29 June – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and David Bourne, Special Agent in Charge, United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Office of Criminal Investigation, Miami Field Office, announced today that defendants, Francis R. Orlando, and Matthew L. Smith, both […]

WASHINGTON, June 20 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network — In recognition of its contributions to “real change and educational improvement in D.C. schools,” Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP will receive the 2005 Outstanding Achievement Award from the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs. The award will be presented June

28 June – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – LawFuel.com’s lead story looks at what is alleged to be common practice in class action lawsuit – paying kickbacks to file shareholder lawsuits. From Reuters.

CHICAGO, June 28 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Supreme Court today issued its opinion in the high-profile, peer-to-peer file-swapping case, Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer Studios, Inc. et. al. v. Grokster, Ltd., et al. “The Supreme Court’s decision involves peer-to-peer file sharing providers, but it will have much broader implications in the technology industry,”

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