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May 11, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Marcos Daniel Jiménez, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Jonathan I. Solomon, Special Agent in Charge, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced today that four defendants have pleaded guilty to their involvement in a $170 million scheme to defraud Espirito Santo Bank of Florida.

London – 10 May 2004 – LAWFUEL – The High Court ruled today that various settlement payments made by Exxon’s General Corporate Excess insurers in 1996 and 1997 are not recoverable from London market excess of loss reinsurers. In a 95 page judgment Mr. Justice Colman accepted defendant reinsurer Brandywine’s (formerly CIGNA Re (UK)) grounds

Firm adopts Strategic Action Plan Focused on Tangible Diversity Results Atlanta -May 11, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Kilpatrick Stockton announced another major step in its longstanding commitment to achieving meaningful diversity within its workplace. The firm’s Executive Committee recently adopted a multi-year “Strategic Action Plan for Implementing Diversity Commitment” (SAP), following a year-long assessment and

Law firm recognized for significant contributions to child advocacy TALLAHASSEE, FL – May 11, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Florida’s Children First!, Inc., (FCF!) a statewide, non-profit child advocacy organization, honored Holland & Knight at a fund-raiser in Tallahassee on April 21, commending the firm’s use of corporate resources and legal skills throughout the state to

May 11, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Jonathan Nabarro is a leading player in the French LBO and leveraged finance market. He has joined Allen & Overy Paris’ banking and finance practice today, Monday 10 May 2004, as a Partner. In the Paris banking and finance department, Jonathan will specialise in leveraged finance and will continue

11 May 2004 – LAWFUEL – An immigration official pleaded guilty today to accepting thousands of dollars in bribes from immigrants who received work permits in exchange for the graft. Nancy Stephenson, 55, of San Juan Capistrano, pleaded guilty this afternoon in United States District Court in Santa Ana to two federal charges – bribery

SHANGHAI, China, May 10 – LAWFUEL – Global law firm Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. is adding Shanghai to its network of offices in Asia. Squire Sanders recently received a license for an office in Shanghai from the Ministry of Justice of The People’s Republic of China. With a presence in Asia since the 1950s,

GREENVILLE, N.C., May 10 – LAWFUEL – Janus Development Group, Inc., Dr. Andrew Stuart, and Dr. Joseph Kalinowski today announced the settlement of a lawsuit among the parties over copyrights in manuals and training materials used in connection with Janus Development’s SpeechEasy(R) stuttering control device. The lawsuit is pending in federal court in Greenville, North

Boston, MA – LAWFUEL – A Pasadena, California man, and a man from the city of Shenzhen, in the People’s Republic of China, were charged last night in federal court in Boston with conspiring to export tightly-controlled defense articles to China. The two men had left Boston earlier in the day, and were arrested in

Hong Kong – 4 May 2004 – LAWFUEL – Global law firm Clifford Chance has advised HSBC and Citigroup on the HK$6 billion securitisation of the toll revenues generated by the Hong Kong SAR Government-owned bridges and tunnels. The transaction, due to close in early May, involved the issue of three tranches of Hong Kong