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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick Chairman Ralph Baxter Chairs 11th Annual Law Firm Leaders Forum
Ralph Baxter, chairman and CEO of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, is chairing the nation's largest and longest-running conference for law firm leaders, the Law Firm Leaders Forum, for the 11th consecutive year. Baxter, one of the founders of the forum, has played a pivotal role in making the conference a much-anticipated annual gathering for senior law firm leaders in large- or medium-sized law firms to discuss the changing landscape for the legal business. Panelists at the conference, held this week in San Francisco, will include more than 20 law firm leaders who are recognized for their innovative approaches to management issues.

This year's program includes a keynote address by Dan Abrams, host of MSNBC's ""The Abrams Report"" and NBC News Chief Legal Correspondent. The agenda tackles some of the most important issues faced by law firms today. Guest speakers at the forum include Thomas J. DeLong, professor at the Harvard Business School, Brad Hildebrandt, chairman of Hildebrandt International and Aric Press, editor-in-chief of The American Lawyer.

03-09-2006

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White & Case, LLP

CDO Market Continues to Strengthen in 2006
London, March 9, 2006 ... Following last year's record-breaking issuance in the European collateralised loan obligation (CLO) market, early first-quarter indications suggest that 2006 will see the market match or better last year's performance.

White & Case Banking & Structured Finance partner David Barwise, commented, ""Indications are that the busy end-of-year CLO pipeline from 2005 has leaked through to the first quarter of 2006. With the volume of leveraged loans in the market still high, there is no sign of deal flow drying up in the medium-term. As the market matures, transactions are pushing back the boundaries in innovation further and further.""

A recent Standard & Poor's report1 highlighted a 33 percent increase in the number of European collateralised debt obligations (CDOs) of leveraged loans, or CLOs, in 2005 compared to 2004 and an 85 percent increase on 2003. The figures represent a total of 24 rated CLO transactions in 2005, 18 in 2004 and 13 in 2003, with the report pointing towards increasing leverage multiples in the market as the main reason for correspondingly high CLO issuance.

White & Case's 44-strong London-based structured finance team has advised on more than 75 transactions in the past 12 months with an aggregate value in excess of $16.5 billion. The second and fourth quarters of 2005 saw the bulk of activity in the European CLO market with nine Standard & Poor's rated transactions pricing in each quarter. White & Case's London team advised on no less than seven of those rated in the last quarter of 2005.

The team recently achieved recognition at the International Securitisation Report Awards held on the evening of January 24, 2006, when one of the deals it advised on last year was named ""CDO Deal of the Year for Europe"". It was the second successive year that White & Case had advised on the award-winning deal in this category. On this occasion, the Firm advised Deutsche Bank, as arranger, on the $400 million bond issue by Eurocredit Opportunities I PLC. Closing on November 1, 2005, the deal stood out for being the first ever European market value CDO. It allows the issue of a wide variety of types of debt over an eighty-year period.

03-09-2006

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White & Case, LLP

White & Case Advises CLS on LNG Tanker Project Financing
Tokyo, March 9, 2006 ... White & Case acted for Cygnus LNG Shipping Limited (CLS) and the project sponsors on the development and US$135 million (approx.) financing of a project to build, own and operate a new 145,400 cubic meter liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker. The sponsors are The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc., NYK Lines Ltd. and Mitsubishi Corporation. The deal was signed in Tokyo on January 12, 2006.

The vessel will be the fourth LNG carrier developed by the sponsors, the first of which was delivered in September 2003. CLS is the joint venture company formed by the sponsors to own the fourth vessel. The CLS vessel will be constructed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and is scheduled for delivery in January 2009. The vessel will be flagged in the Bahamas and managed by NYK Lines. The vessel will provide LNG transportation services to Tokyo Electric.

This transaction marks the emergence of the sponsors' joint venture company LNG Marine Transport Limited (LMT) as a core company for Tokyo Electric's LNG shipping operations. LMT will be charterer of the CLS vessel and also play a central role in managing LNG shipping operations for Tokyo Electric.

White & Case advised the sponsors on the structuring of the CLS project and on all project documentation, and also assisted CLS and the sponsors in implementing a competitive bidding process for the selection of the arranger and on completion of the financing. Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. acted as arranger. White & Case participated in all phases of the structuring, bidding and documentation process with a team led by Tokyo-based partner Hendrik Gordenker and included Dominic Gregory, Takeshi Takahashi, Simon Collins, Steven Wheeler and Alex Woody.

03-09-2006

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Renowned Securities Litigator Bruce G. Vanyo Joins Katten’s Los Angeles Office as Co-Chair of Firm’s Securities Litigation Practice
Bruce G. Vanyo joined the Firm as a Partner resident in our Los Angeles office and with David H. Kistenbroker, our National Litigation Chairman, is Co-Chair of the Firm’s Securities Litigation Practice. Mr. Vanyo has practiced exclusively in the area of securities litigation for more than 30 years and has defended more than 200 major securities cases. In the past five years he has secured complete victories in 21 cases, including seven appellate victories in five different federal courts of appeal. As a leading figure in the practice and development of securities law, Mr. Vanyo was asked by Congress to draft the pleading and safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

03-08-2006

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Holland & Knight, L.L.P.

City of San Antonio Selects Holland & Knight Partner James Jonas For Lobbying Services at State Capitol
Holland & Knight LLP announced today that San Antonio City Council has selected Holland & Knight partner W. James Jonas III as part of their Texas Lobby Team. This team will be the external advocates and government affairs counselors for issues involving Texas State government including the activities of the Texas Legislature. Mr. Jonas is one of six lobbyists the San Antonio City Council approved yesterday to represent the City’s interests at the State Capitol.

Mr. Jonas, who joined Holland & Knight in the beginning of last year, has been a part of the external federal government affairs team for the City of San Antonio since 1993.

With Holland & Knight already representing the City of San Antonio at the federal level, this will be the first time in the City's history where one firm will formally assist the community on state and federal initiatives. The decision to have one firm in this dual role was made by Mayor Hardberger, IGR Chair Chip Haass and numerous members of the city council who were seeking the strategic advantages of coordinated governmental affairs efforts in Austin, Texas and Washington, DC.

Rich Gold, Chair of Holland & Knight’s national Public Policy and Regulation Group commented, “Now James will be able to provide the City with an additional set of skills that have been part of his practice since 1987.”

Mr. Jonas has extensive experience in all aspects of local, state and federal legislative matters. Constantly traveling between San Antonio, Austin, and Washington, D.C., he counsels corporate clients, landowners, government entities, political candidates and campaigns on a wide array of issues, including economic development, policy advocacy and multi-state project implementation. He brings significant breadth of knowledge spanning multiple industries: information technology, education, health care, criminal justice, financial services, base closures, economic development, transportation, gaming, election law, privatization, telecommunications and environmental law.

Mr. Jonas serves in numerous civic leadership positions, including St. Mary's Hall Board of Trustees and Chairman of the Development Committee, the University of Texas San Antonio Development Board and Executive Committee, and UTSA Department of Intercollegiate Athletics Advisory Council Co-Chairman. Mr. Jonas is known throughout the community as an active advocate for autistic children to include his work with the Treehouse Day Program for autistic children where his 10-year-old son, William, is a student.

Mr. Jonas is a member of the State Bar of Texas, and the American, District of Columbia and San Antonio Bar Associations. He earned his J.D. from The University of Texas School of Law in 1987, and received his bachelor’s degree magna cum laude with honors in politics from Washington and Lee University in 1983.

About Holland & Knight’s State Capitals Team: The national State Capitals Team is one of the largest in the United States, combining in-depth knowledge of state and local governments with extensive geographic coverage that spans Texas, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, California, Maryland, Rhode Island and the District of Columbia. The team works to maximize clients’ business operations by strategically managing governmental opportunities and providing representation on a full range of procedural, regulatory and substantive issues, including lobbying, representation before state agencies or local governments, guidance in the procurement or grants-making process or monitoring legislative and administrative developments.

03-08-2006

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Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

Oblon, Spivak Creates TTAB Rules Blog in Response to New TTAB Rules Proposal
Alexandria, Va. – The law firm of Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C. has created the TTAB Rules Blog (www.ttab-rules.com) to serve as a resource for attorneys who practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). Oblon, Spivak is the only law firm to count two former TTAB Judges, senior trademark partner David Kera and special counsel Beth Chapman, among its staff.

The firm started the blog in response to the new rules package published by the TTAB on January 17, which is likely to have a serious and negative impact on the ability of trademark owners to resolve trademark issues before the Board in a cost-effective manner. This has caused concern among many practitioners that the new rules will encourage more trademark owners to resort to the federal courts, as the procedures at the Board will become far more cumbersome and result in increased costs to all parties. Running 12 pages in length, the new rules package is extensive. Comments to the proposed rules must be filed with the USPTO by March 20.

“Our goal in creating this blog is to collect the comments and other documents that are relevant to the proposed rules in one location, allowing readers to keep up with developments and post their own comments and articles,” said Jeffrey H. Kaufman, managing partner of the trademark and copyright practice group of Oblon, Spivak. “We believe that additional time is needed to carefully evaluate the impact of the new rules and David Kera, a former TTAB Judge and current senior trademark partner with our firm, appeared before the Trademark Public Advisory Committee (TPAC) to encourage the PTO to extend the public comment period and to hold hearings on the proposed rules.

03-08-2006

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Gadsby Hannah, L.L.P.

Gadsby Hannah Elects Three New Partners
BOSTON, Mass., March 8, 2006 - Gadsby Hannah LLP, a leading business and litigation law firm, today announces that Brian Leary, an expert in consumer class action litigation and public strategy, has been elevated to general partner in the firm. He is joined by new partners Mia Frabotta, a member of the Family Law and Litigation practice groups, and Scott Silverman, who focuses his practice in the firm's Automotive and Litigation practice groups.

A seasoned entrepreneur who founded Mogall, Inc., and later Arctius Corporation, which was sold in 2001, Leary brings a unique business perspective to his role as general partner, providing strategic counsel to growing businesses. He serves as general counsel to a well-known international manufacturing company and provides on-going litigation and other strategic advice to such national companies as BJ""s Wholesale Clubs and Staples. ""I am flattered to join such a respected and entrepreneurial group of lawyers who believe not only in giving clients the right legal answers, but the best business solutions, “ Leary said.

A member of the Steering Committee of the Family Law Section of the Boston Bar Association, Frabotta focuses her practice in the area of domestic relations, including divorce-related issues such as support, division of marital property, child custody and visitation. As a member of the Litigation practice group, Silverman concentrates in the areas of automotive franchise regulation and litigation, business trade practices and commercial contract disputes. Serving as outside general counsel for the Massachusetts' automobile dealer association, Silverman represents dealer interests state-wide on franchise and regulatory issues.


“The election of Brian to general partner, and Mia and Scott to partner, is a testament to the firm’s commitment to investing in our most valuable resource – our internal talent,” said Len Lewin, Chair of Gadsby Hannah’s Executive Committee. “The development of our attorneys and staff remains the most important ingredient in delivering our client-focused approach to the practice of law.

03-08-2006

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