Law Admin

June 8, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Marcos Daniel Jiménez, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Brian Wimpling, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigations, announced that defendants, Raphael Samuel Adouth and Lourdes Meulener Challiol, were arrested on Friday, June 4, 2004, pursuant to Indictment that was unsealed today.

Chadbourne & Parke Represented EBRD and IFC in Euro 100 Million Project Financing Of Euro 193 Million Float Glass Factory Being Built in Moscow by Pilkington Glass LLC. Chadbourne & Parke LLP recently represented both the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International Finance Corp. as senior lenders in a Euro 100 million

WASHINGTON, June 7, 2004 – LAWFUEL – A lawsuit by former employees of Tyson Foods, Inc. against their employer may go ahead, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday. The four former workers are seeking damages as a result of Tyson’s use of illegal aliens to depress wages. They sued the company

CHICAGO, June 7, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Joy V. Cunningham, senior vice president and general counsel for Northwestern Memorial HealthCare and Northwestern Memorial Hospital, will be installed as the first African-American female president of The Chicago Bar Association (CBA) on June 24, 2004. Cunningham has had a distinguished and varied career, including service as a

LONDON – 3 June 2004, – LAWFUEL – Halfords, the UK’s leading retailer of car maintenance, car enhancement, travel solutions and cycling products (by turnover), today announced an offer price of 260p per share in respect of its initial public offering. The offer was announced with the publication of final listing particulars in connection with

May 28, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP announced today that Nicolas Baverez will join the firm on June 1, 2004 as a partner in its Paris office, along with two associates. Baverez focuses his law practice on French public M&A. “We are delighted that Nicolas Baverez is joining our Paris office,”

WASHINGTON, June 5, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Marriott International, Inc. and Strategic Hotel Capital, LLC today signed an agreement to resolve the litigation between the two parties. Implementation of the agreement is subject to the consent of certain third parties, which is expected to be received within 90 days. The resolution is not material to

New York, 2 June 2004 – LAWFUEL – Skadden Arps is representing Westfield America Trust and Westfield Holdings Ltd. in a proposed US$16.2 billion three-way merger with Westfield Trust

WASHINGTON, D.C., 4 June 2004 – LAWFUEL – Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit declined to stay its decision voiding many of the FCC’s so-called “network unbundling” rules pending an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. The following response should be attributed to Tom Tauke, executive vice president-public affairs

SAO PAULO, Brazil, June 5, 2004 – LAWFUEL – The Brazilian government has cleared Microsoft under the accusation of preventing competition in the software sector. The Economic Defense Administration Board (CADE), the Brazilian organ tied to the Justice Ministry and responsible for ruling on questions regarding market competition, will publish the decision in the following