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Goodwin Procter, LLP

VLST Corporation Raises $55 Million to Complete Series B Financing
VLST Corp., a Seattle-based developer of therapeutics for autoimmune and inflammatory disorders, has raised $55 million in Series B funding. The financing was led by Texas Pacific Group Ventures and included participation from existing investors MPM Capital, ARCH Venture Partners, OVP Venture Partners and Amgen Ventures. New investors MedImmune Ventures Inc. and WRF Capital, venture investment arm of the Washington Research Foundation, also participated in the financing. The VLST platform uses bioinformatics and proteomics to identify viral genes whose protein products function as immunomodulatory agents.

Goodwin Procter attorneys Mitchell Bloom, James Kassinger and Jamie Genua represented the investors in this transaction.

06-16-2006

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Powell Goldstein LLP

ABA Trade Remedy Book Co-Edited by PoGo Partner Peggy Clarke to be Published This Month
Powell Goldstein International Trade partner Peggy Clarke edited and authored a chapter for the book, Trade Remedies for Global Companies, published this month by the American Bar Association (ABA). The book, a part of the ABA's International Practitioners Deskbook Series, explains the most common forms of U.S. and foreign trade remedy laws and serves as a guide for corporate counsel and other non-experts involved in trade investigations. Ms. Clarke co-authored the introductory chapter, An Overview of Trade Remedy Law, that explains the various trade remedy laws, including the key provisions and the basic timing of such a proceeding. The chapter also provides contact information for the relevant government agencies and describes the factors companies should consider in determining whether to participate in trade remedy proceedings.

Ms. Clarke was one of three editors for the book which was a collaborative effort by the ABA Section on International Law. Trade law experts, including attorneys who work primarily with the U.S. and foreign governments and responding companies, contributed to that effort.

Chapter reprints are available by request from Powell Goldstein LLP. The book is available through the ABA website at www.ababooks.org under the """"New Releases"""" tab. For more information, please contact Peggy Clarke at 202.624.3923 or pclarke@pogolaw.com.

06-16-2006

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Winstead, Sechrest & Minick, P.C.

Talmage Boston Receives Second Consecutive State Bar of Texas Presidential Citation Award
Talmage Boston, a shareholder with Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C., was honored by State Bar of Texas President Eduardo Rodriguez as a recipient of a Presidential Citation Award, presented at the State Bar of Texas (SBOT)’s Annual Meeting on June 15, 2006, in Austin.

Presidential Citations are awarded by the SBOT President each year in recognition of individuals who have assisted, developed or improved services in the past year to the SBOT and lawyers in Texas in a significant way. Boston was recognized for his leadership role in planning the major programs at the 2006 SBOT Annual Meeting, highlighted by his coordination of the meeting's keynote event for the fourth consecutive year—the annual debate on the hottest topic in the law. This year the topic was ""Judicial Activism: Whose Ox Gets Gored?"", featuring nationally renowned speakers on both sides of the issue.

Named as a ""Texas Super Lawyer"" by Texas Monthly magazine in 2003, 2004, and 2005, Boston is a highly-respected attorney with extensive experience in representing business clients in commercial litigation, arbitration, and appeals. In his 28 years of law practice, he has tried jury cases and argued appeals all over Texas in both state and federal courts. He is one of less than 100 lawyers board certified in both Civil Trial Law and Civil Appellate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, and is a frequent speaker on a wide variety of litigation and arbitration topics for the SBOT at its seminars.

Among his many professional activities, Boston served as the 2003-2004 Chairman of the SBOT Litigation Section, and as the 2004-2005 Chairman of the SBOT Council of Chairs, for which he received a Presidential Citation in 2005. He also has served as past Chairperson of the Dallas Bar Association's Business Litigation Section.

Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C. is among the largest business law firms in Texas. With more than 300 attorneys, the Firm provides regional, national and international clients access to a broad range of business legal services representing more than 30 practice areas. Winstead has offices in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, and The Woodlands, Texas; and Washington, D.C. For detailed information about Winstead, visit www.winstead.com.

06-16-2006

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Stinson, Morrison & Hecker, L.L.P.

Chambers USA Ranks Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP No. 1 in Corporate/M&A, Real Estate, General Commercial Litigation and Environmental Litigation
Four practice areas of Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP are ranked No. 1 in the latest edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. In all, five practice areas and 15 attorneys were recognized in this annual listing of top law firms and attorneys.

The firm ranked first in Missouri and Kansas for its corporate/M&A and real estate practice. In Kansas, litigation work in general commercial and environmental also ranked No 1. Other practice areas cited highly were employment in Arizona, Kansas and Missouri; and general commercial litigation in Missouri.

The firm was cited for its group of strong litigators with “not just one star, but a host of smart and accomplished trial lawyers” and a group of “sharp and imaginative litigators who do one hell of a job.”

Clients commented that the firm’s 31 real estate attorneys, whose work included $1 billion worth of projects in downtown Kansas City, are “extremely thorough, high quality and devoted to representing our interests.” Chambers USA also noted the strong hold the 30 corporate/M&A attorneys have on the Kansas City market. Clients are impressed with these “technically skilled” attorneys who handle the full range of corporate services.

06-16-2006

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Foley Hoag LLP

Chambers and Partners Cites Foley Hoag in Key Practice Areas
Chambers and Partners, a leading U.K.-based research and publishing company, has included Foley Hoag and its individual lawyers in ten of its 14 ranked practice areas in its Chambers USA: the Client's Guide. Recognized practices include Antitrust, Banking, Bankruptcy, Corporate/M&A, Employment, Environment, Intellectual Property, Ltigation (General Commercial), Private Equity/Buyouts & Venture Capital, and Tax.

In addition, 21 partners -- approximately 23% of the partnership -- were individually ranked in the practice areas. The full list includes Beth Arnold, James Bucking, Laurie Burt, Peter Coogan, Seth Jaffe, Adam Kahn, Michael Keating, William Koffel, William Kolb, Claire Laporte, Kenneth Leonetti, Martin Pentz, Carol Hempfling Pratt, Peter Rosenblum, Robert Sanoff, Leonard Schneidman, Anderw Schwartz, Arthur Telegen, Donald Ware, Michele Whitham and Lisa A. Wood.

Chambers Guides are published annually and distributed to GCs of leading global and national businesses. Rankings within the Guides are determined by a rigorous interview process between the Chambers research team and Fortune 100 GCs, high-profile entrepreneurs, significant purchasers of legal services and law firms. Based on independent research and peer recommendations, Chambers Guides are rapidly becoming a trusted industry resource.

06-16-2006

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Wiley, Rein & Fielding, L.L.P.

Wiley Rein & Fielding Receives the Sodexho Law Department\'s Commitment to Diversity Award
Wiley Rein & Fielding is the proud recipient of the Sodexho Law Department’s Commitment to Diversity Award, presented in recognition of the firm's participation in the department's minority student job shadowing program. The award was given at a reception preceding the 7th Annual Sodexho Foundation Dinner, an event marking the culmination of Sodexho’s year of activities related to ending hunger in America.

The Sodexho minority student job shadowing program pairs first year law students with attorneys in their area of interest, allowing the students to gain first-hand experience in the daily practice of law. WRF enthusiastically supports this program and others that promote the goal of diversity in the workplace. WRF partner Robert A. Smith, who accepted the award on behalf of the firm, commented on the honor, “We are delighted to be recognized for our efforts and we look forward to our continued relationship with Sodexho.”

Sodexho USA is a leading food and facilities management company in North America and a member of the Sodexho Alliance. The Sodexho Foundation is an independent charitable organization committed to eliminating hunger in the United States. The Foundation creates and/or supports programs that work to break the cycle of poverty and eliminate other root causes of hunger in this country.

As a law firm with national and international clientele, WRF is committed to a professional workforce that reflects the rich cultural and ethnic diversity of our client base. We believe our clients are enriched by working with a diverse group of exceptional attorneys who, through different perspectives and experiences, allow us to undertake more creative thinking and to produce more innovative solutions. Thus, WRF embraces diversity both as a business imperative and as a moral obligation.

06-16-2006

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Thompson & Knight LLP

Eighteen T&K Attorneys Listed In 2006 Chambers USA Directory
hompson & Knight congratulates the eighteen attorneys who are included in the 2006 Chambers USA ""Leaders in their Field"" legal directory. Chambers USA exclusively lists attorneys who are strongly recommended from in-depth interviews with peers and clients. For the current U.S. directory, a team of forty full-time researchers conducted more than 10,000 interviews throughout the country over a period of six months. The following attorneys were selected for this honor:

Austin
James C. Morriss III, Environment
Dallas
David M. Bennett, Bankruptcy
Scott D. Deatherage, Environment
Stephen F. Fink, Employment
Herbert J. Hammond, Intellectual Property
Thornton Hardie III, Tax
James B. Harris, Environment
M. Lawrence Hicks Jr., Real Estate
Gregory S.C. Huffman, Antitrust
Timothy R. McCormick, Litigation
James W. McKellar, Banking & Finance
Emily A. Parker, Tax
John W. Rain, Banking & Finance
Harry M. Roberts Jr., Real Estate
Bruce S. Sostek, Intellectual Property
R. David Wheat, Tax
Houston
Rhett G. Campbell, Bankruptcy
Dallas Parker, Technology

06-16-2006

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