20 November 2004 – LAWFUEL – Law, legal, attorney news – The Department of Justice held its 21st annual Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA) Director’s Awards Ceremony yesterday in which 224 award recipients received recognition for their excellence in law enforcement. Recipients included Assistant United States Attorneys, litigation and information technology support personnel, […]

November 18, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Law firm, legal, attorney news – Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that the former Citigroup lawyer, Dianna M. Nixon, has returned to the firm’s New York office as Of Counsel. A member of the firm’s Real Estate Practice, Nixon will represent lenders, sellers, landlords, tenants

19 November 2004 – LAWFUEL – Law, legal, law firm news – Allen & Overy has advised BT Telecommunications plc on its $965 million agreement to acquire California-based Infonet Services Corporation, one of the world’s leading providers of international managed voice and data network services. The deal is subject to stockholder approval and regulatory clearances

19 November 2004 – LAWFUEL – Legal, law, law firm news – Albert T. Robles, the former treasurer of South Gate, California was arrested by federal authorities this afternoon after being indicted yesterday on federal corruption and money laundering charges. A 39-count indictment alleges that the citizens of South Gate were defrauded out of their

19 November 2004 – LAWFUEL – Law firm, attorney, legal news – Sidley Austin partner David T. Pritikin, chair of the firm’s national intellectual property practice, was inducted as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers at the organization’s annual meeting on October 23. Charles W. Douglas, chairman of Sidley’s Management Committee, remarked,

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 2004 – LAWFUEL – Law technology, legal, law firm news – See for yourself why the BBC is touting the latest in technology for the courtroom to an audience of hundreds of millions worldwide. Short answer: a quiet technological revolution is underway in high-stakes court cases. This story is currently running on

19 November 2004 – LAWFUEL – Entertainment law, attorney, law firm news – Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is pleased to announce that partner Ben Mulcahy will be speaking on advertising law at two major industry events in December: The 26th Annual Promotion Law Marketing Conference on December 2 and 3 in Chicago and

19 November 2004, Hong Kong – LAWFUEL – Law, law firm, legal news – Shearman & Sterling LLP’s Tokyo office represented the Japan National Oil Corporation, a Japanese government-owned entity, as the selling shareholder in connection with the privatization of INPEX Corporation, through the international offering of 94,524 shares pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation

18 November 2004 – LAWFUEL – Law, legal, attorney news – Shearman & Sterling represented Mastellone Hermanos S.A., Argentina’s largest dairy company, in a successful private exchange offer to restructure its debt. In March 2002, Mastellone Hermanos defaulted on its outstanding bonds and unsecured bank debt. In the exchange offer, the company offered cash, new

18 November 2005 – LAWFUEL – Banking law, law, law firm news – Simmons & Simmons has advised Barclays Global Investors North Asia Limited on one of the first Exchange Traded Funds (“ETFs”) to track the A share markets in China. This is the only such fund listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong