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31 January 2006 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP has advised private equity house PPM Capital Limited (“PPMC”) and the management shareholders on their sale of the entire issued share capital of Upperpoint Distribution Limited (“UDL”) to a new company backed by Close Brothers Private Equity (“CBPE”)

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network — The following is a statement by President Bush: I am pleased that the Senate has voted to confirm Judge Sam Alito as the 110th Justice of the Supreme Court. Sam Alito is a brilliant and fair-minded judge who strictly interprets the Constitution and laws

London – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – DSG International has confirmed the signature of a new major IT outsourcing agreement with HCL Technologies, whereby the bulk of DSG International’s IT, applications development and support functions (covering household names such as Dixons, PC World, Currys and The Link) will transfer to HCL Technologies Limited,

1 February – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced today that defendant, Gary S. Kraser pled guilty to fraudulently soliciting charitable donations supposedly intended for Hurricane Katrina relief.

1 February – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Allen & Overy advised Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund (MSREF) on the EUR479 million acquisition of AM Development B.V. (“AM Development”), the commercial property division of Dutch property group AM N.V. The transaction followed the strategic review by the boards of AM last year during

LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and David W. Bourne, Special Agent in Charge, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Office of Criminal Investigations, Miami Field Office, announced that defendant, TIMOTHY W. OVINGTON, 43, of Alpharetta, Georgia, was sentenced today in a criminal

BIRMINGHAM, Mich., Jan. 31 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network — Hidden from public view at Super Bowl XL, live-action 3-D holograms created from signals streaming in from networks of electronic eyes will help Homeland Security Agency officials detect people and objects suspected of endangering the 65 thousand ticket holders crowding into Ford Field,

Washington, D.C., Jan. 30, 2006 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Japan Financial Services Agency (JFSA) today announced terms for increased co-operation and collaboration. In an exchange of letters, SEC Chairman Christopher Cox and JFSA Commissioner Hirofumi Gomi elaborated the terms establishing the structure

London, UK—LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The London office of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP (K&LNG) welcomes Kevin Dean as partner. Dean joins the firm from Stephenson Harwood, where he was Head of Mergers and Acquisitions. Dean focuses his practice on international M&A, takeovers and corporate finance. He has particular experience in

LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – A Granada Hills man was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison for impersonating a federal official when he attempted to purchase a handgun by sending correspondence in which he claimed to be a special agent with the National Security Agency. Carmelo Avila, 41, was sentenced this