Washington, D.C., June 24, 2004 — LAWFUEL – The staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission today announced its position regarding the release of comment letters and filer responses relating to disclosure filings reviewed by the Division of Corporation Finance and the Division of Investment Management. Release of Comment Letters and Responses Disclosure filings made […]

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., June 25, 2004 – LAWFUEL – U.S. District Court Judge Gladys Kessler today granted R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and other manufacturers the right to seek an immediate appeal of her May 24 decision denying the companies’ motion to dismiss the disgorgement claim in the Department of Justice lawsuit. At issue is the companies’

New Zealand’s own ‘global fashion magazine’ plans to take 10 per cent of its first print market Wellington, June 26 (JY&A Media) – LAWFUEL – Is it possible for a web site not only to become a print magazine, but to take 10 per cent of that market? It’s what fashion title Lucire (www.lucire.com) aims

June 25, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Attorney James Davis, age 50, of Rancho Cucamonga was arrested this morning on various charges after a federal grand jury on Thursday returned two separate indictments that included charges of tax evasion, filing a false statement in a loan application, false personation of a federal agent, attempting to carry

San Diego, CA, June 25, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Baker & McKenzie is pleased to announce that Maria Sendra has joined the Firm’s San Diego office as a Partner in its regional and global Corporate & Securities practice groups. Sendra joins from Clifford Chance. Sendra brings 13 years of legal experience to Baker & McKenzie,

BOSTON, June 25, 2004 – LAWFUEL – An Eastham man pleaded guilty on Monday, on June 21, 2004, in federal court to being a felon in possession of two machine guns. United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan and William J. Hoover, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

24 June, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Marcos Daniel Jiménez, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Michael D. Clemens, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation; Stephen M. Cutler, Director, Division of Enforcement, United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), Washington, D.C.; Dave Nelson, Regional Director, Securities and Exchange Commission, Miami,

(Houston, Texas) – June 24, 2004 – LAWFUEL – The global energy transactions practice continues to gain momentum at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, as the firm today announced the addition of four more partners and seven other attorneys to its already formidable team. “With a 50-year reputation for doing leading-edge energy work,

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 24, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Attorney General John Ashcroft, Deputy Attorney General James Comey, and Carl J. Truscott, Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, announced a new federal initiative aimed at reducing crime in fifteen U.S. communities. This initiative has placed teams consisting of ATF Agents, U.S. Marshals,

RICHMOND, Va., June 24, 2004 – LAWFUEL – American Health Lawyers Association listed McGuireWoods LLP as seventh in the number of lawyers who belong to the AHLA, the nation’s largest educational organization devoted to legal issues in the health care field. The listing was published in the AHLA’s June issue of Health Lawyers News. “We