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Davis Polk & Wardwell

Honeywell International Inc. Debt Offering
Davis Polk & Wardwell advised Banc of America Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. as joint book-running managers on an SEC-registered offering by Honeywell International Inc. of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes. The offering consisted of $400 million principal amount of 5.3% senior notes due 2017 and $600 million principal amount of 5.7% senior notes due 2037.

Honeywell International Inc. is a diversified technology and manufacturing company, serving customers worldwide with aerospace products and services, control sensing and security technologies for buildings, homes and industry, turbochargers, automotive products, specialty chemicals, electronic and advanced materials, and process technology for refining and petrochemicals.

The Davis Polk corporate team included partners Winthrop B. Conrad Jr. and Richard A. Drucker and associate Patrick Jackson (not yet admitted). Partner Dana L. Trier and associate Kimberly A. Champlin provided tax advice. Counsel Betty Moy Huber and associate Heather Daly provided environmental advice. Danielle Y. Eswar was the legal assistant on the transaction. All members of the Davis Polk team work in the New York office.

03-14-2007

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Davis Polk & Wardwell

ANADIGICS, Inc. Common Stock Offering
Davis Polk & Wardwell advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC as sole bookrunner and Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC, Jeffries & Company, Needham & Company, LLC and ThinkEquity Partners LLC as co-managers on a $105.7 million SEC-registered offering of common stock by ANADIGICS, Inc. The offering consisted of 8,625,000 shares of common stock listed on the NASDAQ Global Market.

Based in Warren, New Jersey, ANADIGICS, Inc. is a leading global provider of radio frequency integrated circuits and radio frequency front-end solutions in the rapidly growing wireless handset and broadband communications markets.

The Davis Polk corporate team included partner Alan F. Denenberg of the Menlo Park office and associates Hiro N. Aragaki and Mehrsa Baradaran and legal assistant Maria Norbis, all of the New York office.

03-14-2007

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Davis Polk & Wardwell

The Hartford $500 Million Debt Offering
Davis Polk & Wardwell advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. as joint book-running managers on a $500 million SEC-registered offering by The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. of its 5.375% senior notes due 2017.

The Hartford is one of the nation’’s largest financial services and insurance companies and a leading provider of investment products, individual life, group life and disability insurance products, and property and casualty insurance products.

The Davis Polk team included partner Ethan T. James and associates Hiro N. Aragaki and Jonathan H. Pacheco (not yet admitted). All members of the Davis Polk team work in the New York office.

03-14-2007

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Certilman, Balin, Adler & Hyman, LLP

Touro Law School To Recognize Rigano For Pro-Bono Work
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center will bestow upon James P. Rigano its “Outstanding Pro Bono Attorney Award” at the Center’s Annual Goods and Services Auction. Mr. Rigano, a Partner at Certilman Balin, has concentrated his practice exclusively in environmental law for more than two decades.

Mr. Rigano serves on the Board of the Association for a Better Long Island, Nassau County Boy Scouts, and has served on the boards of the Long Island Life Science Initiative, Sustainable Long Island, and the Central Pine Barrens Advisory Committee. He co-chairs the Continuing Legal Education Committee of the Environmental Section of the New York State Bar Association. Additionally, he is Chairman of Boy Scout Troop 568 and serves on the Parish Council of St. Paul’s Greek Orthodox Church.

Mr. Rigano earned his Juris Doctor degree from Hofstra University School of Law in 1982. He also holds a Master of Science degree in Biology from New York University and a Bachelor’s degree in Marine and Environmental Science from Adelphi University.

03-14-2007

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Briggs and Morgan, Professional Association

Governor Appoints Briggs and Morgan Attorney to MN Sentencing Guidelines Commission
Briggs and Morgan attorney Kari Berman has been named one of seven governor-appointed members of the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission. She is the only new addition among several reappointments. Berman will serve a four-year term that expires Jan. 3, 2011. Kari Berman is a shareholder in the firm of Briggs and Morgan, Professional Association. She is Articles Nexis member of the business litigation section and in her practice, has handled a variety of business issues, including contract disputes, employment law, ERISA, civil RICO, products liability and tort claims. She joined the firm at the close of 2006 after previously serving as president of her own boutique law firm.

This is Berman’s second appointment by Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who also selected her to be a commissioner of the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) between the years of 2003 and 2006.

The Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission develops and maintains rational and consistent sentencing standards that seek to reduce sentencing disparity, increase proportionality in sanctions, and ensure more equitable and uniform sentencing for convicted felons. The commission consists of 11 members, including seven appointed by the governor.

03-14-2007

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Kronish, Lieb, Weiner & Hellman, L.L.P.

New BNA Tax Portfolio Defines Statutory Stock Options and Employee Stock Purchase Plans
BNA®, publisher of the authoritative and universally recognized Tax Management Portfolios, has released the latest addition to the U.S. Income series. Portfolio 381-3rd Statutory Stock Options discusses the tax rules regarding incentive stock options and employee stock purchase plans, which provide for the deferral of taxable income upon receipt of stock pursuant to such plans.

Portfolio 381-3rd outlines the statutory requirements for establishing and administering an incentive stock option plan and an employee stock purchase plan and includes a discussion of plan provisions that are not dictated by statutory requirements.. In addition, the Portfolio reviews the tax consequences for the employer and the employee of the establishment and participation in these plans and compares incentive stock options with nonstatutory stock options.

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Thomas Z. Reicher is a partner with Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, and a member of both the California and Connecticut Bars. Mr. Reicher earned degrees from Amherst College (B.A. summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, 1970); University of California at Berkeley (M.A. 1973); and Stanford University Law School (J.D. 1976).

Robert H. ("Buff") Miller, is a partner with Cooley Godward Kronish LLP, and a former Deputy Tax Legislative Counsel for Regulatory Affairs with the U.S. Department of Treasury (1995-1999). A member of both California and New York Bars, Mr. Miller earned degrees from Williams College (B.A. magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, 1970); Stanford University Law School (J.D. 1974); and Stanford University Business School (M.B.A. 1974).

Thomas S. Welk, is a partner with Cooley Godward Kronish LLP and earned degrees from University of Washington (B.A. 1983); Gonzaga University Law School (J.D. cum laude, 1989); and New York University School of Law (LL.M., Taxation, 1990). He is a member of the California Bar.

About BNA®
BNA is the foremost publisher of print and electronic news, analysis, and reference products, including the recently launched Accounting Policy & Practice Series. It provides intensive coverage of legal and regulatory developments for professionals in business and government. BNA is the oldest wholly employee-owned company in the United States, and produces more than 200 news and information services — including Daily Labor Report and Daily Tax Report — widely respected for comprehensive and objective reporting and analysis.

03-13-2007

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Stafford Rosenbaum LLP

Brian Butler Named Among The Top 50 Wisconsin Super Lawyers
Brian Butler has been named among the Top 50 Wisconsin Super Lawyers.

Butler, who has tried numerous major cases to jury verdict or court decision, has represented clients in litigation for more than 38 years. He has conducted multiple jury trials, court trials, preliminary injunction hearings, arbitrations, and appeals in state and federal courts.

His broad range of litigation experience includes substantive claims, including antitrust, dealership, lender liability, corporate disputes, product liability, contract disputes and interference, insurance coverage, misrepresentation, conversion of intellectual property, building construction, patent infringement and civil rights.

03-13-2007

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