LONDON 3 August 2004 Read today’s legal news, law, law firm news & legal research on LAWFUEL— Kilpatrick Stockton announces today that it advised a consortium comprising Carillion Private Finance Limited and Prime LIFT Investments Limited on the contract for Birmingham & Solihull LIFT with a potential investment over 20 years of £100m. The contract […]

DETROIT, 2 August, 2004Read today’s legal news, law, law firm news & legal research at LAWFUEL – Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that Jeffrey G. Collins, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, will join the Firm as a partner in the Litigation Department in its Detroit office effective August 23. Collins

CHICAGO, August 2, 2004 Read today’s legal news, law, law firm news, legal research at LAWFUEL – Piper Rudnick attorney Vincent A. Sanchez has been named as one of “40 Illinois Attorneys under 40 to Watch” by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company, the law firm has announced. The recognition honors young Illinois attorneys who are

2 August, 2004 Read all today’s legal news, law, law firm news & legal research at LAWFUELAllen & Overy is advising United Biscuits (“UB”), a leading European manufacturer of biscuits and snacks, on its multi-million euro purchase of Jacobs’ Biscuit Group, the UK and Ireland biscuit businesses of Danone. The deal is subject to the

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