SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2, 2004 –Read today’s legal news, law, law firm news, legal research on LAWFUEL– Open Source Risk Management (OSRM), the only vendor-neutral provider of Open Source risk mitigation and management solutions, today announced results of the first-ever evaluation of potential patent infringement by the Linux kernel, along with a patent insurance program […]

MADRID, 2 August 2004 Read all today’s legal news, law, law firm news, law research Allen & Overy has advised EnBW (Energie Baden-Württemberg) in the sale of its 34.58% stake in the fourth Spanish Electricity Company Hidrocantábrico (Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico S.A.) to Portuguese electricity supplier EDP Electricidade de Portugal, S.A. The sale is subject to

2 August 2004 – Read today’s legal news, law, law firm news & legal research at LAWFUELHerbert Smith and Stibbe advise Société Générale for the first time on major acquisition finance transaction Herbert Smith and Stibbe have advised both the media & telecommunications and leveraged finance teams at Société Générale in relation to a EUR215

Shanghai, August 2, 2004 –Read today’s legal news, law, law firm news & legal articles in LAWFUEL Weil, Gotshal & Manges’ new Shanghai office completed its first major transaction since opening in July, when it advised Lenovo Group Limited (HKSE: 0992) in connection with the negotiation and execution of its definitive agreement to enter into

CHICAGO, August 2 – Read today’s law, legal news, law firm news & legal research at LAWFUELPiper Rudnick LLP attorneys Mark Feldman, Ann Ford, and Emily Sexton will be listed in the new Guide to the World’s Leading Trade Mark Practitioners 2004, the law firm reports. “We are delighted at this acknowledgment of the outstanding

Washington, D.C., Aug. 2, 2004 – ,i>Read today’s law, legal news, law firm announcements, legal research at LAWFUELThe Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Franklin Advisers, Inc., an investment adviser firm in the fourth largest mutual fund complex in the U.S., has agreed to pay $50 million dollars and undergo compliance reforms to settle

NEW YORK, Aug. 2, 2004 Read today’s legal news, law firm announcements & legal research at LAWFUELToday Vault, Inc. (http://www.Vault.com) officially releases the Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms, 7th Edition, a 768-pp. “insider” guidebook to the leading law firms in America. In the book, attorneys across the country tell all and give

DAYTON, Ohio, Aug. 2, 2004 Read today’s legal news, law firm announcements and legal research on LAWFUEL– LexisNexis U.S. and Touch Sonic Technologies® today announced that prisons in Ventura County, California are the latest corrections facilities to select the companies’ new legal information kiosks to provide inmates with access to the law. The kiosks, called

NEW YORK — Aug. 2, 2004 — The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP with Prokop & Prokop of Setauket announced today that they have filed an appeal in the Dunehampton case, arguing that a group of homeowners in Southampton, N.Y., should have the right to form a new village. The firms represent

2 August, 2004Read today’s legal news, law firm news & legal research at LAWFUELGibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Dr. Hans Martin Schmid is joining the firm as a partner in the Munich office. Schmid, formerly a partner with Shearman & Sterling’s Munich office, focuses his practice on German tax law.