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Robinson & Cole Real Estate Lawyer Elected Vice President of The Real Estate Exchange
Robinson & Cole is proud to announce that Real Estate lawyer Diana MacPherson was recently elected vice president of The Real Estate Exchange. The Real Estate Exchange will be celebrating its 20th anniversary this year as a state-wide organization of professional women and men providing a forum for meeting and connecting all disciplines of commercial real estate. The Real Estate Exchange is a member organization of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Network. As vice president, Ms. MacPherson will be a delegate to national functions hosted by CREW in 2007.

Ms. MacPherson’s practice includes commercial leasing, institutional and private development, acquisitions and sales, and public and private financing. She has represented owners and lenders in construction projects, including mixed use and industrial development.

03-15-2007

Covington Represents Cowen in Leveraged Recapitalization of Ricerca Biosciences
Covington & Burling LLP represented Cowen Capital Partners LLC in its March 8 leveraged recapitalization of Ricerca Biosciences, LLC, including new equity and term facilities approaching US $50 million. Covington has represented Cowen in all of its prior investments in Ricerca Biosciences dating back to 2000.

Ricerca Biosciences is a contract drug development company, offering extensive drug development services that improve the odds of converting drug discovery leads to drug candidates. Ricerca also supports clinical trials through GMP API manufacture and bioanalytical services.

New York-based Cowen Capital Partners is the middle-market private equity affiliate of Cowen and Company LLC.

The Covington corporate team included partners Scott Smith and Peter Laveran and associates Peter Bogdanow, Rob Heller (tax), and Beatriz Martinez.

03-15-2007

Entertainment and Media Law Attorney David Gurwin Quoted on YouTube Lawsuit
David A. Gurwin was quoted in national and international media outlets on a recent lawsuit brought by Viacom against Google and its online video subsidiary, YouTube. Gurwin is the chair of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney's Entertainment and Media Law and Technology Transactions practice groups.

Viacom, the parent company of more than 130 networks including MTV and Comedy Central, is seeking $1 billion in damages for copyright infringement and has requested an injunction prohibiting Google and YouTube from further copyright infringement. The suit is the first major one to be brought against the online video site.

In a March 13, 2007, article published in USA Today, Gurwin said that both sides have things to gain and things to lose out of a lawsuit.

"They'll probably end up coming to a settlement. This kind of litigation is very expensive. It may be a hardball negotiation tactic," he said.

In a March 15, 2007, article published by Computerworld, Gurwin notes that Viacom won't have to show that it has been harmed by the alleged YouTube infringements. "It's the ability to control [one's own content], which rests with the copyright owner, and Google appears to be saying 'we know better than you what's in your best interest,'" he said.

Gurwin goes on to say that Google will likely defend itself by arguing that it is protected by the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which provides a framework to regulate copyrights in the world of electronic content. The DMCA gives copyright holders procedures to follow to protect their content when alleged violations occur and provides protections to cover unintentional posting of copyrighted materials. Google and YouTube will likely argue that they provide a service and don't actually post the content in dispute, using the DMCA as "a statutory shield," Gurwin said. Because YouTube copies submitted content into its own software formats and places it on its own servers, Viacom is "trying to allege that the Safe Harbor provisions under the DMCA don't apply because of their manipulation of the content.

03-15-2007

Buchanan's Federal Government Relations Group Rises on Influence 50 List
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney's Federal Government Relations practice appeared for the second consecutive year on The Influence 50, a list of lobby shops and law firms with the highest revenues from lobbying in 2006. The report was included in the March 12 issue of The Legal Times/Influence.

Making its debut on The Influence 50 in 2005, Buchanan jumped this year to 16th among law firms, up from 22 last year, and 25th on the combined listing of law firms and lobbying, up from 49th in 2005.

According to Ron Platt, head of the Federal Government Relations practice, the steady growth of the practice group over the last two years has played a big part in this recognition.

"When I joined Buchanan in 2004, my goal was to expand the practice and service areas we can offer clients and build a sophisticated team of professionals. I think we've done that.

03-15-2007

LABATON SUCHAROW & RUDOFF LLP FILES CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST Monster Worldwide, Inc
Labaton Sucharow & Rudoff LLP filed a class action lawsuit on March 15, 2007 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, on behalf of persons who purchased or otherwise acquired publicly traded securities of Monster Worldwide, Inc. (“Monster” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: MNST) between May 6, 2005 and June 9, 2006, inclusive, (the “Class Period”). The lawsuit was filed against Monster and Andrew T. McKelvey, Myron Olesnyckj and Charles "Lanny" Baker (“Defendants”).

If you are a member of this class you can view a copy of the complaint and join this class action online at http://www.labaton.com/get/?case=.

The complaint alleges that Defendants violated Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10(b)-5 promulgated thereunder. Specifically, the complaint alleges that Defendants engaged in a fraudulent scheme and or published a series of materially false and misleading statements that Defendants knew, and or were severely reckless in not knowing, were materially false and misleading, and failed to disclose material information necessary to render such statements not false and misleading. During the Class Period, Defendants granted stock options to themselves and to other Monster officers and directors on dates that Monster stock had reached its lowest, or next-lowest price in weeks or months. These grants almost invariably preceded share gains, and or followed significant drops in the Company’s stock price. In public disclosures, however, Defendants falsely claimed that the grants were dated and priced as of the date of the actual grants.

On June 12, 2006, The Wall Street Journal published an article titled “Monster Worldwide Gave Officials Options Ahead of Share Run-Ups.” The article stated that Monster may have backdated option grants, and reported that there was a one in nine million chance that the grant dates of the options The Wall Street Journal examined were selected at random. That same day, Monster issued a press release announcing the receipt of a subpoena from the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, relating to the Company’s stock option granting practices. Shares of Monster reacted negatively to the news, closing at $38.60, down $3.40 from the prior trading day, a one day drop of 8.1%, on unusually heavy volume.

Subsequently, Defendant Olesnyckyj has pleaded guilty to criminal federal securities fraud and conspiracy to commit securities fraud.

Plaintiffs are represented by the law firm of Labaton Sucharow & Rudoff LLP. Labaton Sucharow is one of the country’s premier national law firms that represent individual and institutional investors in class action, complex securities and corporate governance litigation. The firm has been a champion of investor rights for over 40 years and has been recognized for its reputation for excellence by the courts.

03-15-2007

GLANKLER BROWN, PLLC ANNOUNCES NEW MEMBER JEREMY G. ALPERT
Memphis, TN- Glankler Brown, PLLC is pleased to announce that Jeremy G. Alpert has recently been named a Member of the firm.

Mr. Alpert, an associate with the firm since 1998, concentrates his practice in the areas of civil and commercial litigation. He received his B.A. degree in 1995 from Dartmouth College and his J.D. degree in 1998 from Emory University. He is a member of the American, Tennessee and Memphis Bar Associations.

03-15-2007

Attorney John G. Koch Joins Flaster/Greenberg’s Environmental Law and Litigation Practice Group in Cherry Hill Office
Attorney John G. Koch has recently joined Flaster/Greenberg P.C. as an associate and member of the Environmental Law and Litigation Practice Group in its Cherry Hill office. He will focus on all aspects of the firm's environmental practice.

Prior to joining Flaster/Greenberg, Koch served as an associate at Locks Law Firm, LLC (formerly Gretizer & Locks) in Philadelphia. In addition to NRD and environmental hazardous waste litigation, Koch's responsibilities included investigations of contaminated sites (including superfund sites), researching state and federal NRD claims and federal preemption issues, discovery, motions and pleadings. Koch served as a clerk for the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Regional Counsel - Regions II and III and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. He also was a lobbying research intern for Hill Solutions, LLC, in Wayne, Pennsylvania.

Admitted to the Bars of New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, Koch is a graduate of Villanova University School of Law (J.D., 2005) and James Madison University (B.A., 2000).

The Philadelphia resident is a member of the Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations and is an Associate Representative for the Delaware Valley Environmental Inn of Court.

03-15-2007

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