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NEW YORK, May 10 – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network — A longtime owner of a seat on the New York Stock Exchange has brought a class-action suit against NYSE directors and Goldman Sachs, seeking an injunction to stop the NYSE’s proposed historic merger with electronic exchange Archipelago Holdings, Inc. The suit, filed in

10 May – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The United States Attorney’s Office announced that Perry Zheng, 51, of Cupertino, and William Jin, 44, of Sunnyvale, California, each pleaded guilty today in federal court to trafficking in counterfeit computer software before United States District Court Judge Ronald M. Whyte in San Jose. The

NEW YORK, May 9, 2005 – Winston & Strawn LLP announced today that Edmund S. Cohen and Deborah J. Goldstein have joined the New York office as partners in the tax practice. Cohen and Goldstein join the firm from Coudert Brothers LLP, where Cohen was chairman of the global tax practice for nearly 20 years

Statement by President Bush WASHINGTON, May 10 – LAWFUEL- The Law News Network — The following is a statement by President Bush: Four years ago today, I nominated Justice Priscilla Owen and Judge Terry Boyle to serve on the Federal courts of appeals. Four years later, neither has received an up-or-down vote in the Senate.

9 May – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – For the second time in as many years, the SCAS 50- a study of the top 50 plaintiff law firms in 2003 by Securities Class Action Services (SCAS), a subsidiary of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) – ranked BLB&G # 1 with the highest average settlement

9 May – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Mitchell L. Bach, member in the Litigation Division at Eckert Seamans Cherin and Mellott, LLC, was elected President of the Society Hill Synagogue in Center City Philadelphia, for a two-year term effective May 1, 2005. Mr. Bach is a member of the Business Law Section

9 May – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – LawFuel.com looks at how lawyers are faring in Australasia through the Asia Legal 25 survey. Slow head count growth, but steady revenue increases mark the survey.

9 May – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California announced that Vu Nguyen, 36, of Santa Ana, CA, was sentenced to 29 years, 8 months imprisonment today for his convictions for conspiracy, interference with commerce by robbery, and use of a firearm in

9 May – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – Blake Dawson Waldron (BDW) received two awards for work on major projects at the Australian Legal Business Awards event held in Melbourne on 29 April. The “Deals of the Year” Awards are made for the major deals and dealmakers in the Asia Pacific legal market

9 May – LAWFUEL – The Law News Network – LawFuel.com’s lead story from the Independent reveals Tony Blair’s legal woes in the form of a complaint to the International Criminal Court by the parents of dead British soldiers.