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W. Randy Eaddy, Kilpatrick Stockton partner and Chair of the firm’s Diversity Council, has completed a recent supplement to the well-known 2000 chapter on “Diversity” in the West Group multi-volume treatise Successful Partnership Between Inside and Outside Counsel. Marion Cowell, presently a Kilpatrick Stockton attorney, co-authored the original chapter with Mr. Eaddy while serving as

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati today announced that it has elected seven associates to join the firm’s partnership. The appointments are effective February 1, 2004. “We congratulate this group of outstanding attorneys for this achievement. We have some of the most talented associates in the country and these individuals have consistently demonstrated their exceptional leadership,

Mallesons Stephen Jaques is the recipient of the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Community Business Partnerships 2003, presented late last month in Sydney. Now in their fourth year, the Awards stemmed from the formation of the Prime Minister’s Community Business Partnership, comprising prominent Australians from the business and community sectors. The Awards celebrate those

Aaron Tonken, a promoter and producer of charitable fundraising events that featured celebrities and public figures, was charged today with defrauding donors and underwriters who thought their money was going to charitable causes. Tonken, a 37-year-old Los Angeles-area resident, was named today in a two-count information that alleges mail fraud and wire fraud. The information

Patterson Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP announced today that the Firm has created an Appellate Practice Group. The new practice group will combine Patterson’s nationally renowned reputation for trial representation involving advertising, patents, copyrights, trademarks, product liability and media law with the appellate expertise of litigators who have successfully argued numerous landmark appeals in these

The Xerox Corporation Retirement Income Guarantee Plan has reached an agreement in principle to settle the pension-related Berger v. RIGP litigation. The terms of the proposed agreement require RIGP to settle the case for $239 million. The final settlement is subject to the negotiation of a definitive agreement and court approval. In April, Xerox reported

A federal jury in Santa Ana this afternoon convicted the final three defendants connected to an Orange County-based telemarketing scheme that defrauded golfers out of almost $5 million. After hearing four weeks of evidence and deliberating for two days, the jury convicted the three men of four counts of wire fraud and four counts of

Davis Polk & Wardwell advised Limited Commerce Corp. on a $233 million secondary offering of 8,663,382 shares of common stock of Alliance Data Systems. As part of the offering, Limited Commerce sold 7,533,376 shares of Alliance Data Systems and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe sold 1,130,006 shares pursuant to the over-allotment option. Bear, Stearns &

Recognizing the tremendous value in making and maintaining connections, Kilpatrick Stockton today announced the launch of its alumni website which can be viewed by entering www.kilpatrickstockton.com. Kilpatrick Stockton created the alumni website to enhance communication with former colleagues who have contributed to the firm’s over 100-year tradition of quality client service. “Over the years, our

Legal Week reports that Sullivan & Cromwell has formed a stand-alone private equity group as the elite New York firm targets the international buy-out market. The firm has assigned three partners from its corporate and financial group to focus purely on private equity, including Los Angeles-based Alison Ressler London-based US acquisition finance specialist Richard Morrissey