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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Katten Named One of 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers by Working Mother Magazine
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP is pleased to announce that Working Mother magazine today named it one of the 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers. Katten is one of only four law firms in the country to make the Best Companies list and the only Chicago-based firm. This recognition comes on the heels of Working Mother magazine’s August 2007 issue, which also listed Katten as one of the nation’s 50 Best Law Firms for Women.

“We are proud to be one of the only law firms in the country named on both the Best Law Firms for Women and the Best Companies for Women by Working Mother,” said Vincent A.F. Sergi, Katten’s national Managing Partner. “We work hard each day to create a great work environment for all of our attorneys and are extremely honored to receive this recognition, which validates the success of our efforts.”

Profiled in Working Mother’s October 2007 issue, Katten is honored for helping women thrive at the Firm by offering a variety of scheduling options to help employees balance both their family and work commitments, including part-time, flex-time, compressed work week and telecommuting. It also praised the efforts and success of the Firm’s Women’s Leadership Forum (WLF), which is dedicated to helping Katten’s female attorneys advance and achieve both their professional and personal goals. Evidence of the WLF’s success lies in the fact that 25 percent of the Firm’s partners are women, including the managing partner of its Los Angeles office. In addition, Working Mother recognized Katten’s 12 weeks of fully paid maternity leave granted to all new mothers, and a sabbatical program in which, after five years of service, any attorney may take a month-long paid sabbatical to travel, pursue a personal goal or just relax.

“Every year our winning companies raise the bar for what it means to be an employer of choice for working families,” said Carol Evans, CEO and President, Working Mother Media. “Katten not only offers essential benefits like flextime and telecommuting—they go above and beyond with a range of best practices and policies to ease the difficulties for working parents and their families. Their supportive culture makes a huge difference to employees who want to be great moms and great workers.”

Added Suzanne Riss, the editor-in-chief of Working Mother magazine, “As a working mother myself, I understand how absolutely essential it is for companies to find ways to nurture thepersonal and professional lives of employees. I commend Katten for conceiving and effectively implementing programs and benefits that offer an inspiring paradigm for the rest of corporate America: it is possible to be both family-friendly and financially successful.”

09-25-2007

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Gentry Locke Rakes & Moore, LLP

New Rules for Social Security Administration "No match" Letters
When an employee provides a social security number to his employer and the employer subsequently receives a letter from the Social Security Administration (“SSA”) stating that the name and number do not match the government's records, what should the employer do?

Until very recently, there was a great deal of confusion and conflicting advice. On August 10, 2007, new rules were issued that tell businesses what they can do to respond and how to enjoy a measure of protection from government investigations regarding the employment of illegal and unauthorized workers, as well as from claims by employees for alleged discrimination.

09-25-2007

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Frost, Brown & Todd, L.L.C.

Frost Brown Todd Recipient of the Republic Bank “We CARE Award”
Frost Brown Todd was the proud recipient of the 2007 Republic Bank We CARE Award in the Medium Business Category. The We CARE Awards were created to honor and give recognition to companies in the Central Kentucky region who encourage their employees to do great things for their community.

This recognition comes on the heals of Wm. T. (Bill) Robinson III being named a winner of the 2007 ABA General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division’s Difference Maker Award for “Making a Difference through Community Service”. The Difference Maker Award recognizes local attorneys whose dedication has made a difference to their profession or the community.

09-25-2007

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Fox Rothschild LLP

Kenneth A. Rosenberg of Fox Rothschild to Speak at Staff Management Seminar
Kenneth A. Rosenberg, an associate at Fox Rothschild LLP, will speak at the Bergen County Cooperative Library System’s (BCCLS) personnel seminar entitled, "Managing Staff: Best Practices & Effective Discipline." The seminar will be held at the New Milford Public Library on Thursday, October 25, 2007, from 9:30 a.m. to noon.

Rosenberg will present, "Reviewing Legal Aspects of Progressive Discipline" as part of the seminar. He also will serve as a panelist to discuss daily management challenges such as absenteeism, questionable on-the-job injury, cell phone use, and other personnel issues. Additionally, Mary Joyce Doyle, a retired director and co-founder of BCCLS, will present "Coaching Staff for Best Results."

Rosenberg is a member of the firm's Labor & Employment Department. He represents employers in various labor relations matters, including contract negotiations, interest and grievance arbitrations, disciplinary matters, unionization campaigns, unit clarification issues, and unfair/improper practice proceedings. Rosenberg enjoys speaking on various labor and employment topics and has spoken before the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, the Public Employment Relations Commission's Annual Conference, the New Jersey Association of Counties' Annual Conference, the New York State Public Employer Labor Relations Association's Annual Conference, and the Council on Education in Management.

09-25-2007

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Foster Pepper PLLC

New Washington Legislation Requires Employers to Report Corporate Officers and to Provide Unemployment Insurance to Officers
Under a new Washington law, employers must register all corporate officers with the Employment Security Department (“ESD”) by September 30, 2007. An employer who fails to timely register with the ESD could be subject to a penalty of $25.00 per violation.

The new law also requires corporations to provide unemployment coverage for all corporate officers, unless an exemption applies. This provision goes into effect on January 1, 2009.

The law was intended to ensure that ineligible corporate officers are not able to collect unemployment benefits. In addition, the law holds corporate officers personally liable if they deliberately try to evade unemployment tax bills.

09-25-2007

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Fenwick & West, LLP

Fenwick & West Represents Opsware in $1.6B Acquisition by HP
Fenwick & West LLP represented Opsware Inc. (NASDAQ: OPSW) in its acquisition by Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) through a cash tender offer for $14.25 per share, or an enterprise value (net of existing cash and debt) of approximately $1.6 billion on a fully diluted basis. Opsware, based in Sunnyvale, CA, is a provider of data center automation software products for enterprises, government agencies and service providers seeking to reduce the cost and improve the quality of their data center operations.

The Fenwick & West transaction team included corporate attorneys Gordy Davidson, David Healy, Lynda Twomey, Brian Hicks, Mariana Antcheva and Bisi Akinola; corporate/securities attorneys Michael Brown, Greg Roussel and Robert Freedman; executive compensation and employee benefits attorneys Scott Spector, Blake Martell, Mona Clee, Tahir Naim and Elizabeth Gartland; technology transactions attorneys Lisa Kenkel, Chris Joslyn, Pierre Keeley, Christa Gaines and Robin Schulman; antitrust attorney Mark Ostrau; tax attorneys Ron Schrotenboer and Tim Fitzgibbon; and litigation attorneys Emmett Stanton, Susan Muck, Laurence Pulgram, Michael Sands and Rachael Samberg.

09-25-2007

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Dickstein Shapiro LLP

Industry Leaders to Discuss Ownership and Financing Issues at 2007 NAB Radio Show®
A panel of major industry CEOs – including Ed Christian (CEO of Saga Communications, Inc.), Lew Dickey (CEO of Cumulus Media Inc.), Joe Schwartz (CEO of Cherry Creek Radio, LLC), Jeff Smulyan (CEO of Emmis Communications), and Peter Smyth (CEO of Greater Media, Inc.) – will headline Dickstein Shapiro LLP’s annual financing conference at the National Association of Broadcasters Radio Show® on the morning of Wednesday, September 26, 2007, in Charlotte, NC. Broadcast analyst Vic Miller of Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. will provide the opening remarks.

As in past years, the Dickstein Shapiro conference – entitled "Broadcast Financing 2007: Radio’s Changing Landscape" – will be the first program of the NAB Radio Show®. The conference will focus on the fundamental changes in the radio industry, including changes in the nature and makeup of radio’s owners and those who provide debt and equity financing for acquisitions.

In addition to the panel of CEOs (who will discuss operating and acquisition strategies), a second panel will address the obstacles and opportunities of financing. That panel will include the following industry representatives:

* Garret Komjathy, GE Commercial Finance
* Jamie Lewis, Wells Fargo Foothill, Inc.
* Drew Marcus, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
* Soren Oberg, Thomas H. Lee Partners L.P.
* John White, Wachovia Securities, LLC


The conference will be held from 8:00 to 11:00 a.m. in Room 217A of the Charlotte Convention Center.

Lew Paper, a Dickstein Shapiro partner and the conference moderator, said, "The firm’s financing conference will again provide a unique opportunity to gather information and opinion from industry leaders on the changes confronting the radio industry."

09-25-2007

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