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Larson · King, LLP

David Prince discusses Philip Morris ruling on Legal Talk Network
David Prince was among a panel of experts on the weekly webcast Lawyer 2 Lawyer discussing the February 20, 2007 Supreme Court ruling on Philip Morris USA v. Williams. Lawyer 2 Lawyer is webcast on the Legal Talk Network , an interactive Internet radio network for the legal community.

02-26-2007

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Greenberg Traurig Ranked #1 in Trademark Litigation.
Companies overwhelmingly choose Greenberg Traurig LLP litigators to represent them when protection of valuable trademarks and brand integrity is at stake according to IP Law360. In the online publication’s survey of the 2006 federal dockets, it found that Greenberg Traurig was involved in 148 trademark litigation cases – more than three times that of its nearest competitor. The publication notes in its article that “Greenberg Traurig, LLP has emerged by a wide margin as the top trademark litigator in the United States in 2006....Greenberg Traurig took on a whopping 148 new cases in 2006, representing a lead of more than 100 cases over the runner-up.”

Terry Clark, co-chair of Greenberg Traurig’s intellectual property practice, said “For today’s corporations, intellectual property can be a source of both major revenue and considerable risk. As infringement and counterfeiting cases have become more common, companies have seen the potential costs involved in protecting their IP rights rise dramatically. Enforcing IP rights against infringement often requires quick and decisive action to secure injunctive relief and experienced advocacy to recover monetary damages. GT provides IP protection and enforcement with both the wide-ranging experience of a boutique and the staff and resources of an international firm.”

In addition to the number one trademark litigation ranking, IP Law360 also ranked Greenberg Traurig number three in the area of patent litigation, as well as number eight for copyright litigation, among the firms that took on the most cases in these areas in 2006.

02-26-2007

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McKee Nelson LLP

Respected Securities Litigators Join McKee Nelson LLP
The law firm of McKee Nelson LLP announced today its expansion with the addition of a highly respected, six-partner business litigation practice that focuses on the defense of lawsuits involving complex financial transactions. The litigation defense group adds a new dimension to McKee Nelson’s capital markets transactions practice which, in 2006, advised issuers and underwriters in connection with the sale of over $800 billion in securities – more than any other law firm in the world.

Led by Jeffrey Q. Smith and including Steven G. Brody, Susan F. DiCicco, Scott E. Eckas, Michael M. Gordon, and Jennifer Hurley McGay, McKee Nelson’s new business litigation partners come to the firm from the New York office of King & Spalding. When fully staffed the group will be composed of about 25 lawyers and will increase the number of McKee Nelson lawyers to more than 200.

Reed Auerbach, Managing Partner of McKee Nelson’s New York office and a leader of the firm’s capital markets practice, notes, “A huge portion of the U.S. economy is financed by complex securities transactions. They almost always work as anticipated, but in those rare cases in which a deal goes wrong, the cost to the participants can be enormous. Successfully managing a problem transaction requires experienced litigators who also have a deep understanding of both the capital markets and complex transactions. Our new partners have those unique qualifications.” New partner Jeff Smith adds, “Our practice aligns almost perfectly with McKee Nelson’s existing capital markets transaction practice and its other enforcement practices. We represent the same clients, speak the same language, and focus on similar financial transactions.”

According to Will Nelson, the firm’s Managing Partner, all clients, whether they are working with the new litigation practice or with its transaction practices, will benefit from the addition: “Our new partners will enhance our ability to plan and execute transactions by helping us avoid the mistakes of others. At the same time, he says, “their ability to defend transactions will be enhanced by the technical and real time market knowledge of our transaction lawyers.”

On the subject of possible future acquisitions, Nelson says: “We don’t seek to add lawyers for growth’s sake. However, we are always interested in adding top practices that focus on our financial institutions and Fortune 500 client base and complement our existing capital markets, financial products, tax and enforcement practices.

02-26-2007

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McCarter & English, Attorneys At Law

McCarter & English featured in Connecticut Law Tribune regarding the firm's expansion in Connecticut
Hartford partners David Bizar, Pamela Moore and Moy Ogilvie and Stamford
partner Charles Lee are featured in Connecticut Law Tribune. Article quotes Hartford managing partner William Bright on the firm's expansion in the state.

02-26-2007

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Husch & Eppenberger, LLC

Husch & Eppenberger, LLC Announces Illinois "Super Lawyers®"
Husch & Eppenberger, LLC is proud to announce the names of those Husch attorneys who were named "Super Lawyers®" in the 2007 edition of Illinois Super Lawyers: Stephen M. Buck (Business Litigation), David L. Higgs (Business/Corporate), and Brian W. Ruddell (Employee Benefits/ERISA).

Mr. Buck is a Member of the General Business Litigation Practice Group in Husch's Peoria, Illinois office. He represents clients before state and federal courts in the areas of business, commercial, ERISA, and intellectual property litigation.

Mr. Higgs is a Member of the Tax & Estate Planning Practice Group in Husch's Peoria, Illinois office. He concentrates his practice in the areas of individual and business planning, with an emphasis on employee benefits, estate planning, business and succession planning, and other related activities.

Mr. Ruddell heads the Business Transactions Practice Group in the Peoria, Illinois office and he is a member of Husch's Management Committee. He is primarily responsible for qualified retirement plans and employee benefits, health law, and corporations and tax-exempt organizations.

Nominated by their peers, only 5% of attorneys in Illinois were named "Super Lawyers." Illinois Super Lawyers is published annually by Law & Politics.

02-26-2007

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Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP

Osgoode Hall Law School Students win 34th Annual FMC Gale Cup Moot
Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP, one of Canada’s leading business law firms, announced today that a team of law students from Osgoode Hall Law School has won top honours at the 2007 FMC Gale Cup Moot, Canada’s premier bilingual mooting competition held this past weekend at historic Osgoode Hall, the seat of Ontario’s highest court.

The four-member team beat out 18 other Canadian law school teams by arguing their "moot" – or hypothetical case – before a panel of judges from across the country. The moot, which simulates an actual court hearing, was based on Montreal’s infamous R. v. Labaye "swingers’ club case" decision of 2005, in which the Supreme Court of Canada held that a private club in Montreal was not a "common bawdy house," as it did not pose a significant risk of harm to society, and was therefore not promoting indecent criminal conduct.

It was Osgoode Hall’s third time winning the Gale Cup Moot. As the winning team, they now have the opportunity to travel to Kenya in September 2007 to compete in the Commonwealth Mooting Competition.

"Once again, the Gale Cup Moot brought out the best and the brightest students from Canadian law schools who exhibited an exemplary command of legal expertise and courtroom knowledge and procedures," says Chris Pinnington, Managing Partner, FMC Toronto. "The winning team did an outstanding job presenting its case and I commend them and their coaches on their delivery, creativity and flair. Judging from what we saw at this year’s competition, Canadians have a lot to look forward to when these exceptional students are called to the Bar."

Second place went to the team from Queen’s University, followed by University of Toronto in third place and University of Victoria in fourth place.

The prize-winning teams were recognized at the awards banquet on Saturday evening by Master of Ceremonies Senator David P. Smith, P.C., Q.C., Chairman Emeritus, FMC.

Named after former Ontario Chief Justice George A. Gale, the FMC Gale Cup Moot is Canada’s premier bilingual moot competition. The Gale provides a particularly valuable experience for students in that it uses real judges and occurs in a courtroom instead of a mock venue. This year’s panel of finalist judges consisted of Mr. Justice Robert Blair of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, Mr. Justice Marc Beauregard of the Québec Court of Appeal and Mr. Justice Ross Goodwin of the Québec Superior Court.

This marks the 27th year that Frank Bowman, Partner, FMC Toronto, has been involved with the annual moot competition. The company has been a major sponsor of the event since 2000. An adamant supporter of education, FMC currently employs many articling students and many of its partners teach at law schools across Canada.
"The Gale Cup Moot provides a marvelous opportunity for Canada’s prospective lawyers to hone their litigation skills and familiarize themselves with high-level legal proceedings," says Frank Bowman, Partner, FMC Toronto. "It gives them hands-on experience so they will be better prepared to tackle Canada’s challenging and dynamic legal landscape.

02-26-2007

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Crowell & Moring LLP

Crowell & Moring Adds Nine Lawyer Financial Institutions Team In New York
Crowell & Moring LLP has bolstered its New York office through the addition of nine financial services and distressed debt lawyers, including partners William M. O’Connor, Robert G. Frucht, and Evelyn H. Seeler. The team, whose representative institutional and hedge fund clients include Wachovia Bank, Lehman Brothers, UBS, and Silver Point Capital, joins Crowell & Moring’s Corporate and Litigation groups. Crowell & Moring’s New York office will now comprise 29 lawyers after opening just five months ago. The lawyers come from Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC.

"We are thrilled to bring on a team that comes with long-standing connections to Wall Street and rich experience in the financial services arena. Our Corporate Group has served clients on the transactional side for many years, across our U.S. and European offices. We are now poised to expand the range of services we provide clients, particularly financial institutions who need the interdisciplinary counsel of a law firm that operates internationally," said Kent A. Gardiner, Crowell & Moring chairman.

O'Connor, who leads the financial institutions team coming to Crowell & Moring, is a former member of Buchanan’s Board of Directors and managing shareholder of its New York office. He will lead the New York-based creditors’ rights team that represents leading financial institutions in a range of concerns, including litigation, loan workouts, bankruptcies, restructurings, debt portfolio acquisitions, international documentary credits, multinational insolvencies, and Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act cases. The team also includes partners Seeler and Frucht and consists of seasoned transactional and trial lawyers who work to solve the diverse challenges that its financial clients confront—from conducting due diligence in distressed deals for hedge funds to advising on public and private offerings on debt and equity securities.

In addition to the three partners, the team includes four counsel: Douglas R. Arntsen, Timothy J. Fierst, Prassana Mahadeva, and James Maisano. Associates joining the firm include Genelle R. Francis and Jamie Krapf.
“It is exciting to help build a New York office with a firm that has a premier track record in achieving its strategic vision while maintaining its core values of who they are and how they engage in client service. Our team will join with Crowell & Moring’s growing corporate and litigation practices to expand the scope of services the firm provides, and I am particularly eager to work with the London and Brussels offices as my clients and their interests become increasingly international,” said O’Connor.

In 2006, the firm's Corporate Group was ranked by The Legal 500 US-Volume I (Corporate and Finance) for its mergers and acquisitions work. Crowell & Moring LLP is a full-service law firm with nearly 350 lawyers practicing in litigation, antitrust, government contracts, corporate, intellectual property and more than 40 other practice areas. More than two-thirds of the firm's lawyers regularly litigate disputes on behalf of domestic and international corporations, start-up businesses, and individuals. Crowell & Moring's extensive client work ranges from advising on one of the world's largest telecommunications mergers to representing governments and corporations on international arbitration matters. Based in Washington, D.C., the firm also has offices in California, New York, London, and Brussels.

Editor's Notes:

All lawyers will be members of the Corporate and Litigation Groups at Crowell & Moring.

Partner and Counsel Profiles

Partner William M. O'Connor is a financial institutions lawyer whose representative client list includes leading financial institutions, including Brickman Associates, JE Robert Companies, and Midland Loan Services, Inc. In addition to his creditor’s rights, distressed debt, and bankruptcy work, O’Connor also has an active international practice involving infrastructure and project finance. He is a member of the Creditor’s Rights Committee of the New York State Bar Association’s Commercial and Federal Litigation Section, and on the professional ethics committee of the Westchester Bar Association. O’Connor serves as deputy supervisor of the Town of Pelham, N.Y. He obtained his law degree from Fordham University.

Partner Evelyn H. Seeler focuses her practice on creditors’ rights litigation, lender defense litigation, loan workouts, bankruptcy litigation, foreclosures, general commercial litigation, and landlord-tenant litigation. She represents Wall Street institutions, money center banks, and other lenders. She obtained her law degree from St. John’s University School of Law.

Partner Robert G. Frucht focuses his practice on various matters, including private equity, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, fund formation, public and private offerings of debt and equity securities, complex restructurings and counseling on general corporate matters and compliance with federal securities law, including Sarbanes-Oxley. He obtained his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

Counsel Douglas R. Arntsen focuses his practice on representing lenders, other capital providers, borrowers, sellers, and purchasers in connection with mortgage loans, term loans, revolving lines of credit and other credit arrangements secured by real estate and large banks who enforce their contractual rights under loan documents within the area of commercial litigation. He obtained his law degree from Seton Hall Law School, and an LLM in Banking, Corporate and Finance from Fordham University.

Counsel Timothy J. Fierst concentrates his practice on a wide range of issues affecting financial institutions and individuals, including banking, real estate, lien law, corporate, and commercial finance transactions. He obtained his law degree from St. John’s University School of Law.

Counsel Prassana Mahadeva represents hedge funds, lending institutions, master and special servicers, opportunity funds, and other financial institutions in the acquisition and disposition of distressed debt facilities, workouts, commercial litigation, and related transactional matters. He obtained his law degree from Brooklyn Law School.

Counsel James Maisano represents clients in matters involving state and federal civil litigation, including commercial litigation, arbitrations, real estate and administrative actions. In 2005, Maisano was elected to his fifth term on the Westchester County Board of Legislators. He obtained his law degree from University of Buffalo School of Law.

02-26-2007

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