June 19, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Davis Polk & Wardwell advised E*TRADE Financial Corporation on a high-yield debt offering of 8-percent senior notes due 2011 in aggregate principal amount of $400 million. The notes were offered pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S. Based in New York, E*TRADE Financial uses technology to provide brokerage, banking […]

June 18, 2004 – LAWFUEL – President George W. Bush has nominated Bryan Cave Partner John C. Danforth to be the United States ambassador to the United Nations. If confirmed by the Senate, Danforth would succeed John Negroponte, nominated to be ambassador to Iraq. Danforth would represent the United States on the United Nations Security

June 22, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Marcos Daniel Jiménez, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Thomas C. McDade, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Office of Inspector General (“FDIC-OIG”); and Dennis S. Schindel, Acting Inspector General of the U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Inspector General (“Treasury-OIG”), announced today

Kilpatrick Stockton announced today that Patricia Nilsson has joined the firm’s Stockholm office as an associate in the Corporate Department. A key component to Ms. Nilsson’s corporate practice will include antitrust and competition law. She will be a member of Kilpatrick Stockton’s internationally-recognized Antitrust Team. “Patricia’s international practice will complement the firm’s growth strategy for

Kilpatrick Stockton announced today that Russ Wofford has joined the firm in Atlanta as a partner in the Litigation Department. Mr. Wofford, whose practice will focus on antitrust and complex commercial litigation, will be a member of Kilpatrick Stockton’s internationally-recognized Antitrust Team. “Russ is another outstanding addition to Kilpatrick Stockton’s Litigation Department,” said Steve Clay,

27 June – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – London-based contemporary artist Alex Hartley has won the Linklaters Commission to create a new public work of art as a focal point of the Barbican’s £12.25m foyer transformation. The new light-wall installation has been commissioned by the Barbican, in partnership with global law firm Linklaters

27 June – London, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kyiv, Tbilisi – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The EY Law CIS practices of Russia and the CIS will join DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary (“DLA Piper”), creating one of the largest legal practices in the region and marking the largest lateral transaction in the history

Sydney 27 June 2005: Blake Dawson Waldron (BDW) has enhanced its China practice with the appointment of one of its most experienced international partners, Justin Shmith, to its long established Shanghai office. Presently a partner in Melbourne, Justin practises in the projects, corporate and corporate finance areas. He also has corporate advisory experience at an

ACCC v Baxter Healthcare Pty Ltd Australia – 27 June – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The recent Federal Court decision in Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Baxter Healthcare Pty Ltd (1) puts a question mark over the effectiveness of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (the Act) in combating anti-competitive conduct in

RADNOR, Pa., June 27 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network — The following statement was issued today by the law firm of Schiffrin & Barroway, LLP: Notice is hereby given that a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of all