24 September – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Federal prosecutors and the Securities and Exchange Commission are looking into Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist’s sale of stock in HCA Inc., according to LawFuel’s lead story, from BusinessWeek.

24 September – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – SQS Software Quality Systems AG was admitted today to trade on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange. SQS is based in Cologne, Germany, and is the first German company to have a primary listing in London. Dechert advised SQS both on the AIM

Washington, D.C., Sept. 23, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Christopher Cox, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and Donald Nicolaisen, SEC Chief Accountant, issued the following statements today upon the announcement by William J. McDonough that he intends to resign as Chairman of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board: Chairman

23 September – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – International law office Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, Frankfurt, acted as advisors to British voice and data network provider Interoute in the run-up to the acquisition of the European operating business of VIA NET.WORKS. The deal is expected to be closed by the end

22 September – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael S. Clemens, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Linda S. Little, Special Agent in Charge of the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, and

Alleged Scheme Caused Home Mortgages to Falsely Appear Paid OAKLAND – 22 September – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California and the FBI announced that a federal grand jury in Oakland indicted Dale Scott Heineman, 45, Kurt F. Johnson, 42, and the Dorean

22 September – LAWFUEL The Law News Network – Asghar Syed, 56, a resident of Laguna Hills, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge S. James Otero to possessing fraudulently obtained credit cards, bank fraud, and money laundering. His wife, Teresa Syed, 53, pleaded guilty Wednesday before Judge Otero to fraudulent use of an unauthorized

New York, NY (September 20, 2005) – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP counsel Ellen Lieberman has been named Chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) Business Law Section’s Committee on State Regulation of Securities. The committee monitors and disseminates timely information on blue sky law – tracking U.S. state

NEW YORK, NY – 09/21/2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Susan Rosenthal has joined the New York office of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP as a partner in the Business Trial and Finance & Bankruptcy practice groups. Rosenthal, most recently at Brown, Raysman, Millstein, Felder & Steiner in New York, concentrates

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has ordered the U.S. Attorney’s Office to pay the American Small Business League (ASBL) $54,000 in attorneys’ fees following its recent win against the SBA enforcing the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).