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TALLAHASSEE – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network -Attorney General Charlie Crist today issued a consumer alert cautioning Floridians against buying used vehicles that may have been flood-damaged by Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma. As many as 600,000 vehicles throughout Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida may have been affected by the storms and are now

New York (January 17, 2006) – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – White & Case ranked among the top five law firms for global mergers and acquisitions advisory work in 2005, according to two leading league table publishers. Thomson Financial ranked White & Case fourth in completed deals worldwide, based on deal volume, with

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.- January 18, 2006- LAWFUEL – The Law News Network -Goldman Scarlato & Karon, P.C., a law firm with offices in Conshohocken, PA and Cleveland, OH announces that a lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, on behalf of persons who purchased or otherwise acquired

19 January – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Jesus Torres, Special Agent in Charge, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), announced that defendant, William Rodriguez-Abadia, is scheduled to make his

LOS ANGELES, CA -01/17/2006 – LAWFUEL- The Law News Network – Greenberg Traurig LLP has promoted 36 attorneys to shareholders, including two in its Los Angeles office: Jordan D. Grotzinger, whose practice includes commercial and entertainment litigation, and Naoki Kawada, who focuses on corporate and securities law, and heads the L.A. office’s Japanese Practice Group.

Denver – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – James Faber, most recently known as counsel for some 65 investors seeking millions in damages from Denver-based Mile High Capital, is joining partners Jonathan Oster and John Martin to launch a new Denver-based law firm, Oster Martin & Faber, LLC. Faber hails from longstanding Denver law

LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Linklaters has advised Waco International Limited (‘Waco’) on its ZAR 5.4bn acquisition by CCMP Capital Asia (formerly JP Morgan Partners Asia) and Waco’s senior management team. JP Morgan Partners Global Fund is also investing in the deal. The transaction was announced on 17 January 2006. Waco is an

LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Linklaters advises Dexia BIL on sale of UK private banking business Linklaters has advised Dexia Banque Internationale à Luxembourg S.A. on the sale of its UK private banking business to Rathbone Investment Management Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rathbone Brothers Plc. Dexia’s UK private banking business consists

LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the temporary suspension, pursuant to Section 12(k) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”), of trading of the securities of Smart Online, Inc. (the “Company”) (stock symbol SOLN) at 9:30 a.m. EST, January 17, 2006 through 11:59 p.m. EST,

MIAMI – January 17, 2006 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Holland & Knight is pleased to announce that Braulio Baez, former chairman of the Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC), has joined the firm’s Public Policy & Regulation Practice as Senior Counsel. Baez, who will be based in the firm’s Miami office, brings