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Goldberg & Kohn, P.C.

Scholarship Chicago High 5
Chief Legal Officers from major corporations around the country reaffirmed their commitment to diversity in the legal profession by inciting a “Call to Action.” Scholarship Chicago’s High 5 initiative is a response to help create a more diverse and well-prepared workforce for future careers including the field of law.

Here are the facts:

Scholarship Chicago is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping college-bound youth from every neighborhood within the city of Chicago to achieve their dreams through education. Scholarship Chicago provides each of their scholars with scholarship money, monthly college-readiness workshops, adult and peer mentors, and summer internships. The High 5 initiative involves a financial commitment of $11,000 per year for five years, and each High 5 supports five promising young people. Of the total High 5 investment, $5,000 will go to college readiness preparation during the scholars’ senior year in high school and $50,000 will go to college scholarships over four years. Chicago law firms Goldberg Kohn and Winston & Strawn are leading the way by committing to the High 5 initiative and investing in the youth of tomorrow.

"As one part of our firm's diversity initiative, we wanted to diminish obstacles that typically cause under-representation of certain minority groups in the legal profession. Becoming a High 5 sponsor allows us to greatly increase the educational and work opportunities of underprivileged high school and college students and that, in turn, will create a more diverse workforce in the legal field," said David Chizewer, a principal and member of the management committee at Goldberg Kohn.

Similar initiatives are taking place within the financial and public service sectors.

01-23-2006

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Fenwick & West, LLP

Fenwick & West Represents Concur Technologies in Acquisition of Outtask
January 23, 2006 (Mountain View and San Francisco, CA) – Fenwick & West LLP represented Concur Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNQR) in its recently announced acquisition of privately held Outtask, Inc., provider of Cliqbook, the market leading online corporate travel management service. Under the terms of the agreement, all outstanding equity securities of Outtask will be exchanged for approximately $24 million to $36 million in cash and approximately 2.9 million to 3.5 million shares of Concur common stock all totaling between approximately $67 million and $88 million based on the closing price of Concur common stock on January 20, 2006.

More information about the transaction can be obtained from the Concur Web site at http://www.concur.com/corporate/pr_actual.asp?id=2674.

Fenwick & West attorneys who worked on the transaction include: Corporate attorneys Robert Freedman, David Bell, Blakeney Stafford, Brian Hicks, Paul Nelson, Ryan Hayes, Patrick Kelly, Jennifer Hill, Michael Brown; Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits attorneys Blake Martell, Liza Morgan, Mona Clee, William Herochik; Litigation attorneys Susan Muck, Daniel McCoy, Jennifer Small, Ilana Rubel, Patrick Sherman; Technology Transactions attorneys Christopher Joslyn, Chad Woodford, Jennifer Stanley; Patent Partner John McNelis; Trademark Partner Karen Kitterman; Copyright Partner Mitchell Zimmerman; and Tax attorneys David Forst, Barton Bassett and Neal Gordon.

01-23-2006

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Fenwick & West, LLP

Fenwick & West Represents Concur Technologies in Acquisition of Outtask
January 23, 2006 (Mountain View and San Francisco, CA) – Fenwick & West LLP represented Concur Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNQR) in its recently announced acquisition of privately held Outtask, Inc., provider of Cliqbook, the market leading online corporate travel management service. Under the terms of the agreement, all outstanding equity securities of Outtask will be exchanged for approximately $24 million to $36 million in cash and approximately 2.9 million to 3.5 million shares of Concur common stock all totaling between approximately $67 million and $88 million based on the closing price of Concur common stock on January 20, 2006.

More information about the transaction can be obtained from the Concur Web site at http://www.concur.com/corporate/pr_actual.asp?id=2674.

Fenwick & West attorneys who worked on the transaction include: Corporate attorneys Robert Freedman, David Bell, Blakeney Stafford, Brian Hicks, Paul Nelson, Ryan Hayes, Patrick Kelly, Jennifer Hill, Michael Brown; Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits attorneys Blake Martell, Liza Morgan, Mona Clee, William Herochik; Litigation attorneys Susan Muck, Daniel McCoy, Jennifer Small, Ilana Rubel, Patrick Sherman; Technology Transactions attorneys Christopher Joslyn, Chad Woodford, Jennifer Stanley; Patent Partner John McNelis; Trademark Partner Karen Kitterman; Copyright Partner Mitchell Zimmerman; and Tax attorneys David Forst, Barton Bassett and Neal Gordon.

About Fenwick & West
Fenwick & West provides comprehensive legal services to high technology and life sciences clients of national and international prominence. The firm was ranked by MergerMarket as the #1 U.S. Legal Advisor for Technology Industry M&A in 2004.

01-23-2006

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Fasken, Martineau & Du Moulin, L.L.P.

Canadian voters choose Conservatives to form new government
Conservatives win plurality, not majority, of House of Commons seats

Significant reforms for lobbyists, anyone doing business with federal government

Canadian voters today gave the Conservatives the largest number of seats in the House of Commons, but stopped short of awarding them a parliamentary majority.

Conservative leader Stephen Harper, a 46-year old economist, will become Canada's 22nd prime minister, but he will require the support of MPs from other parties to enact important legislation - including significant reforms affecting the lobbying industry and anyone who does business with the Canadian government.

To read a summary of what tonight's election results might mean for you and your business, prepared by Fasken Martineau's strategic counsel team, please click HERE.

For a more detailed analysis of what to expect from Canada's 39th Parliament and its new government, please join us for a breakfast seminar on January 31. Click HERE to view the invitation.

01-23-2006

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Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.

Justice Barry A. Cozier of the Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department, Joins Epstein Becker & Green's National Litigation Practice
NEW YORK, N.Y. (January 9, 2006) – Barry A. Cozier, Associate Justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department, announced today that he will join the law firm of Epstein Becker & Green, P.C. (EBG) in the National Litigation Practice. Justice Cozier joins a litigation practice of more than 50 attorneys in 11 offices across the United States.

Barry A. Cozier was appointed in 2001 by Governor George Pataki to the position of Associate Justice in the Appellate Division, New York State's intermediate appellate court. In this position on the busiest appellate court in the state, he heard civil and criminal appeals from trial courts within the counties of Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, and Westchester.

Prior to becoming a Justice in the Appellate Division, Cozier was a Justice in New York State Supreme Court, and also held various positions as a judge, hearing officer and examiner in the New York State court system. Prior to this, he was in private practice as a litigator. Justice Cozier is also an Adjunct Professor at the Fordham University School of Law.

"We are very pleased to start off the New Year with welcoming Justice Cozier to our firm," said George Sape, EBG's managing partner. "We are confident that his litigation background and more than twenty years of experience on the bench will complement the existing strengths of our National Litigation Practice Group."

Justice Cozier said, "After reviewing a variety of alternative private practice platforms for my post-judicial career, Epstein Becker & Green stood out as the unambiguous firm of choice. EBG's growth momentum, practice area concentrations, expanding litigation capability and commitment to diversity spoke volumes to me about the potential here."

EBG's firm member Kenneth G. Standard, former President of the New York State Bar Association, who heads EBG's diversity initiative, said: "It's rare for any firm to attract an individual with the background and stature that Judge Cozier brings to Epstein Becker & Green. In addition to the perspective he brings to our National Litigation Practice group because of his distinguished career on the bench, the fact that he selected EBG among all the available alternatives is testimony to EBG's success in implementing our diversity strategy. I look forward to partnering with him on many fronts, including our on-going recruitment initiatives."

Cozier holds several committee positions such as Chair of the New York State Continuing Legal Education Board, Founding Member of the Black, Latino, Asian Pacific American Law Alumni Association of New York University of Law, member of the New York State and Federal Judicial Council and member of the Advisory Committee on Bar Admissions.

Cozier earned his undergraduate degree from State University of New York at Stony Brook and his law degree from New York University School of Law.

About Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., founded in 1973, is a law firm with over 380 attorneys practicing in 11 offices throughout the United States (Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Newark, San Francisco, Stamford) and Washington, DC and affiliations worldwide. The firm's size, diversity, and global affiliations allow its attorneys to address the needs of small entrepreneurial ventures, middle market companies and large multinational corporations on a worldwide basis.

EBG continues to build and expand its capabilities as a law firm focused on five core practices: Commercial Litigation, Corporate and Securities, Health Care & Life Sciences, Labor & Employment, and Real Estate.

01-23-2006

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Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

Eckert Seamans Appoint Feinstein Chair Of Associates Committee
Wendy West Feinstein, a member in the Litigation Division of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC has been appointed chair of the firm’s Associates Committee.

The Associates Committee, which consists of two members and seven associates, serves as a liaison with the firm’s practice groups on associate training, development and retention matters.

Ms. Feinstein represents public and private corporations and partnerships, non-profit corporations and national banking institutions in litigation involving contract disputes, business torts and intellectual property disputes.

About Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott


Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC (www.eckertseamans.com), a national law firm with nine offices throughout the eastern United States, provides a full range of legal services nationwide to businesses of all sizes, institutions, municipalities, colleges and universities, government agencies and individuals. Its practice areas encompass litigation, including mass tort and products liability litigation, corporate and business law, intellectual property law, labor and employment relations, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, employee benefits, environmental law, construction law, municipal finance, and tax and estate law. Eckert Seamans has offices in Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Southpointe and Alcoa Center, Pennsylvania; Wilmington, Delaware; Morgantown, West Virginia; Boston, Massachusetts and Washington, D.C.

01-23-2006

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Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

Eckert Seamans Appoint Feinstein Chair Of Associates Committee
Wendy West Feinstein, a member in the Litigation Division of Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC has been appointed chair of the firm’s Associates Committee.

The Associates Committee, which consists of two members and seven associates, serves as a liaison with the firm’s practice groups on associate training, development and retention matters.

Ms. Feinstein represents public and private corporations and partnerships, non-profit corporations and national banking institutions in litigation involving contract disputes, business torts and intellectual property disputes.

01-23-2006

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