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LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The law firm of Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. has announced that the Beijing Ministry of Justice has approved the firm’s license for a representative office in Shanghai, China. Godfrey & Kahn is the first Wisconsin law firm to have a physical presence and office in China. “This on-ground

Washington, D.C., Jan. 17, 2006 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to publish for comment proposed rules that would amend disclosure requirements for executive and director compensation, related party transactions, director independence and other corporate governance matters, and security ownership of officers and directors. The proposed

BOULDER, CO – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Bill Leone, United States Attorney for the District of Colorado, Jeffrey D. Sweetin, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Rocky Mountain Division, and Stephen Prentup, Commander of the Boulder County Drug Task Force (BCDTF), announced the conclusion of a DEA Mobile

LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Good morning. This is a meeting of the SEC under the Government in Sunshine Act on January 17, 2006. Today we address a subject that’s gotten a considerable amount of recent attention: executive compensation. Specifically, we’re addressing the set of rules that govern a public company’s disclosure of

LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Independent newspaper reports that London’s Financial Times has settled a bitter, two year libel fight with a UK money broker.

On January 19, 2006 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Cravath partner John W. White will chair a 2-hour panel discussion on “Accounting and Auditing Developments” at the 33nd Annual Securities Regulation Institute. The Institute is presented by the Corporate Counsel Center of Northwestern University School of Law and is one of the

CHICAGO – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the United States, is pleased to announce that seven attorneys have been promoted to shareholders. “We’re extremely pleased that these outstanding attorneys are now shareholders,” said Gary M. Ropski, president of Brinks.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 LAWFUEL – The Law News Network — Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Karen Manos has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner. Manos, who formerly led the government contracts practice at Howrey LLP, is a nationally recognized authority in the areas of government contract costs,

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 – LAWFUEL -The Law News Network — Dewey Ballantine LLP, a leading international law firm, announced today that Timothy J. Coleman has joined the firm as a Partner in the Litigation Department. Mr. Coleman is resident in the firm’s New York and Washington, D.C. offices, and Co-Chairs the firm’s White Collar Crime

DALLAS, Jan. 13, 2006 – With Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the horizon, school children in Austin, Dallas and Houston chose to celebrate the life of the extraordinary civil rights leader in a unique way. This week, inspiring young speakers in these cities competed in the finals of the annual Martin Luther King Jr.