New York, June 22, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP successfully represented Novartis Animal Health US, Inc. (“Novartis USA”) in its action against LM Connelly & Sons and National Pet Supplies, Australian businesses that sell Novartis pet medicines made for the Australian market through various Internet websites. The […]

22 June 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP’s Corporate Group has advised Property Recycling Group plc on its admission to AIM raising £7.5 million through a placing with a number of UK institutions. 15 million new Ordinary shares of 5p at 50p per share began trading

22 June – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Blackwell Sanders represented Tortoise Energy Capital Corporation, a closed-end management investment company, in its $350 million initial public offering of 14 million shares of common stock at $25 per share. The Blackwell Sanders team included Steve Carman, Eric Gervais, Dan Peterson, Jason Reschly, Kirstin Salzman

NEW YORK, NY — June 21, 2005 – LAWFUEL – Chadbourne & Parke LLP represented a consortium led by Chile’s state oil company, ENAP, in connection with an agreement to finance, build and operate a US$430 million delayed coker unit at its Aconcagua refinery in Chile. The project will be financed by a US$410 million,

NEW YORK, June 22 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Manhattan law firms Weitz & Luxenberg, PC and Seeger Weiss, LLP have jointly filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of patients implanted with malfunctioning defibrillators manufactured by Guidant Corporation. Guidant, which has been in acquisition talks with pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson,

RADNOR, Pa., June 21 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The following statement was issuedn today by the law firm of Schiffrin & Barroway, LLP: Notice is hereby given that a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of New York on behalf of all

LONDON, June 20, 2005— LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced today that it has expanded its London operation with the arrival of 34 new partners, associates and trainees, bringing the total number of lawyers in London to more than 50. “This is a landmark day for Orrick,” said

Leeds – 20 June – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary (“DLA Piper”) has advised the Land Registry on its appointment of IBM as its IT provider in respect of its e-conveyancing programme. The programme is set to transform the process of buying and selling property in England and

WINSTON-SALEM, NC – 21 June – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC today announced that Duke University has joined the Womble Carlyle Scholars Program. Duke University will help Womble Carlyle identify candidates for its annual minority scholarship and also assist with the distribution of the funds. “We are

Chicago – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that Charles P. Sheets joined the Firm’s Chicago office as a partner in the Health Law Department and the Health Care Business Counseling & Technology Practice Group. Sheets, 49, also is a member of a new group within the Firm’s