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Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, L.L.P.

Cleary Gottlieb Scores High in 2006 M&A Rankings
Cleary Gottlieb ranked number one among all firms worldwide for both completed Latin American deals and completed Benelux deals for 2006, according to Thomson Financial year-end M&A legal league tables.

The firm placed high in other Thomson Financial year-end 2006 rankings. For the second year in a row, Cleary Gottlieb ranked sixth in announced U.S. M&A deals based on value. The firm took the number three spot for all announced Nordic M&A deals and also ranked fifth in completed Italian M&A deals. Thomson Financial rankings are published in Mergers & Acquisitions Report, Acquisitions Monthly, IDD Magazine, The Wall Street Journal and other major press resources.

Bloomberg also released the results of its year-end 2006 M&A legal league tables. Cleary Gottlieb ranked second for private equity deals based on volume and sixth for financial industry deals based on volume. In U.S. M&A, the firm took the number six spot in both all announced deals based on volume and announced deals based on volume in which Cleary Gottlieb was counsel to principals. Based in New York, Bloomberg provides news, data and analysis to the business community and media outlets.

01-10-2007

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Chapman & Cutler LLP

Chapman and Cutler LLP Becomes Direct Supporter of High 5's Five-Year Scholarship Program
Scholarship Chicago announced today that the law firm of Chapman and Cutler LLP has agreed to become its newest High 5 Partner. The announcement is an exciting development for both Scholarship Chicago and Chapman and Cutler, which have confirmed their commitment to education and diversity in the legal profession. Although Chapman has contributed regularly to Scholarship Chicago since its inception, this is the first time the law firm has become a High 5 partner.

Scholarship Chicago’s High 5 Program provides a unique opportunity for local companies to get involved in the development of Chicago’s youth. As High 5 Partners, companies donate $55,000 over 5 years, effectively sponsoring 5 students through Scholarship Chicago’s entire College Bound Program. As a part of that program, which begins in a student’s senior year of high school and runs until their college graduation, students are given a year of college preparatory programming, access to a 3-tier mentoring system, 4-year “gap” scholarships of up to $2,500 a year, and exclusive internship opportunities. It is a program that works – College Bound students have a graduation rate of over 95% - and it is unique in its dedication to the overall success of its students.

“High 5 is a unique scholarship program, giving Chicago-area businesses a chance to play an active role in supporting promising students through what may be the most formative period of their lives,” said Chapman and Cutler Chief Executive Partner Richard Cosgrove. “Young people undergo a lifetime of learning and personal development that runs from their senior year in high school through their college graduation – to complete that journey truly is a ‘High Five’ experience and we are proud to continue our direct support of this wonderful educational initiative. Especially rewarding is the reinforcement that the program provides for advancing higher educational opportunities for a highly diverse student population, something that can only enhance our country’s workforce. Naturally, we hope some of our High 5 recipients remember to return to Chicago when they’re ready to join the professional ranks.”

As the primary supporters of the College Bound program, High 5 Partners play a major role in the program’s success. In fact their involvement, which goes far beyond the financial, is slowly changing the scholarship culture in Chicago, as well as the way companies and industries improve their diversity. As the newest High 5 Partner, Chapman and Cutler is helping to lead that change. Together with three other High 5 law firms, they have recognized the ability of the College Bound program to produce diverse, well-educated, young professionals who can enter the workforce and make important contributions. As a result they have given their full support to the College Bound program and essentially created a high school-to-college-to-work “pipeline” that benefits students looking for jobs as much as it benefits companies looking to increase their diversity While the law field has been the first major industry targeted by Scholarship Chicago’s High 5 Program, others sectors are not far behind. Already the financial services and energy industry are represented by partners like Cole Taylor Bank, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Loop Capitol Markets, Mesirow Financial, Nuveen Investments and People’s Energy. As the High 5 Program continues to grow and other industries begin to come on board, the benefits for everyone in the City of Chicago will only multiply.

01-10-2007

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Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP

William Ross Elected Vice-Chair, National Workers' Compensation Defense Network
Calfee partner William Ross was recently elected vice-chair of the National Workers' Compensation Defense Network (NWCDN). The NWCDN, a nationwide and Canadian network of independent law firms, "...was created to provide an organization where reputable law firms of the highest reputation and expertise could form a comprehensive network to provide employers and insurers access to the highest quality representation in workers' compensation and related employer liability fields.

01-10-2007

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Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP

William Ross To Be Inducted As Fellow
William Ross, a partner and chair of Calfee's Workers' Compensation and OSHA group, will be inducted as a Fellow in the ABA American College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers on March 2, 2007.

01-10-2007

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Bryan Cave LLP

Bryan Cave Posts Successful Year-End M&A Numbers
Bryan Cave LLP maintained its strong position in a key category for Thomson Financial’s year-end legal advisory of worldwide mergers and acquisitions.

The firm tied for 13th place relative to number of transactions completed involving a U.S. company. This ranking is based on 92 completed transactions with a value of $23.8 billion. Bryan Cave also ranked 13th last year in the same category.

Since 2000, Thomson has rated Bryan Cave within the top 20 for number of completed deals with a U.S. target. Thomson Financial is widely recognized as maintaining the most comprehensive database available on mergers and acquisitions.

“The M&A market is strong, and our transactional attorneys have been very busy throughout our firm,” said Frank Placenti, co-leader of the firm’s Transactions Group. “Our traditional M&A clients have been active, and due to our strong market position and extensive experience in this practice area, we regularly attract projects from new clients.”

Bryan Cave LLP has a diversified international practice. The firm represents a wide variety of business, financial, institutional and individual clients, including publicly held multinational corporations, large and mid-sized privately held companies, partnerships and emerging companies. Aided by extensive investments in technology, Bryan Cave’s nearly 800 lawyers in 13 offices across the United States, United Kingdom, the Middle East and Asia efficiently serve clients’ needs in the world’s leading business and financial markets.

01-10-2007

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Bryan Cave LLP

Partners Consider 'Fluid Recovery' in Class Actions
In a class action litigation against cigarette manufacturers, one court has proposed the use of “fluid recovery” in a case on appeal. Bryan Cave LLP Partners Philip E. Karmel and Peter Paden outline the Eastern District of New York’s proposed use of fluid recovery and potential pitfalls in their most recent New York Law Journal column.

Fluid recovery is a technique by which the damages sustained by the plaintiff class members are estimated in gross, often using statistical techniques, with the distribution of the damages to individual class members postponed to a later phase of the litigation where individualized issues related to the elements of an individual member’s claim and statute of limitations problems, and the size of an individual member’s damage claim, are adjudicated.

“The court not only endorsed the use of fluid recovery in the case,” the two write. “It relied on the device as a means of allowing the plaintiffs to get to a jury to obtain a classwide verdict on liability and aggregate damages without first grappling with problems that many an individual plaintiff might have with his or her individual claim – such as whether he or she relied upon the defendants’ allegedly fraudulent marketing in deciding to purchase ‘light’ cigarettes or whether his or her claim is barred by the applicable statute of limitations.”

Karmel and Paden are members of the Environmental, Product Liability and Commercial Litigation Client Service Groups. Their practice includes environmental and commercial litigation, the defense of toxic torts and related insurance matters.

01-10-2007

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Brown & Brown

EDWARD S. WEISFELNER NAMED 2006 OUTSTANDING RESTRUCTURING LAWYER
Brown Rudnick, a premier international law firm, today announced that Edward S. Weisfelner, Chair of the firm’s Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring Practice Group, has been named to the 2006 list of “Outstanding Restructuring Lawyers” by Turnarounds & Workouts. Recognized for his individual achievements in bankruptcy and corporate restructuring, Mr. Weisfelner is one of only 12 attorneys in the country to be selected for this prestigious list. He is also a threetime recipient of this award.

Mr. Weisfelner has extensive experience representing official and unofficial creditors’ and equity holders’ committees, individual creditors, indenture trustees, equity holders, and other parties in in-court and out-of-court restructurings. He also represents buyers of assets and claims in Chapter 11 proceedings and has served as a court appointed mediator and examiner. He is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute, the New York and American Bar Associations, and the Turnaround Management Association.

In 2005/2006, Mr. Weisfelner was involved in, among others, the following high-profile matters:
?? Mirant Corporation: led a team of Brown Rudnick lawyers in the representation of the Official Equity Committee, overcoming an estimated $2 billion alleged shortfall in creditor recoveries to deliver equity and warrants with an estimated market value of over $750 million. The stock has traded up over 26% since it first began trading after emergence.
?? Adelphia Communications: represents Ad Hoc Committees of Trade Creditors at both the operating and holding company levels of the capital structure. Successfully negotiated for 8% post-petition interest for operating trade creditors who are the only operating company creditors to have “earned back” the entire amount of givebacks to the holding company creditors in support of consensual plan.
?? Metaldyne Corporation: represents the Ad Hoc Committee of Subordinated Noteholders in connection with the proposed $ 1.2 billion merger with Asahi Tec Corporation.
?? Owens Corning: represents the Ad Hoc Committee of Security Holders, comprised of institutions that hold a large percentages of Owens Corning preferred and common equity.
?? GB Holdings: represents affiliates of Carl Icahn in Chapter 11 proceedings concerning the Sands Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City.
?? Congoleum Corporation: represents the Ad Hoc Committee of Noteholders contesting confirmation of Debtors’ tenth modified plan of reorganization.
?? US Gypsum: represents the Ad Hoc Committee of Trade Creditors, comprised of institutions that hold a significant percentage of the debtors’ outstanding trade debt and that oppose the debtors’ proposed plan of reorganization.
?? Global Power Equipment Group: represents the Official Committee of Equity Security Holders in this Delaware Chapter 11 case. Global Power Equipment Group is a leading provider of power generation equipment for customers in the domestic and international energy and power infrastructure industries. The Company employs more than 3,000 individuals world-wide, and lists assets exceeding $300 million and liabilities exceeding $250 million.
?? Le-Nature's, Inc.: represents the Ad Hoc Committee comprised of institutions holding the vast majority of senior secured bank debt owed by The Le-Nature's. The Company's bankruptcy case is pending in Pittsburgh. Published by the Beard Group, Inc., Turnarounds & Workouts is a newsletter dedicated to tracking distressed businesses in the United States and Canada.

01-10-2007

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