22 November 2004 – LAWFUEL – Legal, law, attorney news – 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 United States District Court Judge Paul C. Huck sentenced defendant, Giovanni Felipe, a retired City of Miami […]

CHICAGO – LAWFUEL – Law, attorney, legal news – Seventy-three attorneys from the law firm Piper Rudnick LLP have been selected for inclusion in the 2005-2006 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, the law firm announces. Lawyers are chosen for listing as Best Lawyers based on a peer-review survey of 16,000 leading attorneys throughout

Washington, D.C., Nov. 22, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Law, SEC, legal news – The continuing resolution funding the Securities and Exchange Commission for fiscal 2005 since Oct. 1, 2004, has been extended through Dec. 3, 2004. Therefore, fees paid under Section 6(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Sections 13(e), 14(g) and 31 of

ATLANTA, November 22, 2004 – Holland & Knight llp announced today that Robert S. Highsmith Jr., Deputy Executive Counsel to Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue, will rejoin the firm> ‘> s Atlanta government practice as a partner practicing legislative, administrative, and regulatory law, government relations, and litigation. He will serve as national team leader for the

London, November 22, 2004 – Baker & McKenzie introduced today BorderResponse, a fixed fee pre-litigation IP rights enforcement service to help the Firm’s IP clients organize, control and plan their legal spending on anti-counterfeiting campaigns. “Through BorderResponse, our clients will not only benefit from better budget planning and cost control, they will also have access

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 19 2004 – LAWFUEL – Lawsuit, legal, attorney, law firm news — Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro today filed a securities fraud class action lawsuit in federal court on behalf of the State of Ohio and all other shareholders in the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) (NYSE: FNM), alleging that the

BOSTON, Nov. 19 2004 – LAWFUEL – Law, legal, attorney news – United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan; Kenneth W. Kaiser, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in New England; Joseph A. Galasso, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation; and Peter Zegarac, Acting Postal Inspector

Skadden represented Thai Oil Public Company Limited, Thailand’s largest oil refiner, in its approximately US$788 million initial public offering and listing on the Stock Exchange of Thailand, including a 144A/Regulation S offering outside Thailand. The transaction is the largest-ever IPO in Thailand to date. The offering included both new and existing shares, with shares owned

20 November 2004 – LAWFUEL – Law, legal, attorney news – A graduate student at the California Institute of Technology was convicted today of a series of arson charges related to firebomb attacks on sport utility vehicles in the San Gabriel Valley last year. William Jensen Cottrell, 23, who prior to his arrest earlier this

NEW YORK, Nov. 19, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Class action, legal, law firm news –The law firm of Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman LLP announces that a class action lawsuit was filed today on behalf of all persons who purchased or otherwise acquired the securities of Tripath Technology, Inc. (“Tripath” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:TRPH) between