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CHICAGO – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Lindsay E. Greenwood has joined the Chicago office of McGuireWoods LLP as an associate in the firm’s Health Care Department. She focuses on transactional and regulatory health care matters. She was previously an associate with Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver in Washington, D.C.; and an associate

TUCSON, Ariz.– LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – Sonoyta, Sonora, Mexico Police Officer Julio Cesar Lozano-Lopez, 29, of Naco, Sonora, Mexico was sentenced here June 8, 2006, by U.S. District Judge John M. Roll to time served. Lozano- Lopez has been in federal custody for 14 months and 21 days. Lozano-Lopez had pleaded guilty on

LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – Attorney General Eliot Spitzer today announced the sentencing of a member of a securities fraud conspiracy that stole more than a $1 million from its investor victims. New York State Supreme Court Justice James A. Yates sentenced Louis Caiola, 42, of the Bronx, to four to eight years in

SAN JOSE – LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – United States Attorney Kevin V. Ryan announced that Janessa Dabler, 49, was convicted yesterday afternoon of embezzling from her former company’s pension fund. After a two-week bench trial, Judge Ronald M. Whyte found Dabler, a former executive at Solutions That Are Turnkey (STAT) and a trustee

Lawyers in Health Law, Employment, and Corporate Rank as Leading Lawyers in State BALTIMORE June 9, 2006 – LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – For the third year in a row, Ober|Kaler’s Health Law practice ties for first place in state rankings according to -survey results published in Chambers USA, America’s Leading Business Lawyers. Chambers

Singapore – International law firm Clifford Chance has advised Barclays Global Investors Southeast Asia Limited (“Barclays Global Investors”) on the world’s first MSCI India exchange traded fund (“ETF”) to be listed in Singapore. The fund, iShares MSCI India, which is designed and managed by Barclays Global Investors, will be listed on the Singapore Exchange on

LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – Attorney General Eliot Spitzer today announced that his office has secured $110,000 in restitution and civil penalties from three Erie County individuals who targeted senior citizens through a telemarketing scam involving the sale of winning lottery numbers. Michael J. Geiger and Michael D. Marranca, the owners of Multi-Plays of

WASHINGTON LAWFUEL – Press Release Service June 8, 2006–The law firm Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, P.L.L.C. has filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of its client and on behalf of other similarly situated purchasers of Escala Group, Inc. (“Escala” or the “Company”)

June 9, 2006 – LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – Clifford Chance US LLP represented Taberna Realty Finance Trust (“Taberna”) in connection with a merger announced under which Taberna will become a subsidiary of RAIT Investment Trust in a transaction valued at approximately $1.2 billion. The merger, which is expected to close in the fourth

NEW YORK – LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – Kristy M. Wagner has joined the New York office of McGuireWoods LLP as an associate in the firm’s Financial Services Department. She focuses her practice on financial institutions and debt financing. She was previously an associate with Rivkin Radler LLP in Uniondale, N.Y. She received her