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4 December – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Maples and Calder is to merge with Irelands Binchys in a move that completes the firm?s 10-year bid to become the first practice with coverage in all key offshore jurisdictions.

December 4, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – . Latham & Watkins LLP1 is pleased to announce that 30 associates, representing all five of the firm’s departments and 13 of its offices, were elected to the partnership, effective January 1, 2006. The 30 associates are in addition to the six counsel promoted

4 December – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – LawFuel.com’s lead story from the NY Times reports on an LA lawyer’s lawsuit against the Thomson Corporation over the Bar/Bri tests.

The firm represented a newly formed affiliate of Elevation Partners, L.P. in connection with its acquisition of Pandemic Studios, headquartered in Los Angeles, and BioWare Corp., headquartered in Edmonton, Canada, two leading independent video game developers. Elevation Partners is a newly formed private equity firm that makes large-scale investments in market-leading media, entertainment and consumer-related

NEW YORK Dec. 4, 2005- LAWFUEL – The Law News Network -The American Lawyer(R) reported today that managing partners of the nation’s largest law firms are bullish on their prospects for the upcoming year, predicting that their revenue and profit increases will outpace the economy in 2006. Almost half of the respondents plan to raise

MINNEAPOLIS-(Dec. 4, 2005- LAWFUEL – The Law News Network -Fargo Electronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:FRGO) today announced that it has received a ruling from the Federal District Court in Minnesota relating to a portion of its patent infringement complaint against IRIS Ltd. Inc., a Fleetwood, Pennsylvania company. The complaint, which has been ongoing since it was filed

3 December – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network When and where: — December 7, 2005, 8 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. — Windows on Minnesota–50th Floor of the IDS Tower — 710 Marquette Avenue–Minneapolis Topics include: — Findings from Fulbright’s 2005 Litigation Trends Survey–what 350 General Counsel said are the hottest litigation trends for companies

3 December – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Thelen Reid chairman Stephen V. O’Neal and Construction partner Paul W. Berning have co-authored the chapter on construction litigation for the critically acclaimed Second Edition of Business and Commercial Litigation in Federal Courts. This eight-volume, strategy-oriented treatise is the result of a joint project between

3 December – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – On November 29, 2005, Skadden won final approval on behalf of American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit of a nationwide class action settlement and received a permanent injunction against the primary objector in the case.

3 December – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – On November 28, the U.S. Supreme Court granted eBay Inc.’s petition for certiorari in the case of eBay Inc. v. MercExchange. Skadden is representing eBay in the case, in which the high court will consider the issue of whether federal courts have the discretion to