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Raleigh, North Carolina –LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP (“DLA Piper”), one of the leading law firms, today announced the addition of a corporate practice from Alston & Bird LLP. The group, recognised as one of the country’s pre-eminent REIT securities practices, is led by partners Brad

Detroit – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that Patrick G. LePine joined the Firm’s Detroit office as a member of the Health Law Department and Health Industry Team. The addition of LePine, 43, follows the recent announcement that Chris Rossman, a nationally recognized authority in payments and

LOS ANGELES, April 27 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – THEHUCKGROUP, a specialized graphic-design firm providing litigation-support services to prestigious law firms for civil and criminal matters, today announced that it collaborated with counsel to martial arts figure Billy Blanks in successfully prosecuting a legal-malpractice action against the Tae Bo creator’s former lawyers

Steven Elrod Re-Elected to Holland & Knight’s Directors’ Committee CHICAGO, April 26, 2005 – Holland & Knight LLP is pleased to announce that Steven M. Elrod, Executive Partner of the firm’s Chicago office, has been re-elected to serve on the firm’s national Directors’ Committee. The election occurred at the firm’s annual meeting of its more

NEW YORK- April 25, 2005- LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, a leading national law firm with offices in New York, Los Angeles and Miami, was selected as “Law Firm of the Year” by Institutional Investor’s Securitization News. The winner was announced on April 21, 2005 at a

26 April – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – A former vice president of Vans Inc., who admitted that he obtained $4.7 million in bribes and kickbacks from Chinese factories that manufactured Vans shoes and clothing, was sentenced this morning to 71 months in federal prison. Scott Andrew Brabson, 50, of Goleta, California, was

26 April – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Michael Jackson’s legal team has been shaken up just days before the defense starts. LawFuel.com’s lead story is from CNN.

26 April – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the temporary suspension, pursuant to Section 12(k) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”), of over-the-counter trading of the securities of Weida Communications, Inc. (symbol “WDAC”) of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The suspension will commence at 9:30 a.m.

26 April – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California announced that Jerome T. Heckenkamp, 25, presently of Santa Monica, California was sentenced today in federal court in San Jose. United States District Court Judge James Ware sentenced Mr. Heckenkamp to 8 months in

NEW YORK, April 25, 2005- LAWFUEL – The Law News Network -Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP obtained a complete defense victory for its client Universal Instruments, a subsidiary of Dover Corporation, following a three-week jury trial in federal court in Texas – plaintiffs’ home court and one of the most hostile jurisdictions in the nation