Hong Kong, November 3, 2006 – LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs – Shearman & Sterling LLP has represented the underwriters Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, China International Capital Corporation Ltd. and ICEA Capital Ltd. in connection with the US$22 billion initial public offering and dual listing of Industrial & Commercial Bank of China

LawFuel.com – Legal News, Legal Jobs – LawFuel’s ‘Hot Blawgs’ records that Country singer Sara Evans and her estranged husband Craig Schelske finally faced each other in court since Evans filed for divorce on Oct. 12. After suddenly leaving Dancing With the Stars, Evans accused Schelske of looking at pornography online and has alleged he

Friday 3 November 2006 – LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs – Former Assistant Company Secretary of HIH Insurance Limited, Mr Robert Kelly, has been sentenced today in the New South Wales Supreme Court to 500 hours community service in relation to a criminal charge arising from his role in the HIH group of companies.

LAWFUEL – Law News Network – International law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP announced today that leading Belgian corporate and M&A lawyer Laurent Legein will join the firm as a partner in its Brussels office. Mr. Legein, 38, comes to Cleary Gottlieb from Clifford Chance, where his current practice spans a broad range

LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs – As part of a part of the Department of Justice’s (“the Department”) Ballot Access and Voting Integrity Initiative, United States Attorney R. Alexander announced today that Assistant United States Attorney Karen Rochlin will once again lead the efforts of the Southern District of Florida in connection with the

LAWFUEL – Law & Business News Network – Herbert Smith has advised Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) on its record-breaking US$19.1 billion flotation. As well as undertaking the world’s biggest IPO, ICBC is also the first company to list simultaneously on the Shanghai and Hong Kong stock exchanges, a move that is expected

OAKLAND – LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs – United States Attorney Kevin V. Ryan announced that on Thursday, October 26, 2006, a federal grand jury in Oakland indicted Kirby Ward Blackmon, with three counts of money laundering and 31 counts of failure to report currency transactions. The indictment was placed under seal pending Mr.

SAN FRANCISCO – LAWFUEL – Law News Network – United States Attorney Kevin V. Ryan announced that a federal grand jury in San Francisco today indicted Trevor Graham, a track & field coach of Olympic athletes. The indictment charges Graham with three counts of making false statements to special agents of IRS-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) in

DENVER – LAWFUEL – Law Jobs & Law News Network – Troy A. Eid, United States Attorney for the District of Colorado, and Richard C. Powers, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Denver Office, announced that DAVID WAYNE CATHCART, age 51, of Thornton, Colorado, was today ordered detained without bond pending