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O'Melveny & Myers, LLP

OMM Attorneys Publish on "Permanent Injunctions in Patent Cases Following eBay"
O'Melveny-Newport Beach partner John Kappos and associates Darin Glasser and Michael Myers recently authored the article "Permanent Injunctions in Patent Cases Following eBay," published in the Spring 2007 edition of the Federal Bar Association, Orange County Chapter newsletter.

The article examines the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in eBay v MercExchange, in which the Court reversed the Federal Circuit's general rule that district courts should issue permanent injunctions in patent cases as a matter of course absent exceptional circumstances.

The article also explores several questions to face district courts in years to come, including:

* How to handle the situation where a patentee is not currently practicing the patent, but intends to begin manufacturing in the future?
* Should the issuance of a permanent injunction be disturbed if the patentee ceases practicing the patent down the road?
* Where permanent injunctions are not issued, and the defendant is permitted to continue infringing, is any subsequent infringement necessarily willful?
* Should a permanent injunction issue where the patentee is practicing the patent, but not in sufficient quantity to satisfy an important market demand?

05-14-2007

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Baker & McKenzie, L.L.P.

Baker & McKenzie Advised on Sale of Strong Ukrainian Premium Brand Name
Baker & McKenzie announced today that it recently acted as the legal advisor to Horizon Capital, fund manager of Emerging Europe Growth Fund, LP, a mid-cap private equity fund investing in Ukraine and Moldova, with respect to sale of its shares in the open joint stock company “Shostka City Milk Factory” (Shostka), one of the Ukraine’s cheese sector market leaders, to French Fromageries Bel (Bel Group).

The Kyiv office Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions team was led by Mykola Stetsenko, associate, under general supervision of James Hitch, Managing Partner.

Shostka is a top five Ukrainian manufacturer of hard cheeses in terms of market share and owes its leading position and investment attractiveness to Horizon Capital, a private equity fund manager, which purchased the milk plant in 2005.

Commenting on this transaction, Oksana Strashna, Vice President of Horizon Capital, said: “When our company made a decision to exit its investment from Shostka, we could count on the law firm that knew this market and over years demonstrated its constancy and consistency. We were pleased to meet the majority of the same team whom we jointly worked with on Shostka acquisition in 2005 and entrusted legal advisory work on Shostka shares sale to them.”

Baker & McKenzie Managing Partner in Kyiv James Hitch commented: “We are proud that we were engaged to work on Shostka’s sale. This transaction again undoubtedly sustains our assertion on trusted advice we provide to our long-standing client in a sixth corporate transaction for a number of consecutive years.”

Bel Group was represented by DLA Piper Ukraine.

05-14-2007

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Wheeler Trigg Kennedy LLP

EFAW SWORN IN AS FEDERAL JUDGE OF U.S. MILITARY COURTS
The trial law firm of Wheeler Trigg Kennedy LLP is proud to announce that partner Andrew Efaw has been sworn in as a Federal Judge for the U.S. Military Courts. The U.S. Military Courts hear criminal cases for all of the Armed Services. A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Army Lt. Col. Efaw served as an active duty Army Judge Advocate General attorney, and in 2004 was sent to Iraq for a one-year deployment as a reservist. He is one of only two members of the reserves in his class who completed the required judicial training at the University of Virginia Law School. At Wheeler Trigg Kennedy, Mr. Efaw focuses his practice on defending complex commercial, product liability, and franchise cases in federal and state courts.

05-14-2007

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Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

Sonnenschein Expands Real Estate Group With Addition Of Tax Credit Attorney
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP announced today the addition of Mark Leitson as of counsel in its national Real Estate Group. Leitson will reside in the law firm’s Chicago office.

Leitson has a 20-year legal career covering multi-family and commercial real estate and corporate transactions. Most recently, he was vice president and deputy general counsel at National Equity Fund, Inc., one of the nation’s leading tax credit syndicators. In that position, Leitson oversaw all corporate and securities law matters, and he closed more than 40 low-income housing project investments on behalf of NEF equity funds.

“Mark will be specializing in the area of new market tax credits - a burgeoning business that has seen unprecedented growth,” said Jana Cohen Barbe (formerly Jana Cohen Blackman), chair of Sonnenschein’s Real Estate Group. “With a focus on that particular niche, Mark will be an asset to our already preeminent tax credit practice.”

Leitson received a J.D. degree from the University of Chicago and a Masters of Architecture from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He earned a B.A. degree from the University of Michigan.

“Sonnenschein’s Real Estate Group has already achieved prominence in the areas of new market and low income housing tax credits,” noted Leitson. “I look forward to contributing to the growth of the firm’s tax credit team.

05-14-2007

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Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Theodore C. Taub Receives Ralph A. Marsicano Award
Congratulations to Ted Taub, Partner in the Tampa office of Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP, on being awarded the Ralph A. Marsicano Award on Friday, May 11, 2007, at the Florida Bar’s City, County and Local Government Law Section’s 30th Annual Local Government Law Seminar at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point, Bonita Springs. The award is the oldest and most prestigious given out by the Section. Mr. Taub was honored for his outstanding contributions to the practice of local government law over an extended period of time. Mr. Taub was nominated by Congresswoman Kathy Castor for the award.

Marsicano, the award’s namesake, was Tampa City Attorney for 28 years, general counsel for the Florida League of Cities for 30 years, and one of the principal authors of the local government provisions of the Florida Constitution.

The City, County and Local Government Law Section of the Florida Bar serves as an organization and resource for lawyers who represent local government interests or practice in this field on behalf of private interests.

Attorney Chip Rice, with the law firm of Lewis, Longman and Walker, P.A., who presented Taub with the award, said “Ted has been long overdue in receiving this award, he is much more than qualified.”

“I am very honored to receive this award. I knew Ralph Marsicano. To receive this award in his name is the highlight of my public career,” said Taub.

For more information on Mr. Taub or to read any of the numerous articles he has written on this subject, please visit our firm’s website at www.slk-law.com. Bio - http://www.slk-law.com/attorneys/default.aspx?id=1297 Articles - http://www.slk-law.com/articles/default.aspx. He was most recently published with an article in the Real Estate Law Journal “Reflections on Four Decades as a Part-Time City Attorney.”

Mr. Taub has extensive experience in transactional real estate, land use and related litigation, representing both the private and public sectors over his 46 years at the Bar. A graduate of Duke University and the University of Florida, he has served three Florida Governors in significant regional and statewide endeavors. He has lectured for the ABA, ALI-ABA, the Florida Bar, the Practicing Law Institute, and a number of other organizations. He has authored numerous articles regarding real estate, land use, title insurance and eminent domain. He has been the City of Temple Terrace’s part-time City Attorney for over 35 years. Mr. Taub is a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers and a Florida Bar Board Certified Real Estate Lawyer. He is a past member of the Board of Visitors of Duke University’s Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy. Mr. Taub has held several other public service positions with state and local government, including ten years as Chairman of the Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway Authority. Mr. Taub is listed in “Best Lawyers in America.

05-14-2007

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Looney & Grossman LLP

Melvin S. Hoffman speaks at CATIC
Melvin S. Hoffman, Esq., practices primarily in the areas of insolvency, bankruptcy and reorganization law, representing debtors, creditors, trustees and creditors’ committees. Mel is the chairperson of the Bankruptcy Practice Group. He writes and lectures extensively on bankruptcy and insolvency issues. He is a contributing author of Chapter 11 Theory and Practice, Queenan, Hendel and Hillinger, eds., and the Massachusetts Continuing Legal education publication Real Estate Title Practice in Massachusetts.

About the Program

SALES OUT OF BANKRUPTCY & INTRODUCTION TO CONDOMINIUM LAW

This program will provide a brief overview of bankruptcy law relating to real estate once the debtor files a petition, as well as a summary of condominium law.

SALES OUT OF BANKRUPTCY

Included topics: the Automatic Stay, preferences, when a Homestead is effective and to what extent, malpractice concerns, how the Trustee functions, what to look for in a Stipulation Agreement, Trustee’s Deeds, cautions on searching for Bankruptcy in the chain of title and to what extent searching PACER is required under current real estate practice.

INTRODUCTION TO CONDOMINIUM LAW

This portion of the program will provide the new attorney or paralegal with an overview of the elements in a master deed and declaration of trust, items to review in a unit deed and special considerations in the sale of a unit. The presentation will address the different types of residential condominiums. The seminar materials include checklists that will assist attorneys who conduct condominium closings.

05-14-2007

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Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

Levenfeld Pearlstein Named Among Best Places to Work in Illinois
The law firm of Levenfeld Pearlstein LLC is pleased to announce that it has been named among the Best Places to Work in Illinois for 2007, by Best Companies Group. Levenfeld Pearlstein is the only law firm to make the list, which includes a total of 30 companies, categorized by size. The actual ranking of each company will be revealed at a June 13 reception and the companies will be profiled in a special publication of The Business Ledger on July 28.

The rankings were determined through a research process developed by Best Companies Group, which included employee surveys and interviews. Best Companies Group is dedicated to establishing "Best Places to Work", "Best Companies" or "Best Employers" programs in an effort to single out companies who are excelling in workplace excellence. The organization researches the dynamics and characteristics of great workplaces, analyzes the data and produces a "Best Places to Work" distinction that recognizes organizations that are leading the way in defining the employee experience of the 21st century.

“We are pleased to recognize the best places to work in our state,” said James E. Elsener, president of Ledger Publishing Inc. and publisher of The Business Ledger. “The quality of the top firms in each category is extremely high and we are confident that they will take great pride in being selected.”

“We are honored to be named as one of the best places to work in Illinois,” said Bryan I. Schwartz, chairman of Levenfeld Pearlstein. “We have always taken great pride in being the type of firm for which people genuinely enjoy working and to be recognized in this manner is an affirmation that we have developed the kind of firm culture which sets us apart from our competitors.”

Levenfeld Pearlstein was named among the top 20 Best Places to Work in Illinois in the “Small-to Mid-sized” category, which includes firms with 25 to 249 employees. Those with more than 250 employees were included in the “Large Companies” category.

05-14-2007

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