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20 April – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – SJ Berwin’s Pensions Unit, working in conjunction with the firm’s Commercial Litigation department, has successfully obtained a summary judgment on behalf of the trustees of the Sea Containers 1990 Pension Scheme. Judgment requires payment of a debt exceeding £500,000 arising under section 75 of the

Washington, D.C., April 19, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that KPMG LLP has agreed to settle the SEC’s charges against it in connection with the audits of Xerox Corp. from 1997 through 2000. As part of the settlement, KPMG consented to the entry of

20 April – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Linklaters has advised Antwerp Gateway NV, the project company, and its shareholders, P&O Ports Europe, P&O Nedlloyd Holdings, COSCO Ports and Duisport Duisberger Hafen, on the €143 million project financing of a container terminal to be situated on the east bank of the Deurganckdock in

20 April – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – LawFuel.com’s lead story from Reuters concerns Enron’s once-proud broadband internet unit, which prosecutors have labelled a sham.

NEW YORK, April 18, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP announced today that it has relocated its midtown Manhattan offices to 1177 Avenue of the Americas, between 45th and 46th Streets. All phone and fax numbers for the New York office’s lawyers and staff remain unchanged.

19 April – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Bruce takes over the leadership of the practice from Alan Black, who has led the practice since 1993. During that time, Linklaters has developed one of the world’s pre-eminent projects practices, with more than 120 lawyers involved in headline energy and infrastructure projects across the

SAN FRANCISCO and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 18, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Fenwick & West LLP represented its longtime client, Macromedia, Inc. in its pending acquisition by Adobe Systems Incorporated, announced earlier today. The all-stock transaction, valued at $3.4 billion, combines two industry-leaders in the creation of compelling content and

Washington, D.C., April 18, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an enforcement action against The Coca-Cola Company relating to its failure to disclose certain end-of-quarter sales practices used to meet earnings expectations. Coca-Cola simultaneously agreed, without admitting or denying the Commission’s findings, to settle

19 April – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – A man who was a graduate physics student at the California Institute of Technology was sentenced today to 100 months in federal prison for his conviction last year on a series of arson charges related to firebomb attacks on sport utility vehicles in the San

19 April 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Marcos Daniel Jiménez, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; and Robert J. Joura, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), announced today the successful extradition of Consolidated Priority Organization Target Elias Cobos-Munoz, a/k/a “Toby,” along with co-defendants, Florentino Riviera-Farfan,