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LONDON–April 22, 2005- LAWFUEL – The Law News Network -Herbert Smith is on course to become the first UK law firm to establish a dedicated advocacy unit following confirmation of its decision to appoint leading Queens Counsel (QC), Murray Rosen and Ian Gatt, to its partnership. Murray will join on 26 April 2005, as head

24 April – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – LawFuel.com’s lead story from the New York Times concerns the Grand Jury investigation of whether former Wal-Mart executive Thomas M. Coughlin cheated on his expenses.

WASHINGTON D.C., April 23 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network — Covington & Burling announced today that George Pappas, and Jeffrey Elikan have joined the firm as partners, and Kevin Collins has joined as of counsel. All three will be resident in the Washington, D.C., office. Messrs. Pappas, Elikan, and Collins, previously at Venable

24 April – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Marcos Daniel Jiménez, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; and Julie Torres, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, announced today that defendant, Kennedy Terrell Walker, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Adalberto Jordan, in Miami,

23 April – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Cravath represented Transkaryotic Therapies, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company with a major focus on developing products for the treatment of rare diseases, in connection with its acquisition by Shire Pharmaceuticals Group plc for approximately $1.6 billion. The partners involved in this matter were Faiza J. Saeed

23 April – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Marcos D. Jiménez, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; and Michael S. Clemens, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced today that yesterday afternoon, after a two-day hearing, defendant, Robert I. Claire, a Boca Raton attorney, was sentenced by United

NEW YORK and DALLAS, April 23 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network — Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that it has appointed Jonathan Landers and Michael Rosenthal as Co-Chairs of the firm’s Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Group. “Jon and Michael are both highly regarded bankruptcy attorneys, and we are

23 April – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – LawFuel.com’s lead story from Businessweek concerns an LA doctor who is to collect $1.35 billion on the settlement of a patent dispute for spinal treatment.

Man Who Wore a Band-Aid to Each Robbery Admits to Robbing 4 Area Banks 23 April – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California announced that John Mark Felder, 35, of Berkeley, pleaded guilty late yesterday to four counts of bank robbery. In pleading

22 April – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Allen & Overy has advised Quinlan Private, a leading international property investment and advisory group, on its acquisition of BP Pension Fund’s The Estate, Knightsbridge for a sum in excess of £500 million. The 3.4 acre freehold site known as The Estate, Knightsbridge lies between