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O'Melveny & Myers, LLP

O’Melveny & Myers Bolsters Disputes Group in Asia
O'Melveny & Myers LLP is pleased to announce a substantial expansion of its Dispute Resolution Practice in the two most important markets in Asia, China and Japan.

Michael Moser has joined the firm as a partner and serves as co-head of the China practice along with Howard Chao. Widely acknowledged to be one of the leading adversarial lawyers in China, Michael is Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, Co-Chair of the China Arbitration Forum, and the first foreigner to be appointed to the CIETAC Panel. Formerly the head of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's Greater China practice, he frequently acts as arbitrator or counsel in Chinese-foreign business disputes in Asia, Europe and the U.S.

The China practice has been further strengthened by three additional lateral hires. Friven Yeoh, a China disputes specialist formerly with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, joined the firm as Counsel in Hong Kong. Nadia Darwazeh, previously a member of Shearman & Sterling's international arbitration group, joined the firm as Counsel in Shanghai. Fu Yu, a qualified PRC lawyer with substantial dispute experience and an LLM from Columbia University, will join the firm and will reside in both Hong Kong and Beijing.

Joining the firm in Japan are Yoji Maeda and Yuki Terazawa, both partners who are experienced Japanese court litigators. Yoji has extensive experience in employment litigation and international arbitration matters in Japan, and Yuki has significant experience with respect to IT and intellectual property disputes, competition issues, and arbitration matters in Japan.

These additions complement our already strong Asian adversarial team consisting of Patrick Norton, former head of our Beijing office who is now based in Washington, D.C., Susan Munro, Counsel in our Shanghai office who is experienced in advising clients on disputes before various arbitral institutions, and Nate Bush, Counsel in our Beijing office who specializes in competition and trade regulation. The firm's dispute practice in Asia is also supported by arbitration specialists Louis B. Kimmelman in New York and Steven Smith and Scott Nonaka in San Francisco.

With the arrival of the lateral hires, the firm's Asia Dispute Resolution Practice boasts close to 20 members.

05-19-2006

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O'Melveny & Myers, LLP

O\'MELVENY & MYERS REPRESENTS QUEST DIAGNOSTICS IN ACQUISITION OF FOCUS DIAGNOSTICS
O'Melveny & Myers LLP represented Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, the nation's leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services, in its agreement to acquire Focus Diagnostics, Inc., the premier infectious disease testing provider, in a cash transaction valued at approximately $185 million. The transaction is subject to regulatory review and other customary closing conditions.

Focus Diagnostics is a portfolio company of private equity firms DLJ Merchant Banking and The Sprout Group. Excluded from the transaction is Focus Bio-Inova, Focus Diagnostics' pharmaceutical testing operation.

Spencer Klein, Paul Golding, and Paul Cicero led the O'Melveny M&A team. Daniel Dunn and Tamara Tapoohi advised on tax matters; Bruce Goldberger advised on benefits and executive compensation matters; and Michael Antalics, Rebecca Farrington, Courtney Barg, and Kathleen Pessolano advised on antitrust matters.

05-19-2006

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Mayer Brown LLP

Center for Constitutional Rights Honors Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, and counsel Gary Isaac, were honored by the Center for Constitutional Rights (""CCR"") at its 2006 President's Reception for the firm's work on the Guantánamo detainee litigation. Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw was presented with the 2006 Law Firm Award for Pro Bono Service, while Gary Isaac was honored with the 2006 President's Award.

Since the fall of 2003, attorneys from the Chicago, New York, and Washington, D.C. offices have been actively involved in litigation challenging the U.S. Government's detention of alleged ""enemy combatants"" at Guantánamo Bay Naval Base and elsewhere. In addition to Gary Isaac, those involved in the litigation on behalf of Mayer, Brown include partners Robert Helman, Philip Lacovara, Andrew Pincus, James Schroeder, Adrian Steel, and Jeffrey Strauss, associates Emilie Beavers, Caroline Brown, Ryan Farley, Jay Johnson, Sarah Josephson, Steve Kane, Lauren Frank Noll, Liz Oyer, Andrew Schaefer, and Andrew Tauber, Pro Bono Program Manager Marcia Maack, and paralegal Steve Wells. Former associates David Grossman and Jon Juenger were also key participants in the work. Many other colleagues at the law firm have also generously offered their advice and assistance.

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw attorneys filed two amicus briefs in the Supreme Court in Rasul v. Bush on behalf of retired military officers, and another in Hamdi v. Rumsfeld on behalf of former American POWs. These briefs argued that the Executive's indefinite detention of individuals without providing any process for the prisoners to contest their imprisonment was contrary to the rule of law and violated the United States' obligations under the Geneva Conventions and U.S. military regulations.

Following the Supreme Court's decisions in Rasul and Hamdi, which held that detainees have a right to challenge their detention in federal court, lawyers from Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw have played an active part in the group of attorneys bringing habeas actions on behalf of individual detainees. The firm was co-counsel for a detainee who has since been released, and is now co-counsel with CCR in John Does 1-570 v. Bush, which was filed in the D.C. District Court on behalf of detainees at Guantánamo for whom habeas petitions could not previously be filed because the Government had refused to disclose the detainees' names or allow them access to counsel.

Most recently, lawyers for Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw filed an amicus brief on behalf of retired military officers in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, in which the Supreme Court will be deciding whether the Guantanamo detainees may be subjected to criminal trials before military commissions established by the President. The firm was also actively involved in lobbying concerning legislation that became the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 (""DTA""), and submitted an amicus brief in the District of Columbia Circuit on behalf of Senator Carl Levin concerning the legislative history of the DTA, which the government claims strips the federal courts of jurisdiction over pending habeas cases filed by detainees. That issue is now pending before the Supreme Court and the D.C. Circuit.

At the President's Reception, CCR noted that ""Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, under the leadership of Gary Isaac, has been at the forefront of CCR's efforts to safeguard the rights of hundreds of Guantanamo detainees. While many lawyers have offered pro bono habeas representation, Mayer Brown has provided unique support to CCR's leadership in challenging detention, interrogation, and rendition. . The Mayer Brown team has also devoted countless hours to strategic discussions with CCR staff, and Mr. Isaac provides crucial advice in coordinating scores of law firms working on complex and novel litigation. This support has allowed CCR to transform private firm lawyers into staunch human rights advocates and CCR allies.

05-19-2006

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Ice Miller LLP

Ice Miller LLP Recognized as Leading Bond Firm
Ice Miller LLP, headquartered in Indiana, ranked as the top bond counsel in the Midwest in 2005, according to The Bond Buyer, a daily newspaper of public finance. According to the publication, Ice Miller approved over $5.9 billion of long term municipal bonds in 2005. The Midwest region includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

""The Bond Counsel ranking re-affirms the incredible trust Indiana's issuers have placed in us for decades,"" according to Buddy Downs, partner and chair of the Firm's Municipal Finance Section. ""The recognition is a testament to the hard work and dedication of the Firm's bond teams in Indiana and Illinois.""

In addition to the highest ranking in the Midwest, Ice Miller also secured the top spot in Indiana, approving more bond issues than all other law firms combined. According to the Bond Buyer, the rankings are based on issues maturing in 13 months or more. The ranking does not include private placements and remarketings.

The Firm has 22 attorneys practicing in the Municipal Finance Section. The Firm has served as bond and special counsel on a number of high profile financings including the Indianapolis Waterworks, the Circle Centre, United Airlines, Subaru Isuzu, Toyota, AK Steel, Roberts Stadium, the Vanderburgh County Convention Center, Indiana Municipal Power Agency, Indianapolis Mass Burn facility, Bloomington City Hall, the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, Indianapolis Airport Authority Midfield Terminal, Indiana State Revolving Fund, Indiana Stadium and Building Authority, Citizens Gas Acquisition of the Thermal Division of Indianapolis Power and Light Company, Indiana Housing Finance Authority Single Family Program, Indianapolis Airport Authority Federal Express Special Facility Bonds, Clarian Health Partners, and the Indiana Bond Bank School Pension Bond Program.

05-19-2006

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Fowler, White, Boggs & Banker, Attorneys At Law

Seth L. Rodner
a shareholder in the White Collar Crime and Government Investigations Group at Fowler White Boggs Banker and a former federal prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., was selected by the editorial board of Aspatore Publishing as a national leader in white collar criminal law and as one of nine corporate criminal defense attorneys across the country featured as a chapter author in The New Perils of White Collar Crime: Leading Lawyers on Mitigating Liability in a Post-Sarbanes-Oxley Era, the newest publication in the critically-acclaimed Inside the Minds™ series. Authors are carefully chosen to ensure that the Inside the Minds™ series delivers proven “C-level (CEO, CFO, COO) business intelligence” from the leaders of the bar at the country’s most respected law firms. Each chapter is comparable to a thought leadership piece and is a future-oriented look at where an industry, profession, or topic is headed and the most important issues for the future.

The New Perils of White Collar Crime is an authoritative, insider’s perspective on the complex criminal and regulatory issues companies and business executives face in the post-Sarbanes-Oxley era. “This publication provides practical advice for navigating a government investigation and achieving compliance in the current enforcement environment,” says Rodner, “weaving together examples from headline-grabbing matters such as Enron, WorldCom, and Adelphia with first-hand experiences with the Justice Department and now in private practice managing not just the legal, but also the very real human, elements of a business crimes prosecution.”

Fowler White Boggs Banker, a Florida law firm with more than 230 attorneys in ten offices throughout Florida in Tampa, St. Petersburg, Ft. Myers, Tallahassee, Orlando, Naples, West Palm Beach, Bonita Springs, Jacksonville and Boca Raton. For more information, visit www.fowlerwhite.com.

05-19-2006

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Carlton Fields

Carlton Fields Ranks 73 in MultiCultural Law\'s List of Top 100 Law Firms for Diversity
Carlton Fields ranked 73rd in MultiCultural Law’s 2006 Top 100 Law Firms for Diversity list. The ranking was based on a Diversity Survey of Minority and Women Shareholders and Associates as a per cent of the total number of attorneys, providing diversity totals for the firm. The survey was completed by 140 law firms nationally.

MultiCultural Law is “The Magazine for Diversity in the Legal Profession” and is distributed to more than 40,000 professionals in the legal community including 500 general counsels and all ABA-approved law schools. Distribution includes a variety of legal organizations, such as the National Bar Association, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association, National Hispanic Bar Association, and a host of other regional minority and women’s legal organizations.

Carlton Fields’ goal is to recruit, retain and promote attorneys who are racially and ethnically diverse. The firm’s Diversity Committee is co-chaired by Miami shareholder Jason M. Murray and Tallahassee shareholder Michael P. Donaldson.

05-19-2006

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Carlton Fields

Carlton Fields Attorney, Joanna Garcia, Spoke at the International Arbitration Conference in the Dominican Republic
Carlton Fields Tampa associate, Joanna Garcia, spoke at the 32nd annual International Arbitration Conference sponsored by the InterAmerican Commission on Commercial Arbitration on April 25, 2005 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Garcia presented on the topic of Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in the United States under the United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral awards (The New York Convention) and the Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration (the Panama Convention).

Garcia practices in the areas of class action defense, commercial contract litigation, real property litigation, and other general business disputes. Garcia received a B.A., with highest honors, from American International College in 1996, an M.B.A. from Stetson University in 2000, and a J.D., cum laude, from Stetson University College of Law in 2000.

05-19-2006

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