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Duane Morris, LLP

Duane Morris Partner Charles Whitney Named to Firm\'s Executive Committee
Duane Morris is pleased to announce that Charles Whitney, Managing Partner of the firm's Atlanta office, has been named to the firm's five-member Executive Committee.

Chuck joins Chairman Sheldon M. Bonovitz, Vice Chairman John J. Soroko, Sheila Slocum Hollis and John F. Horstmann on the Committee.

Chuck focuses his practice on energy, regulatory, construction and labor law, and has served as chief counsel to a nuclear generating plant construction project. He has also represented independent power producers and engineering, procurement and construction contractors in the development, construction and operation of power projects around the country.

In addition to practicing law for 15 years, Chuck has more than 10 years of experience in senior management in the electricity industry. His management experience includes oversight of all major areas of construction of a nuclear electric generating plant.

Chuck has played a leadership role in energy and project finance development activities regarding energy privatization and acquisitions in Europe, Korea and Mexico. He is a 1977 graduate of Case Western Reserve University School of Law and a graduate of Wright State University.

About Duane Morris
Duane Morris LLP, among the 100 largest law firms in the United States, is a full-service firm of more than 600 lawyers. In addition to legal services, Duane Morris has independent affiliates employing approximately 100 professionals engaged in other disciplines. With offices in major markets, and as part of an international network of independent law firms, Duane Morris represents clients across the nation and around the world.

04-05-2006

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Firm Win for Client Noted In Daily Labor Report
The significant win the firm achieved for client QuietFlex is noted in the April 5 issue of The Daily Labor Report. The article (""Group Punitive Damages Dooms Class Action In National Origin Bias Case, Judge Rules"") notes that ""A group of Latino workers alleging national origin discrimination in transfer, pay, and being subject to a hostile environment have been denied class certification because their request for punitive damages but no compensatory damages was unreasonable, a federal court in Texas ruled March 31 (Colindres v. QuietFlex Mfg.). Refusing to certify the class of some 330 current and former employees of Houston-based QuietFlex Manufacturing and Goodman Manufacturing, Judge Lee Rosenthal of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas said that certifying a class including punitive damages under Rule 23(b)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure was not possible because the claims were too individualized.""

""In rejecting the class actions proposed by the private plaintiffs, the court said that Allison v. Citgo Petroleum, prevented certification because the workers sought classwide punitive damages, which run counter to Allison's admonition that individualized determinations regarding compensatory and punitive damages prevented class treatment. After reciting the history of Allison, the judge noted that since the 1998 decision, only three employment discrimination classes have been approved by courts within the reach of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and in those cases the certification was granted either for settlement purposes or only for injunctive relief.""

""An attorney for QuietFlex told BNA April 4 that the decision is significant because it specifically prevented punitive damages, an issue that has divided other courts and is at the heart of the largest class action in history certified in Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores. The case is currently on review by the Ninth Circuit. ""This decision reaches the opposite conclusion of Dukes and I think it is important to see how two courts have handled similar issues,"" said Gerald L. Maatman Jr. of Seyfarth Shaw in Chicago. Maatman said the ruling represents a ""further extension"" of Allison and that the decision appeared to raise questions about any possible classes that could be proposed by the workers.

04-05-2006

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Proskauer & Rose, LLP

John P. Barry Joins Proskauer Rose as Partner in Newark Labor & Employment Department
Proskauer Rose LLP, an international law firm with more than 700 lawyers in the United States and Europe, announced that John P. Barry has joined the firm as partner in the firm's world-renowned Labor and Employment Law Department. He is based in the firm's Newark, NJ office.

Mr. Barry has extensive litigation and counseling experience representing businesses in employment matters of all types, including compliance with the equal employment opportunity laws, harassment, wage and hour, employment contracts and non-compete agreements, and reductions-in-force.

According to Marvin M. Goldstein, head of Proskauer's Newark office, Mr. Barry's range of experience will be a strategic complement to the firm's New Jersey employment practice, which has continued to grow, most recently with the addition of David Grunblatt as partner and head of the firm's Immigration Law Practice Group. With 40 labor and employment lawyers, Proskauer's Newark office is one of the largest practices of its type in New Jersey.

""John's experience working in diverse sectors on a range of important employment litigation matters makes him an excellent addition to our practice in Newark and firm-wide,"" said Mr. Goldstein.

Mr. Barry was a partner in Epstein Becker & Green P.C.'s New York labor and employment practice before joining Proskauer. Prior to that, he practiced employment law at Collier, Jacob & Mills. He attended Boston University Law School and Harvard University. Mr. Barry is also a frequent author and speaker on employment-related topics and issues.

The attorneys in Proskauer's Newark office advise employers in all areas of labor, employment, employee benefits and immigration law and represent them in state and federal court, before administrative and quasi-judicial agencies, and in negotiations, arbitrations and union organizing campaigns. The attorneys also provide a wide range of client counseling and training in such diverse areas as sexual harassment, wage and hour issues and reductions-in-force. The attorneys provide hands-on assistance and guidance in the event of government audits, strikes and other daily crises.

The clients represented by Proskauer's Newark attorneys span a broad range of industries including finance, insurance, publishing, transportation, retail, entertainment, pharmaceutical and chemical manufacturing, sporting goods and package delivery. In addition, the firm's Immigration Law Practice Group is operated from the Newark office, serving the firm's entire nationwide clientele in visa, work permits, cross-border travel and citizenship matters.

04-05-2006

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Department of Fair Employment and Housing

Yale Law School Dean Speaks at Minority Attorney Event, April 11 Arnold & Porter and Fried Frank Co-Organize Networking Series for Two Years Running
Yale Law School Dean Harold Hongju Koh will be the featured speaker at the launch of the second year of the D.C. Minority Attorney Networking Series. Co-organized by Arnold & Porter LLP and Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, the event will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 11 at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The ongoing series, co-founded by Fried Frank and Arnold & Porter, is now sponsored by 32 law firms in Washington, D.C.


“Fried Frank is proud to continue its leadership role with the D.C. Minority Attorney Networking Series and to help in the development of local programs for the professional advancement of minority attorneys,” said Matt T. Morley, managing partner, Fried Frank’s Washington, D.C. office. “We are delighted that Dean Koh is able to join in this celebration of diversity.”


“Arnold & Porter is honored to co-organize this program, which kicks off the second year of the D.C. Minority Networking Series with a presentation from a distinguished scholar and humans rights activist,” said Richard Alexander, managing partner of Arnold & Porter.


Dean Koh, who served as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor from 1998-2001, is one of the country’s leading experts on national security, international law and international human rights. He has received more than 20 awards for his human rights work, has written more than 80 articles, authored or edited several books, and has testified before Congress numerous times. He was selected as Dean of Yale Law School in July 2004. Prior to joining Yale as a professor in 1985, Dean Koh worked in private practice, and as an attorney in the Office of Legal Counsel at the U.S. Department of Justice. He clerked for Judge Malcolm Wilkey of the D.C. Circuit, and for Justice Harry Blackmun of the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2000 he was named by A magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential Asian-Americans of the 1990s.


The concept for the D.C. Minority Attorney Networking Series was generated by Fried Frank’s Attorney of Color Affinity Group. Fried Frank and Arnold & Porter teamed together to co-organize the series, which is intended to provide a forum for minority attorneys in the D.C. metropolitan area to network and build alliances, while also encouraging professional development. Since the launch of the series in March of 2005, over 1,100 attorneys have attended.


In addition to the co-founding firms, 30 leading law firms in Washington, D.C. have also agreed to sponsor the Minority Attorney Networking Series. Those firms are: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP; Arent Fox PLLC; Baker Botts LLP; Bingham McCutchen LLP; Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP; Chadbourne & Parke LLP; Covington & Burling; Dickstein Shapiro Morin & Oshinsky LLP; Dow, Lohnes & Albertson PLLC; Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP; Hogan & Hartson LLP; Howrey Simon Arnold & White, LLP; King & Spalding LLP; Kirkland & Ellis LLP; Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP; McDermott Will & Emery; McKenna, Long & Aldridge LLP; Miller & Chevalier; Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo; Morgan Lewis; O'Melveny & Myers LLP; Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP; Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP; Steptoe & Johnson, LLP; Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP; Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP; Wilkie Farr & Gallagher LLP; Williams & Connolly LLP; Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP; and Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC.


Arnold & Porter LLP is an international law firm of approximately 625 attorneys, with offices in Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia, New York, Los Angeles, Denver, San Francisco, London, and Brussels. The firm, founded in 1946, maintains more than 25 practice areas spanning a broad spectrum of the law. Arnold & Porter provides its clients with a sophisticated understanding of changing environments at the intersection of business, law and public policy -- particularly for clients requiring either U.S. or cross-border regulatory, litigation or transactional services. More information on Arnold & Porter can be found at www.arnoldporter.com.


Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP is a leading international law firm with more than 525 attorneys in offices in New York, Washington, D.C., London, Paris and Frankfurt. Fried Frank lawyers regularly represent major investment-banking firms, private equity houses and hedge funds, as well as many of the largest companies in the world. The firm offers legal counsel on M&A and corporate finance matters, white-collar criminal defense and civil litigation, securities regulation, compliance and enforcement, government contracts, real estate, tax, bankruptcy, antitrust, benefits and compensation, intellectual property and technology, international trade, and trusts and estates. More information on Fried Frank can be found at www.friedfrank.com.

04-05-2006

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Dorsey & Whitney, L.L.P.

Former MPCA Assistant Commissioner Joins Dorsey & Whitney ENREG Group
The international law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that Ann Seha, formerly Assistant Commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), has joined the firm’s Minneapolis office as of counsel in the Environmental, Natural Resources and Energy group. Seha, experienced in air and energy law and policy, will represent clients in environmental and utility regulatory matters.

Seha had been an MPCA Assistant Commissioner for four years. Before joining the MPCA, she was Director of Energy Policy at the Minnesota Department of Commerce. Seha also served for fifteen years in the Minnesota Attorney General’s office, managing divisions focused on utility and environmental law.

Seha has represented the Minnesota utility regulatory agencies in matters concerning electric, natural gas and telecommunications companies. She also was the lead attorney who advised the MPCA on implementation of the landmark 1990 Clean Air Act amendments. Her policy roles with the state focused on energy and air quality.

Thomas W. Tinkham, partner in charge of Dorsey & Whitney Minneapolis, said: “Ann’s breadth of experience is unique. Her deep expertise in environmental and energy policy, as well as air and utility law, adds significant value to the legal services that we provide to our regulated clients.”

Seha received her J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School. She is a graduate of Carleton College, and holds a masters degree from the University of Iowa.

04-05-2006

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Baker Botts LLP

Smith Re-Elected Managing Partner of Baker Botts
HOUSTON, April 5, 2006 -- The partners of Baker Botts L.L.P. have re-elected Walter J. Smith to a four-year term as Managing Partner of the law firm. Smith was first elected Managing Partner in March 2002.

“I appreciate the opportunity to continue to represent the firm and our clients,” Smith said. “Our commitment to client service is paramount to strengthening our position as one of the world’s leading law firms. This dedication to service has been exhibited during the past year in the opening of new offices in Hong Kong and Dubai, locations where many of our clients told us they needed legal support for their international operations.”

Smith joined the law firm in 1975. He has practiced corporate and securities law throughout his Baker Botts career. Prior to being elected Managing Partner, he also served as Partner-in-Charge of the firm’s Houston office.

Smith earned an LL.M. from Harvard University and a J.D., summa cum laude, from Creighton University, where he was editor-in-chief of the Creighton Law Review. After law school, he served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable E.A. Tamm of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

04-05-2006

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Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, L.L.P.

TAKING AIM: SQUIRE SANDERS GUIDES BURST MEDIA IN INNOVATIVE SECURITIES OFFERING
Global law firm Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. is guiding Burst Media as the Internet advertising company joins front-running US-based technology companies listing on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM), the small cap market operated by the London Stock Exchange, rather than the NYSE or Nasdaq.
Massachusetts-based Burst Media recently announced that it hopes to raise approximately £3 million and refinance approximately £40 million of debt when it lists later this year. A rapidly growing number of international companies, including US-based companies, list on AIM. The market now lists approximately 1,400 companies.

04-05-2006

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