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Mayer Brown LLP

NAACP Honors Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw for Civil Rights Work
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) today honored Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP with a 2006 Civil Rights Champion Award. The award was presented at the Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Memorial Lecture Luncheon at the Annual Convention of the NAACP being held in Washington.

""The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is greatly appreciative of the time and efforts you and the attorneys at your firm have dedicated to our fight for justice,"" said NAACP Deputy General Counsel Angela Ciccolo in a letter to Mayer Brown partner Marcia Goodman. ""This recognition is deserving because your firms' efforts extend over many years and have made a substantial contribution to our important work.""

The award was presented by Dennis Courtland Hayes, General Counsel of the NAACP, who thanked the firm for its work on such matters as challenging the death penalty, helping the NAACP develop its new constitution and bylaws, and authoring various amicus briefs. Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw attorneys who have provided legal assistance to NAACP include: William Malpica, Lori Lightfoot, Lee Kovarsky, Neville Reid, Jeffrey W. Sarles, Lee Rubin, Jerome Jauffret. Mary Mandeville, Heather Lewis, Jay Tharp, Nicole Byrd, Gail Saracco, Matthew Ingber, and Dara Hartman.

07-17-2006

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Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, LLP

Prominent Attorney Charlotte K. Ito Joins Luce Forward's Growing Family Wealth and Exempt Organizations Practice
Highly regarded attorney Charlotte K. Ito has joined Luce Forward's San Francisco office as a Partner in the firm's Family Wealth and Exempt Organizations Practice Group.

In her practice, Ito works with high net worth individuals, closely held business owners, venture capitalists, company founders and private and public company executives. She designs and implements innovative wealth accumulation and transfer strategies, and her specialties include multi-generational estate planning, asset structuring for privacy, philanthropic planning, complex probate and estate administration, and prenuptial planning. Ito also has an extensive international practice, working with clients primarily in Asia and the United Kingdom.

""As Luce Forward's Family Wealth and Exempt Organizations Practice Group continues to expand, we are dedicated to recruiting top attorneys to best serve our clients,"" said Robert J. Bell, Luce Forward's Managing Partner. ""Charlotte Ito is an outstanding addition to our trusts and estates practice, and to the firm. Her level of expertise, as well as the depth of her international practice contributes to the strength of our practice throughout the state.""

Earlier this year, Luce Forward welcomed 10 leading trusts and estates attorneys into its Family Wealth and Exempt Organization Practice Group in the firm's Los Angeles office, and 6 prominent trusts and estates attorneys have recently joined Luce Forward's Rancho Santa Fe and Carmel Valley / Del Mar offices.

""Luce Forward has built a remarkable Family Wealth and Exempt Organizations Practice Group, with a team of top tier, nationally recognized attorneys, whose work I have respected and admired throughout my career,"" Ito said. ""Joining Luce Forward gives me the opportunity to work as a part of this dynamic team, and will allow me to offer my existing clients a greater breadth of services.""

Ito is a member of the Executive Committee of the State Bar of California, Trusts and Estates Section, and liaison to the International Law Section Executive Committee. In this role, Ito was responsible for launching the first-ever cross-border estate, financial and asset planning conference sponsored by the State Bar of California, which she also co-chaired. Ito is also a member of the Bar Association of San Francisco, the San Francisco Estate Planning Council, and the Branch Secretary of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), an international estate planning organization based in the United Kingdom.

Additionally, Ito is a board member of the Asian Pacific Fund, a San Francisco-based organization dedicated to increasing philanthropy and expanding resources to meet emerging and important needs in the Bay Area Asian community. She is a member of the Impala Racing Team, a competitive, all-women running team based in San Francisco.

Prior to joining Luce Forward, Ito was Of Counsel at Steefel, Levitt & Weiss. Ito earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado; a master's degree in business (MBA) from the University of California, Berkeley; a juris doctor for the University of California, Hastings College of the Law; and an LLM degree (Taxation) from Golden Gate University. Ito is also fluent in Japanese.

07-17-2006

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Loeb & Loeb, LLP

Loeb & Loeb Announces Pro Bono Fellowship Recipient For Summer 2006
Loeb & Loeb LLP announced today that St. John's School of Law student, Kimberly Guche, has been selected as the firm's Pro Bono Fellow this summer.

Loeb & Loeb LLP's pro bono program is centered around activities on behalf of children. The firm represents the Children's Aid Society, Children's Rights, the Council of Family and Child Caring Agencies (COFCCA), Hope for Youth, Lawyers for Children and Jewish Family Services, among other not-for-profit organizations. As part of the firm's commitment to the protection of children, the firm established the Loeb & Loeb Child Advocacy Fellowship at Lawyers For Children, one of the nation's leading providers of free legal and social work services for children.

This year the firm awarded the position of Loeb & Loeb Pro Bono Fellowship to Kimberly Guche, a J.D. candidate (2008) at St. John's School of Law. The Fellowship includes a salary for Kimberly's time working on pro bono matters at Loeb & Loeb this summer.

Ms. Guche has joined a team of Loeb & Loeb litigators from both the firm's New York and California offices, in collaboration with Children's Rights, representing Mississippi foster care children in a class action case to secure services and prevent abuse and neglect within the state's system. The trial is scheduled to commence this August.

Loeb & Loeb Partner John Lang, leading pro bono counsel on the Mississippi foster care case with Children's Rights, said, ""We are fortunate to have someone as bright and motivated as Kimberly on board for trial preparation for this important case, which will impact many children in Mississippi. We believe she will gain critical legal experience. Our hope is that a positive outcome in the Mississippi case will set an example for foster care systems across the country, encouraging them to improve their services and protections for children.""

Ms. Guche is well-qualified for the Loeb fellowship. She received the St. Thomas More Full Merit Scholarship for St. John's School of Law and earned a B.S. in Human Development from Cornell University in May 2005. Previously, Ms. Guche was a policy and legal intern at Children's Rights in New York City and an intern at Monroe County Family Court in Rochester, New York.

07-17-2006

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Loeb & Loeb, LLP

Loeb & Loeb LLP Names Five New Partners in Los Angeles and New York
Loeb & Loeb LLP announced today that the firm is promoting five attorneys to Partner. In the Los Angeles office the firm has named the following Partners: Christopher J. Kelly, Thomas N. Lawson and Mark A. Streams. In the New York office the firm has named David P. Ansel and Po Yi as Partners.

David P. Ansel's (New York) practice focuses on middle-market private equity transactions, including the representation of equity sponsor groups and mezzanine lenders. His practice includes fund formation, administration, and portfolio investments; mergers and acquisitions; corporate finance; and general corporate matters.

Christopher J. Kelly (Los Angeles) focuses on general corporate and securities matters including mergers and acquisitions, public and private securities offerings and SEC compliance and reporting.

Thomas N. Lawson (Los Angeles) focuses his practice on the representation of individuals and their businesses in connection with income and wealth transfer tax planning. He also does sophisticated tax planning for business transactions.

Mark A. Streams (Los Angeles) concentrates his corporate and business practice on mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, debt and equity transactions and general corporate representation. He has worked on a broad range of entertainment and media matters.

Po Yi (New York) provides entertainment and advertising law counsel for a broad spectrum of clients, including media and telecommunications companies, financial institutions, as well as individual artists, writers and producers, on transactional, IP and regulatory matters.

07-17-2006

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Kirkland & Ellis

Kirkland & Ellis International LLP Welcomes New Partner
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP announced today that Sam Pakbaz has rejoined the Firm as a partner from Shumway Capital Partners LLC. He previously spent fives years as an associate at Kirkland & Ellis’ Chicago and London offices between 1995 and 2000. Mr Pakbaz joins the corporate practice in the London office where he will advise clients on leveraged buyout transactions, fund formations, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures.

Previously Mr Pakbaz was General Counsel and Managing Director at US-based hedge fund Shumway Capital Partners LLC. Prior to that he spent four years as Vice President of equity capital markets at Deutsche Bank in London, advising on private equity placements, convertible bonds and other structured products. He has advised clients such as Thayer Capital, Vivendi, Softbank, Bain Capital, Goldman Sachs Private Equity and CVC Capital.

London senior corporate partner James Leaner commented: “Sam has an excellent reputation and a great variety of experience. We are growing rapidly in London and Sam’s expertise in advising clients on cross-border private equity transactions will further strengthen our offering. We are very pleased to welcome him back.”

The news follows the recent addition of Graham White, Raymond McKeeve and Stephen Gillespie to the practice in London.

07-17-2006

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Kaye Scholer LLP

Kaye Scholer Wins Bench Trial for sanofi-aventis on Infringement, Validity and Enforceability of Altace® Paten
Judge Robert G. Doumar of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Norfolk Division, held that United States Patent No. 5,061,722 (""the '722 patent""), owned by the firm's client sanofi-aventis, is valid. The '722 patent covers ramipril (substantially free of other isomers) which is sold in the United States under the brand name Altace®. Altace® had U.S. sales in 2005 exceeding $800 million. The case was begun when generic drug manufacturer, Lupin Ltd. and Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (""Lupin"") filed an Abbreviated New Drug Application seeking FDA approval to sell a generic copy of Altace® before the expiration of the '722 patent. Before the trial began, the court granted summary judgment finding that Lupin's proposed generic product would infringe the '722 patent. During the trial, the court also ruled as a matter of law that the '722 patent is enforceable.

The victorious Kaye Scholer trial team was led by Joel Katcoff and Benjamin Hsing, both partners in the Patent Litigation Department, and included Sapna Walter Palla and Tatiana Alyonycheva.

07-17-2006

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Jackson Walker L.L.P.

Jackson Walker Welcomes Charles Kulkarni and Rick Sanchez
Charles Kulkarni and Rick Sanchez have joined the firm's Intellectual Property section. Mr. Kulkarni, Houston associate, is a 2003 graduate of University of Houston Law, magna cum laude, and has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M. Before law school, he worked for Rohm and Haas as a process engineer. He is a member of Bayou City Road Runners and speaks conversational in French. Mr. Sanchez joins the Dallas Intellectual Property group as a Patent Engineer. He has expertise in cryptology, digital signal processing, image processing and various software languages. Mr. Sanchez is also a Cryptologic Officer with the Naval Reserve SPAWAR detachment in Las Cruces, NM. He received his BSEE from New Mexico State University.

07-17-2006

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