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TALLAHASSEE– LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Attorney General Charlie Crist today announced that Floridians can now utilize a new tool to help ensure the safety of their children and neighborhoods. Beginning today, Floridians and citizens across America can link to the Family Watchdog website through the Attorney General’s site at http://MyFloridaLegal.com. Family Watchdog

PHOENIX – 20 December – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Moustapha Lotfi ElJammal, 40, of Phoenix, was sentenced here late yesterday afternoon to 17½ years in prison by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell. ElJammal was found guilty by a jury, following a 17-day trial in February and March 2005, of 15 counts

DALLAS – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Insurers for a bankrupt Plano, TX-based Internet company have agreed to a settlement that will recoup more than $8 million for a group of former company shareholders and the bankruptcy trustee. The settlement was approved by the bankruptcy court this afternoon. Geoffrey Harper, a partner in

NEW YORK, December 20, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced today that Alan Tenenbaum has joined the firm as Shareholder in the Intellectual Property department in the New York office. Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Mr. Tenenbaum was a partner at White & Case.

HOUSTON – December 20, 2005 – LAWFUEL – Chadbourne & Parke LLP represented Freeport LNG Development, L.P. in the private placement of notes representing $383 million of debt. The notes were purchased by a group of nine institutional investors. The financing package closed on December 19. The funds from the notes will be used together

WASHINGTON, D.C. – 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, according to Howell W. Melton, Jr., the firm’s managing partner. Four associates and five senior counsel from the firm’s

Washington, DC (December 20, 2005) – Holland & Knight LLP today announces the completion of the Argon ST, Inc. (Nasdaq: STST) public offering of common stock at $29.00 per share. Holland & Knight LLP was sole legal counsel on the transaction for Argon. Fairfax, Virginia-based Argon ST, Inc. (NASDAQ:STST) designs, develops, and produces systems and

Washington, D.C., Dec. 19, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – As part of the Commission’s ongoing efforts to make financial disclosure more useful and accessible to investors, SEC Chairman Christopher Cox met today with representatives of the accounting and financial reporting software industry to express support for integrating interactive data capabilities into

OAKLAND – 20 December – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – United States Attorney Kevin V. Ryan announced that Leon I. Brown, Sr. pleaded guilty last Friday to willfully aiding and assisting in the preparation of 42 false and fraudulent income tax returns. This guilty plea is the result of an investigation by special

Man Structured $156,000 in Cash Deposits to Avoid Reporting Requirements 20 LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California announced that Yogesh K. Gandhi was sentenced late last Friday afternoon to 2 years in prison, and ordered to pay a $4,000 fine for unlawfully structuring