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Marks and Spencer Group – Possible bid by Revival On 27 May 2004 Revival Acquisitions Limited, a company widely thought to be owned by Philip Green and members of his family, announced that it was considering a possible offer for the shares of Marks and Spencer Group p.l.c. On 3 June 2004 Revival announced outline

Boston, MA, 4 June 2004 – LAWFUEL – Mintz Levin’s Literary Discussion Group is featured in the recently released, The Book Club Cookbook, authored by Judy Gelman and Vicki Levy Krupp (Tarcher/Penguin, 2004). The authors selected Mintz Levin’s Literary Discussion Group for its creative pairing of food and books. A profile of Mintz Levin’s Literary

NEW YORK, NY, June 3, 2004 – LAWFUEL – The international law firm of Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced today that Kenneth A. Gerasimovich has joined the firm as a Shareholder in the Corporate and Securities Department in the New York office. Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Gerasimovich was Counsel in the Mergers & Acquisitions at

NEW YORK, June 4, 2004 – LAWFUEL -Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, one of the world’s leading law firms, advised Universal American Financial Corp. (Nasdaq: UHCO) in the completion of its acquisition of Heritage Health Systems, Inc. for approximately $98 million in cash. Founded in 1995, Heritage operates Medicare Advantage plans in Houston and Beaumont,

WASHINGTON, June 3, 2004 – LAWFUEL – The following is a transcript of a statement by President Bush: I commend the House for passing the Worker Reemployment Accounts Act, which establishes a pilot program for Personal Reemployment Accounts. Personal Reemployment Accounts are an important reform in federal job training, because workers decide how to use

OPEN MEETING – JUNE 2, 2004 FACT SHEET 1. Regulation B Proposals The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) replaced banks’ complete exception from the definition of “broker” with eleven “functional exceptions.” The Commission today will consider proposing new rules to implement the GLBA definition by defining some of the statutory terms used in the eleven exceptions. It

Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Bank Broker Rules June 2, 2004 – LAWFUEL – We have before us this morning a recommendation from the Division of Market Regulation to propose a new Regulation B. This set of rules would clarify the securities-related activities that banks, thrifts and credit unions can engage in without registering as brokers under the

Sydney, 2 June 2004: Australian lawyers Clayton Utz have confirmed their commitment to legal practice in the Asia Pacific region with a number of partners accepting positions to serve the Inter-Pacific Bar Association. At the recent conference in Seoul, Jim FitzSimons, a corporate partner specialising in IT/IP was appointed vice president of the IPBA. Mr

Chadbourne Wins Patent Office Victory for Synthon in Pexeva Case Chadbourne & Parke LLP recently represented Synthon Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. in a victory in its patent interference case in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office over GlaxoSmithKline. Synthon launched Pexeva this year in competition with GSK’s top-selling antidepressant Paxil®. On May 25, the Patent Office ruled

BOSTON, June 3, 2004 – LAWFUEL – United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan; Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; and Ted Meyer, Chief of the Provincetown Police Department, announced today that DALE BERNARD, age 41, of 36 Gale Street, Malden, was arrested on federal drug distribution charges. Today’s