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PARIS, December 7, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced today that William Laurence “Laurie” Craig, one of the deans of the international arbitration bar, is joining the firm as senior counsel. A partner with Coudert Frères in Paris for more than 30 years, Craig was the

9 December – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Linklaters has advised Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and the Royal Bank of Scotland in their various capacities on a £1.25 billion acquisition loan; a £275 million convertible bond and a £75 million equity raising, relating to the £2.68 billion acquisition by Punch Taverns plc of Spirit

Philadelphia, Pa. – December 9, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Twelve lawyers from Pepper Hamilton LLP’s Philadelphia and Berwyn offices have been named “Rising Stars” in the 2005 edition of Super Lawyers – Pennsylvania Rising Stars. “Rising Stars” are lawyers recognized in a survey of fellow lawyers as the best lawyers

DALLAS – LAWFUEL- The Law News Network – National law firm Fish & Richardson P.C. is pleased to announce the addition of Tim K. Brown as an associate in the firm’s Dallas office. Mr. Brown will practice intellectual property and patent litigation. “I am honored to have the chance to practice at a firm that

NEW YORK, Dec. 9 – LAWFUEL- The Law News Network– Wolf Popper LLP has filed a securities fraud lawsuit against EVCI Career Colleges Holding Corp. (“EVCI”) (Nasdaq: EVCI) and certain of its officers and directors, on behalf of all persons who purchased EVCI securities on the open market during the period November 14, 2003 through

WASHINGTON, D.C., December 8, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Bingham McCutchen LLP, an 850- attorney law firm with 11 offices, and Swidler Berlin LLP, a 140-attorney, Washington-based firm, have signed a letter of intent to merge by the end of the first quarter of 2006. The merger is subject to due

NEW YORK, December 8, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The international law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP announced today that Neil Novikoff has joined the firm as Shareholder in the Corporate & Securities department in the New York office. Prior to joining Greenberg Traurig, Mr. Novikoff was a partner at Willkie, Farr

PHOENIX – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Roger Mason, 59, former President of American Bantrust Mortgage Services Corporation (ABM) and currently of Truro, Iowa, and Sheila Johnson, 50, former Treasurer of ABM Services Corporation, of Phoenix, pleaded guilty here to Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud before U.S. District Judge James A. Teilborg. Mason

PHOENIX –LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Derrick McCreary, 34, of Chandler, Ariz., was sentenced to 38.5 years in prison and John Freeman Hunter, 34, of Los Angeles, Calif. was sentenced to 42 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Martone. Both defendants had been found guilty here by a federal jury

NEWARK, N.J., Dec. 8 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione, one of the region’s leading law firms, announces the expansion of its Philadelphia office with the addition of 25 attorneys from Hecker Brown Sherry and Johnson, a prominent Philadelphia civil litigation boutique. This expansion is a