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Chicago, July 19, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Baker & McKenzie announced today that the following have been elected principals in the Firm with effect from July 1, 2005: Name (Office) – Major Area of Practice Katherine A. Bacal (San Diego) – Litigation Martin J. Barreiro (Buenos Aires) – Tax Gustavo

New York, NY – July 19, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP announced today that Laura S. Friedrich, 33, has been named partner in the Private Equity Group, resident in the Firms New York office. Ms. Friedrich joins Chadbourne from Simpson Thacher &

SAN FRANCISCO, July 19, 2005 – Holland & Knight LLP furthers the West Coast expansion of its national environment and land use practice with the arrival of a prominent group of lawyers in its San Francisco and Los Angeles offices. The group, formerly with Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., is headed by Partners Jennifer Hernandez and

18 July – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Linklaters has advised Citigroup Global Markets Limited and UBS Investment Bank on the establishment by Oil Securities Limited of a programme for the issuance of up to 1 billion Oil Securities. The Programme has been designed with the aim of providing investors with exposure to

London, United Kingdom –LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Dechert LLP today announced that Mr. Adam Levin will be joining Dechert’s London office as a partner 1 September 2005. Adam is currently a corporate partner in Baker & McKenzie’s London office specialising in advising private equity houses, most notably Platinum Equity LLC and Crossroads

July 18, 2005, Washington, D.C. – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Steptoe & Johnson LLP is pleased to announce that J.A. “Lon” Bouknight, a partner in their Washington, D.C. office and immediate past chairman of the firm, has been selected to serve as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Edison International. Edison

July 18, 2005 (San Francisco, CA) – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – After a three-week jury trial in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District California, Fenwick & West LLP helped its client O2 Micro International (O2 Micro) secure a $12 million jury award for trade secret misappropriation against Monolithic Power Systems

Robert Pryce also Sentenced for Corrupt Activities while Bankruptcy Trustee LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – An attorney who served as the primary intermediary between corrupt members of the Carson City Council and waste-hauling companies they were trying to extort was sentenced this afternoon to 80 months in federal prison. Robert Dennis Pryce Jr.,

LONDON, ON, July 18 /CNW/ – Criminal lawyer and activist James Lockyer received an honorary doctorate from the Law Society of Upper Canada today at a ceremony to welcome the province’s newest lawyers, of whom seven per cent are from the Aboriginal community. Law Society Treasurer George D. Hunter presented the Doctor of Laws (LL.D.)

Defendants Charged with Lying to the Federal Aviation Administration about Disqualifying Medical Conditions and Criminal Histories in Order to Obtain Pilot’s Licenses Operation Targeted “Most Blatant” Instances of Fraud SAN FRANCISCO – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Kevin V. Ryan, United States Attorney for the Northern District of California; McGregor W. Scott, United