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Collier, Shannon & Scott, P.L.L.C.

John Brew Speaks at marcus evans' Advanced Import Compliance Forum
John Brew is speaking on two panels at marcus evans’ Advanced Import Compliance Forum in Chicago, IL, on September 14-15. The firm also is serving as a collaborative sponsor of the conference. This program will offer up-to-the-minute advice on all aspects of U.S. Customs and Border Protection programs such as Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT), Importer Self-Assessment (ISA), and the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), along with practical tips to ensure that your customs compliance programs facilitate continued trade success. This includes managing audit proceedings, strategies for importing from China, taking advantage of free trade agreements, and implementing internal controls necessary to ensure compliance.

John will co-present Guidelines for Preparing and Defending Quick Response Audits on September 14th and will moderate the Roundtable Discussion of Free Trade Agreements on September 15th.

The forum’s attendees include senior level import compliance officers, international trade advisors, in-house counsel for multinational corporations, global trade security professionals, and U.S. government officials.

08-02-2006

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Phillips Lytle, L.L.P.

Phillips Lytle Attorney Tracie L. Covey to Participate in Seminar on Hiring and Firing in New York State
Tracie L. Covey, an attorney with the law firm of Phillips Lytle LLP, one of the region’s largest full service law firms, will serve as a presenter for a Sterling Education Services seminar titled “Hiring & Firing in New York: How to do it Right!” The full day seminar on August 15, 2006 at the Hyatt Regency in Buffalo will focus on how to define legal job criteria as well as provide an overview of confidentiality agreements, background checks, contingent employees, termination process and information disclosure issues. Phillips Lytle is also extending a $50 discount off the full tuition price for this seminar.

At Phillips Lytle, Ms. Covey concentrates her practice on representing management in the private and public sectors, including cases involving employment-related issues, such as discrimination, harassment and wrongful discharge. A member of the Labor and Employment Sections of both the American and New York State Bar Associations, Ms. Covey is also a member of the Bar Association of Erie County. She received her J.D. from University at Buffalo School of Law and her B.A. from St. Lawrence University.

Sterling Education Services, Inc. offers seminars on timely topics relevant to succeeding in the constantly changing economic, legal, and cultural environment within which professionals, educators, governmental units and agencies, businesses, non-profit entities and individuals must operate today. For more information or to register for the August 15th seminar, please call 715-855-0498 or log on to www.sterlingeducation.com.

08-02-2006

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Jackson Lewis, LLP

Jackson Lewis Is Recognized as "Family Friendly" Firm by Women's Bar
Jackson Lewis is pleased to announce the firm is the recipient of the Westchester Women's Bar Association's 2006 Family Friendly Employer Award. As a national workplace law firm involved in counseling and drafting ""family friendly"" policies for employers, both large and small, we are proud of this accomplishment and recognition by this well-respected Bar Association.

In considering Jackson Lewis for this Award, the Westchester Women's Bar Association was impressed with our firm's commitment to our attorneys and staff in providing flexible and alternative work arrangements as a means to promote work/life balance. In addition, throughout our policies, Jackson Lewis recognizes that ""family"" encompasses domestic partners, as well as spouses. Further, the Bar Association recognized that our firm supports and encourages diversity through the utilization of part-time attorneys and by having a formal part-time partnership policy crediting attorneys for their part-time service with the firm.

Lewis Silverman, a senior partner in our White Plains office, accepted the Award on behalf of the firm at the Association's annual dinner in June 2006. White Plains partner Susan M. Corcoran is a long-time and active member of the Westchester Women's Bar Association and has helped guide the firm in its family friendly outreach to professional and support staff. Both may be contacted at (914) 328-0404.

08-02-2006

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Haynes & Boone, LLP

Haynes and Boone Represents Panda Ethanol In Debt Financing Completion
Haynes and Boone LLP announced Tuesday it represented Panda Ethanol Inc. as the company completed the $188 million debt financing on its 100 million gallon ethanol plant in Hereford, Texas. The law firm also helped Panda on its announced merger with Cirracor Inc.

Panda Ethanol chief legal officer and general counsel L. Stephen Rizzieri and senior counsel Russell Petterson turned to Haynes and Boone partners Janice Sharry, Robert Ladd, Thomas Yang, Taylor Wilson, Mary Mendoza and associate Casey Cohn for counsel on both deals.

Dallas-based Panda said Monday it will immediately begin facility construction on the 380-acre site and expects ethanol production to begin in the second half of 2007. The plant will “gasify” up to 1 billion pounds of cow manure each year, making it the largest biomass-fueled ethanol refinery in the U.S.

Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking arranged the senior debt financing consisting of a $158.1 million senior secured credit facility which includes a $5 million working capital facility and a letter of credit supporting $50 million in tax-exempt bonds that were issued by the Red River Authority of Texas. Additionally, the project has arranged a $30 million subordinated debt credit facility. Panda had previously announced a $90 private equity placement.

Panda also announced Monday that it entered into a merger agreement with Cirracor, and expects the merger to be completed in the fall. The combined company will continue under the Panda Ethanol Inc. name.

Haynes and Boone, LLP is an international corporate law firm with offices in Texas, Washington, D.C., Mexico City, Moscow and New York, providing a full spectrum of legal services. With more than 450 attorneys, Haynes and Boone is ranked among the largest law firms in the nation by National Law Journal. The firm has been recognized by Vault.com as one of the ""20 Best Law Firms to Work For,"" by Corporate Board Member Magazine as one of the “Best Corporate Law Firms in America,” and has received the Minority Corporate Counsel Association’s Thomas L. Sager Award for commitment to diversity.

08-02-2006

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Haynes & Boone, LLP

Richard D. Haynes, firm co-founder and name partner, dies
Richard D. Haynes, name partner and co-founder of Haynes and Boone, LLP, died Tuesday at a local hospital after a long illness. He was 75.

“Dick had and will continue to have a tremendous influence on our firm,” said firm managing partner Robert E. Wilson. “His integrity, ethics and high standards of professionalism have been a driving force behind our culture.”

Mr. Haynes grew up in Ada, Okla, the son of a hardware merchant. He attended the University of Oklahoma Law School, interrupting his studies to serve as a first lieutenant in the United States Air Force from 1955 to 1957. He resumed the study of law at Washington and Lee University Law School, graduating with an LLB in 1958. Later, he would become a member of the school’s board of trustees and receive the Omicron Delta Kappa Order of the Coif for his longstanding contributions.

He began practicing law with the Oklahoma-based firm of Rainey, Flynn & Welch and represented clients like Santa Fe Railway and Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co.

He opened the Law Offices of Richard D. Haynes in Dallas on March 2, 1964 with $1,600 to his name and took on clients including Republic National Bank, Investment Bankers Inc. and some small manufacturing companies and finance firms.

While teaching at SMU, he met Mike Boone and was impressed with the young law student's intelligence, skills and temperament. Haynes offered Boone the position as his first hired attorney, and Boone accepted. Haynes and Boone began working as a team July 1, 1967. The firm became Haynes and Boone in 1970.

Today, Haynes and Boone, LLP is an international corporate law firm of more than 400 lawyers with offices in ten cities – Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, Mexico City, Moscow, New York, Richardson, San Antonio and Washington D.C.

Mr. Haynes served as senior partner until health problems forced him to retire in the late 1980s.

A strong believer in Dallas and giving to the community, he served on numerous boards, including the St. Michael’s School, The Hockaday School, and Baylor Medical Center Foundation. He also was a vestryman and Senior Warden at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church. In recognition of his long-standing public service to the Dallas community, he received the Justinian Award for Public Service in 1989.

He was also a tireless worker for the Dallas Museum of Art, serving as chairman of the successful 1979 Dallas bond election campaign that secured $25 million in funding to build the present Dallas Museum of Art. He continued to be active at the museum, serving as Vice President of the Board of Trustees, a member of the Acquisitions Committee, Chairman of the Trustees Nominating Committee, and a member of the Building Committee for the present museum.

In 1995, Mr. Haynes was made a lifetime trustee of the museum. He was a long-time member of the Foundation for the Arts and served as secretary until his death.

He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Norine Castle Haynes; two daughters, Ellen and Caroline; and brother John Hays Haynes and his wife Linda Lewis Haynes, all of Dallas.

08-02-2006

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

U.S. Second Circuit Details Requirements for Transformative Fair Use
Finding transformative fair use, the Second Circuit allowed publisher Dorling Kindersley to reproduce in a Grateful Dead band biography thumbnail-sized versions of their concert posters owned by the Bill Graham Archives. Finnegan Henderson lawyer Margaret Esquenet reviews in her article the Bill Graham Archives v. Dorling Kindersley Ltd. case and discusses the four factors that comprise the fair use analysis.

08-02-2006

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Clausen Miller PC

Clausen Miller Attorneys Win a Case of First Impression
Clausen Miller Attorney, Melinda Kollross, was quoted in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin on July 25, 2006 for winning a case of first impression. The client was also represented by Michelle R. Valencic, partner, and Agelo L. Reppas, associate.

08-02-2006

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