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A member of Credit Lyonnais’ executive committee and the Chairman of the Credit Lyonnais subsidiary Altus Finance in the mid-1990s has agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge of causing Credit Lyonnais to make false statements to the Federal Reserve Bank. Dominique Bazy, 52, of Paris, has agreed to plead guilty to the federal

Phillips Fox has advised St.George Bank Limited on its financing of PrefSure Holdings Limited’s (formerly Capital Alliance Holdings (Australia) Pty Limited) $85 million acquisition of Lumley Life from Wesfarmers Limited. Wesfarmers recently purchased the Edward Lumley Group and sold Lumley Life to Capital Alliance Holdings pursuant to ACCC requirements. St.George arranged and underwrote all of

Fish & Richardson P.C. announced that the three top patent attorneys from Heller Erhman White McAuliffe in San Diego will join the firm. Also joining the firm are three associate attorneys, three technical specialists and three scientific advisors. Over the next several weeks up to 10 additional associates, technical professionals and staff from Heller are

Canada’s leading business law firm, Stikeman Elliott LLP, is pleased to announce that David T. Robottom has joined the Calgary office as a partner effective February 1st. Prior to joining the firm, David was a senior partner and former CEO of another major law firm. David’s practice focuses on corporate and securities law, with an

Litigator Saul P. Morgenstern has joined Kaye Scholer LLP (www.kayescholer.com) as a partner in the firm’s highly-regarded Antitrust Group. At Kaye Scholer, he will continue to focus on complex litigation, principally in the areas of antitrust (civil and criminal) and trade regulation, as well as representations before federal regulatory and enforcement bodies. Mr. Morgenstern, who

Kevin G. Simowski, of Plymouth, has been appointed Chief of the Criminal Justice Bureau, Attorney General Mike Cox announced today, a position that oversees the new Cold Case Unit and several other divisions in the department. “The people of Michigan are indeed fortunate to have Kevin Simowski on their side,” Cox said in making the

Herbert Smith advised Time Inc., the world’s leading magazine publisher, on the UK and certain other European aspects of the disposal of its global music and video direct marketing subsidiary Time Life Inc. Time Life was bought by Direct Holdings Worldwide LLC, a company jointly owned by private equity firm Ripplewood Holdings LLC and ZelnickMedia

A former business manager who embezzled more than $1.5 million from National Basketball Association star Mark Jackson pleaded guilty this morning to federal wire fraud charges. Bruce J. Breger, 41, of Thousand Oaks, pleaded guilty in United States District Court in Los Angeles to one count of wire fraud. Breger was named last year in

Baker & McKenzie Advises Kuoni Reisen Holding AG on Disposal of its Business Travel Division Baker & McKenzie announced today that it advised Kuoni Reisen Holding AG on the disposal of its business travel division, BTI Central Europe, to Hogg Robinson plc for an undisclosed sum. The deal completed on 30 January 2004. The Kuoni

A Redding, California man has been convicted of a series of federal criminal charges stemming from his operation of a fraud scheme that defrauded elderly victims out of nearly $5 million, United States Attorney Debra W. Yang announced today. After deliberating for five days, a federal jury late Friday convicted Christopher Peter Cook, 36, of