9 June – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California announced that Roman Meydbray, 27, of San Jose, California, the former Information Technology Manager of Creative Explosions, Inc., pleaded guilty today in federal court in San Jose. Mr. Meydbray pleaded guilty to gaining unauthorized […]

New York, June 9, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Shearman & Sterling LLP today announced the election of Rohan S. Weerasinghe as senior partner. Weerasinghe is one of the leading corporate and securities lawyers in the United States, with a practice that focuses on securities law advisory and corporate finance. He

9 June – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Two Southern California residents who agreed to perform female genital mutilation on two minors were sentenced this afternoon to federal prison terms after pleading guilty to conspiracy, child pornography and obscenity charges. Todd Cameron Bertrang, 43, of Canyon Country, was sentenced to five years in

New York, London, Paris, June 8, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising NBC Universal in its acquisition of IAC/InterActiveCorp’s 5.44% common interest and preferred interests in Vivendi Universal Entertainment LLLP (VUE), an NBC Universal subsidiary, for aggregate consideration of approximately $3.4 billion. As a result of

LOS ANGELES, CA – June 9, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – As announced to the markets this morning, O’Melveny & Myers client Catellus, one of the top public industrial REITs, has signed a deal to be acquired by ProLogis, the largest public industrial REIT, in a $5 billion merger – the

9 June – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Marcos Daniel Jiménez, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Jesus Torres, Special Agent in Charge, Immigration and Customs Enforcement; and Rear Admiral D. Brian Peterman, Commander – 7th Coast Guard District, United States Coast Guard, announced today an Indictment returned in Key

(Dallas) – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Dallas law firm of Shackelford, Melton & McKinley, LLP, is pleased to announce that Steven J. Pawlowski has joined as a partner in the firm’s litigation section. Mr. Pawlowski has a broad range of experience in trial, appellate and arbitration proceedings. He concentrates his practice

9 June – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Japan’s first international and domestic law firm hires its first Japanese law corporate partner Naming its fifth new partner since 1 April, Linklaters in Tokyo has announced the hire of Hidehiro Utsumi, a lawyer and tax expert specialising in cross-border transactions, who joins from leading

NEW YORK, June 0 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network — In what is the largest public stock offering in the history of the banking industry, Thacher Proffitt announced today that it represented Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq: HCBK) in its $3.93 billion offering of common stock in connection with its second-step mutual-to-stock conversion.

Please join the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Atlanta Chapter for a lunch meeting A Panel Discussion — The Family, the Board and the Business: Who’s in Charge? Wednesday, June 22, 2005, 11:15 AM – 1:15 PM 103 West Restaurant, Atlanta, GA Governance in family business is especially challenging when family members are the