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Singapore, January 25, 2008 – LAWFUEL – Law Newswire – Baker & McKenzie acted as US and Hong Kong counsel for ARA Asset Management Limited (“ARA”) on its initial public offering of 279 million ordinary shares, including a placement to cornerstone investors. The shares were listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited on November

Lawfuel – See Hot Gossip – Christian Brando’s legal career was as unceremonious as his life. In 1990, he was convicted of manslaughter for killing his sister’s boyfriend, Dag Drollet. As a result of the crime, he spent five years in prison. There was then the implication in the murder of Robert Blake’s wife in

NEW YORK–LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP (“Coughlin Stoia”) (http://www.csgrr.com/cases/panerabread/) today announced that a class action has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on behalf of purchasers of Panera Bread Co. (“Panera Bread”) (NASDAQ:PNRA) common stock during the period between November

LawFuel – Hot Gossip – Can no celebrity death go without mystery and even conspiracy theories emerging? Certainly the early death of Australian hearthrob Heath Ledger has lead to parallels with the deaths of James Dean, River Phoenix, Sal Mineo and others.

LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – On January 18, Cravath partner C. Allen Parker spoke at the Practicing Law Institute’s Private Equity Acquisition Financing Summit 2008. Allen participated in a panel discussion entitled “Financing Commitments and the M&A Process”. Panelists examined key concepts and strategies in serving the complex financing needs of portfolio companies of private

Washington, D.C. – LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – Sidley Austin LLP announced today that Richard Klingler has rejoined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the complex commercial litigation practice. Klingler left the firm in 2005 to serve in the Office of the Counsel to the President, concluding his service as Senior Associate

LAWFUEL – The Law Firm News Wire – Firm Adds Three Johnston & Associates Principals (January 24, 2007, Washington, D.C.) – Steptoe & Johnson LLP, a leading international law firm, today announced the formation of a strategic alliance with former U.S. Senator J. Bennett Johnston (D-LA) and the addition of three key members of Johnston

LawFuel – “Sicko” writer / director Michael Moore has commented on his film’s nomination for an Academy Award for best documentary. “Of course, every reporter who’s called me in the past few days wanted to know if I plan on giving an “anti-war” or “anti-Bush” speech, should “Sicko” win, as I did when we won