NEW YORK, March 7, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Dewey Ballantine LLP, a leading international law firm, announced today that Sharon Mann is joining the firm as a partner in its Beijing representative office. The addition of Ms. Mann will further strengthen the capabilities of the firm’s International Trade and Intellectual […]

8 March 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – A federal grand jury in San Francisco, California, indicted Sun Keung Lee, 44, of Vancouver, Canada, Eva Yok Yau Eng, 54, of Lafayette, California, and Sandy Ru Zhong, 41, of San Lorenzo, California, with conspiring to produce, use, and traffic in counterfeit access devices,

Houston, March 4, 2005 – Baker & McKenzie LLP announced today that it has expanded its intellectual property practice in Houston with the addition of partners Margaret “Meg” Boulware, Lisa Meyerhoff, and Tamsen Valoir, Ph.D., and Valerie Friedrich, Ph.D. as Of Counsel, supported by two associates, two patent agents, one patent specialist and two paralegals.

WASHINGTON, D.C.- LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Justice Department and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced today that on March 4, 2005, an Indonesian national was sentenced in District Court in Los Angeles to 46 months for holding a young Indonesian woman in involuntary servitude. In 1997, the defendant, Mariska Trisanti, arranged

Kilpatrick Stockton LLP announces the firm’s second annual pro bono awards to recognize outstanding contributions to the firm’s pro bono efforts. The awards come after a record-breaking year for the firm with over 26,000 pro bono hours in 2004, a value of nearly $7 million. “While pro bono work is an integral part of Kilpatrick

MENLO PARK, CALIF. – LAWFUEL – 8 March 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced today that four additional partners from Heller Ehrman’s Venture Law Group will join the firm shortly. Partners Don Keller, Tom Tobiason, Mark Windfeld-Hansen and Mitch Zuklie will join Orrick’s Silicon Valley office

Kilpatrick Stockton once again topped the Georgia Super Lawyers list, acknowledged in the “top three firms” by the number of attorneys named to this prestigious ranking. Further distinguishing himself, Intellectual Property Partner, Miles Alexander, was named to the “Top 10 Super Lawyers in Georgia” for the second year in a row. The firm also captured

NEW YORK, March 7 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network — Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is representing The Carlyle Group in its proposal with Insight Communications Company, Inc.’s (Nasdaq: ICCI) co-founders Sydney R. Knafel and Michael S. Willner to acquire the outstanding publicly held shares of Insight for $10.70 per share in cash.

Partnerships for Schools (PfS) today named Kilpatrick Stockton as part of its legal services framework. In addition to the launch of a national framework for legal services, companies were named for frameworks for education services, team/partnership development, project and programme management services, communications advisory services, technical services and financial services. Only 12 law firms were

LONDON — Kilpatrick Stockton announced today that the firm’s Litigation Practice Group successfully defended a $16 million arbitration award on behalf of US-based Russo International Venture, Inc. and MGM Productions Group, Inc. against Aeroflot Russian Airlines. In 2002, an Arbitral Tribunal formed under the Rules of the Stockholm Chambers of Commerce awarded $16 million to