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Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP

JOHN WHITE WILL SPEAK AT WEBCAST ABOUT NEW SECURITIES RULES
On February 2, Cravath partner John W. White will serve as a panelist in a national webcast on the topic of securities offering reform. The program, entitled "Underwriting Agreements and Legal Opinions After the '33 Act Reform", will address several issues, including how underwriting agreements are being changed to deal with free writing prospectuses, how the practice of seeking 10b-5 "comfort" is changing, how potential cross-liability issues between lead underwriters and syndicate members are being handled, and changes in legal opinions and comfort procedures. The event is sponsored by TheCorporateCounsel.net.

01-26-2006

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Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP

JIM WOOLERY WILL SPEAK ON M&A TRENDS AT PLI CONFERENCE ON SECURITIES LAW
On February 2, Cravath partner James C. Woolery will speak at conference in New York City presented by Bowne & Co. Inc. in cooperation with the Practising Law Institute, entitled "New Developments in Securities Law". Jim will speak on trends and developments in mergers and acquisitions.

01-26-2006

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Cozen O' Connor

Cozen O’Connor Attorney Anne M. Madonia Appointed to Widener Alumni Association Board
PHILADELPHIA – January 26, 2006 – Cozen O’Connor member Anne M. Madonia was recently appointed to serve on the Widener University School of Law Alumni Association Board. As a board member, Madonia is responsible for directing alumni activities, providing counsel to the law school and working to improve the reputation of Widener University School of Law. She will serve a two-year term.

Practicing in Cozen O’Connor’s Philadelphia office, Madonia concentrates her practice in business and corporate law with an emphasis on corporate transactions, including international/domestic asset and stock acquisitions and divestitures, corporate mergers, debt and equity financings, and private placement offerings.
A resident of Philadelphia, Madonia is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey. She is a member of the American Bar Association’s Business Law Section, the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Corporate, Banking and Business Law Section and the Philadelphia Bar Association. Madonia is involved with the Junior League of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Young Professionals Network.

Madonia earned her undergraduate degree from Manhattanville College (B.A., with honors, 1991) and her law degree from Widener University (J.D., 1994), where she served on the editorial board of The Delaware Journal of Corporate Law and authored an article titled, "Holmes v. SIPC: Standing to Sue Under Section 1964(c) of RICO for the Securities Fraud Plaintiff.”

01-26-2006

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Connell Foley, LLP

Partner Anthony F. Vitiello and Senior Associate Brad D. Shalit Present at Asset Protection in New Jersey Seminar
partner Anthony F. Vitiello will be a featured speaker at the Asset Protection in New Jersey seminar. Senior Associate Brad D. Shalit will also participate in the session, which is intended to provide detailed information on various aspects of protection planning.


Mr. Vitiello and Mr. Shalit will address the basic rules, regulations and techniques, including:

Explaining what asset protection means and its limits;
Discussing how clients should provide asset protection planning for their spouses and other heirs in estate planning;
Reviewing the mechanics of offshore trusts; and
Spotting clients who can benefit from asset protection planning.
The seminar is designed for attorneys, accountants, presidents, vice presidents, financial/estate planners, life insurance representatives, stockbrokers, bankers and trust officers.


It will be held in Parsippany, NJ at the Parsippany Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. To register, please visit www.lorman.com.


Asset Protection Planning in New Jersey is sponsored by Lorman Education Services and offers continuing education credit.

01-26-2006

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Chadbourne Acts as UK Counsel to Newell Rubbermaid Inc. in Sale of Pyrex Division
LONDON -- January 26, 2006 -- Chadbourne & Parke LLP and Chadbourne & Parke MNP represented Newell Rubbermaid Inc. on English law and competition matters in connection with the sale of its Newell Cookware Europe business to Arc International S.A.

The completion of the sale was announced January 3, 2006.

Working on the deal in Chadbourne's role as principal UK counsel and principal competition counsel were London office partner Denis Petkovic, Washington, D.C. office partner William D'Amico and London associates Robin Mizrahi and Sasha Assi.

The division contributed approximately $115 million of revenue in 2004.

The transaction is consistent with the company's intention to divest non-strategic businesses and concentrate on leveraging brand strength and product innovation in its core portfolio of businesses.

About Chadbourne & Parke LLP

Chadbourne & Parke LLP, an international law firm headquartered in New York City, provides a full range of legal services, including mergers and acquisitions, securities, project finance, corporate finance, private equity, energy, telecommunications, commercial and products liability litigation, securities litigation and regulatory enforcement, white collar defense, intellectual property, antitrust, domestic and international tax, insurance and reinsurance, environmental, real estate, bankruptcy and financial restructuring, employment law and ERISA, trusts and estates and government contract matters. The Firm has offices in New York, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Houston, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kyiv, Almaty, Warsaw (through a Polish partnership), Beijing, and a multinational partnership, Chadbourne & Parke, in London. For additional information, visit www.chadbourne.com.

01-26-2006

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Cadwalader Names Seven Special Counsel
New York, NY, January 26, 2006, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, one of the world’s
leading international law firms, has named Marc Daniel, Edwin C. Jean, Michael A. McCormack,
Russell Nance, Deborah J. Piazza, Lisa Post, and Gary T. Silverstein as Special Counsel.
“We are very pleased to recognize the achievements of these outstanding attorneys,” said
Robert O. Link, Jr., Cadwalader’s Chairman and Managing Partner. “Their appointment to this
position is a testament to their hard work, unique expertise and success in helping our clients
achieve their objectives.”
• Marc Daniel, a member of the Global Finance Department in the Charlotte office, works
on commercial real estate financing transactions. He received a J.D. degree from The
University of Michigan Law School and an S.B. degree from the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology. He is admitted to practice in New York, Illinois and the District of
Columbia.
• Edwin C. Jean, an attorney in the Capital Markets Department in the firm’s New York
office, focuses his practices on structured finance, derivative products and the federal
securities laws. He represents underwriters, credit enhancers, issuers, collateral
managers, trustees and institutional investors in a wide range of matters, including the
securitization of traditional and non traditional assets (credit card receivables, and the
repackaging of corporate, asset backed and non U.S. securities), as well as credit
derivatives and synthetic CDO structures. He is a graduate of Duke University. He
received his LL.M. from the Georgetown University Law Center and his J.D. from the
Marquette University Law School where he was Managing Editor of the Marquette
University Law Review.
• Michael A. McCormack, also in the New York Capital Markets Department, primarily
represents major investment banks and financial institutions in their roles as
underwriters, placement agents, issuers, servicers, mortgage loan sellers/purchasers
and credit enhancers of public and private securitization transactions involving a wide

01-26-2006

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Buchanan Ingersoll Makes Donation to the American Red Cross
Miami, FL, January 26, 2006 — The law firm of Buchanan Ingersoll PC recently made a $12,000 donation to the Greater Miami and Keys Chapter of the American Red Cross. The donation was in lieu of purchasing holiday cards and gifts for its clients.

"Our South Florida employees and clients were deeply affected by the devastating hurricanes of 2005," said CEO Thomas VanKirk. "We wanted to recognize the work of the American Cross, which was instrumental in aiding the hurricane victims."

The 2005 hurricane season included a record-setting 26 named storms, with four major hurricanes making landfall in the United States, causing billions of dollars in damage.

01-26-2006

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