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New York – June 19, 2006 – LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc. (CD&R) in its definitive agreement with Alberto-Culver Company for a CD&R-managed fund to make an investment for a 47.5% equity interest in Sally Beauty Company (Sally). CD&R will invest $575 million

(WASHINGTON) June 19, 2006 – LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – Theodore D. Segal, a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP, has been named to the 2006 Legal Times Leading Dealmakers list. Each year, the Legal Times selects the top “go-to” lawyers in specific practice areas for

London, 19 June 2006 – LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – Shearman & Sterling (London) LLP is advising Nokia Corporation in connection with the merger of Nokia and Siemens’ communications service provider businesses. The combined turnover of the two businesses in 2005 was €15.8 billion and the merged business is expected to start operations with

Washington, D.C., June 19, 2006 – LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – Chairman Christopher Cox announced today that founding Public Company Accounting Oversight Board member Kayla Gillan has been re-appointed to the Board. “I’m very pleased that the board will retain Ms. Gillan’s invaluable experience and expertise,” Chairman Cox said. “Her dual perspective, first representing

ATLANTA (June 19) — A jury in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma recently found that Cordis Corporation willfully infringed three patents held by Oklahoma City cardiologist Dr. Jan K. Voda. After rejecting attacks on validity of the patents, the jury on May 25 awarded Dr. Voda a 7.5% royalty,

LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – Riker Danzig is pleased to announce that Tiffany M. Williams has been named Young Lawyer of the Year by the New Jersey State Bar Association. Tiffany M. Williams, an associate with Riker Danzig, practices in the firm’s governmental affairs and litigation groups where she represents business clients and governmental

Nashville, Tenn. (June, 2006) – LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – Twenty-four attorneys from Bass, Berry & Sims PLC were ranked in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Listings are based on thousands of in-depth interviews by Chambers USA staff who are researching the strengths and reputations of attorneys all across the United States.

INDIANAPOLIS – LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – Barnes & Thornburg LLP has received four first-tier rankings in a national publication of “America’s Leading Lawyers in Business.” Chambers USA Directory, annual publication of London-based Chambers & Partners, ranks Barnes & Thornburg in the first tier in four areas of law–Corporate/M&A, Employment (mainly defendant), Litigation and

Summer associates participate in dragon boat race to support mission of breast cancer survivors LAWFUEL – Press Release Service – On Monday, June 12, 2006, the summer associates of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP will met at the Temple Boathouse Dock in Fairmount Park to participate in a dragon boat race against Hope Afloat

(Memphis, TN/June, 2006) LAWFUEL – Law Firm Press Release Service – Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr., Senior Counsel with the law firm of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, has been named honorary co-chair of a conservation campaign conducted by the Tennessee Chapter of The Nature Conservancy. “The natural resources of this great state