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Davis Polk & Wardwell

Lai Fung Holdings Limited High-Yield Debt Offering
Davis Polk & Wardwell advised Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch, and The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited as the initial purchasers in connection with a high-yield debt offering by Lai Fung Holdings Limited of US$200 million aggregate principal amount of its 9.125% senior notes due 2014. The notes are listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited.

Lai Fung Holdings Limited is one of the leading property development companies in Guangdong province in the PRC.

The Davis Polk corporate team included partners William F. Barron and John G. Crowley and associates Stephen Takahashi, Andrew R. Lin and Brian J. Baker (not yet admitted) of the Hong Kong office. Grace Tong Li of the Hong Kong office was the legal assistant for the transaction.

04-13-2007

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Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP

Weil Gotshal Partner Appears as Guest on Sports Interview Show
Jeffrey S. Klein, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP partner and chair of the Employment Litigation practice, appeared as a guest on the most recent edition of the sports interview show "The Game 365" on the MSG cable network on Monday, April 9. The show is hosted by former Yankees and Mets announcer Fran Healy. Mr. Klein talked about the subject of the interview that episode - “Marvin Miller, the former Executive Director of the Major League Baseball Players Association.” The Major League Baseball Players Association was a client of Weil Gotshal’s when Mr. Miller was its Executive Director.

04-13-2007

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Robinson & Cole LLP

Robinson & Cole and Monument High School Participate in Mock Trial
Robinson & Cole's Boston office teamed up with students from South Boston's Monument High School to enact a mock trial. The trial, held at Boston's Federal Courthouse, was the conclusion of an "e-Pals" program Robinson & Cole's lawyers and staff have participated in over the last few months.

The program matches students with Robinson & Cole participants who read the same assigned books and exchange emails to discuss topics covered in the classroom. The mock trial brought the latest book, Romeo and Juliet, to life as students prosecuted and defended who is to blame for the deaths of the title characters. The e-Pals program and mock trial increased the students' enthusiasm for reading, helped them become more comfortable expressing their thoughts about the book, and raised their awareness that there is often more than one legitimate point of view on an issue.

04-13-2007

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McGuireWoods LLP

McGuireWoods Lawyer to Receive Founders Award from the Fairygodmother Foundation
Richard T. Greenberg, managing partner of McGuireWoods LLP’s Chicago office, will receive the Founders Award from the Fairygodmother Foundation at its Fifth Annual Stars and Wishes Gala to be held on May 12, 2007, in Chicago.

Greenberg is being honored for his contributions of time, expertise and other support to the organization. The Fairygodmother Foundation is a national nonprofit organization based in Chicago that grants final wishes to adults facing terminal illness.

“Richard is a truly special individual,” says Stevie Ball, Chief Executive Officer of Fairygodmother Foundation. “He has given us countless hours of legal advice that we would never have been able to access were it not for his generosity. His support has been exceptional.”

During the past several years, Greenberg has acted as the foundation’s outside general counsel, but entirely on a pro bono basis. He has donated his legal services to help the foundation on a variety of legal matters.

As a member of McGuireWoods’ Business & Securities Litigation Department, Greenberg has conducted litigation and arbitration proceedings in a broad range of professional liability, business and commercial matters, especially in the areas of insurance, employment, accounting and finance. Greenberg is a member of the McGuireWoods Board of Partners.

04-13-2007

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

The Legal 500 Ranks Finnegan Henderson among Top Firms in all Major IP Categories
In its recently-released directory of the top intellectual property law firms in the United States, The Legal 500 ranked the firm as #1, #2, or #3 in all significant areas of IP practice. The firm was ranked #1 for Trademark Litigation and Dispute Resolution. In this category, comments gleaned from corporate counsel and firm clients noted that the firm’s attorneys are “very efficient” and “provide a ‘super’ service.” The firm was also ranked #1 in the Patent Prosecution for International Clients category.

The firm captured #2 rankings in the Non-Contentious Trademarks, Trade Secrets Counseling and Litigation, and Patent Prosecution for U.S. Clients categories. The #3 ranking was given for two categories: Patent Litigation and Regional Copyrights.

04-13-2007

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Cozen O' Connor

Cozen O’Connor Attorney Adam C. Bonin Presents at ACS Briefing on Campaign Finance Law, Issue Advocacy and The Supreme Court
Cozen O’Connor member Adam C. Bonin recently participated on a panel on “Campaign Finance Law, Issue Advocacy and the Supreme Court,” sponsored by the American Constitution Society (ACS) in Washington, D.C. The panelists discussed the upcoming Supreme Court cases FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life, which deals with the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, commonly known as “McCain-Feingold,” and whether its restrictions on “electioneering communications” impermissibly limit the free speech rights of nonprofit corporations. Bonin’s focus was on the role that the Internet plays in such controversies, and if technology will make the debate obsolete in the coming years.

member in the Philadelphia office who practices in the subrogation and recovery group, Bonin represents clients in election law matters and has been extensively involved in efforts on behalf of the rights of online speakers. In March 2006, he achieved a major victory before the Federal Election Commission on behalf of leading political bloggers, securing significant new rights for speakers on the Internet to engage in online political speech and advocacy. Bonin currently represents major insurance companies in a multibillion-dollar subrogation recovery lawsuit against the individuals, entities and nations involved in financing Al-Qaeda, seeking to hold them accountable for the September 11 tragedy. He has represented clients in both federal and state jurisdictions in matters involving commercial litigation, products liability, antitrust, municipal finance and first amendment litigation. Bonin has also devoted a substantial percentage of his professional time to state and federal appellate practice.

Bonin is a member of the board of directors of the Philadelphia Committee to End Homelessness. He also serves on the board of advisors to The Green Bag, a legal journal, for its legal writing project. Bonin is the author of “Keep Blogs Unregulated,” published in The National Law Journal, July 18, 2005, and is quoted regularly in the media with regard to the relationship between politics and the Internet.

Bonin earned his undergraduate degree from Amherst College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1994) and his law degree from The University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 1997), where he served as comment editor of The University of Chicago Legal Forum and as an editor of The Law School Phoenix. While in law school, he was a student attorney at the Edwin F. Mandel Legal Aid Clinic. He is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania.

04-13-2007

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Cozen O' Connor

Cozen O’Connor Member Thomas M. Jones Lectures on Food Coverage Claims for the DRI
Cozen O’Connor member Thomas M. Jones recently lectured at the DRI’s Insurance Coverage and Claims Institute, held at the Westin Chicago River North in Chicago, Ill. Jones’ lecture, entitled “(Don’t) Eat Your Spinach: Food Coverage Claims,” focused on the recent E. coli claims involving California spinach and how those claims tie in with other high profile claims involving contaminated food products. He also discussed the complex first- and third-party coverage issues insurers face in these situations, including product recall expenses, medical monitoring, emotional distress claims and multiple “occurrences.”

A member in the Seattle office, Jones’ practice spans many areas of law, including professional and product liability, general and appellate litigation, insurance matters, and technology and e-commerce. He is vice-chair of the national insurance department and heads the electronic discovery disputes and insurance coverage claims/litigation practice groups.

Jones is a member of the American, Washington State, Oklahoma and Seattle-King bar associations, the DRI, Washington Defense Trial Lawyers Association and ARMA International. He has acted as lead trial insurer counsel in some of the highest profile insurance coverage cases in the country. Jones was also selected by his peers as a "Super Lawyer" in Washington from 2000 – 2006 and has authored several published articles.

04-13-2007

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