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SAN FRANCISCO – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California announced that William F. McMenamin, 51, of Austin, Texas, pleaded guilty late yesterday to conspiracy to misappropriate trade secrets and interstate transportation of stolen property. In pleading guilty, Mr. McKimmey admitted to the following

1 October – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Linklaters has advised UBS AG, as Sole Bookrunner and Sole Lead Manager, on the issuance of US$100 million Notes due 2010 by G-Steel Plc. This is the first high-yeld debt deal out of Thailand for at least eight years (since the Asian financial crisis). In

China – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Global law firm Clifford Chance has advised the International Finance Corporation (IFC) on its successful application to become one of the first two foreign borrowers to issue renminbi-denominated bonds (RMB Bond) in the Chinese domestic market, in what will be an important step in the further

1 October – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and John Paletti, Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Miami, announced today the culmination of a two-year marriage fraud investigation regarding members of a South Florida marriage fraud

HOUSTON –LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Houston attorney Mark Lanier, who in August won a $253 million verdict in the nation’s first trial over the painkiller Vioxx, has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a survivor of the deadly bus explosion involving elderly residents fleeing from Hurricane Rita. On Sept. 23, plaintiff Gloria

SAN JOSE ─ LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – A Japanese national and former executive for a Silicon Valley company has been sentenced to 37 months in prison and three years of supervised release on a possession of child pornography charge. Hidemi Fuse, 46, was sentenced on September 21 by U.S. District Court Judge

Boston, MA, September 29, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Edwards & Angell LLP and Palmer & Dodge LLP, two leading full-service law firms, today announced that they have agreed to merge, effective on or around November 1, 2005. The new top-ranked firm will offer local, national and international clients broader geographic

30 September – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, Brian J. Wimpling, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division, Michael S. Clemens, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of

Recent Developments in Executive/Director Compensation Joe Mallin, Atlanta Managing Director of Pearl Meyer & Partners, will lead this discussion about executive compensation issues and will also review the results of the 2005 Director Compensation Report recently released by the NACD in collaboration with Pearl Meyer & Partners. Wednesday, October 12, 2005 11:15 a.m. – 1:15

WASHINGTON, D.C. – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – A Florida electrical contractor today was charged with conspiring to rig bids with respect to construction contracts in support of the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program supported by the United States Air Force. The contractor has agreed to plead guilty and pay a criminal