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15 December – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – A Moreno Valley man has been sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for collecting credit card account information through a waitress and other means, and using that information to generate counterfeit credit cards in his home. John Wesley Reshard, 42, was sentenced Wednesday by

New York – December 15, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP advised Stone Point Capital LLC and Harbor Point Limited in the capitalization of Harbor Point Limited and the closing of the acquisition of the ongoing assumed reinsurance business of Chubb Re, a subsidiary of The Chubb Corporation.

Washington, D.C., Dec. 15, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – SEC Chairman Christopher Cox met yesterday with Chairman Arthur Docters van Leeuwen of the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) to discuss International Financial Reporting Standards and other potential agenda items for collaborative efforts in 2006. The chairmen expressed their support for

15 December – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – A federal grand jury in Los Angeles this morning returned a 53-count indictment against Ralphs Grocery Company, the owner of about 300 Southland supermarkets, alleging that the company secretly rehired hundreds of locked-out employees under false names and false social security numbers during the 2003-2004

DETROIT, Dec. 15 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network — Four senior attorneys from the intellectual property team at Howard & Howard, including its leader, have joined the law firm of Dickinson Wright PLLC. Dickinson Wright is now one of the largest full-service providers of intellectual property and patent services in the state. Joining

14 December – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The European Commission has decided to ask France formally to modify its legislation preventing football and other sports clubs from being listed on stock markets. It views this as an unjustified barrier to the free movement of capital, in breach of the EC Treaty (Article

14 December – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Linklaters advised the lead arrangers and lenders BNP Paribas, Calyon, EBRD and ING Wholesale Banking on the greenfield project financing of AES Maritza East 1 which closed on 7 December. The project involves the development of a 2x300MW lignite-fired power plant fitted with FGD filters.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Andrew Anhh Nguyen, a Walnut, California resident, was charged by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles, California with conspiring to import plant specimens protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), the Department of Justice announced

New York, December 14, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP is proud to announce that, effective January 1, 2006, Lawrence P. Lenzner, Catherine Grevers Schmidt and Sarah E. Zgliniec will become partners of the firm and Karen R. Berry will become counsel to the firm. Lawrence

14 December – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Slaughter and May today announces that it has reached agreement for its Paris office to join Bredin Prat, the leading independent French law firm. The combination will enhance the position of Bredin Prat as one of the top ranking business law firms in France, bringing