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July 1, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Global law firm Clifford Chance advised longstanding clients CVC Capital Partners and Permira on their successful £1.75 billion joint offer for the Centrica-owned UK roadside assistance and financial services group, the Automobile Association (AA). “The acquisition of the AA, one of the UK’s most respected brands and a household

NEW YORK, June 30, 2004 – LAWFUEL – The international law firm of Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced today that David J. Duquette, Jr. has joined the firm as Of Counsel in the Corporate and Securities Department in the New Jersey office. Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Duquette was a partner in the Securities Transactions Group,

28 June 2004 – LAWFUEL – London-based law firm, Lawrence Graham, is pleased to announce today the launch of LG Corporate Investigations – a multi-disciplinary team of experts who advise clients on the potential for corporate risk and implement solutions to contain and minimise it, while also offering a full investigation service for those faced

June 30, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Miami B Attorney General John Ashcroft met today with the Southern District of Florida Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council (ATAC) to discuss efforts to fight terrorism and to promote information sharing among federal, state, and local law enforcement. Attorney General Ashcroft is visiting with the nation=s Anti-Terrorism Advisory Councils to discuss

30th June 2004 – LAWFUEL – Herbert Smith are advising Virgin Group on the proposed listing of its subsidiary, Virgin Mobile Holdings (UK) Limited, on the London Stock Exchange and the related global offering of shares. Virgin Mobile announced its intention to float earlier today. JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley have been appointed to act

ATLANTA, June 30, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Earnhart A. Spencer, Jr., an attorney with Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP, recently returned from a three week educational trip to Ghana. Mr. Spencer was selected to lead a group of nine Roanoke College students on a study trip to this West African nation. In addition to

San Francisco, CA, June 30, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Darren S. Weingard has joined Reed Smith LLP as Of Counsel in the Market Trial Practice Group in the firm’s San Francisco office, effective immediately. The 1990 graduate of the Northwestern University School of Law has been a Senior Attorney in the Commercial Litigation Department of

PHOENIX, June 30, 2004 – LAWFUEL – With multinational companies facing delays and other problems in securing U.S. visas for foreign workers, the immigration law firm of Littler Mendelson Bacon & Dear is launching the legal industry’s first centralized service specializing in importing and exporting workers worldwide. LMB&D is a Phoenix-based affiliate of Littler Mendelson,

WASHINGTON, June 30, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Greenfield/Belser Ltd, the premier brand-design firm for the nation’s legal industry, announces the release of its new book, 25 Years of Legal Branding. The book memorializes the 25th anniversary of the 1977 landmark US Supreme Court decision Bates v. Arizona, which declared the prohibition of law firm advertising

29 June, 2004 – LAWFUEL – In a much publicized death penalty case, the United States Supreme Court this afternoon granted a stay of execution in the case of Texas inmate Mauro Barraza who was sentenced to death for a crime he committed when he was 17 years old. Jenner & Block Partner Scott T.