Washington, DC, May 24, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Baker & McKenzie announced today that it has further enhanced its Banking, Finance & Major Projects Practice with the addition of Chris Groobey as a Partner in its Washington, D.C. office. Groobey specializes in project finance, structured finance and corporate transactions in the energy industry and has […]

May 25, 2004- LAWFUEL – Notice is hereby given that a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on behalf of all purchasers of the common stock of Bally Total Fitness Holding Corporation (NYSE: BFT) (“Bally” or the “Company”) from August 3, 1999 through April

May 24, 2004 – LAWFUEL – After the March terrorist attacks on commuter trains in Madrid, digital images of partial latent fingerprints obtained from plastic bags that contained detonator caps were submitted by Spanish authorities to the FBI for analysis. The submitted images were searched through the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS). An IAFIS

May 25, 2004 – LAWFUEL – The federal agency formerly known as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) of the United States Treasury Department transferred to the Department of Justice on January 24, 2003. The proper name of the new agency is the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) of the

May 25, 2004 – LAWFUEL – The former owner of a Beverly Hills investment firm has been sentenced to 46 months in federal prison for his role in a scheme that bilked investors out of more than $2 million dollars through a foreign currency options trading scam. Eric Weichselbaum, 34, of Studio City, was sentenced

Sydney, Australia, May 26, 2004: Minter Ellison worked closely with Qantas Airways on one of its most significant IT and communications projects of recent years – the outsourcing of the airline’s data centre operations, desktop, voice communications and managed network services. In May 2004, IBM and Telstra were announced as the successful service providers. As

DURHAM, N.C., May 25, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Monday’s action by the New York Attorney General against former New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) chairman Richard Grasso may have been avoided, in part, if the NYSE had continued its pre-Grasso policy of releasing data for study by researchers, said Pete Kyle, professor of finance at Duke

Charlotte (May 25) — Kilpatrick Stockton LLP announced today that Charlotte Partner Elizabeth Wren was named a Leading Lawyer for Corporate/Mergers and Acquisitions Law by prestigious Chambers USA: Americas Leading Business Lawyers 2004 – 2005. Ms. Wren is one of only a select number of corporate attorneys in North Carolina to be recognized as a

Chadbourne & Parke LLP Honored For Helping With Funding For 9/11 Recovery City’s New Interfaith Disaster Agency Dedicates Facility Near Ground Zero to Chadbourne New York, NY – May 25, 2004 – The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP was honored today by New York Disaster Interfaith Services, Inc. (NYDIS), the City’s new

25 May 2004 – Hong Kong – LAWFUEL – Gareth Hughes becomes a consultant to the firm’s dispute resolution practice. Gareth joined Simmons & Simmons’ Hong Kong office in November 2002 from Freshfields, and is qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales (1994) and Hong Kong (1997). He has experience in a broad range