Washington, D.C., Dec. 6, 2006 – LAWFUEL – Law News Network – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that at its open meeting on Dec. 13, 2006, the Commission will consider a staff recommendation to repropose new rules governing when a foreign private issuer may deregister its securities under the Securities Exchange Act of […]

LAWFUEL – Law News Network – International law firm Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP is pleased to announce the appointment of 13 new partners in Europe as part of 39 promotions worldwide. The appointments take effect from 1 January 2007. The promotions globally are broken down geographically as follows: Chicago – 12 Frankfurt –

ATLANTA (December 7) — Kilpatrick Stockton continues its leadership in the legal arena with 12 attorneys earning recognition as “Georgia Trend’s Legal Elite.” To determine the winners, ballots were sent to several thousand lawyers from the Georgia State Bar to nominate the best lawyers across 11 practice areas. Congratulations to the following Kilpatrick Stockton attorneys,

TUCSON – LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs – Ernesto Clemente-Romero, 28, of Tucson, was convicted by a federal jury here Wednesday of being a felon in possession of a firearm. He was taken into custody following the verdict, and his sentencing is scheduled for February 15, 2007, before U.S. District Judge David C. Bury.

ATLANTA (December 7) – LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Kilpatrick Stockton continues its leadership in the legal arena with 12 attorneys earning recognition as “Georgia Trend’s Legal Elite.” To determine the winners, ballots were sent to several thousand lawyers from the Georgia State Bar to nominate the best lawyers across 11 practice areas. Congratulations

LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs Network – Skadden is representing The Special Committee of Independent Directors of Station Casinos, Inc. in Station Casinos’s proposed $5.2 billion management buyout by Fertitta Colony Partners LLC, a private equity firm.

On 2 November 2006, the German Federal Government passed a bill that introduces Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) in Germany. This alert summarizes the German REITs’ background, legal framework, assets, restrictions, distributions to shareholders, tax provisions and entry into force.

100 Chicago-area High School Students Attend Street Law Conference NORTHBROOK, Ill.– LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Many of today’s youth learn about the legal profession by watching popular television shows centered on criminal law. Allstate is working with Street Law, Inc., a hands-on education program about law, democracy, and human rights, to broaden that

Latest Additions Continue Rapid Expansion of Firm’s West Coast Transactional Practices and Enhance Real Estate and Tax Capabilities LOS ANGELES–LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Proskauer Rose LLP, an international law firm with over 700 lawyers worldwide, announced that D. Eric Remensperger and Raj Tanden have joined the firm as partners in its Los Angeles

DUBLIN, Ireland– LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs –Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c46410) has announced the addition of Law Library Benchmarks, 2006-07 Edition to their offering. This report presents aggregated data from more than 80 law libraries, with data broken out for type and size of library and including data for private company, law firm, government