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28 July 2004 All today’s legal news, law firm announcements, legal research at LAWFUEL Allen & Overy advised Whitbread PLC on the purchase of the Premier Lodge budget hotels business from The Spirit Group. The consideration was £505m for the Premier Lodge estate of 132 hotels and 9 pipeline sites and a further £31.2m for

28 July 2004 Read legal news, law firm press releases & legal research articles at LAWFUELHerbert Smith and US firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore have jointly advised ABF plc, the international food, ingredients and retail group, on its acquisition of the yeast, spices and herbs business of the Australian group Burns Philp and Co for

July 28, 2004 Read today’s legal news, law firm announcements & legal research at LAWFUELLITIGATION RELEASE NO. 18804 / July 28, 2004 Securities and Exchange Commission v. Drake Tempest, Civil Action No. 04-B-1547 (OES)(D.Co.) The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that on July 28, 2004, it filed a subpoena enforcement action in the U.S.

July 28, 2004 – Read legal news, law firm news and legal research at LAWFUELThe Cooper Companies, Inc. (NYSE:COO) and Ocular Sciences, Inc., (Nasdaq:OCLR) announced today that they have signed a definitive agreement for Cooper to acquire Ocular Sciences, Inc. in a merger for stock and cash having a value of approximately $1.2 billion. The

CHICAGO, July 28, 2004 Read all today’s legal news, law news releases & law research at LAWFUEL– Chicago-based law firm, Much Shelist announced today that a settlement has been reached with A.E. Staley Manufacturing Company (“Staley”), the last defendant in the high fructose corn syrup price fixing class action. Staley reached a settlement with the

Kilpatrick Stockton LLP announced today that the Firm has been selected by the American Lung Association of North Carolina as the 2004 recipient of its “Excellence in Public Service” award. Last week, volunteers, corporations and foundations from across the state were honored by the American Lung Association of North Carolina for their invaluable support through

27 July 2004 All today’s legal news, law firm announcements and law research at LAWFUELMallesons and Kwok & Yih merge to form real and credible alternative to top US and UK firms operating in Hong Kong/China Mallesons Stephen Jaques and Kwok & Yih have jointly announced that Mallesons’ Hong Kong practice and Kwok & Yih

Mallesons Stephen Jaques and Kwok & Yih Fact sheet – Merger for Hong Kong/China Mallesons Stephen Jaques “… Mallesons Stephen Jaques won IFLR’s Regional Law Firm of the Year award. Many of Asia’s leading financial institutions and other market players have applauded the Australian firm’s push in corporate, banking, finance and capital markets work across

SAN DIEGO, July 27, 2004 Read all today’s legal news, law firm news & law research at LAWFUEL– Gen-Probe Incorporated (Nasdaq: GPRO) announced today that the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has granted summary judgment in Gen-Probe’s favor in a patent infringement lawsuit initiated by Enzo Biochem, Inc. The Court

GOLDEN, Colo., July 27, 2004 Read all today’s legal news and law announcements in LAWFUEL– Canyon Resources Corporation (Amex: CAU), a Colorado-based mining company, passes along information relating to I-147 in Montana. I-147 is an initiative which has qualified for the November 2004 ballot which, if passed by the voters, would allow usage of cyanide