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Washington, D.C., Dec. 14, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to publish for comment rule proposals concerning the best-price rule on tender offers and the process whereby a foreign private issuer can terminate reporting requirements for classes of its securities registered under the Securities Exchange

RADNOR, Pa., Dec. 13 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network– The following statement was issued today by the law firm of Schiffrin & Barroway, LLP: Notice is hereby given that a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada on behalf of all securities purchasers of

PHOENIX, Dec. 13 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network — Businesses with no communicable illness policy and response plan may find themselves on legal life support for years to come, if the bird flu pandemic develops as predicted. Attorneys with the Phoenix office of Littler Mendelson, the nation’s largest employment and labor law firm,

Madrid, London – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Global legal services organisation, DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary (“DLA Piper”) will nearly doubled the size of its Madrid office following its appointment of 10 partners and 15 associates from Squire, Sanders & Dempsey. The appointments, approved by the Board this month will swell DLA

LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Marks & Spencer (M&S) has won an important victory as the European Court of Justice (ECJ) this morning handed down a judgment in their tax appeal. M&S had claimed that UK tax rules, which prohibited M&S in the UK obtaining UK tax relief for losses incurred by their

DALLAS, Dec. 13 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network — Three-time All American baseball player Rafael Palmeiro can add another award to his list. He’s the winner of the 2005 Bimbo of the Year Awards, honoring the worst public comments made this year. He is joined by several celebrities, lawyers, Tyco Ex-Chief Denis Kozlowski

14 December – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Shearman & Sterling is advising Viacom and Paramount Pictures on the acquisition of DreamWorks LLC. Paramount Pictures, a subsidiary of Viacom, is acquiring DreamWorks in a $1.6 billion transaction, which includes $774 million in cash; the remainder of the purchase price is the assumption of

14 December – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – A Huntington Beach man pleaded guilty this morning to a federal charge of uploading a copy of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith onto the Internet the night before the movie’s worldwide opening in May 2005. Marc Hoaglin, 36, pleaded guilty to

13 December – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Linklaters has advised Merrill Lynch International, Banca IMI S.p.A. and UniCredit Banca Mobiliare S.p.A. as joint global coordinators, joint bookrunners and joint institutional lead managers on the IPO of the Safilo Group. Safilo, an Italian company, is a leading designer, producer and distributor of top-end

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network– Buchanan Ingersoll PC announced today that Ralph C. Thomas has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C., office as special counsel in its Government Contracts Section. Thomas served as the Assistant Administrator for Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization at NASA for the last 13 years. Under his