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Keating, Muething & Klekamp PLL

Former U.S. Senator Mike DeWine Joins Keating Muething & Klekamp: DeWine Will Co-Chair KMK’s Corporate Investigations Group
Keating Muething & Klekamp (KMK) announced today that former United States Senator Mike DeWine has become “Of Counsel” at the firm. He has been appointed Co-Chair of the firm’s Corporate Investigations Group, along with KMK partner James E. Burke. DeWine also will be available to counsel public and private companies and other clients on strategic issues pertaining to business and government, including corporate governance, securities and antitrust matters.

According to Jim Burke, Co-Chair with DeWine of KMK’s Corporate Investigations Group, “Our Corporate Investigations Group understands the issues surrounding sensitive governmental and internal investigations. Mike DeWine’s breadth and depth of expertise as a U.S. Senator, Judiciary Committee member and Prosecutor underscores his reputation for integrity and candor. His strategic understanding of all levels of government and his credibility with corporate officers and directors and government officials will complement and enhance our Corporate Investigations practice.”

Paul Muething, Managing Partner of KMK, added, “Mike DeWine provides KMK clients with a unique background of legal experience and government service. To have Mike DeWine, a former Prosecutor, State Senator, Lt. Governor, Congressman and U.S. Senator practicing at KMK is an honor for us and a great opportunity for the firm and its clients.”

DeWine added, “KMK has an excellent reputation in advising public and private companies on a wide range of issues. Since the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2002, internal investigative procedures and corporate compliance programs have become more important to organizations than ever before. I am honored to have the opportunity to work with a firm that can offer the ability, credibility and reasonable pricing that public companies seek in this environment of intensified corporate oversight. I also look forward to using my governmental experience to assist clients in other strategic areas as well.”

DeWine served as a U.S. Senator from Ohio between 1995 and 2007. He earned his J.D. from Ohio Northern University and his B.S. from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

Prior to his 12-year term as Senator, DeWine served as the Prosecuting Attorney for Greene County, Ohio. In 1980, he was elected to the Ohio State Senate before being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1982. He was re-elected to the House three times. In 1990, he was elected the 59th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio, and served in that position from 1991 to 1995 before his election to the U.S. Senate.

Burke has been a partner at KMK for 26 years. His practice focuses on complex corporate and commercial litigation, including both trial and appellate practice, in state and federal court. He is the former head of KMK’s Litigation Department and currently serves on the Board of Directors. He has received numerous accolades at the national and state level: in 1997 he was inducted into The American College of Trial Lawyers; he is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, one of 412 attorneys nationwide selected in the "Bet the Company Litigation" category; he has been listed in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Leaders 2004-2007 and has been named one of the Top 100 Lawyers in Ohio and Top 50 Lawyers in Cincinnati by Ohio Super Lawyer and Law & Politics Media.

KMK’s Corporate Investigations Group analyzes the legal vulnerability of clients, offers solutions and recommendations for appropriate courses of action and helps clients address and comply with corporate governance responsibilities. Attorneys at KMK have handled internal investigations involving allegations of:

• Sarbanes-Oxley compliance;
• Accounting issues and possible irregularities;
• Audit committee assignments and engagements;
• Insider-trading and other matters involving publicly-traded securities and transactions in them;
• Back-dating of stock options;
• Stock exchange requirements and compliance;
• Special committee assignments in connection with complex corporate transactions and affiliated-party sales and acquisitions;
• Public company disclosure and reporting issues;
• Environmental matters and investigations;
• Financial reporting and securities compliance issues.

DeWine and Burke will conduct and oversee corporate internal investigations and handle all aspects of these and other special engagements for boards of directors and special board or audit committees. Depending on the nature of the investigation they will draw upon the expertise of various members of the team and other attorneys at KMK for support.

05-04-2007

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Katten Muchin Rosenman’s Heather O’Toole Named Pro Bono Attorney of the Month by Illinois Pro Bono
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP is pleased to announce that Heather Kuhn O’Toole, an associate in the Firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice, has been named Pro Bono Attorney of the Month for May, by Illinois Pro Bono, an organization dedicated to increasing access to legal services for lower-income and vulnerable Illinois residents. Ms. O’Toole is featured this month on the organization’s Web site, http://www.illinoisprobono.org/.

Ms. O’Toole was recognized for her continuing dedication to pro bono service, as well as for her efforts in winning a decisive victory in a federal case in which she represented a mother in an action filed by her son's father under the Hague Convention on Civil Aspects of Child Abduction. The father alleged in his Hague Petition that the mother wrongfully removed their son from England in 2002 to avoid a custody hearing. In fact, the mother and her son had been living in the United States since 1999, when she moved to Chicago because the father filed an action for custody in the Circuit Court of Cook County. After failing to obtain custody in Cook County, the father returned to England in 2002 and initiated custody proceedings there, falsely informing the English court that the mother and her son had also returned to England.

Following depositions and an evidentiary hearing, the Court resolved all credibility issues in favor of Ms. O’Toole’s client, repeatedly noting that the father's testimony was not credible. The Court dismissed the father's Hague Petition and entered judgment in favor of Ms. O’Toole’s client, specifically complimenting Ms. O’Toole for her “exemplary job” on the case.

“We are very proud that Illinois Pro Bono has recognized Heather’s outstanding work on this case, as well as her dedication to giving the state’s under-represented population a voice in our legal system,” said Jonathan K. Baum, Katten’s Director of Pro Bono Services. “As a Firm, we strongly encourage all of our attorneys to devote some of their time to pro bono work and have always been pleased with their willingness to accept this challenge. It is because of exceptional people like Heather, that Katten’s pro bono effort continues to thrive.”

Katten has a long-term commitment to helping the poor, the powerless and the disenfranchised obtain first-rate representation without charge. Attorneys and other legal professionals give their time, resources and talent to serve individuals and organizations in need, to engage in important

national litigation, and to partner with local legal service providers to ensure access to the justice system.
Mr. Baum serves as the Firm’s Director of Pro Bono Services, making Katten one of a small group of firms that have a partner leading the pro bono program on a full-time basis. Mr. Baum works with pro bono committees that are established in each of the Firm's offices.

Katten’s pro bono program is particularly noteworthy for the breadth of services it offers. This includes litigation, both on behalf of individuals and groups, in matters of housing and public accommodations discrimination, civil liberties, immigration, criminal defense and prisoners’ rights, and consumer matters. Katten also handles transactional pro bono work in such areas as corporate and tax assistance to not-for-profit organizations, intellectual property law, employee benefits, and international trade law.

05-04-2007

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Frost, Brown & Todd, L.L.C.

Frost Brown Todd Attorneys Raise the Bar
Frost Brown Todd LLC, one of the region’s largest full-service law firms, is pleased to announce that it’s own Jeffrey S. Shoskin was sworn in as president of the Cincinnati Bar Association during their annual luncheon today. In addition to the presidency, two other FBT attorneys assumed leadership positions, Philip J. Schworer as president-elect and Richard M. Goehler as a trustee.

Jeffrey S. Shoskin, an attorney in the Firm’s Labor & Employment department, represents management in all aspects of private and public sector employment and labor relations matters. He has served as lead counsel in state and federal court litigation, as well as before various state and federal administrative agencies and boards. He also has represented clients in collective bargaining negotiations, union campaigns, and arbitration proceedings. Jeffrey is listed as an Ohio Super Lawyer, was a member of the inaugural class of Cincinnati Academy of Leadership for Lawyers and has been elected a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.

Philip J. Schworer, an attorney in the Firm’s Environmental department, represents business and industry in all aspects of environmental, health & safety, and toxic tort issues. Phil’s practice involves matters ranging from environmental litigation and due diligence to negotiations and corporate compliance. Phil is President-Elect of the Leadership Cincinnati Alumni Association and also serves on the board of the Redwood Rehabilitation Center and on the Planning Committee for the Just The Beginning Foundation conference for African American Federal judges throughout the U.S. He has been recognized by his peers as a Best Lawyer in America, and is listed as an Ohio Super Lawyer and Ohio Leading Lawyer.

Richard M. Goehler is an attorney in the Firm’s First Amendment, Media and Advertising Law practice a member of the Firm's Executive Committee. He represents media clients in all aspects of First Amendment and newsroom-related matters, including prebroadcast / prepublication review, defense of defamation and privacy claims, and access and freedom of information matters. Dick is currently the Chair of the American Bar Association Forum on Communications Law. He sits on the boards of the Greater Cincinnati Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Student Press Law Center, the Advertising Club of Cincinnati, and the Ruth Lyons Foundation. He is also listed as an Ohio Super Lawyer.

05-04-2007

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Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, L.L.P.

Gregg Weiner Brief Honored by New York State Bar Association
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP partner Gregg Weiner is receiving honorable mention by the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association in its Excellence in Commercial Brief Writing awards. Mr. Weiner is receiving the honor for his memorandum of law in opposition to defendant’s motion for summary judgment in CDL Hotels USA, Inc. v. Willis of New York, Inc. (U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York). Mr. Weiner’s client, CDL Hotels, eventually received a $17.5 million settlement from Willis, from which CDL was seeking to recover a shortfall in insurance recovery related to losses at the Millenium Hotel in the 9/11 attack.

Mr. Weiner will be honored on May 5, 2007 at the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section’s Spring Meeting taking place at the Cranwell Resort & Golf Club in Lenox, MA.

05-04-2007

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Fenwick & West, LLP

Fenwick & West Announced as One of the "Best Places to Work in the Bay Area"
Fenwick & West LLP is pleased to announce that the San Francisco Business Times/Silicon Valley Jose Business Journal has recognized Fenwick & West as one of the "Best Places to Work in the Bay Area." Fenwick & West placed 8th on the list of companies with 500 to 3,000 employees.

Managing Partner Kate Fritz said "First and foremost, we're in a people business. Our clients depend upon us to respond quickly and accurately to a myriad of complex issues. From the early days of our firm's existence, we realized that this would be impossible in an environment that was not conducive to employee satisfaction. We strive to make our workplace exciting, innovative and positive, and we are pleased to have those efforts acknowledged by the local media."

The survey itself was conducted by PeopleView, an employment consulting firm. The rankings were based upon employee responses. In order to be eligible for the survey, at least 20 percent of the employees were required to respond. The comprehensive survey sought employee responses covering a wide range of topics, including workplace environments, management communications, benefits, compensation and other

"Being named to the 'Best Places to Work in the Bay Area' list confirms that Fenwick & West is succeeding in our efforts to attract world-class professionals to a work environment that continually demonstrates our respect and admiration for our attorneys and staff. We are certainly proud of our collective achievement, and it is a credit to the efforts of everyone at Fenwick & West," said Head of Human Resources Pat Lyden. "I've consistently felt that Fenwick & West is a great Firm, with a wonderful reputation and a great place to work that cares about its employees and then to repeatedly be named as one of the very Best Places to Work in the Bay Area serves to confirm that impression. This recent award and recognition is especially meaningful because it is based primarily on feedback from our most valuable resource, our employees."

05-04-2007

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Dechert LLP

Dechert LLP Advises Interactive Brokers Group in $1.2 Billion IPO
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: IBKR) today announced an increase in the size of the proposed initial public offering of shares of its Class A common stock from 34,500,000 shares to 40,000,000 shares and further announced the pricing of its initial public offering at $30.01 per share. As previously disclosed in the registration statement, all net proceeds from the sale of shares in the offering will be received by the current members of IBG LLC, the current holding company for its electronic market making and brokerage business.

The Class A common stock will begin trading on May 4, 2007 on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol "IBKR." The offering is expected to close on or about May 9 2007.

The following is selected information about the auction:

-The auction clearing price was $33.00.
-The offering price was $30.01.
-A total of 13,504 bids were received in the auction.
-A total of 8,282 bids were successful. A total of 145,514,807 shares, in total, were bid for at prices equal to or in excess of the offering price.
-The pro rata fill rate for bids was 27.5%.

Dechert lawyers Adam Fox (partner, corporate and securities), Bonnie Barsamian (partner, corporate and securities), Peter Bartolino (associate, corporate and securities), Steve Lee (associate, corporate and securities), Parveet Gandoak (associate, corporate and securities), James Nix (partner, tax/employee benefits), Richard Belford (partner, tax/employee benefits), David Shapiro (counsel, tax/employee benefits), Frank Tripodi (associate, tax/employee benefits), Gary Mennitt (partner, litigation), Stuart Kaswell (partner, broker/dealer), Elliott Curzon (partner, broker/dealer), Cortney Scott (associate, broker/dealer) and Earl Nemser (vice chairman, IBG and special cousel at Dechert) advised IBG on the offering.

05-04-2007

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Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP

KATHERINE FORREST AUTHORS CHAPTER ON ANTITRUST ADVICE
Cravath partner Katherine B. Forrest has authored a chapter entitled "Getting the Facts and Offering Meaningful Advice" in the book Inside the Minds: Antitrust Law Client Strategies--Leading Lawyers on Best Practices for Compliance, M&A Transactions, and Litigation Proceedings.

05-04-2007

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