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(November 21, 2005, New York, NY) – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Steptoe & Johnson LLP has announced that Michael Rips has joined the Litigation and Appellate Practice Groups as special counsel. He is resident in the firm’s New York City office, effective immediately. He graduated from Princeton University in 1976 and the

(November 18, 2005 – Oakland, CA) LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Reed Smith LLP, a top 25 global law firm, has been named winner of the Inner City Economic Development Award by Inner City Advisors (ICA), an organization that works with selected inner city businesses requiring consulting services in areas such as business

21 November – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – A telemarketer who collected approximately $5.7 million from hundreds of victims was sentenced today to more than five years in federal prison for operating a fraudulent telemarketing scheme involving oil and gas wells. Alan Brian Baiocchi, 47, of Newport Beach, was sentenced to 63 months

21 November – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Allen & Overy advised Cobham plc on the £150 million disposal of its Fluid and Air division companies to U.S.-based Eaton Corporation. The disposal of the Fluid and Air division was structured as the sale of the entire share capital of FR-HiTEMP Limited in the

Man Lied to Investors in Connection with $20 Million of Investments SAN FRANCISCO – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – United States Attorney Kevin V. Ryan announced that John A. Hickey was convicted of eight counts of mail fraud and two counts of securities fraud by a federal jury on Friday afternoon, November 18,

BOSTON – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Stagnant equity markets will continue to drive capital toward start-ups while the current marketplace has too many dollars and too few quality managers, according to respondents of a national survey conducted by law firm Foley & Lardner LLP. The survey, measuring the attitudes and perspectives of

21 November – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Foley & Lardner LLP’s survey on the business environment facing emerging companies found that stagnant equity markets will continue to drive capital toward start-ups while the current marketplace has too many dollars and too few quality managers. The survey, measuring the attitudes and perspectives of

RICHMOND, VA — LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – McGuireWoods LLP announced today that Bernard L. McNamee, Chief Deputy Attorney General of Virginia, will join the law firm’s Richmond, Va., office as a partner. McNamee will focus his practice on representing utility and energy clients before the Virginia State Corporation Commission. “Bernie is well

ATLANTA, Nov. 21 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network — The Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA) has named McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP’s Luis A. Aguilar its Lawyer of the Year for 2005. Mr. Aguilar was selected by a special review committee that considered numerous candidates. “After a highly competitive process, Luis emerged as

DALLAS, TEXAS (November 21, 2005) – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Thompson & Knight LLP today announced the continued expansion of its international practice with the formation of an alliance with the Angolan Law firm R.C.J.E. Advogados Associados, leveraging the Firm’s global presence throughout Africa and the world. R.C.J.E. Advogados Associados has been