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Alston & Bird LLP

Daily Deal Reports Dennis Connolly Named Chapter 11 Trustee for SonicBlue
The April 20th Daily Deal reported that Dennis Connolly was appointed Chapter 11 trustee for SonicBlue Inc., which made electronics and personal computer equipment. The judge handling the case disqualified the debtor’s counsel on the grounds of a possible conflict.

04-20-2007

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Thompson & Knight LLP

T&K Attorney to Present at National Conferences
Thompson & Knight Environmental Law Partner Scott D. Deatherage is a featured speaker at two upcoming national events. Mr. Deatherage will present "Environmental, Safety & Climate Change Issues Raise New Challenges for Directors and Officers: Will D&O Insurance Cover Any Lawsuits Concerning These Issues?" on May 16, 2007, at the 3rd Annual Directors & Officers Insurance ExecuSummit in New York City. The next day he will be in Las Vegas, Nevada, for the Wells Fargo CFO Roundtable where he and Deloitte Senior Manager Kathryn Pavlovsky will discuss the "Newest Disclosure & Accounting Requirements for Environmental Liabilities Under FIN #47 / Sarbanes-Oxley."

"Both events will help companies who are facing many new environmental issues in today's regulatory marketplace," says Mr. Deatherage. "Climate change concerns and new accounting standards can be hard to navigate. Over the last six months there has been a sea change in terms of the challenges facing companies from the TXU transaction to the U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that the EPA has the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. In this new era of the impact of environmental pressures on companies, I hope to provide attendees with a better grasp on how to effectively deal with these important issues and challenges."

Mr. Deatherage focuses his practice on permitting, compliance, administrative law, and judicial litigation in environmental matters. In the area of environmental management and corporate governance, he has counseled companies on reporting protocols to boards of directors, development or review and revision of environmental management systems, compliance audits, and developing operating procedures and policies to address environmental issues.

In particular, he focuses on environmental financial disclosure issues. For the last several years, he has served as the Vice Chair for Newsletters for the Special Committee on Environmental Disclosure of the American Bar Association.

Mr. Deatherage authors two blogs relating to the environment. On his blog "Law and the Environment," http://lawandenvironment.typepad.com/, he publishes articles, commentary, and analysis of the ever-evolving legal, policy, and practical developments in environmental law, management, corporate governance, and financial disclosure. This blog also discusses how affected corporations as well as their management and directors are evolving to survive and prosper in this dynamic regulatory environment. His other blog is entitled "The New Carbon Cycle," http://lawandenvironment.typepad.com/newcarboncycle/. Here he offers news and analysis of the rapidly evolving law and policy surrounding carbon trading and markets, climate change, and renewable energy.

04-20-2007

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Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP

Thacher Proffitt’s Bulletin Discusses New SEC Deregistration Rules for Foreign Companies
Thacher Proffitt's Client Bulletin, "SEC Provides Relief to Non-US Issuers and Adopts New Deregistration Rules," (issued in April 2007) was republished in Securities Law360. Co-authored by Walter Van Dorn and Marc Rossell, the Bulletin discusses the new rules, which take effect on June 4th for non-U.S. companies. The rules substantially facilitate the process for a non-U.S. company qualifying as a foreign private issuer to terminate its SEC registration and reporting obligations. These recent SEC accommodations for non-U.S. issuers, including the new exit rules, should help to restore the interest of non-U.S. companies in the U.S. markets, or at least reduce perceived regulatory barriers to entering the U.S. capital markets.

04-20-2007

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Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, LLP

Simpson Thacher Represents Blackstone in Sale of Extended Stay Hotels for $8 Billion
The Firm is representing The Blackstone Group and Extended Stay Hotels in the sale of Extended Stay Hotels to The Lightstone Group for $8 billion. The transaction is subject to customary conditions and is expected to close in approximately two months.

Extended Stay Hotels is the largest owner of mid-price properties in the United States, with 683 properties and approximately 76,000 units located in 44 states and Canada. The company currently operates under five brands in the extended-stay segment: Extended Stay Deluxe, Extended Stay America, Homestead Studio Suites, StudioPlus and Crossland.

The Firm had represented Blackstone in its 2004 buyout of Extended Stay America, Inc., which was the largest public company owner of extended-stay hotels, and its 2001 acquisition of Homestead Studio Suites.

The Simpson Thacher team working on the transaction includes: Gregory Ressa, Sas Mehrara, Caylin Navo, Elizabeth Ferrell and Julia Noone (Real Estate); Brian Stadler, Peter Martelli and Irina Petrova (M&A); John Hart and Nancy Mehlman (Tax); John Lobrano (Capital Markets); Andrea Wahlquist and Andrew O’Brien (Employee Benefits); Michael Isby (Environmental); Michael Naughton (Antitrust); and Mindy Lok (Intellectual Property).

04-20-2007

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Proskauer & Rose, LLP

Proskauer Rose Announces 13 Attorneys Named in Massachusetts Super Lawyers - Rising Stars Edition
Thirteen attorneys from Proskauer Rose LLP, an international law firm with over 700 lawyers worldwide, have been named in Super Lawyers - Rising Stars Edition, an annual guide to up-and-coming attorneys practicing in the state.

Massachusetts attorneys are selected for the list based on nominations by their peers and independent research by the editors of Law & Politics magazine. To be considered for Rising Stars, a lawyer must be 40 or under or practicing for 10 years or less. This year’s list will appear as a special advertising section in the May issue of Boston magazine. Only 2.5 percent of attorneys in Massachusetts are named to Super Lawyers Rising Stars.

"We are proud to have so many of our young lawyers named to this list," said Steven M. Bauer, head of Proskauer's Boston office. "It's a true testament to their abilities and to our ability as a firm to recruit and develop the area's best talent."

Since opening in 2004, Proskauer's Boston office has rapidly expanded its numbers and capabilities and has been named the fastest-growing law firm in the area by Boston Business Journal in 2006 and 2007. The office is home to one of the world's top private equity and finance practices and also boasts locally-based top-tier intellectual property, corporate finance, litigation, labor and employment, corporate governance, and transactional practices.

Proskauer's attorneys named in this year's Massachusetts Super Lawyers - Rising Stars Edition are:

Corporate
Howard Beber
Stephen Boyko
Sarah Cherry
Gary Creem
Sean Hill
David Jones
Stephanie Jones
Gustavo Resendiz
Sascha Rosebush
Alexander Temel
Michael Whamond

Tax
Scott Jones
Jamiel Poindexter

04-20-2007

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Lewis and Roca LLP

Cárdenas Honored With Professional Achievement Award
José A. Cárdenas was honored as the recipient of the Professional Achievement Award for his prominence within his field by the James E. Rogers College of Law and the Law College Association on April 14, 2007.

Mr. Cárdenas, Chair and partner with Lewis and Roca’s Commercial Litigation practice group, focuses his practice primarily on transactional and commercial litigation matters.

Mr. Cárdenas is also very active within the community. He is Chairman of the Board for the International Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and Greater Phoenix Leadership (GPL). He is a trustee of the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust, Vice Chairman of the Arizona Commerce and Economic Development Commission and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He also serves on the boards of the East Valley Partnership and the Greater Phoenix Economic Council. Mr. Cárdenas is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, American Bar Association, the American Law Institute, the Hispanic National Bar Association, Los Abogados Hispanic Bar Association and the St. Thomas More Society.

04-20-2007

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Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, P.L.C.

GilBride to Present at Public Practice Legal Seminar & Appellate Practice Institute
"Eileen GilBride, a partner at Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, P.L.C., will be a presenter at the Tenth Annual Public Practice Legal Seminar on May 10, 2007. In addition, GilBride will be a returning faculty member at the Appellate Practice Institute, a ""trial college"" for aspiring appellate lawyers, on May 11, 2007.

GilBride has been with the firm since 1993 and a partner since 2000. She concentrates her practice on federal and state appellate matters and dispositive motions. GilBride graduated from Cornell Law School and is admitted to practice in Arizona, the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court, District of Arizona and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth, Tenth and Federal Circuits."

04-20-2007

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