New York, NY (December 30, 2004) – LAWFUEL – Best for law news – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is pleased to announce that Jeffrey P. Cunard has been named Managing Partner of the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. “Jeff is the ideal candidate to take over the position of Managing Partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. […]

San Diego, CA December 28, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Best for law news – Six Navy SEALs and two of their wives filed a lawsuit against the Associated Press and one of its reporters, for revealing their identities in personal pictures published worldwide in early December. The case was filed today in the Superior Court

30 December 2004 – LAWFUEL – Best for law news – A Newport Coast man who pleaded guilty to tax evasion for underreporting his 1999 income on his federal tax return has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison and ordered to pay nearly a half-million dollars in back income taxes. Michael Sanford Avnaim,

NEW YORK — Dec. 28, 2004 — In a case of first impression impacting the international banking community, a five-judge New York state appeals court unanimously ruled that funds wired from London through New York to Moscow, but blocked in New York for more than 10 years by the U.S. Treasury Department, cannot be attached

New York – December 29, 2005 – LAWFUEL – Best for law news – Loeb & Loeb LLP announced a major expansion of its Trusts and Estates practice with the addition of partners Lanny A. Oppenheim and C. Michael Spero, associate Jennie E. Mooney, and fiduciary administrators Deanna Lerner, Malka Shafran and Ilene Turk. The

Atlanta (December 28) — Kilpatrick Stockton, continuing its tradition of supporting the arts, announced today that it is sponsoring the opening of the unique “Arts for the Parks” exhibit — an exhibition with over 100 works designed to enhance public awareness of the country’s national parks. The opening is Saturday, January 8, 5:00 -9:00 PM

29 December 2004 – LAWFUEL – Best for law news – Marcos Daniel Jiménez, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; David W. Bourne, Special Agent in Charge, Miami Field Office, United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Office of Criminal Investigations, announced today that during the afternoon of December 23, 2004, the

New York – 28 December 2004 – The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP represented Paul Capital Partners in its issuance of $228.9 million of Asset-Backed Notes by Royalty Securitization Trust I (RST). The transaction was the first pharmaceutical royalty securitization based on future projected cash flows of the securitized assets. The closing

NEW YORK, Dec. 27 2004 – LAWFUEL – Best for law news — Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, one of the world’s leading law firms, advised Euro Fund Properties (EFP) in its acquisition of Fisher Island Holdings LLC’s exclusive 216-acre island off the coast of Miami, from John and Daniel Melk. The deal was finalized

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27 2004 – LAWFUEL – Best for law news – In one of the largest awards of its type in the history of California’s workers’ compensation system, State Fund has won a $14.6 million judgment against two Rancho Cucamonga businesses that used an elaborate ‘shell game’ to avoid paying correct workers’ compensation