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14 May – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Five men involved in a scheme to forcibly steal illegal aliens from smugglers and to hold the aliens for ransom have been convicted of federal hostage-taking and weapons charges. The five participated in the abduction of several illegal aliens who were seized from alien smugglers

14 May – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Dechert LLP partner Andrew Hougie advised Prodesse Investment Limited on its establishment and successful flotation on the London Stock Exchange, underwritten by UBS Limited and Merrill Lynch International, in which the Company raised US$286 million before expenses and borrowings. Prodesse Investment Limited is a newly

ATLANTA, May 14 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network — Powell Goldstein LLP announced today that Gerald L. Blanchard has joined the Firm’s Atlanta office as a partner. Mr. Blanchard is a national expert on all aspects of commercial and financial banking. Prior to joining Powell Goldstein, Mr. Blanchard served as in-house counsel to

14 May – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Five people in Southern California and three others in Costa Rica were arrested this week in a federal fraud and tax evasion case that alleges hundreds of victims were duped into investing tens of millions of dollars in a fraudulent offshore fund that claimed to

Please Join the National Association of Corporate Directors Atlanta Chapter for a lunch meeting. Roberta Ramano, Professor of Law, Yale University will lead a discussion on Corporate Governance: What Works and What Doesn’t. Wednesday, May 18, 2005 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. 103 West Register at www.nacdatl.org Members $35; Non-members $50 For more, please contact

Cologne – 13 May – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – A DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary (“DLA Piper”) corporate team consisting of partners Dr. Ulrich Jüngst, Abdul Aziz Al-Yaqout and Technology, Media & Communications (“TMC”) associate Dr. Kai Tumbrägel advised KirchMedia GmbH & Co. KGaA in the sale of the national part of

13 May – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – LawFuel.com’s lead story from CNN concerns former Jackson lawyer George Geragos being order to testify on Friday, as subpoenaed by his former client’s defense team.

13 May – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Allen & Overy is advising Shell Chemicals on its agreement to sell Netherlands-based polyolefins manufacturer Basell, the 50:50 joint venture with BASF, to a consortium led by New York-based Access Industries and Chatterjee Group. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and closing is expected

13 May – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Shore Capital Group plc, the listed independent investment banking group based in London and Liverpool, today announces that Jonathan Paisner, current Group Legal Counsel, has been appointed an Executive Director. After gaining an MA in French at Oxford University, Jonathan was a corporate finance solicitor

Washington, D.C., May 12, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman William H. Donaldson today named Linda Chatman Thomsen as the Director of the Division of Enforcement. Thomsen has been at the Commission since 1995 and has served as the Division’s Deputy Director since 2002. Thomsen succeeds Stephen