18 February 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California announced that Timothy Byrd was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for his involvement in the explosive materials stolen from law enforcement bunkers in San Mateo county in July 2004. Mr. Byrd, […]

Orient-Express Chain to Invest US$125 Million in St. Petersburg Hotel MOSCOW — LAWFUEL.com – February 18, 2005 — The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke recently represented the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in connection with a financing of the acquisition by Orient Express Hotels of a 93.5% stake in St. Petersburg’s historical Grand Hotel

18 February 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Allen & Overy Paris advised Lehman Brothers, BNP Paribas, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and Oddo & Cie in relation to the issue of €400 million undated deeply subordinated notes by AGF (Assurances Générales de France). This issue, which allowed AGF to strengthen their solvency margin,

19 February 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Marcos Daniel Jiménez, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; and Robert Joura, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, announced today that defendant, Mark Gusow, manager of the Boca Raton Community Pain Center, pleaded guilty before United States District Court

BOSTON, Feb. 18 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network — We are disappointed that certain of the firm’s former partners saw fit to file an involuntary Chapter 11 petition against the firm yesterday. Since the firm’s announced dissolution on January 14, 2005, the firm has proceeded to wind down its affairs in an

NEW YORK- Feb 17, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Lasky & Rifkind, Ltd., a law firm with offices in New York and Chicago, announces that a lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, on behalf of persons who purchased or otherwise

Boeing Statement Regarding U.S. Attorney Action in Sears Case CHICAGO, Feb. 18 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network — Boeing (NYSE: BA) Senior Vice President and General Counsel Doug Bain issued the following statement today after former Boeing executive Mike Sears was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va.: “Today’s action brings

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 17 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network — Attorneys at Littler Mendelson, the nation’s largest employment and labor law firm, are advising their business clients across the country that they will see little if any change in the way employment-law class actions are litigated as a result of today’s passage

17 February 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Allen & Overy has advised Bank of Scotland (“BOS”) and Uberior Ventures Limited, an affiliate of BOS, on a £280 million management buy-out of Ashbourne Healthcare, one of the UK’s largest healthcare operating and management companies. The transaction, with an enterprise value of £280

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network — A major financial analyst for the tobacco industry notified the firm’s clients recently that S. 5, the business- backed Class Action Fairness Act passed by the Senate last week and rushing through the U.S. House of Representatives now is “positive” news for the