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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17, 2008 — LAWFUEL – Legal Announcements – Rachelle DeGregory has joined Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP as Chief Knowledge Officer. A former practicing attorney, DeGregory was most recently Director of Industry Relations at LexisNexis Litigation Services. She is based in Sheppard Mullin’s Los Angeles office. DeGregory’s role is to develop

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 16, 2008 — LAWFUEL – Legal Announcement Service – Donna D. Jones has been named the 2008 chair of the Downtown San Diego Partnership. Jones is a partner in the Real Estate, Land Use and Environmental practice group of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton’s San Diego office. The Downtown San Diego Partnership

Firm’s D.C. Office Expands Prominent Government Contracts Practice WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 14, 2008 — LAWFUEL – Government Legal Announcements – W. Bruce Shirk has joined the Washington, D.C. office of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP in the firm’s Government Contracts practice group. Shirk most recently led Powell Goldstein’s Government Contracts practice in Washington, D.C.

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 14, 2008 — LAWFUEL – Dana J. Dunwoody has been named the new office administrative partner of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton’s San Diego office. Dunwoody succeeds Laura Taylor in the position, following Taylor’s recent appointment to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. “With excellent organizational skills, a strong work ethic, a fair mind

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – January 16, 2008 (Mountain View and San Francisco, CA) – Fenwick & West LLP represented MySQL AB in its recently announced acquisition by Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA). Sun will pay approximately $800 million in cash in exchange for all MySQL stock and assume approximately $200 million in options,

LAWFUEL – The Legal Newswire – LOS ANGELES, Jan. 16, 2008 – Five former nursing home employees filed a class action complaint in federal court today for damages suffered when their employer, Pleasant Care, retroactively terminated their health care coverage and the coverage of about 5,000 other, similarly-situated employees. Plaintiffs’ counsel, David Vendler of Morris

TALLAHASSEE, FL – LAWFUEL – Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that his CyberFraud Task Force has reached a $1 million settlement with a Delaware company operating out of Florida. World Avenue, LLC, promotes internet-marketed goods and services, particularly free gifts to consumers who sign up for offers on the internet. The agreement creates new

Tokyo, January 16, 2008 – LAWFUEL – Law Firm Newswire – Baker & McKenzie GJBJ Tokyo Aoyama Aoki Koma Law Office announced today that it had formed an Antitrust Practice Group, expanding the Firm’s international and domestic practice in Japan. The Tokyo Antitrust Practice Group comprises of a core group of 7 lawyers and is

LAWFUEL – R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Anthony V. Mangione, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Robert Parker, Director, Miami-Dade Police Department, Julie Torres, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and Amos Rojas, Jr., Special Agent in Charge, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, announced

LAWFUEL – Investment & Legal – SEC Sues Foreign Trader for Fraudulent Account Intrusion Scheme to Control Prices at Which He Purchased and Sold Options The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the filing of a complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against Anatoly Russ, a Russian