NEW YORK, June 4, 2004 – LAWFUEL -Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, one of the world’s leading law firms, advised Universal American Financial Corp. (Nasdaq: UHCO) in the completion of its acquisition of Heritage Health Systems, Inc. for approximately $98 million in cash. Founded in 1995, Heritage operates Medicare Advantage plans in Houston and Beaumont, […]

WASHINGTON, June 3, 2004 – LAWFUEL – The following is a transcript of a statement by President Bush: I commend the House for passing the Worker Reemployment Accounts Act, which establishes a pilot program for Personal Reemployment Accounts. Personal Reemployment Accounts are an important reform in federal job training, because workers decide how to use

OPEN MEETING – JUNE 2, 2004 FACT SHEET 1. Regulation B Proposals The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) replaced banks’ complete exception from the definition of “broker” with eleven “functional exceptions.” The Commission today will consider proposing new rules to implement the GLBA definition by defining some of the statutory terms used in the eleven exceptions. It

Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Bank Broker Rules June 2, 2004 – LAWFUEL – We have before us this morning a recommendation from the Division of Market Regulation to propose a new Regulation B. This set of rules would clarify the securities-related activities that banks, thrifts and credit unions can engage in without registering as brokers under the

Sydney, 2 June 2004: Australian lawyers Clayton Utz have confirmed their commitment to legal practice in the Asia Pacific region with a number of partners accepting positions to serve the Inter-Pacific Bar Association. At the recent conference in Seoul, Jim FitzSimons, a corporate partner specialising in IT/IP was appointed vice president of the IPBA. Mr

Chadbourne Wins Patent Office Victory for Synthon in Pexeva Case Chadbourne & Parke LLP recently represented Synthon Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. in a victory in its patent interference case in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office over GlaxoSmithKline. Synthon launched Pexeva this year in competition with GSK’s top-selling antidepressant Paxil®. On May 25, the Patent Office ruled

BOSTON, June 3, 2004 – LAWFUEL – United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan; Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; and Ted Meyer, Chief of the Provincetown Police Department, announced today that DALE BERNARD, age 41, of 36 Gale Street, Malden, was arrested on federal drug distribution charges. Today’s

NEW YORK, June 2, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Kirkpatrick & Lockhart’s Second National Survey of FORTUNE 500 and FORTUNE 1000 In-house Counsel Captures Trends and Opinions Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP (K&L) continues its research into the concerns of larger corporate legal departments by releasing its survey findings on the pressing issues facing in-house attorneys. The

NEW YORK-June 2, 2004- LAWFUEL -Notice is hereby given that a class action lawsuit was filed on June 2, 2004, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, on behalf of all purchasers of the common stock of Liquidmetal Technologies, Inc. (“LQMT” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:LQMTE) between May 22, 2002 and

2 June 2004 – LAWFUEL – International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer today announced that Robert S. Schlossberg will join its Washington office as a partner in the antitrust, competition and trade (ACT) group. Mr Schlossberg joins from Morgan Lewis & Bockius where he has been one of the leaders of that firm’s antitrust department.