13 December 2004 – LAWFUEL – First for law news – Corporate partner Jan Louis Burggraaf has been voted best M&A lawyer in the Netherlands by Netherlands-based CFO Magazine in its annual poll conducted amongst the leading market players in the industry. He won this award in the legal category for his creative and innovative […]

Afghanistan Will Fight Warlords, Corruption, Drugs ‘We Will Get It Done’ NEW YORK, Dec. 12 2004 – LAWFUEL – First with law news — New Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, who was inaugurated last week in the company of top U.S. officials, tells Newsweek in an interview that he’s going to deliver to his country an

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 2004 – LAWFUEL – First with law news — On December 7, 2004, American International Group (NYSE: AIG) filed with the SEC to sell $25.1 billion in debt, stock and other securities. The Company is currently facing class action lawsuits stemming from investigations by the New York Attorney General into the

JACKSONVILLE, December 13, 2004 – Holland & Knight LLP continues to expand its Litigation practice, announcing today that Michael A. Abel has joined the firm as a partner in the Jacksonville, Fla. office. Abel brings considerable experience in complex litigation matters, including resolution of major liability claims; commercial litigation and disputes arising out of contractual

Shareholder Class Action Filed Against Vimpel-Communications By The Law Firm of Schiffrin & Barroway, LLP BALA CYNWYD, Pa., Dec. 10 2004 – LAWFUEL – First with law news – The following statement was issued today by the law firm of Schiffrin & Barroway, LLP: Notice is hereby given that a class action lawsuit was filed

10 December 2004 – LAWFUEL – First for law news – Marcos Daniel Jiménez, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Jesus Torres, Special Agent in Charge, Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement; and Ken Mascara, Sheriff, St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office, announced today that defendant, William David Kamal, pleaded guilty

10 December 2004 – LAWFUEL – First for law news – A lawyer who specialized in estate planning and tax matters was charged today with failing to report on his federal tax return the income he received as a result of misappropriating money from two trusts for which he was the trustee. J ames Roy

ALBANY, N.Y., Dec. 10 2004 – LAWFUEL – First with law news – World respected eyewear company Silhouette Optical was awarded a Supplemental Default Judgment in the amount of $303,554.30 in damages, a victory in the company’s struggle to combat counterfeit merchandise sales. The sale of imitation goods continues to be a thorn in the

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 2004 – LAWFUEL – First for law news – Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, one of the world’s leading law firms, advised Baltic-American Mortgage Holdings LLC in the securitization of $63.6 million in residential mortgages it originated in the Republic of Latvia. A wholly owned subsidiary of the Baltic-American Enterprise Fund

New York / Hong Kong – 10 December 2004 – LAWFUEL – First for law news – Global law firm Clifford Chance has advised Lenovo Group Ltd. in its acquisition of IBM’s Personal Computing Division. The US$1.75 billion deal forms the world’s third-largest PC business, bringing IBM’s leading enterprise-class PC technologies to the consumer market