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Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

Womble Carlyle Lawyers Named to Inaugural NC Super Lawyers List
Sixty-six firm-wide make elite state ranking.

WINSTON-SALEM, NC -- Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC today announced that 66 Womble Carlyle attorneys have been named North Carolina Super Lawyers for 2006.

North Carolina Super Lawyers, an annual magazine published by Law & Politics, includes a listing of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The list includes no more than five percent of the licensed active attorneys in the state, and represents more than 60 practice areas.

Womble Carlyle's Super Lawyers went through a multi-step selection process that includes surveying state lawyers who have been in practice for at least five years; researching credentials of nominees; assembling a blue ribbon review panel of leading attorneys from each practice area; directly contacting lawyers and law firm representatives, verifying data and conducting a good-standing review of candidates.

01-30-2006

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Willkie, Farr & Gallagher, LLP

Firm Represents Colony Capital in $5.5 Billion Luxury Hotel Merger
On January 30, Fairmont Hotels & Resorts Inc. announced that it has entered into an acquisition agreement whereby a Canadian company owned by Willkie client Colony Capital and by Kingdom Hotels International will acquire Fairmont in a deal potentially valued at $5.5 billion, including the intended combination with Raffles hotel portfolio currently owned by an affiliate of Colony. The acquirers will pay $45 per share for all of Fairmont’s outstanding common shares. The intended combination of the Fairmont and Raffles portfolios following the completion of the transaction will create a luxury global hotel leader with 120 hotels in 24 countries. Colony Capital is a private, international investment firm focusing primarily on real estate-related assets and operating companies. At the completion of this transaction, Colony will have invested more than $20 billion in over 8,000 assets through various corporate, portfolio and complex property transactions. Willkie partner Thomas Cerabino and associate Adam Turteltaub represented Colony in this deal.

01-30-2006

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Thelen, Reid, Brown, Raysman & Steiner, LLP

Thelen Reid Adds Sue Stott in San Francisco Leading Labor and Employment Partner Joins Firm from Jones Day
SAN FRANCISCO (January 30, 2006) Thelen Reid & Priest LLP announced today that Sue J. Stott has joined the San Francisco office as a partner in the firm’s Labor & Employment Department. Ms. Stott joins the firm from Jones Day, where she specialized in labor law and employment class action defense.

“We are extremely pleased to add such a well-regarded attorney to our Labor and Employment Department,” said Stephen V. O’Neal, chairman of Thelen Reid & Priest. “Sue’s depth of experience handling the full range of employment law issues adds further talent and resources to our already strong Labor and Employment Department and Employee Benefits and ERISA practice.”

Ms. Stott has over twenty-five years of experience representing employers in virtually all aspects of employment law. She is a highly skilled employment counselor, trainer and litigator with significant experience involving the defense of wage and hour and employment discrimination class actions and multidistrict litigation, single and multi-plaintiff cases, and federal and state appeals. She has conducted jury and bench trials in state and federal courts throughout California as well as arbitrations and mediations before the NYSE, NASD, AAA, and JAMS.

“Sue is a great strategic fit for our Labor and Employment department which enjoys a national reputation for preeminence in the area of wage and hour and employee benefits class action defense ,” said Linda S. Husar, partner and chair of Thelen Reid’s Labor and Employment department. “The firm’s national resources, combined with our team’s breadth of experience providing counsel and litigation services to some of California’s largest employers, makes Thelen Reid a great platform for Sue’s practice.”

Ms. Stott’s clients include employers in a wide range of industries, including airline, healthcare, insurance, insurance, manufacturing, newspaper and media, pharmaceutical, professional services, retail, and technology. Ms. Stott received her J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of Law, and her A.B., with distinction, from Stanford University.

“I am excited to be joining Thelen Reid,” said Ms. Stott. “The firm’s Labor & Employment practice has experience in all aspects of labor and employment law across a wide range of industries, and I think tremendous opportunities lie ahead.”

Recently, Thelen Reid won two major appellate victories benefiting all California employers. In Mills, et al. v. Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (January 27, 2006) __ Cal.App.4th __, the California Court of Appeal, Second District unanimously held that the payment for meal and rest period violations mandated by Labor Code Section 226.7 is a penalty and not a wage. Thelen Reid also represented Pacific Gas & Electric Company in Conley, et al. v. PG&E (2005) 131 Cal.App.4th 260. In that case, the California Court of Appeal, First District unanimously upheld an employer’s right to debit the vacation leave banks of exempt employees for partial day absences without invalidating the overtime exempt status of those employees. A contrary decision would have destroyed the exempt status of hundreds of thousands of California employees, and exposed California employers to more than a billion dollars in unanticipated overtime liabilities.

01-30-2006

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Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

Fulbright & Jaworski Announces 18 New Partners
HOUSTON — The international law firm of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. today announced 18 new partners, effective January 1, 2006. The new partners are: David Barrack, Marc Collier, Heather M. Corken, Yeages Cowan, Jason Fagelman, Erik Hawes, Warren Huang, Lisa Zeiler Joiner, Daniel Kim, Seth H. Lundy, Joseph Park, Robert W. Phillpott, Jr., Andrew Price, Gina Shishima, Joe Tomaselli, Laura Twomey, Sharna Wahlgren and Richard Zembek.

01-30-2006

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Jerry Maatman Published in National Underwriter Property & Casualty/Risk & Benefits Management
The January 23, 2006 issue of National Underwriter Property & Casualty/Risk & Benefits Management features an article by Jerry (“Nonpublic Firms Can Benefit from SOX”) which outlines how nonpublic companies can benefit from the enhanced corporate compliance practices mandated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (“SOX”), even though key portions of SOX apply only to public companies.

“Nonpublic companies and their management teams can enhance their corporate compliance strategies with SOX,” Jerry writes. “This includes addressing corporate culture issues, establishing enhanced governance and oversight controls, creating better responsiveness by board members and senior management, and adopting reporting and risk assessment practices for continuous focus on compliance issues.”

Why would a company adhere to SOX if it is not required to do so, especially since compliance means a significant drain on company finances and time? Jerry provides a host of reasons: Any private company planning to become public would become subject to SOX, so adopting its mandates in advance would be a boost to the acquisition process. Most investors, financial institutions, customers and vendors prefer to do business with companies that implement sound corporate governance practices. Certain steps which upgrade corporate governance standards -- such as adding independent directors to the board of directors, hiring an independent audit committee, and establishing formal standards for director responsibilities and qualifications -- provide both objective advice and a system of checks and balances to a company’s audit, financial and internal control processes. Good corporate governance strategies and internal accounting controls, Jerry concludes, enhance the value of a nonpublic corporation.


01-30-2006

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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Chris DeGroff Published in Law Technology News
The January 2006 issue of Law Technology News published an article (“EDD Showcase: Ask Me a Question”) written by Christopher DeGroff, which examines the factors law firms and their clients should weigh when choosing a provider of electronic data discovery. “First, the obvious: do your homework. Create a vetting team, conduct proper due diligence, compare providers, check references.” The questions to ask when interviewing vendor candidates, Chris advises, should cover the vendor’s references, data gathering procedures, ability to provide back up and security, procedure for ensuring quality control, methods of presentation and handling of metadata, and issues of cost.

“These questions are a starting point – but with a caveat: Unless you understand what you are asking, the answers will be meaningless. Force the vendors to explain these concepts to you, in plain English. Learn the lingo – become at least conversational in their language. Judges are becoming increasingly sophisticated with respect to technology, and increasingly less tolerant of lawyers who hide behind a claim that they are not `techies.’ Knowing less about your own EDD vendor than your opponent can be a fatal error.”


01-30-2006

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Schiller Du Canto & Fleck LLP

EIGHTY-THREE SCHIFF HARDIN LLP ATTORNEYS NAMED TO THE ILLINOIS LEADING LAWYERS NETWORK
Eighty-three Schiff Hardin LLP attorneys have been named to the 2006 Illinois Leading Lawyers Network. Appointment to this list is the result of thousands of contacts that the Illinois Leading Lawyers Network makes with Illinois lawyers asking them which of their peers they believe comprise the top lawyers. Only those lawyers who are most often recommended qualify as Leading Lawyers.

These Schiff Hardin attorneys (and their practice areas) are Illinois Leading Lawyers.

Thomas W. Abendroth - Estate Planning and Administration
John F. Adams - Corporate and Securities
Barry S. Alberts - Litigation
Robert Berger - Litigation
Jill B. Berkeley - insurance
Scott Bieber - Estate Planning and Administration
Max G. Brittain, Jr. - Labor and Employment
Harmon A. Brown - Estate Planning and Administration
James E. Brown - Corporate and Securities
Kevin J. Byrne - Intellectual Property
Joseph A. Cancila, Jr. - Litigation
Paul E. Dengel - Litigation
Stephen J. Dragich - Corporate and Securities
Marci A. Eisenstein - Litigation
Peter V. Fazio, Jr. - Utilities
J. Mark Fisher - Bankruptcy, Workouts, and Creditors’ Rights
Steven D. Friedland - Real Estate
Mark C. Friedlander - Construction
Lawrence M. Gill - Corporate and Securities
Stuart L. Goodman - Corporate and Securities
Walter C. Greenough - Litigation
David A. Grossberg - Real Estate
William M. Hannay - Antitrust
Frederick L. Hartmann - Corporate and Securities
Douglass C. Hochstetler - Intellectual Property
David R. Hodgman - Estate Planning and Administration
Allan Horwich - Securities and Futures Market Regulation
Richard J. Hoskins - Intellectual Property
Larry Jacobson - Taxation
Janet M. Johnson - Real Estate
Trevor B. Joike - Intellectual Property
James M. Kane - Public Law and Finance
Theodora P. Karnegis - Estate Planning and Administration
William I. Kohn - Bankruptcy, Workouts, and Creditors’ Rights
Robert E. Kolek - Taxation
Donald J. Kreger - Public Law and Finance
Ruth E. Krugly - Litigation
Jeffrey Kuta - Real Estate
Thomas P. Luning - Litigation
Paul M. Lurie - Construction
Neal A. Mancoff - Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
Paul C. Marengo - Public Law and Finance
Catherine M. Masters - Litigation
David S. McCarthy - Corporate and Securities
Michael L. Meyer - Securities and Futures Market Regulation
Robert J. Minkus - Corporate and Securities
Paula J. Morency - Intellectual Property
Ralph A. Morris - Labor and Employment
Gary L. Mowder - Financial Institutions
Steven H. Noll - Intellectual Property
Joseph J. O'Hara, Jr. - Product Liability
Roger Pascal - Litigation
S. Michael Peck - Corporate and Securities
Charles H.R. Peters - Litigation
Guenther M. Philipp - Real Estate
Scott E. Pickens - Finance
Robert R. Pluth, Jr. - Taxation
Thomas B. Quinn - Litigation
Robert H. Riley - Product Liability
Kenneth M. Roberts - Construction
Melvin A. Robinson - Intellectual Property
Gabriel M. Rodriguez - Environment
Carl A. Royal - Securities and Futures Market Regulation
Ronald S. Safer - White Collar Defense and Corporate Compliance
John N. Scholnick - Litigation
Henry W. Sledz, Jr. - Labor and Employment
Patricia C. Slovak - Labor and Employment
Jeffrey N. Smith - Corporate and Securities
Edward Spacapan, Jr. - Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation
David M. Spector - Reinsurance
Frederick J. Sperling - Litigation
Linda K. Stevens - Litigation
Clay A. Tillack - Intellectual Property
Brett A. Valiquet - Intellectual Property
Thomas R. Wechter - Taxation
Bruce P. Weisenthal - Public Law and Finance
Thomas P. White - Intellectual Property
Robert B. Wilcox, Jr. - Intellectual Property
Roger R. Wilen - Corporate and Securities
Jay Williams - Litigation
Mark C. Zaander - Finance
Sheldon A. Zabel - Environment
Christopher J. Zinski - Financial Institutions


01-30-2006

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