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Boston, Mass. (January 14, 2005) — LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – At a meeting held this morning, the partners of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP reached a decision to wind up the business of the Firm and, ultimately, to dissolve it. In making the partner vote announcement, Managing Partner George Davitt said, “A

BALTIMORE January 14, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Michael L. Jennings, a highly respected and experienced corporate and real estate lawyer joins Ober|Kaler’s Business Group in the firm’s Baltimore office. Mr. Jennings, forty-six, represents corporate clients in mergers and acquisitions, stock and asset sales, joint ventures and financings. His practice also

The chief engineer the M/V Katerina, which arrived at the Port of Long Beach in September equipped with pipes to bypass an important water pollution-control device, pleaded guilty this morning to a federal charge of obstruction of justice for concealing the device from the Coast Guard and instructing crew members to lie to inspectors. Edgardo

Marcos Daniel Jiménez, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Brian Wimpling, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service; and Michael P. Driscoll, Special Agent Supervisor, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, announced today that defendant, Roberto Rego, Jr., was sentenced on January 12, 2005, by United States District Court Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks,

15 January 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Allen & Overy is further boosting its Real Estate Group with the appointment of one of the best known professional support lawyers, Emma Slessenger. Previously at Dechert, Emma is joining the real estate team in London on 14 February 2005. This appointment further expands

The Justice Department announced today that broadcasters across the country have been asked to air Public Service Announcements (PSAs) for the AMBER Alert network, to honor the memory of Amber Hagerman and as part of the national awareness campaign for this valuable public safety resource. The PSAs have been distributed nationwide by the National Association

15 January 2005 – 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 Agency; Julie Torres, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; and Robert E. Harris, Special Agent in Charge, Defense Criminal Investigative Service,

14 January 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – A former senior vice president at the Los Angeles office of the Fleishman-Hillard public relations firm was indicted today on federal fraud charges that allege he participated in a scheme that resulted in fraudulent bills being submitted to the Los Angeles Department of Water

Philadelphia, PA – January 13, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Pepper Hamilton LLP announced that four lawyers were elected to the partnership and two were elected of counsel effective January 1, 2005. The new partners are as follows. All were associates with Pepper, with the exception of Ms. Shea Ballay, who

Washington, D.C., Jan. 13, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed enforcement actions against nine individuals alleging they aided and abetted a massive financial fraud by signing and returning materially false audit confirmations sent to them by the auditors of the U.S. Foodservice, Inc. subsidiary of