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30 December – LAWFUEL- The Law News Network – Repsol YPF, S.A. and Irving Oil Limited have retained Linklaters to represent them in the project financing of the Canaport LNG terminal which they are developing in partnership to deliver one billion cubic feet per day of regassified LNG to Eastern Canada and New England. This

30 December – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and Jesus Torres, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Thomas S. Winkowski, Director, Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), announced today that on December 22, 2005,

SAN DIEGO -Dec. 30, 2005- LAWFUEL- The Law News Network – Relational Investors LLC, the largest shareholder of Sovereign Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: SOV), asked a Federal court to resolve promptly Sovereign’s incredulous disavowal of numerous public statements promising shareholders the right to remove the Company’s directors without cause by a majority vote. Relational will seek

“Botnet” Investigation Led by U.S. Secret Service’s Electronic Crimes Task Force and the Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property Unit of the U.S. Attorney’s Office SAN JOSE – LAWFUEL- The Law News Network – United States Attorney Kevin V. Ryan announced that Anthony Scott Clark, 21, of Beaverton, Oregon, pleaded guilty yesterday afternoon in federal court

TALLAHASSEE – LAWFUEL- The Law News Network – Attorney General Charlie Crist today released the annual Hate Crimes in Florida report detailing incidents of hate-related offenses that occurred during 2004. The number of hate crimes reported by local law enforcement agencies increased by 21.5 percent over the previous year, with the total of 334 reported

Contact: Eileen King Public Relations Director (212) 318 6455, eileenking@paulhastings.com Los Angeles, CA (December 28, 2005) – Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP (Paul Hastings), a leading international law firm, represented an affiliate of New York-based Lehman Brothers in a $500 million financing for the development of “Heritage Fields,” the former El Toro Marine Corps

Tuesday, December 27, 2005 Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP (Paul Hastings) represented San Francisco-based Micromuse Inc. in its acquisition by International Business Machines Corp. for approximately $865 million in cash. The deal was announced on December 20, 2005 and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2006. The Paul Hastings team was

Hong Kong, December 28, 2005 — Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP (Paul Hastings) has advised Pixelplus Co. Ltd., a Korean fabless semiconductor company, in relation to its US$36 million initial public offering of American depository shares on Nasdaq. The offering was completed on December 27, 2005. Pixelplus, a company that was not previously listed

WINSTON-SALEM (December 23) — Kilpatrick Stockton LLP announced today that Partner Pete Brunstetter was named to Triad Business Journal’s prestigious “Triad’s Most Influential People” list. Mr. Brunstetter practices law in the areas of business transactions, corporate and public finance, mergers and acquisitions, health care, and health care transactions. The publication noted that among his many

SCOTT+SCOTT, LLC’S CLIENTS GET NEW SHOCK: GUIDANT RECEIVES FDA WARNING LETTER Initial Securities Fraud Action Against Guidant Corporation Filed By Firm: Shareholders Can Sign As Clients By January 3, 2006 COLCHESTER, Conn., Dec. 28, 2005 — Scott+Scott, LLC (http://www.scott-scott.com) initiated a securities fraud class action on November 3, 2005, in the United States District Court