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Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, LLP

Simpson Thacher Attorneys Successful in Applications and Trials for Asylum and Withholding of Removal
Simpson Thacher attorneys have met with great success in recent months in representing refugee clients in the clients' applications for asylum and withholding of removal. They have succeeded in obtaining asylum and/or withholding of removal for refugees from Colombia, Burundi, Cote d'Ivoire, Tibet, China, Nepal, Sierra Leone and Ethiopia.

Congratulations on a job well done to the following Simpson Thacher attorneys and paralegals: Fernando Ballester Gil, Rachel Birnbaum, Vanessa Bressler, Tai-Heng Chen, Sandra Chiocchi, Sung Choi, Justin Despirito, David Evans, Beatriz Franco, Esther Kim, Veronique Laughlin, Michael Masserman, Matthew Meyer, Amanda Motsinger, Melanie Ramjoue, Charlton Rugg, Dana Rundlof, Manda Sertich, Yuval Sheer, Terryl Simeina, Veronica Vela and Janet Whittaker.

03-28-2006

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Dla Piper Rudnick Gray Cary Us, LLP

DLA Piper advises Exponent Private Equity on the £82 million acquisition of Durrants
DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary (""DLA Piper"") advised Exponent Private Equity on the Secondary Buyout ('SBO') of Discovery Group Limited, which trades as Durrants Media Monitoring (""Durrants""), from August Equity, an independent private equity firm investing in the UK lower mid-market, for £82 million.

The DLA Piper team was led by corporate partner Andrew Holt who handled the acquisition; corporate partner Tom Whelan advised on the equity side, and both were assisted by Jamie Nelson and Vinit Chandra. Other DLA Piper lawyers involved on the transaction included Matthew Swynnerton (pensions) and Tom Sharp (employment).

Durrants is the UK's leading media monitoring and evaluation agency. It provides services to public relations professional managers who need to follow coverage of their organisation in the media. Founded in 1880, Durrants has seen its revenue increase from £7 million to over £20 million since carrying out an MBI in 2000.

Andrew Holt commented: "" We were delighted to act for Exponent Private Equity on its second investment and one which we hope will be very successful for them. The DLA Piper team and all the other advisers involved in the deal worked around the clock to meet the tight deadlines imposed upon them by the deal timetable.

03-28-2006

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Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

Paul Hastings Recognized as a 2006 Top Law Firm for Diversity Multicultural Law Magazine also Ranks Firm Among the Top for Women and Asian-Americans
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP (Paul Hastings), a leading international law firm, is pleased to announce that the firm has been recognized as a leader in diversity by Multicultural Law magazine. The firm ranked #27, up from #30 in 2005, on the magazine’s 2006 Top 100 Firms for Diversity. Additionally, the magazine ranked Paul Hastings #18 out of the 2006 Top 50 Law Firms for Women, and among the 2006 Top 25 Law Firms for Asian-Americans.

“This recognition is a great honor for our firm,” said Seth Zachary, Chair of Paul Hastings. “We believe that diversity enhances the quality of service and resources we provide to clients and makes Paul Hastings a rich and rewarding place to work.”

“Paul Hastings is committed to providing a diverse work environment that offers equal access and opportunity to our 2,000 employees worldwide,” said Greg Nitzkowski, Managing Partner of the firm. “The firm believes in building the best teams, distinguished by opportunity, teamwork and professional development.”

Multicultural Law magazine addresses diversity in the legal profession and the roles that minorities and women play in today's business world. It focuses on lawyer retention, making partner and corporate profiles with a blend of legal news trends and information that is valuable to improving the careers of minority and women lawyers.

03-28-2006

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Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

Paul Hastings Represents Tejon Ranch Company in Superior Court Victory
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP (Paul Hastings), a leading international law firm, won an Order, on behalf of client Tejon Ranch Company (TRC), discharging the Peremptory Writ of Mandate that the Court had issued to the County of Kern, which had ordered it to revise its air quality and biological resources analyses in the environmental impact report for the client’s project. This win permits the client to move ahead with its Tejon Industrial Complex – East project. Judge Kenneth Twisselman’s ruling on March 24, 2006, dismisses the last legal challenge to the start of the project. The Tejon Industrial Complex – East project, located on the east side of I-5, will provide approximately 15 million square feet of commercial/industrial property on approximately 11,000 acres.

The Paul Hastings team, led by Los Angeles partner Robert McMurry, also included of counsel A. Catherine Norian and associate Edgar Khalatian.

About Tejon Ranch Company (NYSE: TRC): Tejon Ranch Company is a diversified real estate development and agribusiness company, whose principal asset is its 270,000-acre land holding located approximately 60 miles north of Los Angeles and 30 miles south of Bakersfield.

03-28-2006

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Bryan Cave LLP

Toxic Torts Column Continues with Look at Liability for Public Officials in Disasters
In the wake of recent hurricanes, the destruction of the World Trade Center and other catastrophes, the courts are now hearing cases questioning the responsibility of government officials in failing to respond adequately to a crisis. New York Partners Philip E. Karmel and Peter Paden continue their New York Law Journal column on toxic torts with an examination of the opinions of two judges from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York who came to opposite conclusions as to the legal liability of government officials who oversaw the government response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack in Lower Manhattan.

On February 2, 2006, in Benzman v. Whitman, Judge Deborah A. Batts ruled that the former Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protections Agency Christine Todd Whitman knowingly lied to the people who live, work and go to school near ground zero about the risks associated with returning to the area, thereby exposing them to toxic substances. Batts stated that the plaintiffs have a valid legal claim against Whitman for damages in her personal capacity.

On the same day, Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein, in Lombardi v. Whitman, dismissed almost identical claims brought by emergency responders working at the scene of the wreckage, ruling that even if it could be proven that Administrator Whitman had lied about the safety conditions in Lower Manhattan, the lie did not violate the plaintiffs’ constitutional rights.

“Such suits on the one hand may deter unlawful conduct and provide a remedy for violation of a constitutional right,"" Karmel and Paden said in their column. ""On the other hand, such claims create a danger that fear of personal liability will not only deter competent individuals from public service but divert their attention while in office from actions required to protect the public weal to actions that might be undertaken to guard against potential personal liability.

The cases are now headed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Karmel and Paden are members of the Environmental, Product Liability and Commercial Litigation Client Service Groups. Their practice includes environmental and commercial litigation, the defense of toxic torts and related insurance matters.

Click on the attachment below to read the full article. This article is reprinted with permission from the March 23, 2006, edition of the New York Law Journal

03-28-2006

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Bryan Cave LLP

Partner Discusses Moral Rights Under Artists Rights Act
Chicago Partner Scott Hodes will participate in a panel discussion related to the specific concerns of museums in connection with the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 in an upcoming ALI-ABA presentation on legal issues in museum administration.

Hodes will speak Friday, March 31, at the 34th Annual ALI-ABA program, ""Managing and Protecting Museum Intellectual Property,"" in Chicago at the Millennium Knickerbocker. He will be joined on the panel ""Is That a Sculpture? What Every Museum Needs To Know about the Visual Artists Rights Act"" by Roberta Rosenthall Kwall, a professor at DePaul University College of Law, and Adine K. Varah, deputy city attorney for San Francisco.

The panel will discuss the Visual Artists Rights Act and how it contains certain moral rights that artists may claim under U.S. federal law, as an amendment to the Copyright Act. Museum administrators frequently must evaluate artists’ rights relating to conservation, placement of art, site specifics and attribution when exhibiting and curating their collections. Hodes will interpret artists’ rights under the act and will discuss the case Martin v. City of Indianapolis (CCA-7, 1999), a landmark decision in which Hodes successfully represented an artist whose sculpture was bulldozed by the city.

Though his practice primarily focuses on corporate transactions, Hodes advises a number of prominent artists, dealers and collectors in all aspects of their business. He is the longtime legal representative of the internationally famous Christo and his wife, Jeanne-Claude.

""Managing and Protecting Museum Intellectual Property"" is co-sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution with the cooperation of the American Association of Museums. The program aims to give museum directors, administrators, trustees, legal counsel and others concerned with museum operations an awareness of the legal and ethical issues of museum relationships with for-profit exhibitors, lenders, donors, employees and volunteers. For information on attending, call 1-800-CLE-NEWS.

03-28-2006

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Bryan Cave LLP

Firm\'s International Trade Group Hosts Indonesian Minister of Trade
Indonesia, said to have Southeast Asia’s most dynamic and market-oriented economy, will be the topic of conversation Wednesday, April 5, when Bryan Cave’s International Trade Group hosts a presentation by the Indonesian minister of trade in the New York offices.

Dr. Mari Pangestu was appointed by Indonesia’s first directly elected president to carry out a range of investment and trade reforms. She will discuss Indonesia’s recently announced major policy reform package, the status of U.S.-Indonesia trade relations and the World Trade Organization “Doha Round,” among other issues, at the event sponsored by the American Indonesian Chamber of Commerce.

Curt Dombek, head of Bryan Cave’s International Trade Client Services Group, Mark Nguyen and others from the International Trade Group organized the event and Bryan Cave’s participation. Partner and former New York City Mayor Ed Koch will provide introductory remarks.

Following the presentation, members of a business delegation accompanying Pangestu will be available for one-on-one consultations with those looking for a supplier or business partner in Indonesia. Businesspersons involved in textiles and garments, electronics, processed foods, automotive, crafts, wood products and furniture, chemicals, agribusiness or rubber products especially are invited to attend.

The American Indonesian Chamber of Commerce (AICC) was established in 1949, before Indonesia received full sovereignty from the Netherlands. A private-membership organization headquartered in New York, AICC was the first U.S. organization to openly lobby for Indonesia’s independence. Its members include investors who have contributed to Indonesia’s economic development and small U.S. companies that sell Indonesian exports. Bryan Cave is an AICC member and Partner Andrew Odell serves on the group’s Board of Directors.

For more information on attending the event, call (212)687-4505 by Tuesday, April 4. Registration is $30.

03-28-2006

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