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31 December – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael S. Clemens, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Linda S. Little, Special Agent in Charge, Office of Inspector General, United States Department of Health and Human Services, announced today

Washington, D.C., Dec. 30, 2005 – LAWFUEL- The Law News Network – Larry E. Bergmann, Senior Associate Director in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Market Regulation, announced that he will retire from the SEC in January. Bergmann will join the law firm of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in its Washington office. SEC

Los Angeles, CA (December 29, 2005) – Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP (Paul Hastings), a leading international law firm, represented Foster City, California-based Applied Biosystems Group (NYSE: ABI), an Applera Corporation business, in its pending acquisition of the Research Products Division of Ambion, Inc. for approximately $273 million in cash. The Paul Hastings team

Firm Assisting Long-Time Client in Deal Valued at Close to $2 Billion Palo Alto, California. – LAWFUEL- The Law News Network – DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP announced that the firm is representing Maxtor Corporation (NYSE: MXO) in its acquisition by Seagate (NYSE: STX) in a transaction that is valued at approximately $1.9bn.

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