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William H. Donaldson Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs July 21, 2004 Chairman Shelby, Ranking Member Sarbanes, and Members of the Committee: Thank you for inviting me to testify today on proposals to modernize the national market system for equity securities. I welcome your

22 July 2004 – LAWFUEL – See PRESS RELEASES for today’s law announcementsMarcos Daniel Jiménez, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; and Michael S. Clemens, Acting Special Agent in Charge, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced today that defendant, Howard Cantor, the former president, owner, and director of the Miami computing

CHICAGO, JULY 22, 2004 – LAWFUEL See PRESS RELEASES for today’s law announcements– The Chicago Bar Foundation and the Chicago Bar Association today recognized the professional achievements and vast contributions to pro bono work of Piper Rudnick attorney Catherine M. Burkhardt with its prestigious Maurice Weigle Exceptional Young Lawyer Award. Ms. Burkhardt received the award

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 21, 2004 – LAWFUEL – See PRESS RELEASES for today’s law announcements – Attorney General John Ashcroft announced today that the Department of Justice is awarding $1,098,008 to Hillsborough County and $150,000 to the Bay Area Legal Services under President Bush’s Family Justice Center Initiative to prevent and respond to violence against

21 July 2004 – LAWFUEL – Read PRESS RELEASES for all today’s law announcementsAllen & Overy advised Digital Multimedia Technologies S.p.A. (DMT) on the global offering of 4,000,000 ordinary shares of DMT. UniCredit Banca Mobiliare S.p.A. acted as Global Co-ordinator, Lead Manager and Bookrunner, Cazenove & Co. Ltd. acted as Joint Lead Manager, and Centrosim

New York, July 21, 2004 – Baker & McKenzie today announced the strengthening of its North American Corporate & Securities Practice with the addition of Roslyn Tom as Partner in its New York Office. Ms. Tom joins the Firm from Dewey Ballantine LLP. Ms. Tom specializes in domestic and international securities offerings, including SEC-registered offerings

Kilpatrick Stockton LLP today announced the addition of B. Ford Robertson to the Firm’s Real Estate Practice Group. Joining as a senior associate, Mr. Robertson will handle a wide variety of commercial real estate transaction matters with a focus on real estate development, investment and leasing. Mr. Robertson has extensive experience in representing real estate

20 July 2004 – LAWFUEL – See latest law announcements under PRESS RELEASESClifford Chance advises Bayer AG on the acquisition of Roche Consumer Health Clifford Chance is advising Bayer AG on the acquisition of Roche Consumer Health. The purchase price amounts to EUR 2.38 bn. The transaction is subject to the approval of the relevant

20 July 2004 – LAWFUEL – See PRESS RELEASES for today’s law announcementsMarcos Daniel Jiménez, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; and Michael S. Clemens, Acting Special Agent in Charge, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced today that defendant, Ira Marc Katz, was sentenced to a term of twenty-one (21) months

London, 20 July 2004 – LAWFUEL – See PRESS RELEASES for all today’s law announcements: DLA LLP announced today that it would expand its contentious reinsurance/insurance team with the appointment of a new partner from Eversheds. David Murphy will join DLA from Eversheds, London office later this year, working alongside Charles Gordon and Neil Ellis