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Thompson & Knight LLP

T&K Named One of the "Best Places to Work" for Four Consecutive Years
Thompson & Knight LLP has been named one of the "Best Places to Work" in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex for the fourth consecutive year and was the only law firm recognized in the mid-size business category for 2007.

"We are excited and honored to be recognized as one of the 'Best Places to Work' by the DBJ since 2004. Our Firm is committed to providing our attorneys and staff with a supportive work environment. We believe our culture helps us make a positive impact on the people we serve," says Diane Scheffler, the Firm's Chief Operating Officer.

The "Best Places to Work" list is formulated by an anonymous employee survey conducted by the Dallas Business Journal. The 2007 rankings for each business category were announced at an awards ceremony on May 3 and were featured in a special publication in the May 4 issue of the Dallas Business Journal.

05-04-2007

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Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, LLP

STB Advising Dow Jones Board of Directors in Unsolicited Acquisition Proposal from News Corp.
Simpson Thacher is advising the Board of Directors of Dow Jones & Company, Inc., in connection with the $5 billion unsolicited proposal from News Corporation, the company owned and controlled by Rupert Murdoch. Dow Jones & Company, Inc. is a leading provider of global business news and information services and owns, among other ventures, the Wall Street Journal. The Simpson Thacher attorneys representing the Board on this matter include Dick Beattie, Rob Spatt and Nomaan Raja.

05-04-2007

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O'Melveny & Myers, LLP

O'MELVENY & MYERS REPRESENTS INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY IN STRATEGIC ALLIANCE WITH CHINA LOTSYNERGY HOLDINGS LIMITED
O'Melveny & Myers LLP announced today that they represented International Game Technology (NYSE: IGT), the global specialist in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution, and sale of computerized gaming machines and related systems, in its strategic alliance with China LotSynergy Holdings Limited.

The O'Melveny & Myers team was led by Hong Kong's Colin Law and Silicon Valley's Howard Chao and Margaret Ikeya; with support from Hong Kong's Peter Chen and Winnie Suen; Beijing's Nate Bush and Elaine Zhang; Shanghai's Nadia Darwazeh; and Los Angeles' Albert Yuen.

For more information, please refer to the International Game Technology press release below.

05-03-2007

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Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

Melody Ray-Welborn Selected For Triangle Business Journal's 7th Annual 40 Under 40 Leadership Award
Melody Ray-Welborn, an associate of Womble Carlyle's Business Litigation Practice Group in its Raleigh office, has been selected to receive the Triangle Business Journal's 7th Annual 40 Under 40 Leadership Award. This award honors the brightest, most promising young business people under the age of 40 in the Triangle.

Melody was selected not only for her substantial business achievements, but for her extraordinary personal and community contributions as well.

For the past two years, Melody has committed a large amount of her personal time and commitment to the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle. Specifically, Melody implemented the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle’s Summer Food Service Program at Womble Carlyle. The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) is a federally funded program operated nationally by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and administered at the State level by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. The SFSP is designed to bridge nutritional gaps for children during non-school months. The SFSP provides an opportunity to continue a child’s physical and social development while providing nutritious meals. The SFSP helps lower income children return to school in the fall months ready to learn.

In the summer of 2005, Melody created a system and structure that would allow all employees of Womble Carlyle to receive paid time away from work for visiting a local housing community, Walnut Terrace, and providing free lunches through the SFSP to any child under age 18 in that community. By enlisting volunteers throughout the firm’s Raleigh office, Melody and her group created a way to have hands-on involvement with these children. Five days a week from May through August, Melody and her fellow volunteers went to a local neighborhood and set up lunch for the children of that community. With no infrastructure in place for the implementation of the SFSP in this community, Melody organized and led her group to provide a free, nutritious meal to any child under 18 who would walk up and take part in this lunch. Melody’s group would not only come to the site, but would be in charge of assembling and distributing the food to each child.

Womble Carlyle was the first organization to adopt and implement this partnership concept that involves a company, like Womble Carlyle, assuming responsibility for providing a volunteer team at a specific community site in order to distribute meals to children each day throughout the summer. With Melody’s leadership, the firm is currently working with Inter-Faith’s director to present this model to other businesses who may wish to give back to the community in this way.

In conjunction with the summer lunches they provided, Melody also worked with the firm to collect funds to buy school supplies for each child at the end of the summer. She partnered with Scholastic and one of its local representatives to obtain new books that were donated to the children who participated in the lunch program.

A special supplement will be published as part of the May 25th issue of the Triangle Business Journal detailing Melody's achievements.

05-03-2007

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White & Case, LLP

White & Case Advises on the Sale of Genoyer Group
White & Case represented the Carlyle Group and the other shareholders in the sale of Genoyer Group to CDC Capital Investissement. Genoyer Group is a major industrial and commercial operator for global oil, gas and water projects, with 1,350 employees and a turnover of €290 million in 2006.

The White & Case team was headed by partner Nicolas Huet, who advised on the Corporate/M&A aspects of the deal, assisted by Oriane Dubocq. Partner Norbert Majerholc provided advice on the tax aspects of the transaction and partner Raphaël Richard advised on finance issues.

05-03-2007

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Sills, Cummis, Epstein & Gross, P.C.

Sills Cummis Epstein & Gross Attorney Lester Aron Named Senior Vice President and General Counsel of UMDNJ
Sills Cummis Epstein & Gross P.C. is pleased to announce that Lester Aron, a Member of the Firm, has been named Senior Vice President and General Counsel of UMDNJ.

Mr. Aron, Co-Chair of the Employment and Labor Practice Group, regularly represented education management in general litigation law, labor relations and employment litigation before federal and state courts and administrative agencies. For ten years, he was Program Director and Chairman of the Institute of Business Law's Annual Conference on Employment Regulations in New Jersey. He was formerly a member and on the Executive Board of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the New Jersey Bar Association and Citizens For Better Schools. Mr. Aron has taught school law to graduate education students and has lectured and written widely on topics affecting school districts.

Steven E. Gross, Co-Chair and Managing Partner of the Firm, stated: “Les has been a valued Member of our Firm for over 20 years and we are proud of his being chosen for this new position. His wise counsel will be a great loss to the Firm. He will be missed both on a professional and personal level. I am confident that UMDNJ has made the right choice in selecting Les as Senior Vice President and General Counsel.”

05-03-2007

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Pepper Hamilton, L.L.P.

Barry M. Abelson to Receive Lifetime Venture Award from MAC Alliance
Barry M. Abelson, a senior partner with Pepper Hamilton LLP, will receive the Blair Thompson Lifetime Venture Award from the Mid-Atlantic Capital (MAC) Alliance at its 20th annual awards luncheon in June. The award is given in recognition of “a direct, major and successful role in furthering the region’s venture interests” by promoting or strengthening the venture capital base and enhancing the venture process.

The awards luncheon will take place at the Hyatt Regency Philadelphia at Penn’s Landing on June 7, 2007.

Mr. Abelson has long been a champion of the MAC Alliance (formerly the Greater Philadelphia Venture Group) and has been dedicated to furthering its growth and making it a dynamic and vital organization for the business community. He has served on its board of directors, and he co-chaired its 2005 Mid-Atlantic Venture Conference. He has spoken at numerous conferences in order to advance the visibility of the Philadelphia venture community, and he has served as a mentor for countless entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, in an effort to grow and strengthen the region’s VC base.

“I’m honored to receive the Blair Thompson Award,” said Mr. Abelson. “There are so many opportunities in the mid-Atlantic region and so many emerging companies in the Philadelphia area that have tremendous investment potential. I’m proud to have had a part in making this region a preeminent area for venture investments.”

Mr. Abelson is a partner in Pepper Hamilton’s corporate and securities practice group. He served as chairman of Pepper’s Executive Committee, the firm’s governing body, from 1995 until earlier this year. He concentrates his practice in securities, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity and venture capital transactions. He regularly counsels boards of directors, independent board committees and senior management of companies on governance, disclosure and transactional matters.

Active in the community, Mr. Abelson serves on the boards of the Children’s Crisis Treatment Center, which provides comprehensive mental health services to Philadelphia’s neediest children and their families, and Operation Warm, which distributes coats to needy children nationally. He also is a member of the board of directors of the Institute of Law and Economics at the University of Pennsylvania.

The Mid-Atlantic Capital Alliance (www.macalliance.com) connects people, ideas and capital at all stages of company growth and investment – from venture to buyout. It serves as an advocate for promoting the mid-Atlantic region as a hub for entrepreneurship, corporate growth and investment. It is a collaboration among funds, investors, entrepreneurs and companies for the advantage and benefit of all.

05-03-2007

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