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23 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.

23 December – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The United States Attorney for the Northern District of California announced that Suibin Zhang, 37, of San Jose, California, was charged late yesterday by a federal grand jury in San Jose in a nine-count indictment alleging computer fraud, theft and unauthorized downloading of trade secrets,

Respondents to Pay over $35 Million in Disgorgement Washington, D.C., Dec. 22, 2005- LAWFUEL – The Law News Network -The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a settled enforcement action against two hedge funds, their investment adviser, and two of its senior executives. Named in the action were Veras Capital Master Fund (VCM), VEY Partners

London – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary UK LLP (“DLA Piper”) is pleased to announce that it has appointed Simon Airey, Waseem Khokhar, Michael Anderson and Aaron Stephens from US law firm Dorsey and Whitney. They are part of one of the UK’s most experienced contentious tax teams

PITTSBURGH- Dec. 22, 2005- LAWFUEL – The Law News Network -Notice is hereby given by the Law Office of Alfred G. Yates Jr., PC that it has commenced a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of purchasers of the securities of Northwest Airlines

ATLANTA, Dec. 22 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network — King & Spalding, a leading international law firm, is representing GE Real Estate, a unit of GE Commercial Finance, in its $3.1 billion acquisition of Arden Realty, Inc., which was announced today. Also as part of the deal, Trizec Properties, Inc., a leading real

22 December – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Linklaters has elected Chin-Chong Liew as a partner in its Hong Kong office. Chong will join Linklaters as Head of Derivatives and Structured Products for Asia (ex-Japan) from Allen & Overy, where he has held the position of partner since 2000. Chong’s appointment brings to

MIAMI – December 20, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Holland & Knight LLP is pleased to announce that 28 attorneys in the firm were recently elected to the partnership for 2006, including three associates in the Miami office and one associate in the Ft. Lauderdale office who were elevated to partnership.

DALLAS – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The trial boutique law firm of Rose Walker, L.L.P., is adding two new associate attorneys in the firm’s Dallas office. Kronsky E. Kennon and Jennifer L. Graf are joining the firm immediately. “Both Kronsky and Jennifer have solid experience and great qualifications,” says Rose Walker’s Mike

DENVER –LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Bill Leone, United States Attorney for the District of Colorado, and Jeffrey Copp, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Denver Office, announced that FRANCISCO JAVIER CASTORENA-IBARRA, age 46, from Mexico City, Mexico, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Lewis