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8 June 2004 – LAWFUEL – The Cologne office of Norton Rose has been appointed to advise the federal and state governments of Germany on the next generation of PPP road projects in Germany. The German Federal Ministry of Transport (BMVBW) is set to structure and implement a procurement procedure for the new road projects,

LOS ANGELES – June 8, 2004 – LAWFUEL – A chartered accountant based in Paris pleaded guilty this morning to aiding and abetting the concealment of material facts from the Federal Reserve Bank as part of a scheme that helped Credit Lyonnais illegally take over a failed California life insurance company. Eric Berloty, 51, pleaded

San Francisco, CA- LAWFUEL – Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP (K&L) solidifies its presence in Northern California with the addition of Kevin Trock, a highly experienced intellectual property partner handling complex litigation matters involving patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets. Trock is the fourth senior attorney to join the ranks of skilled practitioners in K&L’s growing

Symbol Technologies Agrees To Pay $37 Million Penalty SEC Also Charges 11 Former Symbol Executives With Securities Fraud Washington, D.C., June 3, 2004 – LAWFUEL – The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Symbol Technologies, Inc. with securities fraud and related violations of the reporting, record-keeping and internal control provisions of the federal securities laws.

June 7, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Clifford Chance US LLP announced today that James Hart Holden will join the firm’s Antitrust practice as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office. For the past 14 years, Mr. Holden has worked at the Federal Trade Commission, where he most recently served as Deputy Assistant Director for the

June 8, 2004 – LAWFUEL -A Studio City man already serving a 46-month prison term for running a Ponzi scheme was sentenced today to another 18 months in federal prison for operating a scam in which he solicited investments in a company that falsely claimed it had developed a new telecommunications technology. Cary S. Greene,

NEW YORK, June 7, 2004 – LAWFUEL – The American Jewish Committee hailed today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in Republic of Austria v. Altmann in which the court ruled lawsuits regarding Holocaust-era looted art and other stolen property can be brought against foreign governments in U.S. courts. AJC filed an amicus brief with the Supreme

June 8, 2004 – LAWFUEL – An Indian national was sentenced today to 120 months in federal prison for orchestrating an elaborate scheme in which he impersonated an immigration agent and attempted to kidnap and “deport” a San Bernardino woman. Harpal Singh, 34, of Diamond Bar, received the 10-year sentence this morning after pleading guilty

SEC CONFIRMS CLOSURE OF SECURITIES MARKETS ON JUNE 11, 2004, TO OBSERVE NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING FOR FORMER PRESIDENT RONALD W. REAGAN Washington, D.C., June 7, 2004 – LAWFUEL – The Securities and Exchange Commission has coordinated the organized securities markets and exchanges concerning the closing of the securities markets on Friday, June 11, in

Jun 5, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Philip Chase Bobbitt A.W. Walker Centennial Chair in Law Of The University of Texas at Austin will be speaking at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law 17 Russell Square on The 21st Century War on Terror on Tuesday June 8 at 5 p.m. in the Lecture Theatre.