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London, United Kingdom – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – International law firm Dechert advised US performing rights organisation Broadcast Music, Inc (BMI) on its acquisition of new digital audio technology from UK-based Shazam Entertainment Ltd, named BlueArrow. BlueArrow uses pattern recognition to identify performances from any source containing audio, and will greatly expand

1 September – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – International legal practice Allen & Overy LLP advised Biofrontera AG on the issuance of a pre-IPO convertible bond in a nominal amount of €20 million. Biofrontera AG specialises in the development of pharmaceutical products in the field of dermatology. The convertible bond was a private

DALLAS/HOUSTON – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – A total of 22 partners from the Dallas and Houston offices of Gardere Wynne Sewell have been recognized among 2006’s “The Best Lawyers in America.” Published by Woodward/White Inc., “The Best Lawyers in America” is widely regarded as the preeminent referral guide to the legal profession

1 September – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the temporary suspension, pursuant to Section 12(k) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), of trading of the securities of Bancorp International Group, Inc. (“BCIT”), a Nevada corporation, at 9:30 a.m. on August 31, 2005, and

SAN FRANCISCO – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California announced that Nagatoshi Morimoto, 57, pleaded guilty to one felony count of smuggling citrus cuttings from Japan to the United States that tested positive for the citrus canker virus – a potentially devastating, highly

DENVER – 1 September – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Bill Leone, United States Attorney for the District of Colorado, Richard C. Powers, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Denver Office, Terry Stuart, Special Agent In Charge of the IRS-Criminal Investigation, Denver Field Office, and Patricia M. Black, Acting

1 September – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, announced today the sentencings of defendants Doris Mangeri Salazar and Ivan Lopez Vanegas. Salazar and Vanegas were sentenced today by United States

1 September – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Steadfast Capital invests in Cetelon Groupe / DZ Equity Partner GmbH aquires bac electronic GmbH and GIMA GmbH Gießereianlagen und Maschinenbau The German Private Equity House Steadfast Capital has taken a majority participation in Cetelon Group by way of a management buy-out. Cetelon Group comprises

1 September – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Four men were indicted today by a federal grand jury in Santa Ana for their alleged roles in a terrorist plot to attack U.S. military facilities, Israeli government facilities and Jewish synagogues in the Los Angeles area, the Department of Justice announced today. The seditious

Washington, D.C., Aug. 31, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox today announced the appointment of James A. Clarkson as Acting District Administrator of the SEC’s Fort Worth District Office. The office conducts examinations and enforcement activities in a four state area of the Southwest (Texas,