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Brown & Brown

Brown Rudnick Represents Sermo in Company’s Recent $26.7 Million Series C Funding Led by Legg Mason Capital Management
Brown Rudnick, a premier international law firm, represented Sermo, the largest online physician community, in the company’s closing of a
$26.7 million round of Series C funding. Sermo will use the additional financing to accelerate product development to accommodate the increased volume of online content and physician subscribers. This latest round was led by Legg Mason Capital Management who was joined by Allen & Company LLC. Edwin C. Pease, a partner in Brown Rudnick’s Corporate Department, served as lead counsel for Sermo.

Brown Rudnick has been a business and legal advisor to Sermo since the company’s launch in 2006. In June 2007, the firm represented the company in its two-year agreement with the American Medical Association (AMA) aimed at improving medical practice, physician advocacy and patient care. Through this new partnership, the AMA can now listen to the discussions on Sermo, post questions, and get feedback from physicians instantaneously. In representing Sermo, Brown Rudnick’s Corporate & Securities and Information Technology Practice Groups developed the licensing and service agreements between Sermo and the AMA.

Last year, the firm handled Sermo’s $2 million Series A funding from Longworth Venture Partners, as well as the $9.5 million Series B round led by SoftBank Capital in early 2007. The firm also provided counsel on employment matters including Sermo’s non-disclosure agreement, consulting agreement, and employee and privacy policies. Additionally, attorneys from Brown Rudnick’s Intellectual Property Group assisted with trade secret and copyright matters.

The CEO of Sermo, Daniel Palestrant, M.D. said, “We are grateful for the support of our key advisors such as Brown Rudnick, who has been with us every step of the way. This latest financing round is an important milestone for the growth of the company. It will allow us to escalate product development and physician outreach, thus adding greater value to analready valuable physician tool.”

09-20-2007

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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Two at Bradley Arant Named Among The Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers
John B. Grenier, chairman of Bradley Arant's Executive Committee, and firm partner Paul S. Ware have been named among The Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers. Only four other attorneys in Alabama earned this distinction in the Summer 2007 issue.

The Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers are touted as attorneys who "handle headline-making transactions --- from M&As and securities transactions to public and private financings to real estate deals."

In the Summer 2007 guide, Lawdragon cites Mr. Grenier?s part in bringing Hyundai's $1 billion plant to Alabama and his role in guiding Revco Drugs in its hostile tender offer for Big B Drugs. Mr. Ware is commended for his representation of SouthTrust Corp in its $13.4 billion acquisition by Wachovia.

09-20-2007

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Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP.

Bruce Lowe Named President-Elect of GCILG
Bruce Lowe has been named President-Elect of the Greater Cleveland International Lawyers Group (GCILG). The GCILG is the premier organization in Northern Ohio in which business law firm practitioners, in-house corporate counsel, and law school faculty and students, in the areas of international and transnational commercial, corporate and intellectual property law, come together for meetings and presentations by high-level practitioners from the U.S. and around the World.

09-20-2007

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Piper Rudnick, L.L.P.

DLA Piper Hosts Foreign Policy Event Featuring Lee Hamilton
DLA Piper US LLP hosted a keynote address by Iraq Study Group Co-Chair Lee Hamilton on the future of American foreign policy. The Washington, DC event, “Iraq and Beyond,” was attended by a group of business leaders, diplomats, elected officials, journalists and current and former ambassadors, including sitting Ambassadors from Iraq, Afghanistan, Lichtenstein, New Zealand and Bulgaria. Senator George J. Mitchell, Chairman of the Global Board of DLA Piper, Governor James Blanchard, chair of DLA Piper’s Government Affairs practice and Secretary William S. Cohen, chairman and chief executive officer of The Cohen Group also spoke at the event.

DLA Piper’s Government Affairs practice has been called one of the most high-powered and high-profile in the nation’s capital. Many of the attorneys and other professionals in this group have held senior positions in all branches of federal and state government. This distinguished group includes three former congressional majority leaders: Mitchell, the former Senate Majority Leader, House Majority Leader Richard K. Armey, and House Majority and Minority Leader Dick Gephardt, and is led by former U.S. Ambassador to Canada and former Michigan Governor Jim Blanchard.

09-20-2007

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Morrison & Foerster, LLP

Ninety-nine MoFo Lawyers Named in Best Lawyers in America 2008 Directory
Ninety-nine attorneys from Morrison & Foerster have made the 2008 Best Lawyers in America directory -- including 21 attorneys named to the list for the first time. Of the firm’s listed attorneys, 12 have been considered a Best Lawyer in America for 10 years or more, another 9, for 20 years or more.

Best Lawyers in America listings represent 79 specialties in all 50 states and Washington, DC., and is compiled through an exhaustive peer-review survey, developed and refined for nearly 25 years, in which thousands of the top lawyers in the U.S. confidentially evaluate their professional peers. Lawyers are not allowed to pay a fee to be listed.

Best Lawyers publishes an advertisement-free book each year to honor all those chosen – something that no other survey does. The forthcoming 14th edition of Best Lawyers (2008) is based on nearly 2 million confidential evaluations by only the top attorneys in the country. Best Lawyers also conducted thousands of extensive telephone interviews with leading attorneys throughout its balloting process.

09-20-2007

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Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, P.L.C.

Miller Canfield Opens Office in Chicago: Expands Regional Reach
Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C., Michigan’s largest corporate law firm, announced today that it has opened an office in Chicago.

The new Chicago office will be located at 225 W. Washington Street and will start with five attorneys formerly with McGuire Woods LLP law firm of Chicago.

The office resident director will be John L. Senica, corporate, M&A and real estate attorney. Also joining the firm are Darryl R. Davidson, public finance and capital markets attorney; Paul D. Durbin, public finance and capital markets attorney; Janice K. Hamblin, corporate, M&A and international transactions attorney; and Robert T. Zielinski, labor and employment attorney.

“Our expansion into the largest economic center in the Midwest will create new opportunities and regional and international access for clients, especially in transactional and litigation matters,” said Michael W. Hartmann, CEO of Miller Canfield. The firm is the only Michigan-based law firm with offices in Canada and Poland. “We have numerous clients headquartered or active in the Chicago area, and we work with many Chicago underwriters and financial institutions in the public and private sectors.”

Hartmann added, “The five attorneys joining the firm bring a broad variety of expertise, furthering our ability to be a full-service corporate law firm in the Midwest. We will look to expand this regional platform in the next year according to client needs.”

With over 350 attorneys practicing in all major areas of law, Miller Canfield is among the 200 largest law firms in the U.S. and is Michigan’s largest and oldest law firm. More than 100 of the firm’s attorneys are recognized in the country's most prestigious legal referral guides, The Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA, and Super Lawyers – more than any other law firm in Michigan.

Miller Canfield was established in Detroit in 1852. Earlier this year, the firm opened an office in Cambridge, Mass. Other offices are located in Michigan, Florida, New York, Canada and Poland.

09-20-2007

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McDermott Will & Emery

McDermott Pro Bono Team Obtains Reversal in Seventh Circuit Criminal Conviction
A unanimous panel of the Seventh Circuit reversed the criminal conviction of Firm pro bono client Felix Vasquez-Ruiz and remanded his case to the district court for a new trial.

The Seventh Circuit's decision was the culmination of years of work by members of McDermott’s Chicago Trial Department, who were first appointed to Mr. Vasquez-Ruiz’s case in 2004. At that time, Mr. Vasquez-Ruiz was representing himself in habeas proceedings before the Northern District of Illinois and seeking the right to file an appeal that his previous lawyer had failed to file before the deadline. Although the district court initially denied Mr. Vasquez-Ruiz’s motion, it recognized that it was required to hold an evidentiary hearing.

After investigating Mr. Vasquez-Ruiz’s allegations that his previous lawyer had failed to consult with him regarding the appeal and assembling detailed documentary evidence, the McDermott team conducted a day-long evidentiary hearing and persuaded the district court to grant Mr. Vasquez-Ruiz the habeas relief he sought—the right to appeal his underlying conviction. McDermott then pursued an appeal on Mr. Vasquez-Ruiz 's behalf, presenting multiple trial and sentencing arguments to the Seventh Circuit. In the most significant of those arguments, McDermott asserted that the district court should have granted a mistrial due to misconduct during jury deliberations. After reviewing the briefs and hearing oral argument, the court agreed with McDermott and concluded that the misconduct could only be cured by granting a mistrial. Accordingly, it reversed Mr. Vasquez-Ruiz 's conviction and remanded the case to the district court for a new trial.

The McDermott team representing Mr. Vasquez-Ruiz included Jeffrey Stone, head of the Firm’s Trial Department; Jeffrey Rossman; Rachael Trummel; Jocelyn Francoeur, who argued the appeal before the Seventh Circuit; and Megan Thibert-Ind.

McDermott Will & Emery recognizes and appreciates the need to give back to the communities of which it is a part, assisting those who are unable to afford legal services. The Firm strongly encourages lawyers and staff to participate in pro bono activities, volunteer services and charitable activities. Our Pro Bono & Community Services Committee seeks to ensure that the same Firm standards of quality, service and care that are given to our paying clients are also afforded to those we serve on a pro bono basis.

09-20-2007

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