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Washington, D.C., Dec. 6, 2005 –LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Meyer Eisenberg, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Deputy General Counsel and Acting Director of the Division of Investment Management, announced that he will retire from the SEC in January. Eisenberg has accepted an appointment as Visiting Professor of Law at Willamette University College

NEW YORK, December 6, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP will help raise funds for The Childrens Storefront, an independent, tuition-free school in Harlem serving pre-school through eighth grade, by sponsoring the third annual Mens Mentoring Art Exhibit and Cocktail Reception. The exhibit, to be held December

7 December 2005, Hong Kong – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – International law firm Shearman & Sterling LLP is advising PetroChina Company Limited in connection with its landmark proposed privatization of Jilin Chemical Industrial Company Limited. Jilin Chemical, a majority owned affiliate of PetroChina, has domestic invested shares or “A shares” listed on

CHICAGO, Dec. 6 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Archipelago Holdings Inc. (PCX: AX), owner and operator of the Archipelago Exchange(R) (ArcaEx(R)), the nation’s first totally open, all-electronic stock exchange, today announced the certified results of its shareholder vote that approved its merger with the NYSE. A majority of the outstanding shares of

5 December – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – On the day he was scheduled to go on trial, an El Monte man pleaded guilty today to federal fraud charges, admitting that he participated in a telemarketing scam that collected $3.5 million from primarily elderly victims who told they were investing in various “collectibles”

CLEVELAND- -Dec. 6, 2005- LAWFUEL – The Law News Network -Ulmer & Berne LLP, a major Ohio-based law firm with four offices throughout the Midwest, announced today that it has elected Cash H. Mischka, Gina M. Saelinger, Denise M. Smith, and Patrick J. Tulley to the partnership. The firm also re-elected its Management Committee. “The

New York, NY – December 6, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP announced today that Robert Sidorsky has been named counsel in the litigation group, resident in the Firm’s New York office. Mr. Sidorsky was a litigation partner at Mullin Hoard & Brown where he served as managing

Washington, D.C., Dec. 6, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today the appointment of Michele Wein Layne as an Associate Regional Director for Enforcement in the Commission’s Pacific Regional Office, located in Los Angeles. In her new position, Layne will serve as co-head, with Briane Nelson

TOKYO and IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 5 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network — Toshiba Corporation and its subsidiary, Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC), today announced the filing of a notice of appeal to a higher court on portions of the decision of the Superior Court of the State of California in the case

5 December – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – A Virginia man who was the chief financial officer of L90, Inc., an Internet advertising firm now known as MaxWorldwide, Inc., was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison for conspiring to commit securities fraud. Thomas A. Sebastian, 39, of Vienna, Virginia, was sentenced