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(WASHINGTON) February 22, 2006 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary has announced that Bryant Richardson, a lawyer in the firm’s Real Estate practice group, has received the 2006 Florida Bar President’s Pro Bono Service Award. Richardson was presented with the award in a ceremony at the Florida Supreme

DALLAS ― LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Former U.S. Attorney and longtime Dallas criminal defense lawyer James A. Rolfe has joined the firm of Fitzpatrick Hagood Smith & Uhl. Fitzpatrick Hagood Smith & Uhl is a full-service firm, which represents defendants in state and federal white-collar criminal cases and other high-profile legal matters.

Three Partners Agree to Permanent Injunctions, Record Penalties and SEC Suspensions; Fourth Partner Agrees to SEC Censure Washington, D.C., Feb. 22, 2006 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Commission today announced that all four remaining defendants in an action brought against them and KPMG LLP by the agency in connection with a

Mountain View, CA – February 22, 2006 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced the appointment of Dr. Larry Brilliant as Executive Director of Google.org, which administers Google’s philanthropic activities. In this role he will work with the company’s co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin to define the

LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Google, not generally used to losing in court, now finds itself on the receiving end of a preliminary injunction over image search results, LawFuel.com’s lead story from Reuters reports. At issue was the fact that both search engines displayed thumbnail images of the magazine Perfect 10’s natural women.

LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP has announced that veteran litigator Bruce S. Ross will join the firm as Partner-In-Charge of the Los Angeles office, effective March 1, 2006. Ross was formerly Executive Partner of the Los Angeles office of Holland & Knight. Nine Holland & Knight attorneys

MIAMI – February 22, 2006 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Holland & Knight announced today that Martin H. Cohn will assume the role of Chief Marketing Officer for the firm, effective March 6, 2006. Cohn, a veteran marketer with 25 years’ experience, will oversee all strategic marketing and business development for the

Chicago, IL, February 21, 2006 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Baker & McKenzie today announced that three senior-level economists have joined its Global Transfer Pricing Practice and Economics Group in the U.S. Joining Baker & McKenzie Consulting LLC are Brian A. Cromwell, Ph.D, as a Principal Economist in the Palo Alto office;

WASHINGTON, D.C. – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Williams Power Company Inc. (WPC), a Delaware corporation, has entered into an agreement with the government resolving an ongoing federal investigation into the submission of knowingly inaccurate reports by WPC concerning a commodities market, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and

False Deductions Cost IRS Over $10 Million in Taxes LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – A Pacoima tax preparer has been sentenced to 11 years in federal prison for running a scheme in which he prepared fraudulent tax returns that claimed bogus business losses of more than $75 million. James Earl Wynn, 66, was