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LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Locke Liddell & Sapp and Lord Bissell & Brook LLP, said Wednesday their partners have approved a merger of the firms. The new, combined firm will have more than 700 attorneys, and about $400 million in gross revenue. The merger will take effect Oct. 2. The new firm

New York –September 12, 2007 – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (FCX) in its agreement to sell its international wire and cable business, operated in the name of Phelps Dodge International Corporation, to General Cable Corporation for $735 million, including the acquisition of

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and GERALD MCALEER, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New Jersey Office of the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”), announced the arrests of four alleged members of a Bogota-based cocaine trafficking organization for smuggling cocaine into the

COLCHESTER, Conn., Sept. 12, 2007 LAWFUEL -The Law Newswire — On September 12, 2007, Scott+Scott, LLP, filed a class action against ValueClick, Inc. (“ValueClick” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:VCLK) and certain officers and directors in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The action is on behalf of ValueClick common stock purchasers during

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Michael Pilkington joins international law firm Holman Fenwick & Willan’s (HFW) Dubai office, as a Partner, from Clyde & Co. Michael will be focusing in particular on the firm’s insurance and reinsurance practice in the Middle East in the context of his extensive commercial litigation and arbitration experience. HFW’s

London, Cologne – LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – DLA Piper has assisted its long-term client, aAIM in connection with the acquisition of €700m worth of German retail properties. The retail portfolios include 34 DIY stores let to Praktiker, 15 department stores let to SinnLeffers as well as that company’s corporate headquarters. Those properties were

CHICAGO- Lawfuel – The law news – Prime Group Realty Trust (NYSE:PGEPRB), a Chicago-based real estate investment trust, today announced that law firm Parrillo, Weiss & O’Halloran renewed its 22,745-square-foot lease, and has expanded to the penthouse floor with an additional 8,323 square feet, in The United Building. The firm is one of the most

TALLAHASSEE, FL – LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that a North Carolina company has agreed to change its business practices in the State of Florida, protecting consumers from potentially misleading mail solicitations. Eli Research, Inc., which does business under the name The Coding Institute, LLC, operates a call center

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – Three men previously sentenced after pleading guilty to twenty charges of breaching immigration laws have today [13.9.07] been ordered to pay a £2,301,000 confiscation order at Isleworth Crown Court. The confiscation order follows a financial investigation by detectives from the Met’s London Regional Asset Recovery Team. Harry Peter WILSON

WASHINGTON, D.C., September 12, 2007 — LAWFUEL – The Law Firm Newswire – Raymond Van Dyke, partner in Winston & Strawn LLP’s Washington, D.C. office, was appointed chair of the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s (AIPLA) Emerging Technologies Committee. His appointment by the president of the association becomes effective this month. He has been an