Legal Press Release – Weekly Newsletter for February 15-22, 2010

Monday, February 22, 2010

JK Rowling Sued in High Court of England for Major Harry Potter Copyright Breach !

SYDNEY, February 17, 2010 – Harry Potter Author, J.K.Rowling has today, WEDNESDAY 17 FEB, been joined
personally to the ongoing High Court of England action brought in June 2009
against her publishers Bloomsbury Plc for breach of copyright in her book
Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire.

The English lawsuit, brought by The [...]

Actis Invests US$50 Million in Integreon

LONDON, LOS ANGELES and MUMBAI, India, February 16, 2010 – Actis, an emerging markets private equity specialist, announced today
that it has invested US$50 million to acquire a substantial minority stake in
Integreon, the leading global provider of legal support, research and
business services to law firms, financial institutions and corporations.

As part of [...]

Winding up Petition Served on Evrite Ltd

LONDON, February 15, 2010 – A petition to wind up Evrite Ltd will be heard in the Royal
Courts of Justice, Strand, London WC2 on 17 March 2010 at 10.30am. The action
is being brought by Mastermailer Stationery Ltd, a creditor of the company.
Full details of the hearing can be found in the London Gazette published [...]

Fake ‘Vet’ Removed From RCVS Register

LONDON, February 10 – The Disciplinary Committee of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
last week (5 February 2010) directed that the name of a man who had been
illegally practising as a veterinary surgeon in the North West of
England be removed from the RCVS Register, having found him guilty of
fraudulent registration.

In [...]

AEI Calls on EU to Improve Air Safety Transparency

HOOFDDORP, The Netherlands, February 10 – Once again events reported in the United States have clearly highlighted
the inadequacies of the European Union Transport Department's (DG TREN)
oversight of air safety within Europe. A USA Today analysis of Federal
Aviation Authority (FAA) data in the United States has shown that 65,000
commercial passenger flights took place between 2003 [...]

5 Point Products by Dr Mauch are Being Illegally Copied – Holder of Rights Declares War on Falsifiers Worldwide

KENILWORTH, England and DUSSELDORF, Germany, February 9 – Based on old Chinese reflex zone therapies, the German physician and
medic Dr Walter Mauch more than 20 years ago developed the "5 point reflex
zone bed". This was the beginning of an unequalled success story. Today, the
shoes "by Dr Mauch" are available in more than 100 countries, [...]

Manfred Nowak Acknowledges Kazakhstan Progress on Human Rights

No systematic torture – Situation better than in other CIS states
VIENNA, February 9 – The Austrian UNO Special Rapporteur on Torture, Manfred Nowak,
acknowledges Kazakhstan's progress on adhering to human rights. The Central
European country was "very well prepared" for the current Chairmanship of the
Organisation for Security and Cooperation In Europe (OSCE). This also meant
that the [...]

Canadian Union Calls for Government to Make Xstrata Divest Assets in Timmins, if Closure Ensues

TORONTO, February 8 – The Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW) is calling on the Canadian federal
and provincial governments to thoroughly investigate international mining
giant Xstrata, including the reason for closing its Timmins Kidd
metallurgical site. This call comes hours before Xstrata releases its annual
report with its profit for 2010.

Should this investigation conclude [...]

Aleris International Files Plan of Reorganization

Positions Company to Emerge From Chapter 11 With Stronger Balance Sheet and Significantly Reduced Operating Costs

BEACHWOOD, Ohio, February 5 – Aleris International, Inc. a global leader in aluminum rolled products,
extrusions and recycling, announced today that it filed its proposed Plan of
Reorganization (Plan) and related draft Disclosure Statement with the U.S.
Bankruptcy Court in Delaware. With [...]

/C O R R E C T I O N – Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons/

LONDON, February 3 – In the news release, "Vet Removed From RCVS Register for Medicines
Dishonesty" issued on 3 Feb 2010 18:52 GMT, by Royal College of Veterinary
Surgeons over PR Newswire, we are advised by a representative of the
company that in the 3rd paragraph "all of the incidents had taken place
between April and September [...]

Compliance on Demand

STUTTGART, Germany, February 3 -

– The Payment Services Providers Equens and Cellent Finance Solutions
Initiate a Cooperation
– Financial Sanctions Monitoring as a Leasing Model
– Pilot Phase Start in December of 2009

The international payment [...]

Vet Removed From RCVS Register for Medicines Dishonesty

LONDON, February 3 – The Disciplinary Committee of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons
yesterday (2 February 2010) directed that the name of a veterinary surgeon
who had been practising in Essex be removed from the RCVS Register, having
found him guilty of attempting to obtain medicines dishonestly.

James Alexander Lockyear, a graduate from [...]

Celsis Initiates Patent Infringement Action Against XenoTech and Sekisui

BALTIMORE, February 2 – Celsis In Vitro, Inc. (Celsis IVT) announced today that it has filed a
patent infringement lawsuit against XenoTech LLC, Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd.,
and Sekisui Medical Co. Ltd. in the United States District Court for the
Northern District of Illinois in Chicago. XenoTech and Sekisui Medical are
wholly-owned subsidiaries of Sekisui Chemical. The complaint [...]

Integreon Releases eView(TM) 3.2 with Expanded Workflow Management and Productivity Tracking for Hosted Document Review

Demonstrations of eView at the LegalTech New York Conference
NEW YORK, February 1 – — LegalTech Conference — Integreon, the global leader in integrated
discovery solutions and legal process outsourcing (LPO), today announced the
release of its eView(TM) 3.2 platform for hosted document review. This
release offers law firms and corporate legal departments an expanded range of
workflow management [...]

Arsenal Signs Deal to Enhance Brand Protection With CPA Global’s FoundationIP

Web-based IP System to Help Tackle Counterfeiting and Better Manage Brand Licensing

LONDON, February 1 – Arsenal Football Club has teamed up with intellectual property
specialist CPA Global to take a lead in tackling counterfeiting.
Arsenal has signed up CPA Global's FoundationIP, a unique
web-based intellectual property (IP) management software solution, which will
significantly enhance [...]

Cellectricon Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Fluxion Biosciences

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, February 1 – Cellectricon AB today announced that it has resumed its litigation
against Fluxion Biosciences, Inc. Cellectricon filed the lawsuit in July 2009
in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California
alleging infringement of several United States patents issued or licensed to
Cellectricon for microfluidic technology used in Cellectricon's
state-of-the-art ion channel [...]

United Nations Should Review Miscarriage of Justice in Kazakhstan

NEW YORK, February 1 – The case of Evgeniy Zhovtis, one of Kazakhstan's leading human rights
defenders, should be reviewed by the UN Human Rights Committee, said the Open
Society Justice Initiative today in a letter filed with the body.

"Zhovtis is one of Kazakhstan's most dedicated human rights lawyers, and
we are deeply [...]

Greenberg Traurig Maher Instructed to Assist Bristol Water Before the Competition Commission

LONDON, January 28 – Greenberg Traurig Maher announced today that it has been retained by
Bristol Water. Recently, Ofwat, the Water Services Regulation Authority,
confirmed that Bristol Water had rejected its determination of the price that
can be charged for water supply for the 2010-2015 period. Bristol Water is
the only water company to make such a challenge. [...]

Autonomy Announces Next Generation Solution to Manage Conflicts of Interest Process for Law Firms

Autonomy's iManage ConflictsManager Detects Patterns and Reduces the Risk and Time Required for New Client Vetting Procedures

CAMBRIDGE, England and SAN FRANCISCO, January 27 – Autonomy Corporation plc (LSE: AU. or AU.L), a global leader in
infrastructure software for the enterprise, today announced the availability
of iManage ConflictsManager, an innovative solution that enables law firms to
streamline the [...]

Letter From Elpida to the Board of Directors of Mitchells & Butlers

ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands, January 27 – Elpida, a long term investor in Mitchells & Butlers plc, has written a
letter to their Board of Directors (Antony Bates, Adam Fowle , Drummond Hall,
Simon Laffin, Sir Tim Lankester, Jeremy Townsend, Sara Weller) in connection
with Elpida's shareholding in the Company. The contents are as follows:

[...]

AllClear Travel Welcomes the ban on age Discrimination for Travellers

ROMFORD, England, February 18, 2010 – AllClear Travel, the specialist travel insurance provider for people with
medical conditions, has welcomed the Equality Office's policy Statement about
the Equality Bill, which will ban age discrimination within the financial
services from 2012.

AllClear's experience has shown one of the biggest problems for older
people, especially if they [...]

Investment Funds File Lawsuit Against Porsche SE

NEW YORK, January 25 – A group of investment funds filed a lawsuit today against Porsche
Automobil Holding SE ("Porsche SE") and two of Porsche SE's former
executives, Wendelin Wiedeking and Holger Haerter, seeking to recover over a
billion dollars in losses suffered as Porsche SE attempted a takeover of
Volkswagen AG in 2008.

The [...]