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New York – (December 19, 2005) – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is pleased to announce that Pierre-Pascal Bruneau, a leading French transactional tax lawyer, will join its Paris office as a partner in early 2006. Mr. Bruneau is a widely recognized leader in providing tax and structuring advice

Washington, D.C., Dec. 19, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it filed and settled insider trading charges both against an accountant and a former executive of Sirius Satellite Radio, Inc. who illegally profited from advance knowledge of radio personality Howard Stern’s $500 million contract

TUCSON, Ariz. – LAWFUEL – The law News Network – Jason Langlois, 35, of Mesa, Ariz., was sentenced here to 36 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Raner C. Collins. Langlois had pleaded guilty on June 23, 2005 to Possession of Child Pornography. The 36-month prison term will be followed by lifetime supervised release

20 December – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Allen & Overy has advised ING Bank N.V. on the refinancing of PrimaCom. The financial restructuring of the cable network operator based in Mainz, Germany was successfully completed to secure the future of the PrimaCom group. The mandate included advising ING Bank N.V. in connection

20 December – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Two store owners and a third man were charged today in a federal copyright infringement case for selling modified Xbox game consoles that allowed the machines to play pirated video games copied onto a hard drive installed in the console. A criminal complaint filed in

LOS ANGELES – December 19, 2005 – 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. Two associates and one senior counsel from the firm’s Los Angeles office were elevated to partner

BOSTON – December 19, 2005 – 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. In the Boston office, Andrew Upton was elevated from associate to the partnership. A member of the

SAN FRANCISCO – December 19, 2005 – 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. Joseph Fletcher of the firm’s San Francisco office was elevated to partner status. A member of

WILMINGTON, Del., Dec. 19 – LAWFUEL- The Law News Network — Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP prevails on behalf of Pfizer in one of the most widely publicized and economically significant patent cases. Connolly Bove successfully protected Pfizer’s patent rights to Lipitor(R), the biggest selling drug in the world. Building on decades of landmark

BOSTON, Dec. 18 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network — A Canadian national has been arrested in Canada on a provisional arrest warrant for extradition to the United States to face charges related to his alleged procurement of munitions for Al Qaeda. United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan; Kenneth W. Kaiser, Special Agent in