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CHICAGO 22 September 2004 LAWFUEL – Best law news, legal, attorney, law firm news & legal research – Sixty-five lawyers from the Chicago office of Piper Rudnick LLP have been named Leading Lawyers in Illinois by the Leading Lawyers Network. The prestigious survey cites only attorneys who have been most often recommended by their peers

22 September 2004 LAWFUEL – Best law, attorney, law firm, legal, law research site Syngenta, a world-leading agribusiness, has successfully enforced one of its chemical patents through infringement litigation in China. An agreed settlement was signed with two defendants last week which has the backing of the Nanjing Intermediate People’s Court. International law firm Freshfields

LOS ANGELES, September 21 LAWFUEL – Best law news, attorney, legal, law firm news, legal research – Piper Rudnick partner Michael Meyer has again been named to the Daily Journal Extra’s list of the 100 most influential lawyers in California. The list is compiled by the Daily Journal Extra in a lengthy process that includes

Washington , D.C. , Sept. 21, 2004 LAWFUEL – Best for SEC, attorney news, legal, law, law firm news & legal research – The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed settled civil charges against TD Waterhouse Investor Services, Inc., a national brokerage firm, for making undisclosed cash payments to three investment advisers to encourage them

Dallas, TX 21 September 2004 LAWFUEL – Best law, law firm, legal, attorney news & legal research The Dallas office of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP (K&L) welcomes four new partners and four new associates to its growing litigation practice. Partners James A. Lowery III, James A. Pranske, and Michael John Ramirez come to K&L from

Paris, September 21, 2004 LAWFUEL – Best law, legal, attorney, law firm, takeover news & legal research – White & Case Paris has advised the trio of investors grouped together in a new French company in its takeover of one of the French publishing industry’s most familiar names. The new company, Société Nouvelle des Editions

21 September 2004 LAWFUEL – Best for law news, legal research, legal, criminal law, attorney, law firm news The captain and two crew members on the M/V Katerina, a 16,320-ton cargo ship that arrived at the Port of Long Beach on September 10, were arrested this morning on federal pollution charges for allegedly dumping oil-contaminated

NEW YORK, Sept. 21 2004 LAWFUEL – Best class action, law, legal, attorney, law firm, legal research news Wolf Popper LLP has filed a securities fraud class action complaint against Zix Corporation (“Zix”) (Nasdaq: ZIXI) John A. Ryan, Daniel S. Nutkis and Steve M. York, on behalf of all persons who purchased Zix securities on

Strategic Expansion of European Practice; London Office Continues Growth Kilpatrick Stockton announced today that Mary O’Connor has joined the firm’s London office as a partner in the Litigation Practice Group. Mary joins from Clifford Chance’s highly-regarded arbitration practice. “Mary is another quality addition to our fast-growing London office,” said Bill Brewster, Kilpatrick Stockton Managing Partner.

CHICAGO and NEW YORK, Sept. 20 2004 LAWFUEL – Best for law news, legal research, law firm, attorney, banking law news Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P., a full-service investment banking firm specializing in financial services companies, announced today that it has hired two new Managing Directors in its Investment Banking Department. Richard Goldberg and Michael