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Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss, P.C.

Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss Attorney Elected to Electronic Transactions Association's Government Relations Committee
The ETA Government Relations Committee supports the development of ETA's strategy and activities in the government relations arena. Specifically, it is responsible for identifying, monitoring, and evaluating legislative and regulatory activities at the national and state level and assisting in the communication of issues of importance to members. The committee also makes recommendations on areas for direct advocacy or specific positions that the association should promulgate. The ETA is a national trade association comprised of companies who offer electronic processing products and services.

Weston is an associate of Jaffe's Finance Practice Group. She is a 2003 graduate of James Madison College at Michigan State University and a 2006 magna cum laude graduate of the Michigan State University College of Law. She is a member of the State Bar of Michigan and the American Bar Association.

07-23-2007

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Hogan & Hartson LLP

Hogan & Hartson Represents Partners Trust Financial Group in $555 Million Merger With M&T Bank Corporation
Hogan & Hartson LLP announced today that it is advising Partners Trust Financial Group, Inc. in a definitive merger agreement with M&T Bank Corporation. Under the terms of the merger agreement, Partners Trust will merge with M&T in a stock and cash transaction valued at approximately $555 million, or $12.50 per Partners Trust share.

M&T will acquire 33 branch locations in upstate New York and approximately $2.3 billion in deposits and $2.3 billion in loans from Partners Trust.

The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including stockholder and regulatory approvals.

The Hogan & Hartson team representing Partners Trust included Washington, D.C. partners Stuart G. Stein and Daniel Keating; Washington, D.C. associates Gregory F. Parisi, Daniel S. Meade, and Jason S. McCaffrey; and New York associate Andrea B. Sluchan. For tax and benefits, the team included Washington, D.C. partners Scott McClure and William Neff, and Washington, D.C. associate Brian Shiker.

07-23-2007

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Dykema Gossett PLLC

Gregory Andrews Joins Dykema
Dykema announces that Gregory H. Andrews has joined the firm’s Employment Department, resident in its Chicago office. Mr. Andrews’ litigation experience is focused on representing private equity and closely held corporations in unfair competition, confidentiality and trade secret matters, as well as the ADA, FMLA and defense of employers in Title VII and FLSA overtime audits and cases. He has successfully guided employers through appeal as well as numerous trials, including a jury trial win in a Title VII race case and numerous successes in unfair competition cases and NLRB hearings.

In his labor law representation of employers, Mr. Andrews successfully guides employers through union organizing attempts via on-site coaching and training of supervisors and management in addition to representation before the NLRB.

A frequent speaker for the Illinois State, DuPage and Kane County Bar Associations, Mr. Andrews has for the past fifteen years also taught human resources as an instructor for Aurora University and Northern Illinois University’s SHRM Certification Test Preparation Course.

A resident of St. Charles, Illinois, Mr. Andrews received his B.A. from Luther College, his M.S. from the University of Illinois, and his J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law.

07-23-2007

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Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP

Investor Group In Merger Agreement For Sale Of Cumulus Media
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising an investor group led by Lewis W. Dickey, Jr., Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cumulus Media Inc., and an affiliate of Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity in connection with the execution of a definitive merger agreement under which the investor group will acquire Cumulus in a transaction valued at approximately $1.3 billion.

Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity is the private equity investment arm of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Cumulus Media Inc. is the second-largest radio company in the United States based on station count. Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is a leading international law firm with offices in New York, Washington D.C., London, Paris, Frankfurt, Moscow, Hong Kong and Shanghai.

The Debevoise team includes partners Franci J. Blassberg and Stephen R. Hertz and associates Stefan P. Stauder and Suzie C. Alway.

Jones Day also advised the investor group.

07-23-2007

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Coolidge, Wall, Womsley & Lombard, L.P.A.

Seven Coolidge Attorneys Named Ohio Rising Stars
Seven of Coolidge's attorneys were recently named Ohio Rising Stars by Law & Politics magazine. Those selected were:

* Shannon Costello, whose primary area of practice is commercial and industrial real estate - representing clients in the purchase, sale and financing of commercial real estate;

* Gregory Ewers, who practices in the areas of general corporate and securities law;
* Kristin Finch, who practices in the areas of general corporate law and commercial real estate - focusing on mergers and acquisitions as well as real estate transactions;
* Daniel Gentry, who focuses his practice on business and employment litigation and dispute resolution

* Shannon Martin, who combines a diverse real estate and financing practice with extensive experience in municipal and public sector law;

* Allison Michael, who focuses her practice in the area of labor and employment law - assisting clients in resolving issues arising out of the Family Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, as well as Ohio laws on age, sex, race, national origin and retaliation discrimination; and

* David Pierce, who focuses his practice on business and employment litigation.

07-22-2007

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Maynard Cooper & Gale, P.C.

Maibeth Porter, Carol Sue Nelson Inducted Into Litigation Counsel of America
Birmingham attorneys Maibeth J. Porter and Carol Sue Nelson, both of Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., were inducted into the Litigation Counsel of America at the LCA’s Spring Conference and Induction of Fellows in New York.

Ms. Porter is a founding member and shareholder of Maynard, Cooper, focusing her practice on products liability litigation. She graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Law in 1980 where she was a Patrick Wilson Scholar and a member of the Vanderbilt Law Review. Following law school Ms. Porter served as a clerk to the Honorable Seybourn H. Lynne, United States District Court, Northern District of Alabama. Porter has been named in Best Lawyers in America® 2007 for Mass Tort Litigation and Product Liability Litigation.

Ms. Nelson, also a shareholder at Maynard, Cooper, is an experienced labor and employment lawyer practicing for the last 30 years. She graduated magna cum laude from Cumberland School of Law in 1977 where she was a member of Curia Honoris and the Cumberland Law Review. Following law school Ms. Nelson served as a law clerk to the Honorable James H. Hancock, United States District Court, Northern District of Alabama. She has been named in Best Lawyers in America® 2007 for Labor and Employment Law and in America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2007 by Chambers USA for Employment. Ms. Nelson currently serves as Chair of the Alabama Women’s Commission.

The Litigation Counsel of America is a trial lawyer honorary society composed of less than onehalf of one percent of American lawyers. Fellowship in the LCA is highly selective and by invitation only. Fellows are selected based upon effectiveness and accomplishment in litigation, both at the trial and appellate levels, and superior ethical reputation. The LCA is aggressively diverse in its composition Established as a trial and appellate lawyer honorary society reflecting the American bar in the twenty-first century, the LCA represents the best in law among its membership

07-21-2007

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Gibbons P.C.

Patrick Dunican Receives the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Award
Gibbons is proud to announce Patrick C. Dunican, Jr., Managing Director of the firm, was named “Entrepreneur Of The Year” by Ernst & Young in the category of Professional Services. The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Award recognizes outstanding entrepreneurs who are building and leading dynamic and growing businesses. The program honors entrepreneurs through regional, national and global awards in over 125 cities and 40 countries. Awards are given to entrepreneurs who have demonstrated excellence and extraordinary success in areas such as innovation, financial performance, and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.

07-21-2007

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