11 March 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Linklaters acts for Intercontinental Hotels Group on the £1 billion sale of 73 hotels in the UK – the largest deal in the leisure sector this year Linklaters has advised InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) on the £1 billion sale of 73 hotels to LRG […]

William H. Donaldson Chairman Before the Subcommittee on Science, State, Justice and Commerce And Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations, United States House of Representatives March 11, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Chairman Wolf, Ranking Member Mollohan, and Members of the Subcommittee: Thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today

WASHINGTON, D.C. – 11 March 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, U.S. Attorneys Marcos Daniel Jiménez of the Southern District of Florida and David N. Kelley of the Southern District of New York, DEA Administrator Karen P. Tandy and Michael J. Garcia, the Department of Homeland Security

12 March 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Marcos Daniel Jiménez, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; and Michael S. Clemens, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced today that defendant, Kenneth R. West, a/k/a Cristian Noel Iglesias, pleaded guilty before United States District Court Judge Donald

Washington, D.C. – Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that David L. Rosen and Steven A. Maddox have joined the firm, bringing their extensive pharmaceutical experience to the firm’s Life Sciences Industry Team. Both Maddox, an experienced pharmaceutical patent litigator, and Rosen, a 14-year veteran of the Food and Drug Administration with special emphasis in

12 March 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – International legal practice Allen & Overy has advised Manager, J.P. Morgan, as to Hungarian and English law on the first ever subordinated capital issue in Hungary. The €125,000,000 Floating Rate Subordinated Notes were issued by OTP Bank Rt. (Országos Takarékpénztár és Kereskedelmi Bank Részvénytársaság).

BOSTON, MA– 03/10/2005 -LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Boston, Massachusetts law firm of Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP announces that it filed a class action securities fraud suit in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts on behalf of purchasers of the securities of Viisage Technology, Inc. (“Viisage” or

WASHINGTON, D.C. – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Justice Department today announced the filing of a lawsuit against International Ethical Laboratories, Inc. (IEL), alleging violations of the Uniformed Services Employment and Re-employment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA). The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for Puerto Rico, alleges that IEL violated

RESTON, March 10, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP announced today that John G. McJunkin, a partner in the Bankruptcy and Business Reorganization practice group, has become the new managing partner of the firm’s Northern Virginia office. His appointment is the latest strategic move at

11 March 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Herbert Smith has advised Stratford City Developments Limited in securing planning permission for the £4 billion Stratford City regeneration project. Planning permission was granted by Newham Council on 17 February following the completion of a section 106 agreement negotiated by Herbert Smith. Stratford City