London, 10 November 2004 – LAWFUEL – Law firm, law, legal news – Baker & McKenzie announced that it acted for McCormick & Company, Incorporated (‘McCormick’) in connection with the acquisition of the C.M. van Sillevoldt B.V (‘C.M. van Sillevoldt’) group for e58 million. McCormick is the global leader in the manufacture, marketing and distribution […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – LAWFUEL – Legal, law, attorney, law firm news – A second-term Bush Administration will be broadening the scope of homeland security legislation and in the process taking a closer look at the way businesses adhere to homeland security rules, predicts Piper Rudnick partner Philip Zeidman. The new Homeland Security InfoPAKSM the firm

10 November 2004 – LAWFUEL – Law, legal, securities law news – DLA LLP and Gray Cary have together advised Invitrogen Corporation the NASDAQ listed biotech company on the US$65,000,000 acquisition by its UK subsidiary company, Invitrogen Europe Limited, of DNA Research Innovations Limited (“DRI”), a gene testing service provider. This is the latest of

10 November 2004, Hong Kong – LAWFUEL – IPO, law, legal news – Shearman & Sterling LLP’s Hong Kong office has advised 51job, Inc., in the US$84.5 million initial public offering and NASDAQ listing of American depository shares representing its common shares. The lead underwriter for the 51job, Inc. IPO was Morgan Stanley. 51job, Inc.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 2004 – LAWFUEL – Law firm, legal, attorney news – King & Spalding LLP, a leading international law firm, announced today that it has earned a victory in the U.S. Supreme Court for pro bono client Josue Leocal, a Haitian immigrant who was removed from the United States after serving a two

New York, NY – Nov. 10, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Law firm, legal, attorney news – The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP announced today that it has agreed to provide a gift of $100,000 to the Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service, located at the University of Southern Maine. Chadbourne wanted

9 November 2004 – LAWFUEL – Criminal Law, Law, Legal, Attorney news – Marcos Daniel Jiménez, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Michael Clemens, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation; and Richard Stiff, Warden, Federal Detention Center – Miami, announced today that a federal grand jury sitting in Miami, Florida,

Washington, DC LAWFUEL – Law firm, legal, law, attorney news — Jean E. Minarick, formerly an associate in Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP’s (K&L) investment management practice, has returned to the firm as of counsel, resident in the Washington office. Minarick previously served the Securities and Exchange Commission in the Division of Investment Management and in

9 November 2004 – LAWFUEL – Securities law, legal, law firm news – Allen & Overy has advised Barclays Capital, Citigroup Global Markets Limited and Lloyds TSB Bank plc, the arrangers and underwriters of a new five-year £1.5 billion secured syndicated bank facility for Land Securities Group PLC. The new bank facility replaces the group’s

November 9, 2004 The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is having an open meeting today to consider whether to propose new rules and amend existing rules and forms under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 relating to the governance, transparency, oversight, and ownership of self-regulatory organizations (SROs), and to issue a concept release examining the