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Hunton & Williams, LLP

Elizabeth H. Johnson named to the board of directors for the Triangle Area Chapter of the American Red Cross
RaleighDurham.com reported that Elizabeth H. Johnson was named to the board of directors for the Triangle Area Chapter of the American Red Cross. According to the article, "The American Red Cross is the only federally recognized, non-governmental organization charged with key responsibilities including service in national emergencies, and for communication to and about members of the U. S. military. Governed by volunteers and supported by community donations, the Triangle Area Red Cross is part of a nationwide network of nearly 800 locally supported chapters dedicated to saving lives and helping people prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies." Link:

08-07-2007

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Hunton & Williams, LLP

Hunton & Williams Adds Distinguished International Tax and Private Wealth Lawyer in Miami
Hunton & Williams LLP today announced that Michael A. Silva, a distinguished international and private wealth tax lawyer, joined the firm as Partner in the Miami office. Silva, who is also a certified public accountant, has 13 years of experience in tax law and more than 10 years of experience in international tax and private wealth tax planning.

"Michael is a talented attorney and brings with him a commitment to clients and to the community," said Marty Steinberg, managing partner of the Miami office of Hunton & Williams. "With his addition, we continue to build our tax, private wealth and international law practice."

At Hunton & Williams, Silva will lead and run the private wealth tax and estate planning practice for the firm’s high net worth clients, and work on building the Tax & ERISA and commercial practice groups in South Florida.

Silva's legal practice includes advising domestic clients on U. S. income, estate and gift tax issues and offshore planning matters and foreign clients on U.S. income, estate, gift and pre-immigration tax issues, with a focus on tax planning related to real property investments, cross-border transactions and banking activities.

In addition to his law practice, Silva has been an adjunct professor of law at the University of Miami Law School Graduate Tax program since 2004 and is the author of several Florida Bar Continued Legal Education Materials.

Silva, who is fluent in Portuguese, earned his Juris Doctor and Masters in Accounting from the University of Florida College of Law & Business School. He earned his bachelor degree from the University of Florida Fisher School of Accounting. Silva is board certified by the Florida Bar in Tax Law and International Law and is licensed to practice before the United States Tax Court.

In the community, Silva has served on the finance and administration committee of the United Way since 2002 and provided pro bono legal counsel for the Miami Lighthouse for the Blind since 1996.

In addition to making the dean's list in his pursuit of his degrees, he was also the captain of the UF soccer team, served on the UF student council and earned the Deloitte & Touche Internship Award during his pursuit of his bachelor’s degree. He currently resides in Key Biscayne, Florida.

Silva joins another tax partner resident in the Miami office of Hunton & Williams, Cary Tolley, who has practiced federal income tax law at the firm for over 30 years and recently relocated to the Miami office of the firm after 20 years practicing in, and managing, the firm's New York Office. Tolley currently practices from both the New York and Miami offices of the firm.

08-07-2007

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Hagens, Berman, Sobol & Shapiro, L.L.P.

HBSS Attorney Studying European Class Actions in Sweden
HBSS attorney, Robert Gaudet is spending the next year in Sweden studying the promotion and integration of class action lawsuits in Europe. Inspired by the U.S., Sweden has allowed class actions over the past few years and moves are being made to begin class action filings in both Norway and Denmark.

The new procedural rules will allow Europeans to aggregate claims against a single defendant. Multinational corporations often make the same misrepresentations to European consumers as they do Americans. This will ultimately allow plaintiff's lawyers the ability to bring similar complaints on both continents.

Until recently collective actions have been permitted by most E.U. Member States only when filed by an organization or association. What makes these news rules so revolutionary for the European courts is now individuals can file a complaint on behalf of themselves and others.

So far the three major players in Europe are Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Norway will allow class action filings beginning in January of 2008.

08-07-2007

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Piper Rudnick, L.L.P.

Joris Willems rejoins DLA Piper
"Joris Willems (born 1975) has extensive experience in drawing up and negotiating complex international contracts, particularly in the TMT and new media sectors. He already worked for DLA Piper in Amsterdam until 2005, and was seconded for a year to the firm’s offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai in 2004. Joris Willems is a board member and treasurer of the Dutch Association for Media and Communication Law (Vereniging voor Media- & Communicatierecht). He is also a member of a number of Dutch and international professional associations, including the Association of IT Lawyers (Vereniging voor Informaticarecht Advocaten) and the Licensing Executive Society (LES). The return of Mr Willems to DLA Piper complements the “full-service” approach that DLA Piper adopts towards clients.

Joris Willems regularly lectures and publishes on TMC-related topics, for example at the ITech Law Conference in Prague (2006), the China International Fair for Investment & Trade in Xiamen (China) (2004), and the Annual Meeting of the International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organisation in Arnhem (2006).

Joris Willems about his return to DLA Piper: “DLA Piper has an experienced and successful practice group in the field of Technology, Media and Commercial. Joining the practice group offers me an excellent opportunity to advise international clients at a high level and to make a constructive contribution to expanding the practice group, in particular the Commercial team.”"

08-07-2007

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Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP.

David Evans Joins Taft Business Consulting
David Evans has joined as a Director of Taft Business Consulting LLC, an ancillary business of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP. He will be focused on providing strategic consulting services to middle market clients, both in support of existing clients and potential new clients for Taft Business Consulting and its affiliates.

Evans graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a degree in Aeronautical/Astronautical Engineering and a minor in International Relations. He also received a Master in Business Administration degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. In 1986 Evans joined the General Electric Company and rose through the organization’s executive ranks.

During his tenure at the General Electric Company, Evans held several positions in Engineering and Manufacturing providing technical leadership in design, flight test programs, production operations and supply chain management. In addition to his technical experience, Evans had several assignments in international sales/marketing and program management and as a General Manager with Profit and Loss responsibility. When he was with the GE Capital Corporation he worked in the high technology venture capital group in a strategic planning capacity in the area of digital commerce. At the Boston Consulting Group he was involved in the retail industry.

Evans has received several management awards and national recognition through the National YMCA Black Achievers in Industry Award. He is an active pilot and is air show-qualified, as well as multi-engine commercial/instrument-rated.

08-07-2007

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Piper Rudnick, L.L.P.

DLA Piper advises ITV on sale and related services agreement
DLA Piper has advised ITV on the sale of Independent Television Facilities Centre Limited ("ITFC") to Elektrofilm Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Medici Group LLC. ITFC provides video post production for acquired programming and subtitling and audio description services.

DLA Piper also advised ITV on a long-term services agreement, which was put in place as part of the sale, under which ITFC will continue to provide post video production, subtitling and audio description services for ITV1 and other ITV channels.

Commenting on the deal, Mark Crichard, IT and telecommunications partner at DLA Piper, said: "We were delighted to be appointed to work with ITV again. The project was particularly challenging in that we needed to negotiate the long term service agreement (in the same way that we would for a conventional outsourcing deal), whilst at the same time dealing with the business sale."

The DLA Piper team advising ITV was led by Mark Crichard on the services agreement side and Jonathan Richards on the corporate side. The team, which included associates Richard Smith and Mark Chivers, worked closely with ITV's in-house lawyers, Suzanne Dibble and Lucy Beard.
Elektrofilm was advised by Latham & Watkins, led by Luke Grubb and Farah O'Brien.

08-07-2007

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Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, LLP

Curtis counsel and President of The Maritime Law Association of the United States, Lizabeth L. Burrell participated in the signing of the new Nairobi Convention on Wreck Removal.
Curtis counsel and President of The Maritime Law Association of the United States, Lizabeth L. Burrell participated in the signing of the agreed text of the new Nairobi Convention on Wreck Removal as a member of the U.S. delegation to the International Maritime Organization, the maritime branch of the United Nations. The signing of the new convention text took place on May 18, 2007.

08-07-2007

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