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Gray-Robinson, P.A.

Bentley Quoted in The Tampa Tribune Regarding Fort Homer Hesterly Armory
Mark Bentley, a shareholder in the Tampa office was quoted in the article " Council Seeks Update On Armory Project" in The Tampa Tribune.

The article discusses that the city council will discuss the proposed redevelopment of the Fort Homer Hesterly Armory and negotiations for the 10-acre property when it meets September 20.

"Mark Bentley, a Tampa Lawyer representing the Armory Board, told the council that Heritage Square signed a contract in July has met its obligations. It submitted a general financial plan last year but hasn't been required to present more."

"Bentley said Heritage Square is seeking a site to relocate the remaining Florida National Guard operations from the armory, 522. N. Howard Ave."

09-17-2007

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Gray-Robinson, P.A.

Morrison Quoted in the Orlando Business Journal
Chris Morrison, an associate in the Orlando office was quoted in the article "Trends: What Recent Florida Law Affects Your Practice the Most?" in the Orlando Business Journal.

"Florida Senate Bill 770 requires the Department of health to assess the state's current and future physician work force needs. The department will explore a number of strategies, some of which will focus on medical education in Florida. They also will work to address these needs. This bill aims to ensure there will be there will be enough well-trained physicians to provide care to Florida's growing and aging population."

09-17-2007

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Davies, Ward, Phillips & Vineberg, LLP

Quarterly Executive Survey Reveals Views on Human Relations and Skilled Labour Shortages
Results from the 2007 third quarter Report on Business C-Suite Survey, sponsored by Davies and KPMG, were announced today. This quarterly survey of CEOs, CFOs and COOs reports on the views of executives from some of Canada's largest companies.

The third survey of 2007 focuses on human resources and skilled labour shortages and seeks the views of C-Suite executives on issues, including:

* the quality of the labour pool in Canada
* the availability of qualified employees
* major human resource issues
* competition for jobs across the country

The survey also touches briefly on the recent correction in the markets and continues to track views on:

* expectations for the Canadian and U.S. economies
* impressions and confidence in Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty

View the survey findings (available on Monday September 17)

A report on the survey appears in today's Globe & Mail, Report on Business.

09-17-2007

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O'Melveny & Myers, LLP

Western Digital Completes $1 Billion Acquisition of Komag
O'Melveny represented Western Digital Corporation (NYSE: WDC), one of the storage industry's pioneers and long-time leaders, in its recent acquisition of Komag, Incorporated (NASDAQ: KOMG), a leading supplier of thin-film disks (the primary high-capacity storage medium for digital data), in a cash deal valued at approximately $1 billion.

"This acquisition is a significant step in the evolution and differentiation of WD as a leader in the worldwide hard drive industry," said WD President and CEO John Coyne. "This acquisition will enable WD to optimize synergies through the integration of heads and media, secure our long-term supply of media, and sharpen our ability to deliver high-quality, highly reliable, and cost-effective products to our customers."

The transaction was structured as a cash tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of Komag common stock. The offer was followed by a short-form merger. Through the merger, Komag became an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of WD and changed its name to WD Media, Inc. The transaction is expected to include the retirement of Komag's convertible notes due 2014. WD funded the transaction through a combination of WD cash and proceeds from a $1.25 billion unsecured bridge facility.

The O'Melveny corporate team included partners Jay Herron, Steve Camahort, and Andy Terner; counsel Victoria Nassi; and associates Greg Smith, Rod Anavim, and Mike Scheppele. The financing team included partner Jill Matichak, counsel Chris Kirkham, and associates Svetlana Attestatova and Jennifer Taylor.

The antitrust team included partners David Beddow and François Renard; counsels Scott Reiter, Nathan Bush, and Alexander Okuliar; associates Courtney Dyer and Amber Taylor; and legal consultant Ning Qiao. The convertible notes team included partner Dave Johnson and associate Jason Skolnik.

Partner Jeff Walbridge and associate Derek Windham advised on employee benefit matters. Partner David Murphy, counsel Andy Dolak, and associates Gilbert Villaflor and Michael Myers handled intellectual property matters. Partner Kelley McTigue and counsel Bob Nicksin provided advice on environmental matters.

Partner Eric Amdursky and associate Katie Patton advised on labor and employment matters. Partner Rob Blashek, counsel Winston Chang, and associate Anita Choi handled tax matters. Associates Mike Symons, Jeff Wolf, and Jim Zeng advised on corporate diligence.

WD provides products and services for people and organizations that collect, manage, and use digital information. The company produces reliable, high-performance hard drives that keep users' data accessible and secure from loss. WD applies its storage expertise to consumer products for external, portable, and shared storage products. The company is based in Lake Forest, California.

09-15-2007

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McAfee & Taft A Professional Corporation

Elizabeth Tyrrell Elected President of Travelers Aid and Homeless Assistance Center
Elizabeth Dalton Tyrrell, an attorney and shareholder with the law firm of McAfee & Taft, has been elected president of Travelers Aid and Homeless Assistance Center.

Since joining the board of directors in 2004, she has served in various leadership capacities and has been actively involved in the organization’s annual fundraising campaign and American Tourist event. She most recently served as vice president of the board of directors.

Founded in 1925, Oklahoma City-based Travelers Aid and Homeless Assistance Center serves the homeless and impoverished by providing case management, transitional housing, and other stabilizing resources to meet basic social needs through its community and family outreach programs. The nonprofit organization’s trained volunteers also assist travelers at Will Rogers World Airport, including military personnel and international students, by providing them with information, referrals and emergency assistance.

Last year, Travelers Aid served more than 3,100 people through its community outreach program, distributed 11,000 bus tokens to the homeless and impoverished searching for employment and needing transportation to social services and medical appointments, and assisted nearly 140,000 travelers at Will Rogers World Airport.

Tyrrell also serves on the seven-member board of directors of McAfee & Taft, where her transactional law practice is primarily focused on the healthcare industry. Her experience and expertise in the area of healthcare law have earned her inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America and Oklahoma Super Lawyers.

09-14-2007

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Jackson Walker L.L.P.

Former AMD Vice President Joins Jackson Walker
Sue Snyder, former Vice President of International Policy and Relations and Executive Legal Counsel for AMD, is a new partner in the Business Transactions section of Jackson Walker in Austin.

C. Wade Cooper, managing partner of the firm's Austin office, stated "Sue was the 'go to' lawyer for AMD on many of their most challenging projects—both within the U.S. and abroad—and very few lawyers in Austin have her depth of experience in the technology and international arenas. We think her addition puts Jackson Walker in a pre-eminent position to assist companies in this area with international and technology legal issues."

Snyder said, "I am very honored to join one of the most progressive, outstanding firms that has a vision for addressing the needs of companies now expanding globally. With Texas being the largest exporting state and technology products being the largest part of our exports, international matters are becoming crucial to many. It is with pleasure that I will be able to serve many different types of industries in this endeavor."

Snyder is well known in the legal community of the technology industry in the U.S. and abroad. Her areas of expertise include corporate, environmental and international law, including government relations. Her responsibilities for AMD over the last ten years involved a wide range of projects and legal issues both domestically and worldwide, such as dealing with China on regulatory and permitting issues, establishing a public/private partnership for semiconductor manufacturing in India, dealing with import/export and antitrust issues in Europe, negotiating incentives for the construction of AMD's $3.0 billion facility in New York and working with governments in China, India, Brazil, Russia, Europe, Singapore, Taiwan, Korea, Japan and others.

Snyder enjoys a high profile in the Austin business community and in the technology industry. While at AMD, she was a member of the Board of Directors of the Austin Chamber of Commerce and the Information Technology Business Council in addition to serving on the boards of several charitable organizations including Lifeworks and the Capital Area Food Bank. She also serves as Chair of the Semiconductor Industry Association's international policy steering committee and has previously chaired its Legal Committee.

Snyder has a B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, with distinction, from Cornell University (NY) and a J.D., with honors, from The University of Texas School of Law. At the UT School of Law, she was Order of the Coif and Associate Editor of the Texas Law Review.

09-14-2007

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Hunton & Williams, LLP

It's 2007. Do you know where your Social Security number is? (Fred Cate quoted), Yale Alumni Magazine
In early August, Dan Feder '04 received a letter from the Office of the Dean at Yale College that he initially thought was, like so many other missives from his alma mater, a routine request for money. When he opened it, however, it read as follows: "I am writing to inform you that a computer containing a file that included your name and Social Security number was stolen from the Yale College Dean's Office on July 17."

The computer was one of two laptops taken from the office that day, a theft that compromised the personal data of another 8,900 students and alumni and 200 faculty and staff members. In the letter, Dean Peter Salovey '86PhD assured Feder that the stolen machine, which did not contain his financial account information, had been protected by multiple password levels "which could be penetrated only by a thief with considerable computer knowledge."

"They're so good at finding us when they need money. It's hard to believe they don't have a more secure system."

In the wrong hands, a stolen Social Security number can enable a thief to take out fraudulent credit cards and run up charges under the victim's name. The letter told Feder, however, that the risk of identity theft was slim. "Yale has very strong reason to believe that the computer was stolen for the purpose of selling the hardware and that the thief had no interest in using the data contained in the computer files." In cases like this, the letter continued, "the purchaser of the stolen equipment usually moves quickly to erase the hard drive in order to hide its origin before reselling it." Still, for Feder's further protection, the letter included the numbers of the three major credit bureaus in the United States, advising him that he might want to flag his account with a fraud alert. It also provided a number and e-mail address at Yale if he had any additional concerns. (As of mid-August, about 70 people had called the Yale number.)

Feder put the fraud alert on his credit bureau account, as he'd done once before when his wallet was stolen. He was more exasperated than worried, however. "Yale has all kinds of ways of identifying and tracking us. They're so good at finding us when they need money," he says. "But it's hard to believe they don't have a more secure system."

Yale's lapse is far from isolated. Institutions routinely lose data -- both directly, when their servers are hacked, and indirectly, when laptops and other devices go missing. Since January 2005, the nonprofit Privacy Rights Clearinghouse reports, there have been more than 600 security breaches at institutions such as corporations, government entities, hospitals, and universities -- exposing about 159 million records. The Ponemon Institute, a research group specializing in privacy issues, estimates that in 2006, the average cost to an institution of losing a single record was $182. This includes legal, administrative, and other costs and represents a 30 percent increase over the previous year.

09-14-2007

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