BALTIMORE – September 5, 2005 Ober|Kaler’s Chairman, John Anthony Wolf, was named “one of the world’s leading practitioners” in the field of construction law by “The International Who’s Who of Construction Lawyers.” The reference guide, published by Law Business Research Ltd., an independent London-based publishing group, identifies Mr. Wolf as one of 369 “pre-eminent lawyers” […]

New York, NY (September 5, 2005) – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – For the second consecutive year, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has received the number one ranking on The American Lawyer’s 2005 “A-List” – characterized by The American Lawyer as its “ranking of the nation’s best law firms”. The ranking appears in the

(NEW YORK) Sept. 5, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP successfully represented International Securities Exchange, Inc. ( ISE), the world’s largest equity options exchange, in a legal dispute concerning the listing of options on exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and whether index providers have a property right

5 September – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – An owner and operator of Greybor Medical Transportation, a Los Angeles-based ambulance company, was sentenced today to 108 months in prison for federal health care fraud, money laundering and filing false tax returns. Boris Shpirt, 51, of Beverly Hills, was also ordered to pay a

DENVER – 5 September – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Bill Leone, 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 MONTGOMERY JOE CARTER, age 37, a resident of Gerrardstown, West Virginia, was sentenced today by

4 September – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – LawFuel’s lead story todays says Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist died Saturday evening at his home in suburban Virginia, said a Supreme Court spokeswoman.

Washington, D.C., Sept. 2, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that the Honorable William H. Pauley III, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, has approved the Commission’s revised plan to fund investor education initiatives nationwide. Judge Pauley issued an order

SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Sept. 3 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network — The Illinois State Bar Association and its charitable arm, the Illinois Bar Foundation, have launched a cooperative effort to help rebuild the legal infrastructure in the states devastated by Hurricane Katrina. The Association’s 30,000 members, other lawyers and the public are encouraged to

SAN FRANCISCO – 3 September – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The United States Attorney’s Office announced that a federal grand jury in San Francisco returned a superseding indictment against six individuals for conspiracy to commit marriage fraud by arranging the fraudulent marriages of Chinese nationals to United States citizens. The marriages were

Washington, D.C., Sept. 2, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox has mobilized the agency’s resources to provide emergency regulatory relief to investors, companies and securities firms affected by Hurricane Katrina. “In the face of such desperate conditions, we’ve got to do everything humanly possible to