17 December 2004 – LAWFUEL – First with law news – Allen & Overy is advising Serco Group plc on its recommended offer to acquire all of the issued and to be issued share capital of ITNET plc. Serco will offer 320p for each ITNET share valuing ITNET at approximately £235 million. The all cash […]

17 December 2004 – LAWFUEL law news – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California announced that Yan Ming Shan, 35, of Daqing, China, was sentenced to two years in prison today by U.S. District Court Judge Jeremy Fogel for gaining unauthorized access to a Silicon Valley business’ computers in order

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 19 2004 – LAWFUEL – First with law news – The United States Department of Justice on Friday (December 17, 2004) asked the Federal District Court in San Diego to dismiss without prejudice its lawsuit against xelan and Doctors Benefit Insurance Company, companies that provide financial planning and insurance for health care

Skadden is representing Guidant Corporation in its acquisition by Johnson & Johnson. The deal is reportedly valued at $25.4 billion.

20 December 2004 – LAWFUEL – First with law news – Cravath represented Johnson & Johnson in its acquisition of Guidant Corporation for approximately $25 billion. The partners involved in this matter were Robert I. Townsend, III on corporate issues and Lewis R. Steinberg on tax issues. The deal was announced on December 15, 2004.

December 20 2004 – LAWFUEL – First with law news – Fenwick & West LLP represented its client Cisco Systems, Inc. in its announced acquisition of Protego Networks, Inc., a provider of security monitoring and threat management appliances used in enterprise and small-to-medium business networks. Cisco will pay approximately $65 million in cash for Protego.

LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Allen & Overy said today the High Court’s decision dismissing claims by two TXU creditors clears the way for KPMG Corporate Recovery to distribute over GBP350 million to creditors using company voluntary arrangements (CVAs). “The judgement emphatically confirms CVAs are available in all appropriate types of restructuring and

DALLAS, Oct. 13, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Coffey Firm announced today that the Wisconsin Court of Appeals (“Court”) cites Mimi Coffey’s Standardized Field Sobriety Testing (“SFST”) paper, “DWI – Modern Day Salem Witch Hunts,” as published in the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ magazine, “The Champion,” November 2004.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The following is a statement by Edward L. Yingling, president and CEO, ABA: “All of us agree that our nation’s bankruptcy system should be both fair and sympathetic — and this new law strikes just the right balance. The law closes several abusive loopholes

15 October – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – On Tuesday 11 October the European Commission informed Rio Tinto plc and the other companies involved that it has closed its investigation concerning alleged anti-competitive practices in the copper concentrate market with no adverse findings. The Commission’s investigation began in May 2003 when it carried