27 June – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Linklaters is pleased to announce the appointment of a further four lawyers to its rapidly expanding structured finance and securitisation practice in Asia. All follow Paul Kruger who joined the Linklaters partnership in early June 2005. Kruger was formerly head of Clifford Chance’s Asian capital […]

27 June – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – LawFuel.com’s lead story from The Economist looks at the Supreme Court ruling that makers of peer-to-peer file-swapping technology can be held responsible for the copyright infringement that their products allow. This may stop much of the free downloading of music and film over the internet,

28 June – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Brian J. Wimpling, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Criminal Investigation, announced today that on June 23, 2005, defendants, Dr. Richard Allen Hill and Anthony Fusco, were sentenced by United

Hong Kong – June 28 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – International law firm Clifford Chance has advised the EMEAP* Group (a group of 11 Asian central banks and monetary authorities) and HSBC Investment Funds (“HSBC”) on the launch of the first Hong Kong dollar bond Exchange Traded Fund in Hong Kong which

MIAMI-June 27, 2005- LAWFUEL – The Law News Network -Adorno & Yoss has added two attorneys to their Atlanta, Georgia office. Frances Suarez and Peter Serrano, practicing as Suarez & Serrano, P.C., have become of-counsel to the firm’s Atlanta office which has been open since May, 2004. Suarez & Serrano, P.C. , a preeminent minority

New York, NY, June 27, 2005 – In recognition of extraordinary pro bono contributions to the advancements of human rights and immigration and asylum law, Holland & Knight has received the 2005 Pro Bono Award from the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). The award was presented June 25 at the AILA 2005 Annual Conference held

The firm has 42 Attorneys in 13 Practice Areas Recognized ATLANTA (JUNE 27) Kilpatrick Stockton LLP announced today that the firm earned the highest recognition in the 2005 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. In total, 42 Kilpatrick Stockton attorneys made this prestigious list in 13 distinct areas of practice, including several

BALTIMORE – June 24, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Prominent Maryland intellectual property lawyer E. Scott Johnson has become a Fellow of the Maryland Bar Foundation, Inc. Recognized for his “outstanding dedication and contribution maintaining the honor and integrity of the legal profession,” Mr. Johnson was initiated at the Annual Meeting

24 June – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California announced that Robert Lyttle was sentenced today to four months in prison for hacking into various government computers in April 2002. According to the plea agreement, Mr. Lyttle, who was known as half of

24 June – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, announced today that defendant, Monroe Schiffman, was sentenced to forty-six (46) months’ imprisonment, to be followed by four (4) years of supervised