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Miller, Johnson, Snell & Cummiskey, P.L.C.

ABA Young Lawyers Appoints Miller Johnson Attorney Chair of Litigation Committee
Derek S. Witte, a Miller Johnson associate, was appointed Chairman of the Litigation Committee for the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division (ABA-YLD) for the 2007-2008 year. He has been involved in the ABA-YLD as Vice-Chair of the Litigation Committee for the past year.

Mr. Witte’s practice areas include general commercial and business litigation, contract disputes and Uniform Commercial Code litigation, unfair competition, consumer fraud and class action defense, e-discovery, and civil RICO litigation. He received his law degree, summa cum laude, from The John Marshall Law School and is admitted to the bar in Michigan and Illinois.

Founded in 1959, Miller Johnson has more than 90 attorneys practicing from offices in Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo. A full-service firm, Miller Johnson’s attorneys provide legal counsel to businesses and individuals in areas such as litigation, employment and labor, employee benefits, estate planning and business counsel.

The American Bar Association is the nation’s largest bar association with members from across the country and around the world. The ABA-YLD Litigation Committee serves the ABA’s members who focus on litigation and trial practice and are under the age of 36 or admitted to practice fewer than five years. Its members represent law firms from across the country. The Litigation Committee serves its membership and the ABA-YLD by presenting trainings and seminars around the country on trial practice and commercial litigation subjects, publishing a newsletter on topics relevant to young trial lawyers, and providing other opportunities to serve the bar and meet others in their field.

05-04-2007

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Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP

Maslon Attorney Beatriz Menanteau Elected to Board of Directors of the Minnesota Hispanic Bar Association
Maslon Attorney Beatriz Menanteau was elected to a Board Member position with the Minnesota Hispanic Bar Association (MHBA). Menanteau has been a member of the MHBA for two years, recently seeking to make her involvement more formal.

The Minnesota Hispanic Bar Association is a non-profit association founded in 1991 dedicated to advancing the interests of Hispanic attorneys and law students in Minnesota. MHBA strives to promote professional growth and opportunity for Latino law students and attorneys, to provide community service and to ensure access to justice for all. MHBA has approximately 100 members representing all sectors of the legal community, including judges, attorneys, law students and legal professionals. MHBA's attorney members are leaders in the state judiciary, local and state government, private law firms, multinational corporations, public interest organizations and more.

Beatriz Menanteau is an attorney in the firm's Litigation Practice Group. She is a 2003 cum laude graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School. During law school, Beatriz interned at a Human Rights NGO in Caracas, Venezuela and clerked in the Hennepin County Attorney's Office, Adult Prosecution Division. After graduating from law school, Beatriz clerked for U.S. Magistrate Judge Franklin L. Noel and U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan Richard Nelson of the U.S. District Court. Beatriz was born in Chile and has traveled throughout Latin America, Europe, Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and Africa.

05-04-2007

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Wilmer, Cutler, Pickering, Hale & Dorr, L.L.P.

EU Regulators Approve Merger of Statoil and Norsk Hydro
"EU regulators approved the merger between Statoil and Norsk Hydro's petroleum activities, ruling that the merger raised no competition concern in the European Economic Area.

The merger, which is the biggest in Norway's history, creates the world’s largest offshore production group in a deal worth an estimated 23 billion euros (30 billion dollars), with a projected combined production of 1.9 million barrels per day in 2007 and 31,000 employees.

WilmerHale Partners John Ratliff and Christian Duvernoy led the team in representing Statoil in securing clearance, with assistance from Partner James Lowe in the US."

05-04-2007

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Woodcock Washburn LLP

Woodcock Washburn Congratulates Microsoft On Its Supreme Court Victory
Woodcock Washburn LLP was part of the trial team behind the creative thinking that led to the April 30th United States Supreme Court victory for Microsoft in Microsoft Corp. v. AT&T Corp. At issue was whether Microsoft was liable for the infringement of an AT&T patent on copies of the Windows® operating system that were manufactured and sold abroad. The Supreme Court held that Microsoft was not liable for damages under U.S. patent law because "Microsoft does not export from the United States the copies of
Windows installed on the foreign-made computers" at issue.

The trial team for Microsoft included Woodcock attorneys Dale Heist, Lynn Morreale, David Bailey, Paul Milcetic, Erich Falke and Joseph Milowic. Mr. Heist was lead trial counsel and argued for Microsoft before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Before the Supreme Court, Microsoft was represented by Theodore Olson of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP.

Brad Smith, Microsoft’s Senior Vice President and General Counsel, said, “This Supreme Court decision is important for the entire information technology industry, adding clarity and balance to our patent system. This decision promotes a global patent system that works. The ruling ensures that U.S. courts, like courts elsewhere, can respect the patent laws of other countries, helping promote cooperation among patent systems worldwide.

05-04-2007

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Stites & Harbison PLLC

Atlantans Celebrate Koninginnedag, The Queen of the Netherlands' Birthday
Business leaders and foreign dignitaries who make Atlanta their home celebrated Koninginnedag, the Dutch national holiday for the Queen's Birthday, with a symposium on "Doing Business with the Dutch" and reception at the Southern Center for International Studies.

The focus of discussion centered on how businesses in the United States and the Netherlands can best collaborate on business ventures in both countries.

More than 70 Dutch companies employ 27,900 people in Georgia, with an investment of more than $2.5 billion and more than 300 operating facilities.

The business symposium featured Ewoud Swaak, Honorary Consul for the Kingdom of the Netherlands; Jilko Andringa, Managing Director of Operation for temporary staffing company Randstad USA; Mark van Weegen, Vice President and Partner of management company A.T. Kearney; and David Golden, Partner of multi-family investment and development company Pollack Partners. The symposium was moderated by Jim Blair, Regional Director of Business Development for the Georgia Department of Economic Development.

Primary event sponsors included Rabobank, Stites & Harbison Attorneys, Westplan Investors, VanDerLande Industries, HA&W Accountants, and Randstad.

The event's host committee was composed of Ewoud and Kimberle Swaak on behalf of the Consulate of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Westplan Investors, Norah de Bekker of Bold American Catering, Theo den Biemen of De Boer Vinings, and Eric de Groot of the Holland America Chamber.

05-04-2007

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Smith Anderson Blount Dorsett Mitchell & Jernigan LLP

Heather Adams Appointed to Chair ABA Intellectual Property Sub-Committee
Heather Adams has been appointed as Chair of the Intellectual Property Sub-Committee for the American Bar Association's Business Litigation Committee. She has also been re-appointed to a second term as Vice Chair of the Business Litigation Committee.

Ms. Adams practices in the areas of commercial litigation and intellectual property. She has been involved with the American Bar Association since 1998.

05-04-2007

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Quarles & Brady

Quarles & Brady Attorney Honored By Marquette Law School
Katherine Maloney Perhach, Quarles & Brady LLP associate, was honored with Marquette Law School's Dean Howard B. Eisenberg Award. She was recognized for her service to the community, exemplifying the Marquette mission of faith, service, leadership and excellence in both her personal and professional life.

05-04-2007

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