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Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

Pittsburgh Tax Club Announces 2006-2007 Officers
The Pittsburgh Tax Club today announced its 2006-2007 Officers: President, Raymond C. Vogliano, Eckert Seamans Cherin and Mellott, LLC; Vice President, LeRoy L. Metz II, Metz Lewis, LLC; and Secretary/Treasurer, Louis A. Prosperi, Law Office of Louis A. Prosperi.

The Pittsburgh Tax Club seeks to encourage and provide continuing education, networking, and professional development for its members and promote the quality of services provided by tax practitioners. Membership in the Pittsburgh Tax Club is by invitation and is limited senior-level tax professionals practicing in law firms, accounting firms and industry.

10-25-2006

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Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC

Baker Donelson Attorney Among Featured Speakers at Upcoming Securities Law Program
Gary M. Brown, chair of the Corporate Department of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, a major law firm with offices in twelve cities including Nashville and Washington, D.C., will be a featured speaker at the upcoming Practising Law Institute (PLI) program "Understanding the Securities Laws."

The program, which will take place in Chicago on November 2 and 3, 2006, will provide an up-to-the-minute understanding of the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and subsequent SEC rulemaking. Mr. Brown will cover a range of topics from an introduction to securities law to ethics and professionalism and recent developments in securities law.

Gary Brown is the author of PLI's most widely distributed book, Soderquist on the Securities Laws (formerly titled Understanding the Securities Laws) and co-author of PLI's Guide to the SEC's New Executive Compensation Disclosure Rules. Since 1994, he has taught corporate and securities law at the Vanderbilt University School of Law and has been a frequent instructor at securities programs for the Practising Law Institute. He also frequently speaks and writes on areas including corporate governance, ethics and the reporting and disclosure obligations of public companies. During 2002, Mr. Brown served as Special Counsel (Minority) to the United States Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations in its investigation into the collapse of Enron Corp. During that time he also provided advice on aspects of what became the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 while the Senate debated the legislation.

Mr. Brown currently serves as general counsel to the Ethics and Compliance Officer Association, the world's largest organization of ethics and compliance professionals, and is a member of Law and Ethics Advisory Group for Midi, a leading provider of ethics and compliance learning solutions to Fortune 1000 and mid-sized companies.

10-25-2006

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Shearman & Sterling LLP

Shearman & Sterling Advises UniCredito on Expansion and Diversification of its Funding Base
Shearman & Sterling is acting as US and Italian counsel to the UniCredito Italiano Group (Italy's largest banking group) in connection with its drive to expand and geographically diversify its funding base, which has involved one of the most ambitious securities issuance programs in recent times. In 2006, the Rome office advised UCI on the establishment of:

a US$7.5 billion Rule 144A commercial paper program;
a US$15 billion Rule 144A extendible notes program; and
a US$10 billion Rule 144A medium-term notes program, a groundbreaking transaction that required the resolution of numerous and complex settlement, tax and bank regulatory issues.

To date, the UniCredito Group has issued securities in an aggregate amount of more than US$15 billion under these programs, including more than US$8 billion in extendible notes and US$4 billion in medium-term notes (representing the first DTC-settled MTNs issued by an Italian issuer).

Attorneys included partners Michael Bosco (Rome-Capital Markets), Domenico Fanuele (Rome-Capital Markets) and Bernie Pistillo (London-Tax), associates Tobia Croff (Rome-Capital Markets), Mei Lian (Rome-Capital Markets), Christoph Lohmann (Munich-Tax), Ethan Perry (Rome-Capital Markets) and Marco Ramondino (Rome-Capital Markets) and trainees Giovanni Cirelli (Rome-Capital Markets) and Serena Scarabotti (Rome-Capital Markets) and German lawyer Anita Brand (Munich-European Finance).

10-25-2006

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Blank Rome LLP.

Vivendi Sues Deutsche Telekom for $7.5 Billion Under RICO Act
In a dramatic move, one European telecommunications giant is suing another in American courts using the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. On October 23, the Paris-based Vivendi used RICO to sue the Bonn-based Deutsche Telekom in United States District Court in Seattle. Contending that American phone networks were used to send e-mail messages as part of an organized scheme to defraud Vivendi of its control of the Polish carrier Polska Telefonia Cyrfrowa (PTC), Vivendi is suing for the treble damages allowed under RICO—or $7.5 billion.

The New York Times sought commentary from Blank Rome partner Jerry D. Bernstein:

“Deutsch Telekom is expected to file a motion to dismiss the case, contending that the American courts do not have jurisdiction over the events, said Jerry D. Bernstein, a partner at Blank Rome who runs the firm’s white-collar, internal and governmental investigations practice and is not involved in the dispute. Then the company will probably challenge whether the RICO statues apply to a commercial dispute, he said.”

“No Mob Bosses in This Legal Strategy” by Ken Belson and Kevin J. O’Brien appeared in the New York Times on October 25, 2006.

10-25-2006

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Arent Fox LLP

Sallye Clark Joins Arent Fox Telecommunications Group
Arent Fox is pleased to announce that Sallye A. Clark has joined the firm’s Telecommunications Group as a member in the Washington, DC, office.

“Clark brings to us a tremendous amount of telecommunications and regulatory experience. That depth and breadth of knowledge is a great asset to our firm and our clients,” said Marc Fleischaker, Arent Fox chairman.

Before joining Arent Fox, Clarke was the senior counsel for international affairs for PanAmSat Corporation, where she was responsible for managing all aspects of PanAmSat’s domestic and international government affairs. Previously, she served in a similar capacity at Teledesic LLC, a Bill Gates/Craig McCaw “Internet in the Sky” satellite project. Clarke also worked for Iridium LLC as the senior manager and attorney for regulatory matters and clerked at the Federal Communications Commission.

Clark received her JD with honors from Catholic University’s Columbus School of Law and a BA from the University of Maryland.

10-25-2006

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Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

John Garziglia to Speak at Connecticut Broadcast Convention
On Oct. 25, 2006, D.C. communications member John Garziglia will participate in a panel discussion at the Connecticut Broadcasters Association's 51st annual convention in Hartford, Conn.

The topic for Garziglia's panel will be "A Look Into the Future of Broadcasting: The Futures Panel."

The seminar was one of the most popular at the 2005 convention, and the CBA expanded it this year to include a discussion of the many issues facing broadcasters in a rapidly changing technical, regulatory and marketing atmosphere.

In addition to Garziglia, other panelists will be Marcellus Alexander, Executive Vice President of TV for the National Association of Broadcasters; Skip Pizzi, columnist for Radio World; and Adam Thierer, Senior Fellow and Director of the Progress and Freedom Foundation’s Center for Digital Media Freedom. The panel will be chaired by Don DeCesare, the chairman of the Connecticut Broadcasters Association.

10-25-2006

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White & Case, LLP

The Exploding Fiduciary: Can Integrated Financial Institutions Really Manage Fiduciary Risk?
Maureen Donovan (New York) and Owen Pell (New York) presented "The Exploding Fiduciary: Can Integrated Financial Institutions Really Manage Fiduciary Risk?" to SEC staff, lawyers and economists. The presentation explored the expansion of financial institution exposure to liability based on the complex array of competing roles and duties inherent in their businesses, and the shift in the identity of investors in today's public markets. Specifically, active/innovative business lines increasingly may conflict with traditional fiduciary or market monitoring business lines, especially as financial institutions integrate the management of client relationships and transaction approval. The presentation raised an array of legal and policy questions, including whether we are moving toward a concept of the "universal banker" that is potentially liable to everyone "touched" by a bank’s activities, and, if so, what this means for how the universal bank manages risk and conducts its business in a world defined by the "universal investor.

10-25-2006

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