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NEW YORK, May 9 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network — Pentagon officials are reviewing the evidence against a large number of captured Qaeda suspects-including high- level operatives-with the goal of bringing them to trial later this year, Newsweek reports in the current issue. “There is intense planning underway,” says an official familiar with

8 May – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Cravath represented the Board of Directors of MCI, Inc. in the takeover battle between Verizon and Qwest to acquire MCI. The partners involved in this matter were Scott A. Barshay and Allen Finkelson on corporate issues and Paul C. Saunders and Sandra C. Goldstein on

8 May – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Allen & Overy is advising US-based Avnet, Inc., the distributor of computer products and electronic components, on the European and Asian aspects of its acquisition of the semiconductor distributor, Memec Group Holdings Ltd, for $676 million, including the assumption of approximately $194 million of Memec’s

8 May – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Marcos Daniel Jiménez, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; and Enrique Gutierrez, Inspector in Charge, United States Postal Inspection Service, Miami Division, announced today the unsealing of an eleven (11) count Indictment charging defendant, Pedro B. Gonzalez of Miami, Florida with mail

NEW YORK, May 6, LAWFUEL – The Law News Network — Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, on behalf of all persons who purchased the securities of Avaya, Inc. (“Avaya” or the “Company”) (NYSE: AV) between October

7 May – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Marcos Daniel Jiménez, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Jesus Torres, Special Agent in Charge, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); and Brian Whimpling, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced today the unsealing of a five (5) count Indictment against

Glasgow – 7 May – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Leading legal services organisation DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary (“DLA Piper”) has announced the promotion of Peter Kelly to partner in its increasingly successful banking team. The news comes as Project Layfayette, in which Peter advised Bank of Scotland, completes. This multi-jurisdiction corporate

6 May – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Allen & Overy advised UBS as sole global co-ordinator, bookrunner and sponsor to IG Group Holdings plc (“IG”), owner of the UK’s leading spread betting firm, on its £220 million initial public offering. Admission to listing became effective on 4 May. The offer was made

6 May – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Linklaters has been named leading European debt and equity manager legal advisor in Thomson Financial’s first European debt and equity capital markets league tables for the first quarter of 2005. Linklaters advised on 84 debt issues valued at US$ 54 billion and 43 equity and

May 5, 2005 (San Francisco and Mountain View, CA)- LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Fenwick & West LLP represented its long-time client, Peribit Networks, Inc., in its recently announced acquisition by Juniper Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: JNPR) of Sunnyvale, California. Santa Clara-based Peribit is a leader in Wide Area Network (WAN) optimization technology. Juniper