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New York – July 25, 2006 – LAWFUEL – Law News Service – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising The Principal Financial Group(R) in its agreement to acquire WM Advisors, Inc., manager of the WM Group of Funds, and its subsidiaries from Washington Mutual, Inc. for $740 million in cash, subject to closing adjustments. Closing

LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced the temporary suspension of trading of the securities of the following seventeen issuers, commencing at 9:30 a.m. EDT on July 26, 2006 and terminating at 11:59 p.m. EDT on August 8, 2006: Andover Apparel Group, Inc. (ATOQ) Applied Computer Technology, Inc. (n/k/a

LAWFUEL – Law News Daily – Taking another significant step in its national expansion, law firm Venable LLP has entered the California market by having the lawyers from two Los Angeles-area firms with strengths in litigation, media and advertisement, entertainment, real estate and corporate matters join with Venable to establish a California office. Washington-based Venable

IUSLAW Participants Kick Off Intensive Four-Week Program at Pepper Hamilton LLP Reception Washington, DC – July 25, 2006 – LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Pepper Hamilton LLP hosted a reception Monday evening for foreign lawyer participants of the annual “U.S. Legal Methods Introduction to U.S. Law” program conducted by the Institute for U.S. Law

$1.1 Billion Settlement to Be Distributed After Eighteen-Month Appellate SAN FRANCISCO, July 26 LAWFUEL – Press Release Service — Attorneys for California’s businesses and consumers announced today that a $1.1 billion antitrust settlement with Microsoft Corporation is now available for distribution after an eighteen-month appellate court battle. Beginning in August, 2006, vouchers worth hundreds of

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP advises LINOS management team Frankfurt – LAWFUEL – Law News Networ – Paris-based Qioptiq Group which belongs to the British private equity company Candover plans to submit a public takeover bid for LINOS AG, a technology company headquartered in Goettingen, Germany. The transaction is subject to antitrust authority approval.

LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – An Anaheim resident was arrested this morning on federal mail fraud and wire fraud charges that accuse him of running a fraudulent investment company that fleeced clients out of at least $4 million. Kangsan Kim, 34, was arrested at his residence without incident by special agents with the Federal

TORONTO, July 25 – LAWFUEL – Law News Daily – Miller Thomson LLP, Canada’s tenth largest law firm, has announced that eight lawyers have joined the firm to form a London, Ontario office, effective August 1, 2006. The four partners in the office, F. Glenn Jones, A. Duncan Grace, Anthony G. J. Van Klink and

LAWFUEL – Law News Hourly – Linklaters has advised Targetfollow Group on the acquisition of Tolworth Tower, a 21-storey mixed-use development in Surbiton, Surrey, from Dublin-based investment firm Treasury Holdings. Tolworth Tower comprises offices, retail, hotel and leisure uses with a total net internal area of 306,829 sq ft (28,505 sq m), as well as

LAWFUEL – British & International Law News daily – Linklaters has advised the owner of Arundel Great Court on The Strand, London WC2 on its sale to Land Securities. The transaction is one of the largest investment sales in London this year. The three acre island site contains 370,000 square feet of office space, including