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1 December – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Linklaters has advised DP World, the global ports business of Ports Customs and Free Zone Corporation, Dubai, on its £3.4 billion recommended acquisition of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (‘P&O’). The takeover, announced on 29 November 2005, was made by Thunder FZE, a

Washington, D.C., Nov. 30, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Giovanni Prezioso, General Counsel of the Securities and Exchange Commission, announced today that he will leave the Commission to return to the private sector. Prezioso, 47, was named General Counsel in April 2002. He has not yet accepted another position and will

New York, November 29, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Greenberg Traurig will receive the Law Firm Award tonight at inMotion’s 7th annual Commitment to Justice Awards. The firm is being honored for its outstanding commitment to pro bono services and ongoing support of inMotion, a New York City-based non-profit organization that

LawFuel – The Law News Network – The Mercury News reports that the House Committee on Government Reform, chaired by Congressmen Tom Davis and Henry Waxman and championed by Senators John McCain and Jim Bunning, threatened to pass legislation to toughen baseball’s steroid policy if commissioner Bud Selig and union president Donald Fehr didn’t do

Galveston jury says Ocwen Federal Bank forced woman into bankruptcy GALVESTON, TX – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – A Galveston County jury has awarded a Texas City woman $11.5 million after finding that West Palm Beach, Fla.-based Ocwen Federal Bank engaged in a scheme of unfair, unlawful and deceptive business practices in its

30 November 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – LawFuel.com’s lead story from the New York Law Journal looks at the results from the NYLJ’s 28th annual listing of the top law firms in the US.

Washington D.C./Houston – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The international law firm of Fulbright & Jaworski announces today the expansion of its Middle East practice through the establishment of a presence in Dubai and Riyadh. Joining the firm to lead the Middle East practice is partner John V. Lonsberg, along with partner Mark

Washington, D.C., Nov. 29, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to propose for public comment rules that would allow companies and other persons to use the Internet to satisfy proxy material delivery requirements. Introduction When a person solicits a proxy from the shareholders of a

WASHINGTON, D.C. – For the second year in a row, Holland & Knight LLP is listed as the #1 bankruptcy law firm in the U.S. by The Deal. Holland & Knight had 267 active bankruptcy cases as of Sept. 30, 2005, the highest number of any law firm. Holland & Knight partners Robert Labate, John

29 November – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – A 56-year-old Brea man has been sentenced to188 months in federal prison for falsely certifying flight-critical aircraft parts sold by his company and for selling parts for military jet fighters to China. Amanullah Khan was sentenced Monday evening by United States District Judge David O.