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WASHINGTON, August 1, 2005— LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced today that Preston Burton has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C., office as a partner in its litigation practice group. A former Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia,

Scheme to Steal and Offer Back-Up Tapes to Competitor Foiled When Competitor Contacted FBI LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California announced that Brent Alan Woodard, 34, of Oakland, California, a former Director of Information Technology at Lightwave Microsystems, Inc., pleaded guilty today to

LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Linklaters has advised HSH Nordbank AG on the establishment of its EUR 15 billion Debt Issuance Programme. This programme consolidates and enhances HSH Nordbank AG’s previous debt issuance programme and numerous additional securities sales prospectuses for derivative securities, and is structured to comply with the Prospectus Directive. The

LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Shirley H. Buccieri, former General Counsel of Transamerica Corporation, is returning to the firm’s Palo Alto office as a partner. Buccieri specializes in merger and acquisition transactions as well as corporate and securities matters. It is a homecoming

Singapore – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Singapore office of international law firm Clifford Chance has recently advised DBS Bank Ltd, Macquarie Securities (Asia) Pte Limited and UBS AG as joint lead managers on the first infrastructure fund to list on the Singapore Stock Exchange – the offering of 502,550,000 shares, at

25 July – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Robinson & Cole Health & Benefit Litigation lawyers David J. Burke, Helen M. Kemp, Jean E. Tomasco and Michael J. Kolosky were contributing authors to the American Bar Association’s just published reference book, “ERISA Survey of Federal Circuits.” This resource for the ERISA practitioner addresses

MENLO PARK, CA (July 25, 2005) – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Perkins Coie announced last week two Menlo Park attorneys will serve on the board of the Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association (SVIPLA), beginning in September. Partner Brian Coleman will lead the board as President, and Associate Glenn Von Tersch will

NEW YORK – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The law firm of Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman LLP announces that a class action lawsuit was filed on July 22, 2005, on behalf of purchasers of the securities of Guidant Corporation (“Guidant” or the “Company”) (NYSE: GDT) between December 1, 2004 and June 23,

25 July – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, William T. Sims, Special Agent in Charge, Miami Field Office, United States Secret Service, and Ken Jenne, Broward County Sheriff, announced that defendant, Angela Blount, plead guilty on July 22, 2005 to six

25 July – LAWFUEL- The Law News Network – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida and Michael S. Clemens, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Miami Field Office, announced today that a federal judge in Miami sentenced CARLOS A. SHIBATA, a former Smith Barney stock broker, for