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LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – Leading Australian and New Zealand law firm Phillips Fox has taken a major step forward in response to the growing opportunities created by the increasing globalisation of business. The firm today announced its decision to enter into an exclusive alliance with DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary, one of the

BALTIMORE – June 14, 2006 Ober|Kaler announced today that David R. Forrer has joined the firm’s Baltimore office. An associate in the firm’s Estates & Trusts practice, Mr. Forrer will prepare estate and business succession plans, advise on charitable and business income tax planning, and litigate and appeal contested wills, trust disputes, and breach of

LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – A South Los Angeles man has pleaded guilty to federal charges of uploading onto the Internet a copy of Walk the Line in December 2005, while the film was still playing in theaters and was not legally available for home viewing in the DVD or videotape formats. Luis Ochoa,

Bill Abrams, Head of Pillsbury’s IP Litigation Group, Brings More Than 25 Years of Domestic and Cross-Border Experience to 110-Lawyer Team SILICON VALLEY (June 14, 2006) – LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – William F. Abrams, the former head of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman’s Intellectual Property Litigation Team, has joined Bingham McCutchen as a partner

LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – The University of Southampton has withdrawn its appeal from last year’s decision of the UK Patent Office which awarded ownership of a UK patent and a number of foreign applications on Sea Bed Logging (SBL) to Statoil ASA (Statoil). Lovells advised Statoil on the case. The decision had been

Prominent Litigator Strengthens Growing Intellectual Property Practice LOS ANGELES (June 13, 2006) — LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – Thelen Reid & Priest LLP announced today that well-known intellectual property attorney Breton (Bret) A. Bocchieri has joined the firm as a partner in the Los Angeles office. Mr. Bocchieri joins Thelen Reid from Perkins Coie,

OKLAHOMA CITY, June 13 LAWFUEL – Press Release Network- On June 7, 2006, a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts against Xerium Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: XRM). The complaint alleges violations of federal securities laws, Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

DALLAS, June 13 – LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – In antitrust counterclaims filed today in federal court in San Francisco, Blockbuster Inc. (NYSE: BBI, BBI.B) alleges that the lawsuit filed against its online service by Netflix, Inc. is based on unenforceable patents that Netflix obtained through deceptive practices in an attempt to monopolize the

Wednesday 14 June 2006 – LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – Mr Michael Cay was arrested today in Beechworth, Victoria, following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). Mr Cay was taken to Wangaratta Magistrates Court in Victoria and charged in relation to his conduct concerning Jewel Financial Services Pty Ltd (Jewel).

LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – Riker Danzig is pleased to announce that Melanie E. Marmion has become an associate in the firm’s tax and trusts & estates groups. Melanie E. Marmion is highly experienced in complex tax matters and estate planning for high net-worth individuals. Prior to joining Riker Danzig, she was an associate