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Kirkland & Ellis

Kirkland & Ellis LLP Captures Victory for BASF After Seven-Week Jury Trial
Kirkland & Ellis LLP announced today that a jury in Morris County, N.J., has ruled in favor of client BASF, in a contract dispute lawsuit against Lyondell Chemical.

Following a seven-week trial, the jury deliberated for three days before ordering Lyondell to pay BASF $170 million in damages. BASF had sued Lyondell for overcharging it for propylene oxide, a compound that BASF uses to make polyols, a substance used in making all sorts of goods, from foam to gym floors to adhesives.

The Kirkland trial team was led by Washington, D.C. partners Eugene F. Assaf and Daniel T. Donovan. Other key members of the team included associates Jennifer K. Hardy, Christopher C. Posteraro, Bridget K. O'Connor and B. Michael Ortwein III. Partners Gregg F. Locascio and Rebecca Ruby Anzidai also assisted during the case.

Opposing counsel were Lee Godfrey and Vineet Bhatia of Susman Godfrey in Houston.

08-13-2007

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King & Spalding

King & Spalding’s Growth Continues in New York Firm Expands IP Litigation Practice with Addition of Two New Partners
In a significant boost to its growing intellectual property practice and New York presence, King & Spalding, a leading international law firm, announced today the addition of two new prominent partners: Scott T. Weingaertner and Robert A. Whitman. Their arrival marks seven new IP partners in the New York office and twelve new IP partners in the firm since September 2006.

Weingaertner joins King & Spalding from White & Case and Whitman from Goodwin Procter.

"The addition of these talented attorneys will greatly expand the depth of intellectual property services that we provide to our clients from our New York office and across the firm," said Robert Perry, managing partner of the New York office. "Their extensive patent litigation and counseling experience will add considerable strength to our already strong capabilities in those areas."

Weingaertner focuses on intellectual property litigation and counseling with particular experience handling disputes regarding patent infringement, licenses and employee trade secret misappropriation, as well as patent interferences and ex parte procedures before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He is well versed in the technology areas of semiconductors and other electronics, computer software, medical and other mechanical devices, and financial services. He earned S.B. and S.M. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.

Whitman has more than 15 years of patent litigation experience across a broad spectrum of technologies, including software, computer hardware, semiconductor design and fabrication, medical devices, electronic components, networking, data and voice communications and video processing. Whitman’s practice also includes licensing, opinion work and the acquisition and management of intellectual property rights. He received a B.S.E.E. from Rutgers University, and a J.D. from Seton Hall University.

"King & Spalding has assembled one of the premiere intellectual property litigation groups in the country," said Robert Whitman. "Having worked with many of the firm’s lawyers before, I am familiar with King & Spalding’s distinguished IP team, and I am excited to be part of that team now."

King & Spalding’s New York IP team was established in 2001 with a strong focus on domestic and international trademark protection and litigation, and has grown to 35 lawyers and patent agents handling a wide variety of IP matters. The firm’s IP practice overall now numbers over 100 lawyers and patent agents.

King & Spalding’s New York office employs 130 attorneys practicing in a variety of areas including banking, business litigation, corporate finance, energy, financial restructuring, intellectual property, Islamic finance, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, tax and real estate, among others.

08-13-2007

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Jackson Walker L.L.P.

Christopher Rourk appointed to the One-Call Board of Texas
JW partner Christopher Rourk was recently nominated by the Governor of Texas and confirmed by the Texas Senate to the One-Call Board of Texas (OCB). The purpose of the OCB is to establish and operate a "one-call" excavation safety and underground facility damage prevention notification system designed to provide excavators with the capability to make only one call before excavating. More information about the One-Call Board of Texas can be found at www.onecalltexas.com.

Mr. Rourk is an Intellectual Property and Technology attorney with extensive experience working with clients in the semiconductor, software and telecom fields.

08-13-2007

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Thompson & Knight LLP

T&K Gains Litigation Expert in Dallas
The international law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce Jackie Robinson has joined the Firm as a Partner in the Dallas office. He brings more than 20 years of legal experience to Thompson & Knight.

Robinson focuses his practice on litigation and dispute resolution. He has practiced in state and federal courts and has tried more than 70 cases to verdict. Although the dominant portion of his practice involves the defense of premises liability and products liability claims, Robinson has represented clients in a number of contexts, including construction, airline safety, workers' compensation and non-subscriber litigation, and general tort litigation.

"Jackie's extensive litigation background and areas of expertise are a tremendous asset to Thompson & Knight's growing trial practice. The breadth of his practice and legal insight provide valuable service and skills to our clients," says William L. Banowsky, Trial Practice Leader at Thompson & Knight.

Robinson received a J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center in 1986 and a B.A. from Morehouse College in 1978. He is a member of the National Bar Association, Tarrant County Bar Association, Fort Worth/Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association, DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar, American Board of Trial Advocates, and the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel. He also currently serves as the Dallas Area Vice President and formerly served as the Fort Worth/North Central Texas Area Vice President for the Texas Association of Defense Counsel.

08-13-2007

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Thompson & Knight LLP

T&K Attorneys Elected to State Bar of Texas Pattern Jury Charge Committees
Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce that Molly Steele and Scott P. Stolley have been elected to serve on Pattern Jury Charge Committees for the State Bar of Texas. Steele will serve on the Pattern Jury Charges - Oversight Committee, and Stolley will serve on the Pattern Jury Charges - Business, Consumer, and Employment Committee.

The mission of the Pattern Jury Charges - Oversight Committee is to set appropriate policies and standards, to act as an oversight and coordinating committee for the Pattern Jury Charge Committees, and to concern itself with the study and creation of the form of charges submitted for publication. The membership of the Committee consists of two ex-officio members of the Texas Supreme Court as designated by the Supreme Court, a balance of district and appellate court judges, and a balance of lawyers with demonstrated expertise in the various areas of practice, including plaintiffs and defense lawyers, and general member appointments.

The mission of the Pattern Jury Charge - Business, Consumer, and Employment Committee is to prepare and periodically revise pattern jury charges for common law and statutory claims encountered in consumer, insurance, business, commercial, and employment litigation. The Committee consists of a balance of judges, plaintiffs, and defense lawyers with demonstrated expertise in the various areas of practice under review by the Committee.

Steele is a Partner in Thompson & Knight's Trial Practice Group and has more than 30 years of experience representing clients primarily in the area of business litigation. She focuses her practice on international litigation and international arbitration between citizens of different countries, class actions, covenants not to compete, misappropriation of trade secrets, trademark/trade dress infringement, real estate litigation, probate litigation, contract actions, and commercial mortgage-backed securitizations.

Stolley is also a Partner in the Firm's Trial Practice Group and focuses his practice on the representation of appellants and appellees in state and federal appellate courts, including the evaluation of appeals, drafting briefs, and arguing to appellate courts. Stolley's practice also includes evaluating insurance-coverage issues for policyholders. He has more than 25 years of legal experience and is Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

08-13-2007

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Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, LLP

Simpson Thacher Represents Blackstone in $500 million Investment in Stiefel Laboratories, Inc.
Simpson Thacher represented The Blackstone Group in its $500 million purchase of convertible participating preferred stock issued by Stiefel Laboratories, Inc., the world's largest independent pharmaceutical company specializing in dermatology.

The Simpson Thacher team who worked on this deal includes: Wilson Neely, Pete Martelli, Conan McIntyre, Nate Ostrander and Matt King (M&A), Lori Lesser, Noah Leibowitz, Alexander Key and Jeffrey Hoschander (Intellectual Property); Gary Mandel and Noah Beck (Tax); Greg Grogan and Michael Richman (Employee Benefits); Adeeb Fadil and Tim Mulvihill (Environmental); and summer associate Michael Holick.

08-13-2007

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Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood, L.L.P.

Sidley Austin LLP Receives ABA Pro Bono Publico Award
Sidley Austin LLP announced today that the firm has received the 2007 ABA Pro Bono Publico Award for its ongoing commitment to providing pro bono legal services. The ABA specifically cited Sidley’s firmwide Capital Litigation Project in which Sidley lawyers across the country represent prisoners on death row in Alabama to ensure that each client receives full and fair representation.

The Pro Bono Publico Award program seeks to honor legal professionals who have enhanced the human dignity of others by improving or delivering volunteer legal services to our nation’s poor and disadvantaged. The award will be given at the ABA’s Annual Meeting in San Francisco on August 13, 2007.

“We believe strongly in the importance of pro bono work,” said Thomas A. Cole, Chair of Sidley’s Executive Committee. “We are deeply honored to receive this award and are fortunate to be able to contribute time and skills to such essential pro bono projects.”

“The commitment that Sidley has made to death penalty representation is unprecedented,” said Robin Maher, director of the ABA’s Death Penalty Representation Project. “I’m not aware of any other law firm that has committed this amount of resources, people and funding to this number of cases at one time.”

In 2005, Sidley established its Capital Litigation Project, through which the firm represents indigent death row inmates in their post-conviction proceedings. Working with the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal services organization in Alabama, the firm currently offers its services to 19 men incarcerated on Alabama’s death row on a pro bono basis. More than 120 Sidley partners, counsel and associates, along with legal assistants and project assistants, have volunteered over 29,000 hours to these cases since the inception of the project.

“It is a privilege to partner with the Equal Justice Initiative on the Capital Litigation Project and we are grateful to the ABA for its recognition,” said John N. Gallo, a Sidley partner who spearheaded the Capital Litigation Project. “We hope that awards like this draw attention to the need for pro bono legal representation for the poor, including prisoners on death row.”

Sidley’s pro bono policy strongly encourages all lawyers to devote time to pro bono legal matters. Other Sidley pro bono activities include the presentation of cases before the United States Supreme Court, in addition to hundreds of individual cases in areas related to child custody, landlord/tenant, public benefits, criminal law, civil rights, public education, immigration and asylum. In 2006, Sidley lawyers worked more than 75,000 hours on pro bono matters.

With more than 413,000 members, the American Bar Association is the largest volunteer professional membership organization in the world. As the national voice of the legal profession, the ABA works to improve the administration of justice, promotes programs that assist lawyers and judges in their work, accredits law schools, provides continuing legal education and works to build public understanding around the world of the importance of the rule of law in a democratic society.

08-13-2007

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