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Taylor Woodrow plc – Bond Issue On 24 May 2004, Taylor Woodrow plc issued £200 million 6.375 % Bonds due 2019, arranged by HSBC Bank plc and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc. The Bonds are listed on the London Stock Exchange. Slaughter and May act for Taylor Woodrow. Steven Galbraith (partner), Caroline Young (associate)

May 26, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Marcos Daniel Jiménez, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Michael S. Clemens, Acting Special Agent in Charge, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and Ed Bieluch, Sheriff, Palm Beach County, announced today that a federal jury in West Palm Beach found Patrick Knighton, 34, of Riviera

WASHINGTON D.C., May 26, 2004 – LAWFUEL – The claimants of the Holocaust-era painting by Vincent van Gogh that is now in the possession of Elizabeth Taylor of California reacted today to Ms. Taylor’s filing of a lawsuit in a California court, seeking a declaratory judgment that she is the rightful owner of the painting.

NEW YORK, May 26, 2004 – LAWFUEL – The Law Firm of Geller Rudman, PLLC announced today that a class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the District of Idaho on behalf of purchasers of Idacorp, Inc. (“Idacorp” or the “Company”) (NYSE: IDA) publicly traded securities during the period

May 26, 2004 – LAWFUEL – A group of 70 pilots and cabin crew are considering appealing a decision by an Employment Tribunal that they did suffer “lawful” discrimination. The group took their test case to Watford Employment Tribunal in January this year to claim British Airways’ retirement age of 55 constituted discrimination. The tribunal

Washington, D.C., May 26, 2004 – LAWFUEL – The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to adopt form amendments regarding disclosure requirements for mutual funds concerning discounts on front-end sales loads and a new rule as well as amendments to rules and forms dealing with investment adviser codes of ethics, The Commission also voted to

Washington, DC, May 24, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Baker & McKenzie announced today that it has further enhanced its Banking, Finance & Major Projects Practice with the addition of Chris Groobey as a Partner in its Washington, D.C. office. Groobey specializes in project finance, structured finance and corporate transactions in the energy industry and has

May 25, 2004- LAWFUEL – Notice is hereby given that a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on behalf of all purchasers of the common stock of Bally Total Fitness Holding Corporation (NYSE: BFT) (“Bally” or the “Company”) from August 3, 1999 through April

May 24, 2004 – LAWFUEL – After the March terrorist attacks on commuter trains in Madrid, digital images of partial latent fingerprints obtained from plastic bags that contained detonator caps were submitted by Spanish authorities to the FBI for analysis. The submitted images were searched through the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS). An IAFIS

May 25, 2004 – LAWFUEL – The federal agency formerly known as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) of the United States Treasury Department transferred to the Department of Justice on January 24, 2003. The proper name of the new agency is the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) of the