December 2004 – LAWFUEL – First for law news – Jones Day is advising International Steel Group, Inc. in its $4.5 billion merger with Ispat International N.V. announced on October 25. Prior to the closing of the ISG/Ispat merger, Ispat, which is currently over 80% controlled by steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal and his family, will […]

BOSTON, Dec. 6 2004 – LAWFUEL – First for law news — A Cambridge man appeared today in federal court following his arrest late Friday, December 3, 2004 on a complaint charging him with two felony offenses stemming from an early-morning fire that occurred in Cambridge on November 14, 2004. United States Attorney Michael J.

BALTIMORE December 6, 2004 – LAWFUEL – First for law news – Ober|Kaler announced today that effective January 1, 2005, associates Kelly J. Davidson, William T. Mathias, Kevin M. Robertson, and Anthony F. Vittoria will become principals and Sherri M. Miller will become counsel to the firm. All attorneys are resident in the firm’s Baltimore

6 December 2004 – LAWFUEL – First for law news – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California announced that Jerome Schneider, a resident of Vancouver, B.C. Canada, was sentenced to six months in prison today by Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco for his role in a conspiracy to defraud

06 December 2004 – LAWFUEL – First for law news – Herbert Smith’s Tokyo office has advised Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group plc (R&SA) on the sale of its two insurance businesses in Japan to American Home Assurance Company and AIU Insurance Company. Both are member companies of American International Group Inc (AIG), the

Remarks at the 13th Annual Public Fund Boards Forum Commissioner Cynthia A. Glassman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission December 6, 2004 – LAWFUEL – First for law news – As representatives of the public pension fund industry, you are the stewards of the financial investments of millions of individuals. I welcome the opportunity to speak

6 December 2004 – LAWFUEL – First with law news – Attorney General John Ashcroft; Marcos Daniel Jiménez, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Jesus Torres, Special Agent in Charge, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); and Robert J. Joura, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), announced today that defendant,

December 6, 2004 – LAWFUEL – First for law news, legal news, attorney news – Top international law firm Reed Smith LLP elevated 24 present members of the firm to partnership status, effective January 1, 2005. “This is an outstanding group of attorneys,” said Gregory Jordan, Reed Smith’s firmwide managing partner. “We congratulate each of

PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 6 2004 – LAWFUEL – First for law firm, legal & attorney news — Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the premier provider of legal services to technology and growth enterprises worldwide, today announced the publication of the fifth edition of the IPO Guide. The firm partnered with well-known document services company

LONDON, Dec. 6 2004 – LAWFUEL – First with law firm, lawyer, attorney news — Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Alan Bannister has joined the firm’s London office as partner. Formerly a partner in the London office of Clifford Chance, Bannister will continue his London-based U.S. securities practice with a