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New York and London – LAWFUEL – Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP (K&L) and English law firm Nicholson Graham & Jones (NGJ) today announced that they have commenced discussions aimed at a possible combination of the firms later in 2004. If the combination occurs between K&L, with 800 lawyers located in 10 offices across the United

16 July 2004 – LAWFUEL – Allen & Overy has advised Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Limited, J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd., Morgan Stanley & Co. International Limited and Santander Central Hispano Investment, S.A. acting as Joint Global Co-ordinators on the initial public offering (IPO) of 74,185,584 shares of Gestevisión Telecinco, S.A. (Telecinco) and the subsequent listing of

16 July 2004, -LAWFUEL – DLA LLP has advised ING Bank NV London Branch (ING) and the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) on their provision of Senior and Mezzanine debt funding, which was utilised in part to fund the acquisition of the SafetyKleen Group by JP Morgan Partners and some of the existing management. This

Irvine, CA. July 16, 2004 – LAWFUEL – CasePost is a free on-line service for people seeking legal assistance to post their case and have lawyers express an interest in handling their case. According to Wes Fox, Casepost’s President, “Within the last eighteen months our aggressive on-line marketing has driven more than 150,000 case postings

LARCHMONT, N.Y., July 16, 2004 – LAWFUEL-Election Law Journal Co-Editor Richard L. Hasen says that opponents of Michael Moore or the National Rifle Association want to use campaign finance laws to keep ads for “Fahrenheit 9/11” and the new NRANews radio program from the airwaves. Depending upon how the courts or Federal Election Commission read

IRVINE, Calif., July 16, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Masimo Corporation today announced that the District Court for the Central District of California upheld a jury verdict against Tyco’s Nellcor division of $134.5 million for infringement of Masimo’s patents. In doing so, the Court upheld jury findings of infringement for two Masimo patents, with 15 patent

SANTA MONICA and SAN JOSE, Calif., July 14, 2004 – LAWFUEL – FirstCall/ — Stamps.com Inc. (Nasdaq: STMP) and eBay Inc. today announced that the companies have resolved various disputes among them that led to the filing of litigation in June 2003. eBay will pay Stamps.com an undisclosed amount up front, designated for settlement. The

PHILADELPHIA, July 15, 2004 – LAWFUEL – On July 15, 2004, the law firm of Berger & Montague, P.C. filed a class action suit against Red Hat, Inc. (“Red Hat” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: RHAT) and certain of its officers in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina on behalf

The United States Attorney’s Office today filed six cases alleging violations of federal food safety laws and statutes designed to protect the domestic food supply. The cases contain allegations ranging from rodent-contaminated meat to Listeria-tainted cheese to the illegal importation of food products. In the first case, the owner of Kagaya, a shabu shabu restaurant

15 July 2004 – LAWFUEL – It was announced this morning that Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Caesars Entertainment, Inc. in a cash and stock transaction of approximately $9.44 billion in total value, including assumption of Caesars debt. Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is representing Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. in its