WASHINGTON, D.C., December 20, 2004 – LAWFUEL – First for law news – Holland & Knight has announced the expansion of its leading education policy team. Amy Starzynski, the former chief operating officer of the Georgia Department of Education joins the firm’s Washington, D.C., office as senior counsel. Holland & Knight’s education policy team is […]

20 December 2004 – LAWFUEL – First for law news – DLA LLP partners Simon Woolley and Jonathan Watkins acted for Bank of Scotland Integrated and Acquisition Finance on the £900 million offer for Big Food Group plc by the Icelandic investors Baugur. Simon Woolley led the DLA team acting for the syndicate of funders,

December 21 2004 – LAWFUEL – First with law news – Mallesons Stephen Jaques has announced the appointment of partner Rowan Russell to the firm’s London office. This appointment as senior partner, London, is effective at the end of December 2004. Mr Russell, who regularly acts for Australia’s largest corporations and arrangers in accessing the

21 December 2004 – LAWFUEL – First for law news – Daryl Sweeney, the former mayor of the City of Carson, was sentenced today to 71 months in federal prison for his conviction on a series of federal corruption and money laundering charges related to schemes to collect bribes from trash haulers interested in receiving

NEWARK, N.J., Dec. 20, 2004 – LAWFUEL – First for law news – eLaw, LLC announced this morning that it has added Jury Verdicts and Settlement information to eLaw.com. The information is being provided by “Jury Verdict Review & Analysis,” which has been providing the best source for regular review and analysis of civil jury

D.C. CREW 2004 Outstanding Achievement Award Washington D.C. – December 20, 2004 – LAWFUEL – First with law news – The Washington D.C. Chapter of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) awarded Janis B. Schiff, a partner at Holland & Knight LLP, the “D.C. CREW Outstanding Achievement Award” at the Third Annual CREW DC Awards Program

DISNEY CONSENTS TO A CEASE-AND-DESIST ORDER Washington, D.C., December 20, 2004 – LAWFUEL – First for law news – The Securities and Exchange Commission today instituted settled enforcement proceedings against The Walt Disney Company (Disney). The Commission charged Disney for failing to disclose certain related party transactions between Disney and its directors, and for failing

December 20 2004 – LAWFUEL – First with law news – Fenwick & West LLP represented its client Cisco Systems, Inc. in its announced acquisition of Protego Networks, Inc., a provider of security monitoring and threat management appliances used in enterprise and small-to-medium business networks. Cisco will pay approximately $65 million in cash for Protego.

20 December 2004 – LAWFUEL – First with law news – Cravath represented Johnson & Johnson in its acquisition of Guidant Corporation for approximately $25 billion. The partners involved in this matter were Robert I. Townsend, III on corporate issues and Lewis R. Steinberg on tax issues. The deal was announced on December 15, 2004.

Skadden is representing Guidant Corporation in its acquisition by Johnson & Johnson. The deal is reportedly valued at $25.4 billion.