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Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

Bracewell Partner Quoted on Houston Public Radio, KUHF-FM
Houston’s KUHF-FM (Dec. 29, 2006) reported that Bracewell & Giuliani partner Jeff Holmstead will head the firm’s newly formed Environmental Strategies Practice Group, which will advise clients on major environmental and energy issues. When asked to comment on whether Texas is a good candidate to house one of FutureGen project’s experimental coal regasification plants, Mr. Holmstead said, "I think Texas is one of the leading candidates. We really will need transformational technologies to allow us to produce power in a way that significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions. Climate change is one of those issues that’s not going to be resolved in the next decade or the next 20 years, it’s something we’ve got to be collectively looking at over the next 50 years.”

FutureGen is a project of the United States government to build a "near zero-emissions" coal-fired power plant that intends to produce hydrogen and electricty while using carbon capture and storage.

12-29-2006

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Orrick LLP

Orrick Recognized for Gender Diversity
New York structured finance partner Kathy Crost is quoted in a New York Law Journal article concerning gender diversity at law firms. Orrick’s Women’s Career Initiative, which Kathy leads, is highlighted.

According to the article, which appeared on December 29, 56% of Orrick's partner promotions in 2006 were women. "Partners as a whole understand that retaining and advancing more women is very important to the firm's success" said Crost.

12-29-2006

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Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand, LLP

Electronic Discovery Under the New Federal Rules
Electronic Discovery Under the New Federal Rules," an article by Maslon attorney Wayne Moskowitz, was published in the Bench & Bar of Minnesota, Vol.63, No.11, December 2006.

12-29-2006

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Locke, Liddell & Sapp, L.L.P.

JOHN SCHWARTZ OF AUSTIN NAMED TO ELITE MILLION DOLLAR ADVOCATES FORUM
John Schwartz, a partner in the Austin offices of Locke Liddell & Sapp, has been selected as a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum – recognized as one of the most prestigious group of trial lawyers in the United States. In close to 25 years of practice, Schwartz has represented several Fortune 100 companies in complex commercial suits as well as hundreds of other public and private companies and individuals.

Membership in the Million Dollar Advocates Forum is limited to attorneys who have won million and multi-million dollar verdicts, awards and settlements. The organization was founded in 1993 and has about 3,000 members.

A graduate, cum laude, of the University of Michigan Law School and undergraduate school, Schwartz has been recognized by the Austin Business Journal as one of the top commercial trial lawyer in Austin and has been repeatedly recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer by Texas Monthly. He has handled a broad variety of commercial matters, including anti-trust, intellectual property, mass tort, securities, employment, insurance and telecommunications.

Other Locke Liddell litigators in the Million Dollar Advocates Forum are Jerry Clements and Stephen Wilson.

12-29-2006

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Partner William Natbony Quoted by the Wall Street Journal Online on SEC's Proposed New Rules for Hedge Funds
William Natbony, a partner in the Firm's Financial Services Practice, was quoted by the Wall Street Journal Online in an article on the possible impact of the SEC's proposed new rules for hedge fund investing (Accredited Where Accredited is Due, December 29, 2006).

12-29-2006

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McDonald Hopkins, LLC

McDonald Hopkins Attorney to Chair Turnaround Management Association’s Public Relations Council
The firm is pleased to announce that Scott N. Opincar has been appointed chair of the Turnaround Management Association’s (TMA) Public Relations Council. As chair of TMA’s Public Relations Council, Scott will be responsible for developing and leading conferences for other TMA public relations chairs in 41 domestic and international chapters. The TMA is the only international nonprofit association dedicated to corporate renewal and turnaround management - www.turnaroundmanagement.org. Scott is a shareholder in McDonald Hopkins’ Business Restructuring Department and concentrates his practice in the areas of complex bankruptcy proceedings, debt restructurings, creditors rights, and sales of financially troubled businesses.

12-29-2006

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McCarthy Tetrault, L.L.P.

Randal Hughes and Donald Houston bolster McCarthy Tétrault’s Competition Law Group
McCarthy Tétrault boosted its leading Competition Law practice this week with the addition of two new equity partners, Randy Hughes and Don Houston.

"The addition of Randy and Don to our Competition Group in Toronto further strengthens our firm, in particular the intersection of our Business Law and Litigation practices and positions us as the top Competition Law practice in Canada" said Iain Scott, McCarthy Tétrault’s Chair and CEO. "Their arrival will add to the existing strength of our many colleagues who practise in the Competition area, some exclusively, including our partners Yves Bériault, Madeleine Renaud, Yves Comtois, Oliver Borgers and Simon Potter.

"Randy and Don have enjoyed illustrious careers practising exclusively in the Competition area. They do advisory work in M&A transactions, significant work in relation to international and domestic cartel and related investigations by the Competition Bureau, and other proceedings before the Competition Tribunal and the Courts."

Both Randy and Don are listed in Lexpert 500 and in Chambers as leading Competition Law lawyers in Canada. Don is noted for his many cases before the Competition Tribunal.

12-29-2006

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