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Roetzel & Andress A Legal Professional Association

Roetzel & Andress Adds Five Attorneys; Relocates Washington, D.C. Office
The law firm of Roetzel & Andress is pleased to announce the addition of five attorneys to its Washington, D.C. office. New partners to the firm are Gary Adler, Steven Cundra, Donald Dinan, and John Stackhouse. Amy Epstein Gluck joins the firm as an associate.

The firm also has relocated its Washington, D.C. office to larger quarters at 1300 Eye Street, NW, Suite 400 East, Washington, D.C. 20005. The phone number remains the same (202.625.0600).

Jeffrey Casto, Partner-in-Charge, said, “We are excited about the move and to welcome this stellar group of attorneys to our firm. Their knowledge and experience in a broad range of practice areas combined with their years in practice brings a new depth to our firm’s capabilities. We look forward to the many contributions these individuals will make in the future.”

Gary Adler counsels clients on litigation matters and has experience in a broad range of civil litigation at both the trial court and appellate levels. Mr. Adler also acts as general counsel to various corporations, partnerships and trade associations, offering counsel on a wide range of issues including structuring organizations, handling business transactions and negotiating contracts. Additionally, Mr. Adler represents professional athletes.

Steven Cundra focuses his practice in administrative law, corporate and business services, government contracts and relations, government audits and investigations, government grants, litigation and professional malpractice. Through his 32 years in practice, he has gained a national reputation in defending federal OIG audits and investigations, particularly by the U.S. Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services, and in prosecuting non-selection actions and appeals. He has also represented foreign governments and entities involved in international disputes. Additionally, Mr. Cundra has appeared and argued before the United State Supreme Court.

Donald Dinan concentrates on import and export licensing matters, customs enforcement, and business transactions with foreign companies or foreign nations, primarily in Europe and China. He has experience in antidumping cases and Section 337 cases. Mr. Dinan also focuses on Federal Court litigation and trans-national litigation and international arbitration. Prior to entering private practice, he served as an attorney in the United States International Trade Commission, holding the positions of Director of the Unfair Imports Investigation Division and Chief of the Patent Branch of the Division, among others.

John Stackhouse focuses his practice in the areas of commercial and construction litigation. He also has experience in Telecommunications Law, Government Audits & Investigations, Employment Law, Bankruptcy, Personal Injury Litigation and Real Estate Litigation. He has represented a variety of clients including builders, developers, general contractors, subcontractors, building owners, landlords, lending institutions, and Fortune 500 companies.

Amy Epstein Gluck concentrates her practice on litigation including general civil, commercial, civil rights, consumer fraud, wrongful death, legal malpractice, personal injury defense, lender liability, and corporate/securities litigation; and administrative law and government contracts and grants concerning audits, terminations for cause, non-selection, and debarment proceedings. She has represented individuals and corporate clients in various Federal and state district courts in Washington, D.C. and Virginia, before federal tribunals, and in mediation.

07-09-2007

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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Media Advisory: House of Representatives Expected to Vote for CFIUS Reform Legislation Noted Pillsbury International Trade Lawyer Comments on Impact of Reform on Foreign Investment in the U.S.
Washington, DC: A year after Congress blocked Dubai Ports World’s (DPW) acquisition of a company managing U.S. port facilities and stoked fierce debate over the appropriate balance between U.S. security interests and open foreign investment markets, the U.S. House of Representatives tomorrow is expected to adopt the U.S. Senate’s legislation reforming the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), the inter-agency body that vets foreign acquisitions of U.S. companies. “Passage of the legislation should bring to a close a controversial period for foreign investors,” says Christopher Wall, a noted international trade attorney in the Washington, DC office of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP. “After DPW, the foreign investment review process became highly politicized and Congress’ frequent and vocal criticism of the Administration’s handling of national security reviews scared foreign investors, who feared they might become the target of the next uproar.”

While Congress has been working on the new legislation, CFIUS has already tightened its procedures. Wall notes that these changes have anticipated the requirements of the new law and the further procedural changes required by the legislation will be incremental. “Most importantly, however,” Wall says, “the new law will give Congress greater confidence in the CFIUS review process, so future reviews will not be as political.”

Still, foreign investors will find that the new law will have a significant impact on transactions. It greatly expands the concept of national security to include critical infrastructure, homeland security and energy security. Consequently, many more types of transactions are potentially subject to review, such as acquisitions of ports and power plants, LNG terminals, toll roads and tunnels. Also, the new law provides for the more frequent use of so-called “mitigation agreements” to address perceived national security risks. Wall points out that such agreements can impose requirement that go beyond existing regulations and potentially discriminate against foreign investors.

Even with the new law, Wall observes that the United States remains among the most open markets for foreign investment in the world, but the DPW transaction and the controversy over CFIUS reform have had a cost. As Wall says, “The reality is that there are other countries that welcome foreign investment with the jobs and increased trade such investment brings.” In part because of concerns that foreign capital would go elsewhere, the Administration recently issued a statement encouraging foreign investment in the United Sates. “But other countries have been watching how the United States treats foreign investment and are tightening their review procedures too, making it more difficult for U.S. companies to invest abroad.”

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman’s International Trade practice provides its clients with a full range of legal services related to international trade regulation, including counseling, regulatory compliance and enforcement, transactions, litigation and arbitration. By combining sophisticated knowledge of domestic and extraterritorial trade measures with an understanding of political, policy and diplomatic contexts in which these measures are implemented, Pillsbury assists clients with international trade matters including: the interpretation of international trade agreements and litigation or settlement of trade disputes; customs compliance and enforcement; trade remedy proceedings (such as antidumping investigations); export controls and embargoes; Foreign Corrupt Practices Act compliance; regulation of foreign investment; and trade issues that arise in transactions. Pillsbury’s in-depth understanding of clients’ industries and technologies helps its attorneys deliver effective solutions benefiting client’s long-term goals. Pillsbury clients include leaders in computer hardware and software, aerospace, defense, semiconductors, financial institutions, satellite services, energy, agriculture, chemicals, steel, travel, automotive, and electronics.

07-09-2007

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Odin, Feldman & Pittleman PC

OFP Attorneys to Speak at 2007 VA State SHRM Conference
Misti Mukherjee and Timothy McEvoy, principals with law firm Odin, Feldman & Pittleman, will speak at the 2007 Virginia Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) conference in October.

The Virginia State SHRM Conference offers world-renowned keynote speakers, an extensive schedule of professional development and educational sessions, and networking opportunities. Mukherjee and McEvoy will present their session, Conducting Investigations and Detecting Deception, on Thursday, Oct. 4 at 10:45 a.m. The conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City at Reagan National Airport.

Mukherjee, co-chair of the firm’s Labor & Employment group, is a human resources community leader and frequent speaker on employment law issues. Her practice is management-oriented, and she counsels and trains businesses, non-profit organizations and trade associations to anticipate and avoid labor and employment problems. McEvoy, a member of the firm’s Litigation practice group, represents clients in many types of complex matters including employment law compliance and litigation.

SHRM works to develop strategic human resources leaders through networking, mentoring, and civic and educational programs.

07-09-2007

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Nixon Peabody LLP

Nixon Peabody LLP Expands Its Public Finance Practice; Elizabeth D. Moore is an Experienced Attorney Who Has Practiced in the Areas of Government Relations and Labor & Employment
Arthur F. McMahon, Jr., partner and leader of the public finance practice group at Nixon Peabody, said, “Liz brings substantial experience in government affairs to the public finance practice group, solidifying Nixon Peabody’s position as a national leader in the area of public finance with the ability to provide a broad range of resources to our clients. Liz has counseled our public finance clients and attorneys extensively in the past and are thrilled to welcome her as a full-time member to our team.”

As a member of the public finance group, Ms. Moore will provide insight and guidance to clients as well as other public finance attorneys concerning issues and regulations involving New York State entities. Additionally, Ms. Moore was a co-chair of New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer’s Transition Committee providing knowledge and insight as one of Spitzer’s chief policy advisors.

Ms. Moore also co-chairs Nixon Peabody’s Diversity Action Committee (DAC) established to continue the firm’s commitment to diversity initiatives. The mission of this committee is to ensure that a sense of diversity and inclusiveness is fostered throughout the firm in all that the firm does involving its lawyers, personnel, and clients. Under Ms. Moore’s leadership, the firm’s diversity initiative has received national accolades to include recognition by FORTUNE magazine as one of the “100 Best Companies To Work For®” in 2006 and 2007.

Active in the New York community, Ms. Moore is a member of Cornell University’s Board of Trustees, the Rochester Institute of Technology’s Board of Trustees, and the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital Board of Trustees. Most recently, Ms. Moore was honored by the Girl Scout Council of Greater New York for her commitment to ensuring access to opportunity to members of diverse communities and women. Additionally, Ms. Moore was a 2006 recipient of the New York City Bar Association Diversity Champion Award and a Groat Award recipient, the highest honor awarded by Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. The Association of Black Women Attorneys also recognized Ms. Moore as one of its “Leaders for a New Century” by giving her its Legal Community Award.

Ms. Moore earned her J.D. degree from St. John’s University School of Law, and graduated with a B.S. degree from the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. She also received an Honorary Doctor of Civil Law from St. John’s University.
About Nixon Peabody’s Public Finance Practice Group

Nixon Peabody’s Public Finance group is one of the largest public finance practices in the U.S. and is consistently ranked among the ten most active bond and underwriter’s counsels nationally. The group and its attorneys are widely recognized for their knowledge and creativity in dealing with municipal finance and federal tax law. The firm’s clients include state and local governments, underwriters, credit enhancers, and corporate and not-for-profit borrowers. Additionally, the firm is experienced in all aspects of structuring, documenting, negotiating, and closing transactions, which is demonstrated in the scope of the firm’s work, which includes low-income housing, assisted living and health care facilities, stadiums and arenas, military family housing, tobacco securitization, hotels, public power, water, and sewer facilities, transportation projects, municipal improvement projects, industrial, civic, and economic development projects, and college and university facilities.

07-09-2007

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Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, LLP

Luce Forward Earns Top Rankings in 2007 Edition of Chambers USA: Family Wealth and Exempt Organizations Practice Group Receives National Recognition as Top Wealth Management Practice; Two Individual Attorneys Honored
Luce Forward, along with Partners Louis A. Mezzullo and Bruce S. Ross, have received top honors in the 2007 edition of Chambers USA. The yearly publication covers major practice areas at the national level, as well as the key specializations within each state. The firm was ranked nationally in the “Wealth Management” category. Both Mezzullo and Ross were ranked as top attorneys in the Wealth Management: Western Region category.

“Recognition by Chambers USA illustrates our continued growth as one of the West Coast's most prominent Trust & Estates practices and is a true testament to the incredible work done by our dedicated team of attorneys,” said Robert J. Bell, Luce Forward’s Managing Partner. “On behalf of the firm, I am honored to receive this ranking and I congratulate Lou and Bruce on their achievements.”

Luce Forward's Family Wealth and Exempt Organizations Practice Group counsels families and individuals in their personal, financial and business dealings, designs simple and complex estate plans, solves sophisticated tax problems and identifies and settles issues in estate and trust administration. Attorneys in the practice group address estate and tax planning, the responsibilities of fiduciaries in the probate and trust process, dispute resolution in the estate and trust context, and the start-up and operation of nonprofit organizations.

Mezzullo works with high net worth individuals, as well as family owned and closely held businesses, primarily in the areas of tax, estate, business, succession planning and employee benefits. He is a nationally recognized author and speaker, and the immediate past Chair of the American College of Tax Counsel; a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation; a Fellow and former Regent of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel; a charter fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel and Academician and Vice President of the International Academy of Estate and Trust Law. He is also the former Chair of the American Bar Association Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law.

Ross, who is a nationally recognized trial lawyer, has more than 30 years experience litigating trust, estate and conservatorship cases. He is the immediate past President of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel and is the former Chair of the Executive Committee of the California Bar’s Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Law Section. Ross is also a member of the Executive Council of the International Academy of Estate and Trust Law, and the author of the leading textbook on probate administration in California, “California Practice Guide: Probate” (The Rutter Group), which he has supplemented annually since it was first published in 1986.

Chambers USA selects their top firms and attorneys by speaking to sources including attorneys and their clients. Sources are selected on the basis of submissions put forward by legal practices, interviews during the course of research and the publication’s database resources. For the current Chambers USA directory, more than 14,000 interviews were conducted. Rankings are based on technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial astuteness, diligence, commitment, and other qualities valued by a client.

07-09-2007

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Latham & Watkins

Latham & Watkins' Singapore Team Advise on Largest Equity Offering by an Indian Company to Date
Latham & Watkins' Singapore office advised a syndicate of investments banks including Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan and CLSA, as underwriters to ICICI Bank, in the largest equity offering of approximately US$5 billion by an Indian company to date. The Latham team was led by corporate partner Michael Sturrock, together with of counsel Rajiv Gupta, foreign law consultant Arvind Mathur and associate Ronald Falls Jr.

07-09-2007

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Kelley, Drye & Warren, LLP

Partner Dave Ervin to Present at American Conference Institute’s 2nd Advanced Legal & Business Forum on Sports Marketing & Advertising Law
Dave Ervin, a Partner in the Advertising Law and Intellectual Property Practice Groups, will deliver a presentation on “Live Sporting Events: Strategic Approaches for Maintaining Control Over the Brand,” on a panel at the American Conference Institute’s 2nd Advanced Legal & Business Forum on Sports Marketing & Advertising Law in New York on September 27-28, 2007. The session will focus on helping the client understand why relinquishing control of its brand to the networks does not always yield negative results. It will also include a discussion on taking new media platforms into consideration when negotiating broadcast rights, and avoiding mishaps related to value-added media buys.

07-09-2007

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