the deal is expected to close early next month. The Department of Justice cleared the merger on May 26. Intelsat and PanAmSat, which

SAN FRANCISCO – LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – United States Attorney Kevin V. Ryan announced that Michael Fox, 43, of Mill Valley, was sentenced yesterday to twenty-one months in prison, and ordered to pay $246,832 in restitution for defrauding his former employer, CPP, Inc., a business consulting organization in Mountain View. This sentence is

SANTA ANA, California – LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – Two Egyptian nationals pleaded guilty this afternoon to federal charges for enslaving a 10-year-old girl for two years and forcing her to work as a domestic servant for their family of seven at their Irvine residence. Abdelnasser Eid Youssef Ibrahim, 45, and his ex-wife, Amal

PARIS – LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Laurent Gouiffès has recently joined the Allen & Overy Paris office as “Counsel” to develop the international arbitration practice. Joining from the London office of Denton Wilde Sapte, Laurent officially started six months ago allowing him to work closely with the arbitration lawyers in the London office

London, 29 June 2006 – LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Baker & McKenzie, London has appointed The College of Law exclusively to deliver the Legal Practice Course (LPC) to its future trainee solicitors, starting with the September 2007 intake. Known as the Baker & McKenzie LPC+, the course will be delivered from The College