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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

SUFFERN, NY, December 27, 2005 — LAWFUEL- The Law News Network – General Patent Corporation International ( GPCI ) announced an important victory in its patent enforcement campaign on behalf of Advanced Card Technologies LLC ( ACT ). The reexamination of two of ACT’s patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office ( USPTO

LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The New York Times reported today that Jeff Reardon, who pitched for the Mets and the Yankees and was one of the top relief pitchers in baseball, was charged Monday with robbing a local jewelry store. Reardon, 50, was released on $5,000 bond from the Palm Beach County

27 December – LAWFUEL- The Law News Network – Allen & Overy is advising Scottish biotechnology firm, Cyclacel Group plc, on a reverse takeover deal with Seattle-based Xcyte Therapies Inc., in a move that is expected to secure Cyclacel a U.S. stock market listing. Under the terms of the transaction, Xcyte will acquire Cyclacel Limited,

WASHINGTON, D.C. – LAWFUEL- The Law News Network – The Department of Justice today announced awards of $1.7 million to local Boys and Girls Clubs in 100 communities and 17 Native American communities nationwide. Each community will receive up to $15,000 to develop and implement crime prevention programs among local youth, law enforcement and community

27 December – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Skadden ranked first among law firms representing the 40 largest debtors of 2005 in a survey conducted by The Deal’s Bankruptcy Insider (“Playing in the Big Leagues: The year’s largest filers and who advised them,” December 19). The firm advised on a total of eight

LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The more things change at law firms, the more they stay the same. Take marketing for example. “Nothing changes except at a “glacial” pace in law firms, and marketing is the one area that law firms simply abhor thinking or doing anything about,” says Patrick McEvoy, president of