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16 December – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – A man who ran a gigantic Ponzi scheme and continued to offer bogus investments in accounts receivable “factoring” after being ordered to stop by a federal judge was sentenced this morning to 240 months in federal prison. Larry Toshio Osaki, 57, of Upland, was sentenced

HOUSTON – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP announces the addition of E. Daniel Leightman as a partner in the firm’s tax section. He will practice in the firm’s Houston office. Prior to joining Gardere, Leightman was the Vice President of Tax at Cooper Industries, a worldwide electrical products, tools

16 December – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – This afternoon, in United States District Court in Los Angeles, pursuant to a plea agreement with the government, Katrina Leung entered guilty pleas to two felony charges: making false statements to the FBI in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001, and subscribing to a false

NEW YORK, NY — LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – 12/15/2005 — Notice is hereby given that a class action has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of all persons who purchased the common stock of EVCI Career Colleges Holdings Corp. (“EVCI” or

Moscow, 15 December 2005 –LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Baker & McKenzie today announced its role as advisor to HVB Group, a member of the UniCredit Group, as the arranger of Russia’s first “true sale” securitization of consumer loan receivables for Russian Standard Bank (RSB). The transaction, which closed 30 November 2005, securitized

PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 15 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network — Cooley Godward LLP clients NCsoft Corporation and NC Interactive, Inc., along with Cryptic Studios, Inc., reached an amicable settlement yesterday with Marvel Entertainment, Inc. and Marvel Enterprises, Inc. of a closely-watched copyright and trademark case Marvel brought over the highly popular multiplayer

Defendant Had Accepted Employment Offer of Vice President Position At Competitor Firm SAN FRANCISCO – 15 December -LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – United States Attorney Kevin V. Ryan announced that Mehdi Matt Rashidi, 44, of Pleasanton, California, pleaded guilty on Thursday afternoon for misappropriating trade secrets from his former employer. According to court

15 December – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is pleased to announce the election of its new joint senior partners. They are Konstantin Mettenheimer, currently joint senior partner based in the firm’s Frankfurt office, and Guy Morton, a London-based corporate partner. The senior partners have been elected by the firm’s

London, 15 December, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The London office of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP represented Providence Equity Partners (Providence) in its agreement to buy-out its partners’ interests in Kabel Deutschland (KDG), Europe’s largest cable company with 9.6 million customers. The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The

London, 15 December 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP’s London and Moscow offices advised OJSC Novolipetsk Steel on the secondary offering by its controlling shareholder of shares and Global Depositary Shares, and the admission of the company to the Official List and to trading on the London Stock