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Hodgson Russ LLP

Mark A. Harmon presenter at Securities Transfer Association conference
Hodgson Russ partner Mark A. Harmon presenter at Securities Transfer Association conference.

Mark A. Harmon, a partner in Hodgson Russ LLP’s Business Litigation Practice Group, presented at the Securities Transfer Association’s annual conference.

Mr. Harmon’s presentation, “Transfer agent litigation and liability: The perils and pitfalls of canceling shares,” was part of the three-day conference, held October 17-20 in Amelia Island, Florida. Mr. Harmon presented transfer litigation case studies to assist agents in recognizing where potential exposures exist and how to reduce the risk of litigation and financial loss. This was Mr. Harmon’s third consecutive year speaking at this conference.

Mr. Harmon's practice, which is concentrated in business and real estate litigation, includes providing advice to financial institutions and transfer agents and representing them in court proceedings dealing in securities-related issues. He also represents group homes and schools providing services to the multiply disabled.

11-09-2006

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Duane Morris, LLP

Bankruptcy Attorney John Weiss Joins Duane Morris in Chicago
Duane Morris LLP is pleased to welcome John R. Weiss, formerly of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, as a partner in its Chicago office. John joins the firm's Business Reorganization and Financial Restructuring Practice Group.

John focuses his practice on corporate restructurings and recapitalizations, loan defaults, workouts and bankruptcies. His practice on behalf of creditors focuses on representing banks, institutional investors, indenture trustees, and holders of publicly and privately placed debt securities in complex corporate and municipal situations. John has worked for traditional bank and finance company clients in straight loan and asset-based lending facilities; institutional investor clients in negotiated secured and unsecured private placement transactions; indenture trustees for and holders of debt securities issued by multinational corporations and municipalities; and committees of creditors formed either before or after a bankruptcy case is filed. He has extensive experience in representation of commercial mortgage lenders in foreclosure and bankruptcy proceedings. John also has practiced in workouts involving investor-owned electric utilities and sponsors/suppliers of asset securitization transactions. His practice on behalf of debtors includes companies in the golf, entertainment, hospitality, wire and cable, steel, trucking, aluminum smelting, and sampling businesses.

John is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Illinois, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Central Districts of Illinois, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Seventh and Eighth Circuits, and the U.S. Supreme Court. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, the American Bankruptcy Institute, and the Turnaround Management Association.

A 1982 graduate of Northwestern University, John earned his J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law in 1985.

11-09-2006

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Duane Morris, LLP

Prominent Construction Lawyer Charles B. Lewis Joins Duane Morris in Chicago
Duane Morris LLP is pleased to announce the arrival of Charles B. Lewis, formerly a partner at Jenkens & Gilchrist, as a partner in its Chicago office. Charlie joins the firm's Construction, Government Contracts and Surety Law Practice Group. Joining Charlie will be senior associate Jeffrey L. Hamera and paralegal Judy Coniglio.

Charlie has extensive experience in construction litigation and represents general contractors, construction managers, owners, architects, engineers, design builders, subcontractors and material suppliers in a wide array of business matters. He counsels clients on construction contracts, including claims for breach of contract, extras, delay, disruption, loss of productivity, excessive change orders, out-of-scope work and mechanic's liens. In addition, he is an arbitrator and mediator for the American Arbitration Association, the International Centre for Dispute Resolution, and a mediator for the Court Annexed Major Case Civil Mediation Program for Circuit Court of Cook County. Charlie is an active member of the Society of Illinois Construction Attorneys, a fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators, and a member of the Design/Build Task Force of the Illinois Road and Transportation Builders Association. He has written articles for the Constructor Executive, President & CEO Magazine, Chicago Building Congress, Edifice, Chicago Bar Journal, Construction Law News and Illinois Law Journal.

He earned his J.D. from the University of San Francisco School of Law in 1976 and his B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1972.

11-09-2006

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Duane Morris, LLP

Duane Morris Partner Sheila Hollis Named Finalist for Platts Global Energy Lifetime Achievement Award
Duane Morris LLP is pleased to announce that Sheila Slocum Hollis, a partner and leader in the Energy, Environment and Resources Practice Group in the firm's Washington, D.C. office, has been named a Lifetime Achievement Award finalist for the 2006 Platts Global Energy Awards. The organization will announce the winner at a ceremony to be held in New York on November 30. Sheila is the only attorney in private practice to be ever named a finalist for this honor.

The Platts Global Energy Awards recognize outstanding vision and achievement in the global energy industry. A leading provider of energy market news and information, Platts established the awards in 1999 to highlight the contributions to the energy world of individuals, community supporters and corporations. The Lifetime Achievement Award is presented to individuals "whose achievements are the product of a long and varied career of service, creativity, and insight, and who have gained widespread recognition and respect on the global stage," according to the Platts Web site. The finalists were chosen from more than 200 entrants by an impartial panel consisting of energy experts, regulators, corporate executives, academics and legislators.

Sheila is chair of the Washington, D.C. office and serves on the firm's Executive Committee and Partners' Board. She practices in the areas of energy transactional and regulatory law, and international and administrative law before government agencies, Congress and other entities. Sheila focuses on domestic and international energy, water and environmental matters, and represents governmental bodies and the power and natural gas industries. She has extensive energy policy and regulatory experience, having served as director of the Office of Enforcement of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and as a trial attorney for the Federal Power Commission. A fellow of the American Bar Association, she has held numerous leadership positions and serves in the ABA's House of Delegates. She also served on the Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary, among others. Sheila was recently named Chair of the Council of the ABA Fund for Justice and Education. She has played a central role in screening a U.S. Supreme Court candidate, and has received numerous awards and honors in recent years. The National Law Journal named Sheila among the nation's top 20 energy lawyers, and she has been honored as one of the "50 Key Women in Energy Worldwide" and the "Key Women in Energy - Americas." In 2003, Sheila was named "Woman of the Year" by the Women's Council on Energy and the Environment. She is listed in Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Law, the International Who's Who of Oil & Gas Lawyers and other biographical directories, and is a frequent speaker and writer on issues of energy law. She served as a professorial lecturer in energy law at The George Washington University Law School for twenty years.

Sheila earned her J.D. from the University of Denver College of Law in 1973 and graduated, cum laude, in general studies and with honors in journalism from the University of Colorado in 1971. She is admitted to practice in Washington, D.C. and Colorado.

11-09-2006

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Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP

CRAVATH REPRESENTS NEW YORK CITY IN SECURING $280 MILLION IRS SETTLEMENT
Cravath represented New York City in a lawsuit against the United States that, through settlement, has resulted in the second largest IRS refund in City history. The lawsuit, brought by the City, involved a claim of wrongful Social Security and Medicare contributions imposed on certain members of the City's uniformed services and sought a judgment awarding a refund of both the employer's and the employees' share of these contributions paid on certain Line-of-Duty-Injury payments. In the settlement, the IRS agrees to refund $140 million to approximately 73,000 individual city employees and another $140 million to the City.
Cravath partner John E. Beerbower and associate Radu A. Lelutiu represented the City in its lawsuit. The Firm volunteered in 2003 to assist in the litigation phase of the case as part of the Law Department's Public Service Program.

11-09-2006

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Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP

FIFTEEN CRAVATH PARTNERS CHOSEN AS LEADING LAWYERS BY LAWDRAGON
Cravath partners Robert D. Joffe, Allen Finkelson, Alan C. Stephenson, Evan R. Chesler, Michael L. Schler, Kris F. Heinzelman, B. Robbins Kiessling, Philip A. Gelston, Francis P. Barron, Richard W. Clary, Robert H. Baron, C. Allen Parker, Katherine B. Forrest, Keith R. Hummel and Daniel Slifkin have been named Leading Lawyers in America by Lawdragon magazine in its Fall 2006 issue. The list, called the Lawdragon 500, is comprised of private lawyers from a wide range of practices, as well as in-house counsel, law professors, judges and neutrals, government attorneys, and public interest lawyers. Those named to the list represent less than one-half of one percent of the legal profession, placing them among the most elite group of legal professionals. Lawdragon used a combination of online balloting, peer review and independent research to arrive at its list of the top 500 Leading Lawyers in America.

11-09-2006

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Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, L.L.P.

3M in Sale of Global Branded Pharmaceuticals Business
Cleary Gottlieb is representing 3M in connection with the pending sale of its global branded pharmaceuticals business for approximately $2.1 billion. 3M is selling the U.S., Canadian, and Latin American operations to Graceway Pharmaceuticals Inc.; its European business to Meda AB, a Swedish specialty pharma company; and its Asia Pacific operations, including in Australia and South Africa, to the Australian private equity firms Ironbridge Capital and Archer Capital. The transactions, which were announced on November 9th, are expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2006.

3M is a global diversified technology company. Well-known 3M brands include Thinsulate, Scotchgard fabric protectors, Post-it Notes, Scotch-Brite scouring products, and Scotch tapes.

11-09-2006

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