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See PRESS RELEASES for today’s law announcements July 19, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Marcos Daniel Jiménez, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and James K. Belz, Inspector in Charge, United States Postal Inspection Service, Miami Division, announced today that defendant, Philip R. Gratz, a former stockbroker who conducted business as Phoenix World

NEW YORK, July 19 – LAWFUEL – Piper Rudnick LLP, a national law firm, announced today that highly regarded attorney John B. Duer (41) has joined its New York office as a partner. Prior to joining Piper Rudnick, Mr. Duer was counsel with Linklaters, a global law firm based in London, England. “We are very

WASHINGTON, July 19, 2004 – LAWFUEL – The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Society for Adolescent Medicine (SAM) released a joint policy statement today opposing the death penalty for juvenile offenders, which is under consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Roper v. Simmons. “We should never, ever kill teenagers,”

CHICAGO, July 19, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP, a leading law firm focusing on complex business and wealth management issues, announced today that partner Timothy Ray (34) has been named as one of Chicago Daily Law Bulletin’s “40 Illinois Attorneys Under 40 to Watch.” The selection process for the “40 Under

Kilpatrick Stockton today announces the appointment of three of the firm’s attorneys to intellectual property positions with the American Bar Association. · Kilpatrick Stockton Partner James Trigg was named the American Bar Association’s Vice Chair of “Authors” in the Copyright Division. · Kilpatrick Stockton Partner Steven Gardner will maintain his position as Chair of the

DLA LLP has advised Bradford & Bingley plc on its provision of £216,000,000 debt funding to Metro Shopping Fund LP, the high profile new central London shopping centre fund created by Land Securities and Jamie Ritblat’s Delancey. The fund is structured as a limited partnership and initially comprises four central London shopping centres totalling 420,000

July 19, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Marcos D. Jiménez, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; William Hawkes, Undersecretary of Marketing and Regulatory Programs, United States Department of Agriculture; W. Ron De Haven, Administrator, United States Department of Agriculture – Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (“USDA – APHIS”); Alan Christian, Director, USDA

16 JULY 2004 Regus Group – Acquisition On 16th July, 2004 Regus Group plc announced that it had entered into an agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of HQ for a total consideration of up to US$302.5m (£163.5m), payable in cash. Slaughter and May, as an integrated team with Davis Polk Wardwell (who

19 July 2004 – LAWFUEL – €500m Porsche Bank auto loan and lease receivables securitisation closes Porsche Bank and ABN AMRO have acted as originator and lead arranger on one of the largest ever Austrian securitisations, successfully refinancing a conduit warehouse securitisation of €500m of auto loan and lease receivables through the issue of term

15 July 2004 – LAWFUEL – Leading international law firm, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, today announced the opening of its new offices in Shanghai, People’s Republic of China. The Ministry of Justice of the People’s Republic of China granted the firm the requisite license for the opening on July 7, 2004. The new office is