10 July 2004 – LAWFUEL – Marcos Daniel Jiménez, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Brian Wimpling, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service; and Amos Rojas, Jr., Special Agent in Charge of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, announced today that a federal grand jury sitting in West Palm […]

NEW YORK, July 11 /PRNewswire/ — The case files of 26 abused detainees, interviewed by military criminal prosecutors in the Abu Ghraib scandal, were obtained by Newsweek this month. Charge sheets and interrogation reports show 13 of the victims were there for criminal offenses ranging from theft to rape. At least eight of the other

10 July 2004 – LAWFUEL – Lawrence Graham has advised Nick Sanderson, founder of successful assisted living business Audley Court, on a joint venture with Anton Bilton, chief executive of the Raven Group. The new venture vehicle, Raven Audley Court PLC, aims to create a UK-wide portfolio of assisted living centres that respond to increasing

9 July 2004 – LAWFUEL – Allen & Overy has advised ABN AMRO Bank N.V., Citibank N.A., and ING Bank N.V. as joint lead arrangers on the financing of the acquisition of MobilTel by a consortium comprising seven investment funds led by ABN AMRO Capital, CVC International and Communication Venture Partners and three existing shareholders

London, 9 July 2004 – LAWFUEL – Baker & McKenzie announced today that it advised the British Racing Drivers’ Club (the “BRDC”) in respect of revised arrangements relating to the occupation by The Interpublic Group of Companies (the “IPG”) of the Silverstone circuit which may lead to the termination of the existing arrangements with IPG.

9 July 2004 – LAWFUEL – Allen & Overy is advising FirstRand, the South African financial services group, on its strategic sale of the wealth management group, Ansbacher Holdings Limited, to Qatar National Bank (QNB). QNB, a listed public company, will acquire all of the issued shares in the Ansbacher Group at a premium to

July 8, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Marcos Daniel Jiménez, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Richard Brown, District Attorney, Queens County, New York; Raymond Kelly, Police Commissioner, New York City Police Department; Michael S. Clemens, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Miami, Florida; Ken Jenne, Sheriff, Broward Sheriff’s Office,

July 9, 2004 , – LAWFUEL -Robert Pratt and Rachelle Scudder filed individual complaints for damages yesterday in Bakersfield Superior Court against the City of Bakersfield for wrongful suspension, retaliation, harassment, conspiracy and defamation. Bakersfield Fire Department members were also named as defendants, including Chief Ron Fraze, Deputy Chief Gary Hutton, Captain Brian Perry, Human

CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 9, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Doctors for Medical Liability Reform (DMLR), a leading coalition of over 230,000 medical specialists dedicated to national medical liability reform, continued their aggressive, multi-million dollar campaign in North Carolina today. The campaign will advocate the passage of national medical liability reform, which is currently blocked in the

NEW YORK, July 8, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Joseph S. Kaplan, partner with McGuireWoods LLP, received a lifetime achievement recognition from the American Association of Exporters and Importers in honor of his outstanding service to the industry and the organization. Kaplan was the first to receive the Thomas Paine “Trade Warrior” recognition, presented by assistant