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4 September – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – LawFuel’s lead story todays says Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist died Saturday evening at his home in suburban Virginia, said a Supreme Court spokeswoman.

Washington, D.C., Sept. 2, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that the Honorable William H. Pauley III, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, has approved the Commission’s revised plan to fund investor education initiatives nationwide. Judge Pauley issued an order

SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Sept. 3 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network — The Illinois State Bar Association and its charitable arm, the Illinois Bar Foundation, have launched a cooperative effort to help rebuild the legal infrastructure in the states devastated by Hurricane Katrina. The Association’s 30,000 members, other lawyers and the public are encouraged to

SAN FRANCISCO – 3 September – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The United States Attorney’s Office announced that a federal grand jury in San Francisco returned a superseding indictment against six individuals for conspiracy to commit marriage fraud by arranging the fraudulent marriages of Chinese nationals to United States citizens. The marriages were

Washington, D.C., Sept. 2, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox has mobilized the agency’s resources to provide emergency regulatory relief to investors, companies and securities firms affected by Hurricane Katrina. “In the face of such desperate conditions, we’ve got to do everything humanly possible to

2 September – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Linklaters is to raise the maintenance grants it pays its future trainees by more than 40 per cent, reflecting the firm’s determination to attract the best by paying at the top of market. Currently, Linklaters LPC students receive an annual maintenance grant of £5,000 if

Hong Kong / China – 2 September – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Clifford Chance advised Temasek Holdings (Pte.) Ltd., a Singapore investment holding company (“Temasek”), on its US$1.4 billion acquisition, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Asia Financial Holdings, of a 5.1% stake in China Construction Bank, with a commitment to subscribe for a

2 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, Miami Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration, and Robert Parker, Director, Miami-Dade Police Department, announced today that ten individuals, Jorge Mesquida, Roberto Torrens, Roberto Hernandez,

Mexico City, MX, September 1, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Baker & McKenzie Abogados, S.C. ranked sixth in the “Top 20: Workplaces for Women” in Mexico by Mujer Ejecutiva. The Firm also ranked fifth in the magazine’s survey in “Income of Female Executives” and 10th in “Total Number of Working Female

MIAMI, FL—September 2, 2005- LAWFUEL – The Law News Network -Former Coral Gables Mayor Raul Valdes-Fauli has joined the international corporate law firm Fowler, Rodriguez & Chalos as managing partner of its Miami office, immediately solidifying the firm’s growing commercial practice, the company announced. Valdes-Fauli is also joined by highly-respected colleagues Juan E. Serrales and