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September 14, 2005, Washington, D.C. -LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Steptoe & Johnson, LLP, today announced that Paul F. Mickey, Jr., has joined its Washington, D.C., office as a partner in the employment law group, effective September 19. Mr. Mickey was formerly a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Washington, D.C. He

Washington, D.C., Sept. 15, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Advisory Committee on Smaller Public Companies and its Forum on Small Business Capital Formation have published the public agenda for their concurrent meetings in San Francisco on September 19 and 20. The agenda includes a luncheon address

SAN FRANCISCO – 15 September – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The United States Attorney’s Office announced that a federal grand jury in San Francisco today returned a 61-count indictment charging the following individuals with healthcare fraud and conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud: Alexander Dzhuga, 27, of Encino, California Leonid Dzhuga, 27, of

16 September – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Thirty high-achieving young people from non-traditional backgrounds have become the first cohort of students to complete the Global Graduates’ ‘Young Graduates for Lawyers’ scheme. The programme, which is sponsored by Linklaters and The Sutton Trust, encourages talented A-level students from non-traditional backgrounds to realise their

16 September – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP’s Frankfurt securitisation practice has advised a syndicate of banks led by West LB and BNP Paribas as lead managers on the securitisation of Euro 1.0 billion German auto loan receivables originated by Volkswagen Bank through the German-based securitisation SPV

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 15 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network — Tom Waits, the gravelly voiced, Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter, has filed suit against General Motors’ Opel and the ad agency McCann Erickson in Frankfurt, Germany for producing and broadcasting a series of car commercials that used a perfect impersonation of Waits’ singing

Washington, D.C., Sept. 15, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Securities and Exchange Commission today issued an order providing emergency regulatory relief to investors, companies, and securities firms affected by Hurricane Katrina. “Every individual affected by Katrina should know that Uncle Sam is working to help them get access to their

SAN FRANCISCO – 15 September – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – A former special agent with the Federal Protective Service (FPS) has been sentenced to 24 months in prison for his involvement in a cover-up that followed the unlawful pursuit, shooting at, and imprisonment of a San Francisco motorist. Charles Jackson, 51, who

15 September – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Corporate and commercial specialist in the shipping, logistics and ports sectors, Mark Wandless has joined Holman Fenwick & Willan as a Partner. He brings a wealth of experience after 14 years with P&O where he rose to the position of Assistant Legal Director and Assistant

15 September – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – LawFuel’s lead story from the British Guardian explains how a London QC is the first to earn over £1million from legal aid.