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Fact Sheet Washington, D.C. December 4, 2006 1. PCAOB Budget and Annual Accounting Support Fees The Securities and Exchange Commission will today consider whether to approve the budget of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and will consider the annual accounting support fees under Section 109 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. 2. Proposed Amendments

NEW YORK- LAWFUEL – Law News Network –Kenyon & Kenyon LLP, one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the world, announced today the election of three partners and two counsel in the firm’s New York and Washington, DC offices. The firm elected Linda Shudy Lecomte, Neil M. McCarthy and Michael M. Shen to

CLEVELAND- LAWFUEL – Legal Jobs Network, Legal News –Thompson Hine LLP, a corporate law firm with offices across Ohio and in Atlanta; New York City; Washington, D.C.; and Brussels, Belgium, received high marks in summer associate satisfaction according to The American Lawyer’s Student Edition. The results come from an anonymous survey of summer associates at

WASHINGTON, DC (December 4) — Kilpatrick Stockton announced today the addition of John Howell as Deputy Director for Government Affairs within the Government Relations practice group. Mr. Howell brings nearly two decades of government experience to the firm’s Washington, DC office. “John represents the firm’s dedication to continuing to build its expertise and ability to

TORONTO, Dec. 3 LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs Network – Thomson Financial data today accredits McCarthy Tétrault with 101 announced mergers and acquisitions (M&A)deals – 28 more than the firm’s closest competitor. This is the first time that a law firm has been given credit for over 100 announced Canadian M&A deals in one

LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs – Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce members of the firm’s Securities Litigation Practice Group authored Practicing Law Institute’s (PLI) new Securities Litigation: A Practitioner’s Guide. The entire book was written by the firm’s securities litigation attorneys and thoroughly examines every aspect of securities class action

Friday 1 December 2006 LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs – Mr Jeffrey Lucy, Chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), announced that Mr Antony (Tony) Boulden, a former Financial Controller of the Corporate and Professional Insurance Division of FAI General Insurance Company Limited (FAIG), was today sentenced to imprisonment for a term

Monday 4 December 2006 LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs Network – The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has obtained injunctions in the Supreme Court in Brisbane to stop a managed investment scheme involving approximately $11 million. The action against New Zealand company, Risqy Limited, and its Queensland based directors, Messrs Leslie George Whitford