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17th May 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Jones Day is pleased to announce the appointment of Sebastian Hughes as a Senior Associate of the firm’s Hong Kong office. Sebastian joins the firm’s Litigation Practice where he will be specializing in the enforcement of intellectual property rights in China. His practice includes

2 unnamed text/html 13.13 KB New York, NY – May 16, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP assisted Brooklyn Remembers Inc., a New York City community non-profit group, in its successful efforts to erect a memorial to the Brooklyn victims of 9/11. The memorial was unveiled today. Brooklyn

17 May – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Manchester office of law firm Cobbetts has advised Matalan, the out-of-town clothing and homewares retailer, on the £30 million sale of the jeans business, Lee Cooper, to a syndicate of equity investors led by Emerisque Capital, and US investors Sun Capital and The 180

SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 17 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Today, Administrative Law Judge Paul J. Luckern of the United States International Trade Commission issued an Initial Determination finding that United States Patent No. 6,584,527 is infringed by MediaTek and a number of its customers. The Administrative Law Judge also determined that this

15 May – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – On May 5, the business finance unit of General Electric Co. announced that it has agreed to sell Storage USA to a joint venture comprised of Salt Lake City-based Extra Space Storage Inc. and Prudential Real Estate Investors, the real estate arm of Prudential Financial

Washington, D.C., May 16, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Commission released the following statement on issues that arose during the first year of experience with the implementation of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: From the Commission’s April 13th Roundtable on Implementation of Internal Control Reporting Provisions –

WASHINGTON, D.C. – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Justice Department today announced that on May 17, it will monitor local elections in Cochise County, Arizona; Los Angeles, California; Macon, Mississippi; Brentwood Union Free School District in Suffolk County, New York; and Reading, Pennsylvania. Under the Voting Rights Act, the Justice Department is

16 May – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Allen & Overy has advised 3i and Veronis Suhler Stevenson (‘VSS’) on the €1.825 billion sale of YBR group to a consortium led by Macquarie Capital Alliance Group and including Macquarie Bank Limited, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Nikko Principal Investments Limited.

NEW YORK, May 16 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network — Wolf Popper LLP has filed a securities fraud lawsuit against MBNA Corp. (“MBNA”) (NYSE: KRB) and certain of its officers and directors, on behalf of all persons who purchased MBNA common stock on the open market from January 21, 2005 through April 20,

ATLANTA (MAY 16) – Kilpatrick Stockton announces Pro Bono Partner Debbie Segal was recently recognized by the National Association of Pro Bono Professionals with the prestigious William Reece Smith Special Services to Pro Bono Award. The award was presented to Ms. Segal at the American Bar Association/National Legal Aid and Defenders Association’s Equal Justice Conference