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SAN DIEGO, Nov. 15 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network — On November 2, 2005, the law firm of Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP (“Lerach Coughlin”) (http://www.lerachlaw.com/cases/firstbancorp/) filed a complaint on behalf of purchasers of First BanCorp. (“First BanCorp”) (NYSE: FBP – News). The complaint alleges a series of false and

LONDON (November 15, 2005) – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Former Financial Services Authority (FSA) Senior Enforcement officials, Peter Bibby and Helen Marshall, have joined Bingham McCutchen as partners in the firm’s London office. Bibby and Marshall, together with a team of associates, will add a leading financial services regulatory practice to Bingham’s

16 November – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – LawFuel’s lead story from the New York Times reports on the denial of bail to a senior KPMG executive charged with engineering a tax shelter fraud for the rich

Hong Kong – 16 November 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Hong Kong office of international law firm Clifford Chance is advising China Netcom Group Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited (“CNC”), a company listed on the Hong Kong and New York Stock Exchanges, on its strategic alliance with Telefónica Internacional S.A. (Telefónica)

Move Expands Special Investigations and SEC Enforcement Areas New York, NY – November 15, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP announced today that Douglas R. Jensen, 50, has been named counsel in the litigation group, resident in the Firm’s New York office. A

BALTIMORE November 14, 2005 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Ober|Kaler announced today that Raymond Daniel Burke, one of the region’s top construction lawyers, has joined the firm as a principal. Mr. Burke, who has practiced law for more than 27 years, focuses on construction and real estate development law with a recognized

(November 14, 2005, Paris, France) LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – –Reed Smith LLP, a top-25 international law firm has announced the opening of a Paris office and the election of four new French partners, including two high-profile attorneys Mathieu Rambaud and Benoit Charot from the leading Paris law firm, Rambaud Martel. Mathieu Rambaud

SAN FRANCISCO – 15 November – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – United States Attorney Kevin V. Ryan and IRS-Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Roger L. Wirth announced that a federal grand jury in San Francisco indicted Minesh Krishnadas Mehta, of South San Francisco, for evading nearly half a million dollars in taxes

Washington, D.C., Nov. 14, 2005 — LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox has designated Scott Taub to serve as Acting Chief Accountant for the SEC. Mr. Taub has served as the Commission’s Deputy Chief Accountant since September 2002. Prior to joining the Commission’s staff, he was a

(New York) – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The Lanier Law Firm, the Houston-based litigation powerhouse that recently won the nation’s first VIOXX-related jury verdict, has opened an office in New York City. The New York Office will operate as The Lanier Law Firm, P.L.L.C. Heading the office will be the firm’s founder