May 28, 2004 – LAWFUEL – In a criminal complaint filed today in federal court in Santa Ana, two men who operate a Fountain Valley immigration consulting firm were charged with submitting false petitions to fraudulently obtain employment-based visas for hundreds of aliens seeking to come to, or stay in, the United States. The complaint […]

NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas, May 28, 2004 – LAWFUEL – UICI (NYSE: UCI – News; the “Company”) today announced that the Company and certain of its current and former executive officers have been named as defendants in a securities class action lawsuit alleging, among other things, that the Company failed to disclose all material facts

May 27, 2004 – LAWFUEL – On Wednesday former Rite Aid chief financial officer Franklyn M. Bergonzi received 28 months in jail and a $5100 fine for his guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to commit an accounting fraud that falsely inflated the value of Rite Aid stock. The sentence, which is well below

LONDON, May 27, 2004 – LAWFUEL – In one of 2004’s largest refinancings, White & Case acted for the mandated lead arrangers (CSFB, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley) in the provision of £2.45 billion of senior credit facilities to NTL Investment Holdings Limited, the UK subsidiary of NTL Inc. The credit facilities, coupled

28 May 2004 – LAWFUEL – $110 million paid by Artemis S.A. in a settlement with the United States Attorney’s Office in connection with the Credit Lyonnais criminal case has been transferred to the California Insurance Commissioner, United States Attorney Debra Yang announced. The funds are earmarked for distribution to claimants in the rehabilitation proceeding

Taylor Woodrow plc – Bond Issue On 24 May 2004, Taylor Woodrow plc issued £200 million 6.375 % Bonds due 2019, arranged by HSBC Bank plc and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc. The Bonds are listed on the London Stock Exchange. Slaughter and May act for Taylor Woodrow. Steven Galbraith (partner), Caroline Young (associate)

May 26, 2004 – LAWFUEL – Marcos Daniel Jiménez, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Michael S. Clemens, Acting Special Agent in Charge, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and Ed Bieluch, Sheriff, Palm Beach County, announced today that a federal jury in West Palm Beach found Patrick Knighton, 34, of Riviera

WASHINGTON D.C., May 26, 2004 – LAWFUEL – The claimants of the Holocaust-era painting by Vincent van Gogh that is now in the possession of Elizabeth Taylor of California reacted today to Ms. Taylor’s filing of a lawsuit in a California court, seeking a declaratory judgment that she is the rightful owner of the painting.

NEW YORK, May 26, 2004 – LAWFUEL – The Law Firm of Geller Rudman, PLLC announced today that a class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the District of Idaho on behalf of purchasers of Idacorp, Inc. (“Idacorp” or the “Company”) (NYSE: IDA) publicly traded securities during the period

May 26, 2004 – LAWFUEL – A group of 70 pilots and cabin crew are considering appealing a decision by an Employment Tribunal that they did suffer “lawful” discrimination. The group took their test case to Watford Employment Tribunal in January this year to claim British Airways’ retirement age of 55 constituted discrimination. The tribunal