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24 June – 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 that defendant, Monroe Schiffman, was sentenced to forty-six (46) months’ imprisonment, to be followed by four (4) years of supervised

24 June – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Linklaters previously advised Montagu Private Equity on the secondary LBO of Actaris in 2003 Linklaters has advised Montagu Private Equity on the sale of Actaris group to LBO France. Montagu announced the agreement for an undisclosed amount this week. The deal – a tertiary LBO

LONDON – 24 June – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Jones Day, led by private equity partner James Goold, has advised the management team on its participation in the £300 million ($546 million) institutional buy-out of Cannon Avent Group plc, the leading provider of baby care products, by Charterhouse Capital Partners. Other Jones

24 June – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Julie Torres, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, Robert Parker, Director, Miami-Dade Police Department, and Amos Rojas, Jr., Special Agent in Charge, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Miami

24 June – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Freehills announced today the appointment of seven new partners, effective from 1 July 2005. In making the announcement, Freehills Chief Executive Officer, Gavin Bell, said he was pleased and proud to welcome a group of fine men and women to the firms partnership. At Freehills,

24 June – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The United States Attorney’s Office announced that a federal grand jury in San Jose today indicted Emmett Jones, 35, of Falls Church, Virginia, and Carr Johnson, 35, of Woodbridge, Virginia in connection with a scheme to steal computer servers from a Virginia-based Verisign Inc. warehouse

SAN FRANCISCO – 23 June – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – U.S. Attorney Kevin V. Ryan announced that yesterday, federal agents with assistance from local law enforcement conducted searches of over 25 locations and made 15 arrests1 in connection with an indictment returned last week and unsealed today. The indictment charges 19 individuals

(Angleton, Texas) – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Six days after the Indianapolis-based Guidant Corporation recalled 29,000 defibrillators under pressure from the federal Food and Drug Administration, a Plano, Texas, man is suing the company. 58-year-old Larry Hardin claims Guidant sold the older version even though the company had fixed the problem in

MIAMI, June 24 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network — The Supreme Court of the United States, in an opinion authored by Justice Kennedy, affirmed the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision in the Exxon dealer “Discount for Cash” class action, Allapattah Servs. Inc. et al. v. Exxon, Case No. 04-70. The Court found

23 June – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Eversheds has announced its association with leading German firm HEISSE KURSAWE. The agreement is a major step in the continuing development of Eversheds’ international capability and establishes the firm in the key market of Germany. The firm will continue to be named HEISSE KURSAWE, but