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Matheson, Ormsby & Prentice, P.C.

Matheson Ormsby Prentice announces new appointments in Dublin, New York and Palo Alto
Matheson Ormsby Prentice is pleased to announce recent appointments in its Dublin, New York and Palo Alto offices.

Mark O’Sullivan has been appointed head of the firm’s US offices. Effective 1 August 2007, Mark will be based in the firm’s Palo Alto office. Mark is a senior member of the firm’s Tax Department. His practice is concentrated on advising international businesses establishing operations and doing business in and through Ireland. Mark also advises extensively on cross-border reorganisations and financing transactions with a particular focus on structured finance and securitisation transactions.

Asset Finance lawyer Marie O’Brien is also relocating to the US. Effective 1 October 2007, Marie will be based in the firm’s New York office. Marie’s practice focuses on asset finance, leasing, structured and cross-border financing and securitisations. She advises financial institutions, investment banks, aircraft financing banks, aircraft owners, aircraft lessors, airlines, financial arrangers, security trustees and investment advisers located in Ireland and throughout the world.

Tax partner Caitriona McGonagle returns to the firm’s Dublin office from New York in August 2007. Caitriona has headed the firm’s US offices for the last two years. Her tax practice is primarily focussed on advising international businesses doing business in and through Ireland. She also advises on mergers and acquisitions, re-organisations and the structuring of corporate acquisitions.

Matheson Ormsby Prentice opened its first US office ten years ago and was the first European law firm to establish an office in Silicon Valley. It is the only Irish law firm to have offices on both the east and west coasts of the United States.

Managing Partner Liam Quirke commented, “There are more than 500 US companies employing over 100,000 people in Ireland and we are confident that Ireland will continue to be the country of choice for US companies to access the European market. Having a presence on both the east and west coasts of the US puts us in a pre-eminent position to advise US companies on their Irish law requirements.”

07-23-2007

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Lamb McErlane, PC

Lamb McErlane PC Announces Merger with Schumacker & Lunkenheimer, LLP New Attorneys Expand Lamb McErlane's Business Law Group
Lamb McErlane, PC, a full-service law firm in West Chester since 1948, announced today that the Wayne, Pa., firm of Schumacker & Lunkenheimer, LLP has merged with the Lamb McErlane firm. Attorneys Robert A. Alston and Jonathan K. Wright will serve Of Counsel for Lamb McErlane, and Attorney Scott F. Schumacker will maintain an affiliate part-time practice.

“We’re thrilled to be able to offer our clients the expertise and resources of our three latest additions from Schumacker and Lunkenheimer, who have established a reputation for excellence in the practice of business law,” said Joel Frank, a Lamb McErlane partner and Chairman of the Firm’s Executive Committee. “In turn, we look forward to offering their clients our many other services in the practice areas of Business and Real Estate Law, Litigation, Family Law and Appellate Law”

The merger expands Lamb McErlane’s Business Law Department to seven practitioners, and builds the group’s bench strength in all facets of business law, from mergers and acquisitions, to taxation, estate planning, employment matters, litigation and alternative dispute resolution. Alston and Wright join James E. McErlane, managing partner; Vincent T. Donohue, John Kehner, Thomas J. O’Neill, and Steven G. Soles in providing Business Law services.

“We are delighted to welcome these talented colleagues to the firm,” said Vincent Donohue, partner in Lamb McErlane’s Business Law department and member of the Firm’s executive committee. “They bring considerable years of experience serving the myriad needs of businesses large and small.”

Founded by Lloyd J. Schumacker and Paul W. Lunkenheimer in Philadelphia, Schumacker and Lunkenheimer, LLP has served the Southeast Pennsylvania region since 1932. The firm began representing manufacturers and distributors, and through the years, maintained a focus on representing small to mid-size closely held businesses and their owners. The firm
moved to the Valley Forge area in 1986, and evolved to serve clients ranging from start-ups to businesses with annual sales in excess of $100 million.

Robert Alston concentrates his practice on the general business representation of clients from counseling through litigation; estate and succession planning. He also serves as an arbitrator for business and employment cases for the American Arbitration Association. A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Alston holds a LLM degree in taxation
from Temple University and teaches Estate Planning courses in College and Community Schools throughout the area, He also speaks to lawyer groups on litigating in an American Arbitration Association forum.

07-23-2007

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Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC

Greenebaum Attorneys and Practice Groups are Ranked in 2007 Chambers USA America’s Leading Lawyers for Business Client Guide
Greenebaum Doll & McDonald PLLC announced today that 18 of its attorneys and several of its practice groups have been named by Chambers USA in the 2007 Chambers USA America’s Leading Lawyers for Business client guide.

07-23-2007

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Seyfarth Shaw Expands California Labor and Employment Practice Group with Addition of Jeffrey A. Wortman as Partner in Los Angeles Office
Jeffrey A. Wortman comes to Seyfarth Shaw with extensive litigation experience in a full range of labor and employment issues, especially with regard to wage and hour issues, discrimination, retaliation, sexual harassment, whistle-blowing and similar matters. He has particular depth of experience serving the financial services and utilities industries in such matters. He also frequently counsels clients regarding personnel policies and procedures, reductions in force, employment agreements, EEOC compliance and drug and alcohol testing. Wortman has represented clients’ employment interests in state and federal court, administrative proceedings, NASD proceedings and in proceedings under the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act.

“Jeff joins a team of highly experienced lawyers throughout California delivering extraordinary service and insight to our clients, guiding them through the many peculiarities of California’s employment laws,” said Kenwood C. Youmans, managing partner of the firm’s Los Angeles office. “Jeff’s extensive employment law experience coupled with his understanding of the financial services industry complements our team’s breadth of experience in virtually every industry and employment sector in the state.”

Seyfarth Shaw has one of the largest labor and employment departments in California, with more than 100 labor and employment lawyers practicing in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento. The firm was the first national law firm to open California offices over 30 years ago and today the firm’s California attorneys constitute approximately one-third of its labor and employment lawyers nationwide. Seyfarth Shaw has a deep labor and employment bench at all levels of experience dealing with the peculiarities of federal and California employment laws, including: California workplace counseling and compliance solutions, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, wage and hour matters, leave law compliance, workforce restructuring, workplace investigations, employee privacy rights and California employment litigation. The firm adheres to a team-based system that enables its attorneys to draw upon expertise throughout the firm’s national platform to deliver value and efficiency to clients.

Wortman is a graduate of Northwestern University where he earned his B.S. He also earned an M. A. from Baylor University before receiving his J. D. (with honors) from the University of Texas. He is a member of the State Bar of California (Labor and Employment Law Section) and is admitted in the United States District Courts for the Central and Southern Districts of California, as well as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Wortman is also a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association (Labor and Employment Law Section).

“With a third of the firm’s labor and employment lawyers located in California, I knew joining this crew of talented lawyers was an opportunity not to be missed,” Wortman said. “Seyfarth Shaw’s depth in this field of law is exceptional and I’m excited to be able to draw on the wisdom and experience of my colleagues throughout the country to meet the needs of our clients.”

07-23-2007

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Winstead, Sechrest & Minick, P.C.

Denis Braham and John Nolan Named Leading Dealmakers for 2007
Lawdragon, a media company that provides legal news briefs and lawyer rankings, has searched for the attorneys general counsel want on their side of the negotiating table. The final list, Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers for 2007, features two attorneys from Texas law firm Winstead PC: CEO and Chairman Denis Braham and Shareholder and Executive Committee Member John Nolan. Attorneys who make this list handle headline-making transactions such as high stakes mergers and acquisitions, securities transactions, public and private financing and real estate deals.
An attorney with Winstead since 1989, Braham provides counsel to professional sports clients including the Dallas Cowboys and the Houston Texans. As a real estate and corporate attorney, he travels extensively for developers, investors and lenders throughout the country. In his role as CEO, Denis works with office managing shareholders, the executive committee, firm administration and practice group chairs to assure further success in reaching Winstead's objectives and goals.

Nolan’s broad-based real estate practice encompasses development, workouts, portfolio/equity investments, and financing for clients located across the United States and for international companies investing in the United States. He is known for his thorough analysis and knowledge of complex business transactions. The combination of these skills with Nolan’s financial background enables him to quickly evaluate his clients’ business objectives and create a team, or compile the necessary resources to formulate and execute his clients’ plans.

Lawdragon creates its guide to the best dealmakers in the United States through a combination of online balloting and independent research. Reporters and editors interview thousands of lawyers to get their input on the top "Dragons" in any region or practice area.

07-23-2007

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Wiley, Rein & Fielding, L.L.P.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Class Action Lawsuits against Coors and Other Major American Beer and Spirits Manufacturers
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has upheld the judgment of the federal district courts in Cleveland and Detroit that dismissed two class action lawsuits brought in Ohio and Michigan against Wiley Rein client Molson Coors, as well as other major American beer and spirits manufacturers, alleging that alcoholic beverage industry advertising is to blame for underage drinking.

In rejecting the viability of the suits, Circuit Court Judge Alice M. Batchelder, writing for the Court, stated: “If these plaintiffs are convinced that alcohol advertising [i.e., First Amendment commercial speech] should be outlawed, then the means must be by legislation or constitutional amendment, not judicial fiat.”

This decision—by the first federal appellate court to rule on the issue to date—is the second in several pending appeals of similar district court decisions in state and federal courts across the country. In all but one of these nearly identical cases, all claims against Coors and the other defendants have been dismissed on the grounds of lack of standing or failure to state a claim. (A motion to dismiss currently is pending in North Carolina.) Each case has been brought by the same group of lawyers on behalf of plaintiffs claiming to represent a broad group of parents and guardians. These plaintiffs accused the defendants of false and misleading advertising, unfair trade practices in violation of consumer protection laws, unjust enrichment and negligence.

07-23-2007

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Vedder Price Kaufman Kammholz

Michael Nemeroff Dicsusses Current Private Equity Deals
Michael Nemeroff, President of Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz, P.C.and Chairman of the firm's Finance and Transactions Group, talks with Bloomberg's Carol Massar about hot M&A deals and the outlook for continued private equity activity. Also discussed: News Corp.'s takeover offer for Dow Jones & Co. and Vodafone Group Plc's possible spinoff of its stake in Verizon Wireless.

07-23-2007

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