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Robinson & Cole LLP

Robinson & Cole Intellectual Property and Technology Law Partner Included in Hartford Business Journal's “40 Under 40”
R&C Intellectual Property and Technology Law Partner, Jacqueline Scheib, was selected as one of Hartford Business Journal's "40 UNDER 40" in a recent issue. For ten years, the Hartford Business Journal has selected 40 top business and professional leaders under the age of 40 who have "accomplished a great deal in a short time." Recipients are chosen by demonstrating, not only significant accomplishments in their professional career, but also a desire to give back to their community.

10-25-2006

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O'Melveny & Myers, LLP

OMM Represents Shamrock Capital Advisors in Formation of New Fund
O'Melveny represented Shamrock Capital Advisors, Inc. in the formation of Shamrock Capital Growth Fund II, a private equity fund focused on investments in media, entertainment, communications, and related businesses in North America. The fund exceeded its goal and completed its final closing at $311.5 million.

The O'Melveny team included Los Angeles partner Kathy Sanders, counsel Susanna Griffith, and associate Andrew Ellis. Partner Rob Blashek advised on tax issues.

Headquartered in Burbank, California, Shamrock Capital Advisors is the investment vehicle of Shamrock Holdings, Inc., the investment entity of the Roy E. Disney Family. With the closing of this fund, Shamrock Capital Advisors has more than $450 million focused in media, entertainment, and communications private equity under management and nearly $2 billion under management in total.

10-25-2006

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Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP

Dewey and Orrick Reach Major Milestone in Merger Discussions
Dewey Ballantine LLP and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, two leading global law firms, announced today that the firms' respective Management and Executive Committees have made initial recommendations to their partners about combining into a new firm named Dewey Orrick LLP that will retain Orrick's well-known ""O"" brand. Ralph Baxter, Orrick's current Chairman, and Morton A. Pierce, Dewey's current Chairman, would serve as Co-Chairmen, with Mr. Baxter serving as the new firm's Presiding Partner.

The firms' merger is dependent on the finalization of terms, ongoing due diligence and approval by a vote of each firm's partners which the firms expect to obtain by mid-December.

Dewey Orrick would count 1,500 lawyers in 21 offices across North America, Europe, and Asia.

With combined revenue of approximately US$1 billion, the firm would rank among the top ten U.S.law firms on “The Am Law 100,” an annual survey conducted by The American Lawyer. Almost onethird of the firm's lawyers would reside outside the United States, and at 500 lawyers, Dewey Orrick would have the seventh-largest New York office of any law firm.

""The Dewey Orrick merger would anticipate the future needs of our clients, and position the combined firm as one of the world’s premier law firms,"" Mr. Baxter said. ""Globally dominant legal providers will be characterized by market-leading practice groups, with a particular strength in M&A, finance and litigation; by having significant operations in all the world's leading commercial and financial centers; and by attracting and retaining top legal talent due to their superior economic performance. All of these characteristics would mark Dewey Orrick.""

""This merger will change the face of the legal industry, serving as a model of what law firms need to look like in order to anticipate their clients’ needs in a national and international marketplace,"" Mr. Pierce said. ""Clients will need law firms that are innovative and creative in the way they run their businesses and in the ways in which they partner with their clients.""

Each firm is known for its class-leading transactional and litigation practices. The combined firm would receive the fifth-most top-ten rankings across all transaction categories on The American Lawyer’s annual ""Corporate Scorecard"" survey, including ranking as the #1 M&A firm for investment advisors, the #1 underwriter's and bond counsel for municipal bonds, and among the top 10 firms for IPOs for underwriters. The combined firm would have one of the largest tax departments of any general practice law firm, with attorneys practicing a full spectrum of corporate tax work. The National Law Journal named Orrick to its annual ""Defense Hot List"" of the top 10 defense litigation practices, and The American Lawyer also ranked Orrick among its ""Distinguished Dozen"" of elite litigation groups. Dewey's litigation practice is a global leader, having litigated many of the most important antitrust, intellectual property, corporate fraud, securities, international trade and sports litigations in history.

10-25-2006

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Cozen O' Connor

Cozen O'Connor Attorney Francine L. Semaya Presents at 2006 TIPS Fall Leadership Meeting
Cozen O'Connor member Francine L. Semaya recently chaired the Task Force on Federal Involvement in Insurance Regulation Modernization at the American Bar Association’s Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) Fall Leadership Meeting in Pinehurst, N.C.

The Task Force focused its attention on TRIA and on TRIEA, the President’s Working Group’s Report and the recent GAO report evaluating whether there is a continual need for the federal backstop for Terrorism Insurance. The Task Force does not accept the conclusion of these reports and is in the process of updating its white paper on preparing a resolution to be conducted at the ABA Mid-Year Meeting in February 2007.

The four-day event was comprised of plaintiffs’ attorneys, defense attorneys, insurance and corporate counsel who exchanged information and ideas, providing insightful, thought-provoking educational lectures.

Semaya is the chair of Cozen O'Connor’s insurance corporate and regulatory practice group. Resident in the firm's New York office, she concentrates her practice in reinsurance, insolvency and national and global insurance regulatory matters, in the areas of property, casualty, life, annuity, surety and financial guaranty.

Active in several professional organizations, Semaya is a member of the American Bar
Association and its Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS), where she served six years as the section's delegate to the House of Delegates; chairs TIPS Task Force on Federal Involvement in Insurance Regulation Modernization and chaired the Task Force on Implementation of TIPS Insurance Insolvency Report; past chair of the Task Force on Insurance Insolvency; Public Regulation of Insurance Law Committee; New York State Bar Association; Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Insurance Law Committee; Practicing Law Institute - Insurance Law Advisory Board; International Association of Insurance Receivers - Board of Directors; Federation of Regulatory Counsel, Inc.; and AIDA member. Semaya is a frequent lecturer and has authored numerous articles in both legal and insurance trade publications on insurance regulatory, reinsurance and insolvency law.

Semaya earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Brooklyn College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1973; M.S., magna cum laude, 1975) and her law degree from New York Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1982). She is admitted to practice in New York and before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York and U.S. Supreme Court.

10-25-2006

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Litigation Attorneys Sullivan and Miscioscia Publish Patent Article in Legal Intelligencer
Litigation attorneys Sean R. Sullivan and Katie L. Miscioscia published an article titled ""Can Licensees in Good Standing Challenge the Validity of Licensed Patents?"" in the October 16 Intellectual Property supplement to the Legal Intelligencer. Both are associates in the firm's Philadelphia office.

The article examines whether a federal court has jurisdiction to entertain a declaratory judgment challenge to a patent brought by a licensee in good standing. This issue is before the United States Supreme Court in the MedImmune v. Genentech case, which the court heard in early October.

10-25-2006

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Litigation Attorney Stanley Parker Selected Among Pittsburgh Magazine's 40 Under 40
Litigation attorney Stanley J. Parker was recently selected by Pittsburgh Magazine as one of this year's ""40 Under 40,"" an honor given to talented individuals under the age of 40 who are making a positive impact on the region's development. Parker is a shareholder in the Pittsburgh office of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney.

Parker was chosen from a nomination pool of more than 150 candidates on the basis of his passion, visibility, diversity of interests and community involvement. He will be a guest of honor at a celebration on November 10, 2006, at Piatt Place in Downtown Pittsburgh and is also featured in the November issue of Pittsburgh Magazine.

When asked to create a personal statement in 40 words or less, Parker said, ""Volunteering my time and energies for various organizations is difficult, but it is the right thing to do. My goal is to make this region great so that my sons will believe, as they grow up, that Pittsburgh offers them the opportunities to find a job and interact with other young people.

10-25-2006

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Strasburger & Price, LLP

Strasburger Partner Michael Jung Elected to Prestigious American Academy of Appellate Lawyers
Strasburger & Price, LLP congratulates Dallas partner, P. Michael Jung, who was recently inducted into the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers at its fall meeting in Charleston, South Carolina.

The American Academy of Appellate Lawyers was founded in 1990 to advance the highest standards and practices of appellate advocacy and to recognize outstanding appellate lawyers. The selection process includes nominations from current fellows as well as suggestions from judges and practitioners. Each nominee must have at least 15 years experience in appellate law practice.

The Academy consists of over 275 appellate attorneys from around the country, only nine of whom are from Texas. Mr. Jung joins fellow Strasburger partner, Royal Brin, in the Academy, making Strasburger one of only two Texas firms with more than one member. After graduating from MIT in 1975, Mr. Jung obtained his J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 1979.

Following a federal court clerkship, Mr. Jung joined Strasburger where he has practiced for more than 25 years in the areas of appellate and law-intensive trial court litigation in state and federal courts. His practice covers subjects ranging from business torts and commercial disputes to personal injury, products liability, and civil rights. He has argued more than 160 cases, including 21 cases in the Supreme Court of Texas, and has participated in the two largest appeals in Dallas County history. Mr. Jung also consults with trial counsel in complex cases at the trial court level.

10-24-2006

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