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Adams & Reese LLP

Adams and Reese Attorneys Listed in Chambers USA
Adams and Reese is proud to announce that several attorneys have been selected by their clients and peers to be listed in the Chambers USA Directory as Leaders In Their Field. Chambers and Partners are publishers of the world-famous guides to law firms and lawyers including: Chambers UK, Chambers USA, Chambers Global, and Chambers Student.

Adams and Reese attorneys listed this year:

Daniel K. Rester, Baton Rouge, Gaming and Licensing
William K. Hancock, Birmingham, Employment
Linda Edell Howard, Nashville, Media and Entertainment
Virginia Boulet, New Orleans, Corporate/M&A
Robin B. Cheatham, New Orleans, Corporate/M&A
John M. Duck, New Orleans, Corporate/M&A
Brooke Duncan III, New Orleans, Employment
Glen Pilie, New Orleans, Environment
Justin B. Schmidt, New Orleans, Real Estate

Every year Chambers and Partners carry out thousands of in-depth interviews with clients and attorneys in order to assess the reputations and experience of business lawyers in 175 countries across the world. Their rankings and editorials are referred to extensively by General Counsel and other purchasers of legal services who look to their recommendations when choosing lawyers.

03-07-2006

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Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.

OIG Finds that the Method CMS Uses to Calculate Volume-Weighted ASP is Incorrect
On March 2, 2006, the OIG released the report Calculation of Volume-Weighted Average Sales Price for Medicare Part B Prescription Drugs. The OIG believes that CMS is calculating volume-weighted ASP incorrectly, and that this incorrect calculation results in reimbursement amounts that are inaccurate and inconsistent with the ASP payment methodology set forth in section 1847A(b)(3) of the Act.

03-07-2006

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Buchanan Ingersoll Attorney Leslie Harris\' New Position Noted in New York Law Journal
The New York Law Journal noted the appointment of Buchanan Ingersoll senior attorney Leslie J. Harris of the firm's New York office to the Executive Committee of the Antitrust Law Section of the New York State Bar Association in its February 16, 2006, edition.

Harris will serve a two-year term, aiding more than 500 committee section members with their mission to keep members of the bar apprised of developments in antitrust law.

Harris is a member of the firm's Litigation Section and focuses her practice on complex litigation and antitrust law. Prior to joining Buchanan Ingersoll, Harris was an associate at a litigation boutique in New York, where she focused on commercial litigation, antitrust and matrimonial litigation.

03-07-2006

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Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo P.C.

Gilbert Casellas Serves as Co-Chair of \"Best Practices in Diversity\" Program
On Tuesday, March 7 Gilbert F. Casellas will serve as co-chair of and presenter at a ""Best Practices in Diversity"" program to be held at the EEOC's Washington headquarters. Co-chairing the event will be Hon. Cari Dominguez, Chair for the EEOC, and Edie Fraser, President of Diversity Best Practices. Attendees will include chief diversity officers, general counsel and human resource leaders of several fortune 500 companies.

Gil practices in the firm's Washington office in the Employment, Labor and Benefits Section. Prior to joining Mintz Levin, Gil was president of Casellas & Associates, LLC, providing strategic diversity planning and design, EEO compliance, and litigation support.

03-07-2006

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Cadwalader Strengthens Financial Restructuring Practice
New York, NY, March 7, 2006, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, one of the world’s leading international law firms, has promoted Jason Cohen and Matthew Weber to Special Counsel and has hired Kathryn Turner as Special Counsel, all in the firm’s Financial Restructuring Department in New York.
“These outstanding individuals have the experience and knowledge needed to assist our clients with their complex workout, restructuring and bankruptcy needs,” stated Bruce R. Zirinsky, Chairman of Cadwalader’s Financial Restructuring Department. Each adds great value to the scope of our representation. We very much look forward to their future contributions to the firm.” Jason Cohen focuses his practice on representing debtors, individual creditors, and official and unofficial creditors’ committees in all aspects of Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases and out-of-court financial restructurings. He currently represents Pfizer Inc. in connection with the chapter 11 case of Quigley Company, Inc., and Pharmacia Corporation in connection with the chapter 11 case of Solutia Inc. He has recently represented the bondholder or creditors committees of Arch Wireless Communications, Florida Coast Paper Holding Co., Grove Worldwide., Pathmark Stores, Inc., RSL Communications, Ltd., TransTexas Gas Corp., and Winstar Communications.
He also represented Burger King Corporation in connection with the restructuring of a number of its franchisees; certain Glencore International AG subsidiaries in connection with their restructuring of an Australian mine; and Geneva Steel Company in its bankruptcy. Mr. Cohen received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Connecticut in 1993, and his Juris Doctor from Brooklyn Law School in 1997. He is admitted to practice before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and in the State of New York. Mr. Cohen is a Contributing Editor to the American Bankruptcy Institute Journal.
Kathryn Turner joins Cadwalader from Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP. Her practice covers all aspects of domestic and international debt restructurings as well as crisis management, corporate governance and the sale and acquisition of troubled companies. Ms. Turner has Contacts: Claudia Freeman +1 212 504 6470 claudia.freeman@cwt.com Jocelyn Austin +1 212 445 8363 jaustin@webershandwick.com Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP 2 extensive experience representing large public and non-public companies, secured and unsecured creditors, bondholders and sophisticated financial institutions and funds in out-ofcourt restructurings, prepackaged and prearranged bankruptcies, contested workouts, distressed M&A transactions and traditional chapter 11 cases. Ms. Turner has extensive litigation experience and has developed special expertise in advising companies, boards and financial creditors in connection with complex mass tort bankruptcies. Ms. Turner received her B.A. from Queens University and her LL.B. from the University of Toronto Law School. Following law school she served as a law clerk for the late Honorable Joseph F. McDonald of the Canadian Federal Court of Appeals. Ms. Turner is admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
Matthew Weber concentrates his practice in the areas of bankruptcy and financial restructurings, including Chapter 11 reorganizations and liquidations, out of court restructurings, and insolvency proceedings. He also has experience in asset-based financing transactions, both in traditional and bankruptcy-related transactions. Mr. Weber has represented creditors and official and unofficial creditors’ committees, and lenders and purchasers of assets and securities in transactions involving companies such as American Media, Legerity, American Restaurant Group, Motor Coach Industries, Milacron, Protection One, Viasystems, Railworks, Advanced Glassfiber Yarns, Pacific Gas & Electric, Dictaphone Corporation, Florida Coast Paper, Golden Ocean Group, CHS Electronics, Planet Hollywood International, Southern Pacific Funding, Hechinger, Cityscape, Alliance Entertainment, and Adirondack Recycling. Mr. Weber received his undergraduate degree from the University of California at Los Angeles, his law degree from the University of San Francisco School of Law, where he was a member of the University of San Francisco Law Review, and an LL.M. degree from New York University. Prior to joining Cadwalader, he was a law clerk for the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Arizona. Mr. Weber is admitted to practice in New York and California, as well as before the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the Central District of California.

03-07-2006

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Camille Olson Quoted in Presstime Magazine
Camille Olson was quoted in the March 2006 issue of Presstime, the magazine of the Newspaper Association of America (“NAA”), in an article (“Alito Appointment Viewed as Good News for Media Companies”) which reviews the judicial decisions involving media issued by recently installed Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. Alito, the article states, is generally supportive of established media rights and is a defender of business interests; he has ruled favorably toward the media in First Amendment cases, but less so in cases involving the Freedom of Information Act.
On labor issues, including those involving discrimination, minimum wage, and the Family Medical Leave Act, “the result ends up favoring the company,” states Camille, who is a member of the NAA’s Employee Relations Committee.

An example of Alito’s favorable rulings toward media companies details a case from 1994, when Alito was a judge on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia. The issue involved overtime pay for reporters and editors who worked for a newspaper which, while part of a larger company, had a circulation of less than 4,000. Alito dissented from the 2-1 majority that ruled that reporters and editors were not professionals under the Fair Labor Standards Act and therefore were entitled to overtime pay. Alito’s dissenting opinion stated that the paper’s small size and separateness from the company’s other operations meant that the paper was not subject to any of the act’s requirements, including overtime pay for nonprofessionals.

03-07-2006

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Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP

JED ZOBITZ AND PAUL ZUMBRO WRITE FOR PLC\'S CROSS-BORDER FINANCE HANDBOOK
Cravath Partners George E. Zobitz and Paul H. Zumbro wrote the United States Q&A for Practical Law Company's new publication, Cross-border Finance: Secured Lending Handbook 2006/07. Please click here to read the article.

03-07-2006

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