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New York, NY – June 3, 2008 – The European American Chamber of Commerce – New York hosted its first event recently, when it presented a conference on “The Consequences of the Current Euro and U.S. Dollar Exchange Rate on the M&A Industry in Europe and the United States.” The New York chapter of the

Hong Kong, 3 June 2008 – Shearman & Sterling LLP is advising China Netcom Group Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited (HKSE: 0906; NYSE: CN), in its consideration of the proposed merger with China Unicom Limited (HKSE: 0762,NYSE: CHU), China’s No. 2 mobile operator, as part of a broader restructuring of China’s telecommunications sector. China Netcom is

Washington, D.C., June 3, 2008 (lawfuel – The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that each has approved the trading and clearing of two novel derivative products – futures and option contracts based on shares of the SPDR® Gold Trust (Gold Trust), an exchange traded fund (ETF). The

Washington, D.C., June 3, 2008 (Lawfuel) – Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox and Linda Chatman Thomsen, Director of SEC’s Division of Enforcement, announced today that George Curtis and Scott Friestad have been appointed as the new Deputy Directors in the Enforcement Division. Mr. Curtis and Mr. Friestad will be filling positions vacated by

DENVER (Lawfuel) – Troy A. Eid, United States Attorney for the District of Colorado, today announced that Colorado has been awarded a new position to prosecute child exploitation crimes. The position was awarded to the District of Colorado in part because of the fourfold increase in the prosecution of sexual predators by the Colorado U.S.

Washington (Lawfuel) — The Internal Revenue Service today announced that interest rates for the calendar quarter beginning July 1, 2008, will drop by one percentage point. The new rates will be: five (5) percent for overpayments [four (4) percent in the case of a corporation]; five (5) percent for underpayments; seven (7) percent for large

HARTFORD, Conn., June 2, 2008 (Lawfuel) — The law firm of Schatz Nobel Izard P.C., which has significant experience representing investors in prosecuting claims of securities fraud, announces that a lawsuit seeking class action status has been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of all

(Lawfuel) – New York – June 2, 2008 – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is pleased to announce that Erik Bierbauer and Erich O. Grosz have been named Counsel to the firm, and Felicia A. Henderson, Nicola C. Port, and Gaëtan Verhoosel have been named International Counsel to the firm. Erik Bierbauer, based in the firm’s

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (Lawfuel) – The 13th Court of Appeals in Corpus Christi, Texas, has ruled that a paternity dispute involving one of the state’s wealthiest and most storied families may proceed to trial. The decision was issued May 22, reversing the trial court’s summary judgments and anti-suit injunctions rendered in Ann M. Fernandez v.

NEW YORK, June 2, 2008 (Lawfuel) — Roy Jacobs & Associates announces that a class action lawsuit has been commenced in the United States District Court, Western District of Wisconsin, on behalf of purchasers of the common stock of TomoTherapy, Inc. (“TOMO” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:TOMO) from February 13, 2008 through April 17, 2008 (the