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Madrid, 20 June 2006 – LAWFUEL – Law News Network -The European Commission has appointed Maria Gracia Rubio, a partner with Baker & McKenzie, as one of 20 experts in the European Securities Markets Expert Group (ESME). She is one of only four lawyers to have been chosen from over 120 applications for the posts.

LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Cleary Gottlieb and many partners in the firm’s New York and Washington offices once again received top rankings in the just-released Chambers USA 2006 guide. Chambers lists Cleary Gottlieb as one of the leading law firms in the United States, with 16 top-ranked practices (up from 14 last year).

LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Expanding its presence in the secured lending, structured finance and securitization markets, leading financial services law firm Chapman and Cutler LLP has added two experienced corporate finance partners, Patrick Lawler and Christopher Oliver, to its San Francisco office.

LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – Occidental Chemical Corp. to Pay for Damages to Natural Resources New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Denise M. Sheehan and Attorney General Eliot Spitzer today announced that New York State has reached a settlement of the State’s natural resource damage (NRD) claim for Lake Ontario and

HOUSTON (June 20, 2006) – LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Bracewell & Giuliani LLP announced that tax attorney Mickey R. Davis of Mickey R. Davis & Associates will join as a partner to head the firm’s wealth management practice. “Mickey will continue our tradition of offering value-added services such as personal wealth management to

LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – Blank Rome LLP has achieved recognition in nine areas of practice by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, 2006. In addition, 17 attorneys from Blank Rome have received the prestigious honor of being ranked as a “Leader in their Field.” Each year, The Chambers Global Guides cover all

NEW YORK, June 20, 2006 – LAWFUEL – Law News Network – Covington & Burling announced today that it has agreed to lease 160,000 square feet on five floors in the iconic New York Times Building now under construction near Times Square from Forest City Ratner Companies. The move to the New York Times Building

LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – The three outside contractors hired by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to handle mail receipt and data entry at the California Service Center (CSC) in Laguna Niguel have paid the government a total of $1,040,552 to resolve allegations that their employees or temporary workers intentionally shredded, rather than properly

TALLAHASSEE – LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – Attorney General Charlie Crist today announced that his Medicaid Fraud Control Unit has launched a new initiative that focuses on health care fraud in South Florida, specifically, fraud related to durable medical equipment. As a result of the new initiative, four South Florida residents were arrested today

Washington, D.C., June 21, 2006 – LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – On June 20, 2006, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted three new rules and amendments to several forms under the Investment Company Act that address “fund of funds arrangements.” The new rules will codify several exemptions from the Act that the Commission has