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Los Angeles, April 12, 2004— Jan E. Dodd, 39, a partner with Kaye Scholer LLP, has been selected by Daily Journal Extra, a legal publication serving both northern and southern California, as one of the state’s top 20 lawyers under the age of 40 in the April 5, 2004 issue. There are approximately 50,000 lawyers

New York, April 12, 2004 — Corporate attorney Gary R. Silverman, recently a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP, has joined Kaye Scholer LLP (www.kayescholer.com) as a partner and head of the firm’s Private Equity Practice in Chicago. At Kaye Scholer, he will continue to focus on mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts and venture capital

International law firm Allen & Overy advised Hamburg-based Hapag-Lloyd AG, the main subsidiary of TUI, on the outsourcing and sale of the bulk and special logistics division of VTG Lehnkering AG, Hamburg, a subsidiary of Hapag-Lloyd to the private equity fund Triton Managers Limited. Hamburg-based partner Dr Helge Schäfer led the Allen & Overy team,

June 10 2004 – 8:00 – 10:00 a.m. Address Reed Smith LLP 3110 Fairview Park Drive – Suite 1400 Falls Church Virginia 22042 Please join for an informative and educational series of programs focusing on three topics which are essential in helping you avoid litigation. Series III: Individual Terminations: for cause, not for cause, checklist,

A North Hollywood accountant has been indicted on federal charges related to two schemes in which he defrauded clients out of well over $100,000, in part by falsely telling victims that they were being audited by the Internal Revenue Service. David Scott Halcrow, 54, who until recently lived in Granada Hills, was indicted Thursday afternoon

Jim Rocap has joined Steptoe & Johnson as a partner in the litigation department, specializing in complex insurance coverage litigation. Previously, Jim was one of the managing partners of Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, LLP until its merger with Baker Botts, in January 2001. He has been a partner at Baker Botts since the merger.

Group sets out to effect change within Atlanta’s legal community Atlanta (April 8, 2004) – The Atlanta Legal Diversity Consortium, Inc. announces its 3rd Annual Diversity in the Legal Profession Symposium to be held on the campus of Emory University School of Law on Saturday, April 17 from 8:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. The Symposium

Leading law firm Charles Russell’s corporate department has advised brokers Collins Stewart on a proposed placing for AIM-listed Media Square plc. Media Square is raising up to £10.6 million through the placing, conditional, amongst other things, on shareholder approval at a general meeting to be held on April 30 2004. Simon Gilbert, head of corporate

On Thursday, April 1, Skadden, Arps announced that seven associates and six counsel have been named partners. The new partners are based in eight different offices: Lauren E. Aguiar, New York Jody J. Brewster, Washington David S. Clancy, Boston Kimberly A. deBeers, Chicago Frederic Depoortere, Brussels Christopher J. Gunther, New York Susan S. Hassan, Chicago

NEW YORK, April 9 The law firm of Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP announces that a class action lawsuit was filed in the Southern District of New York on April 9, 2004, on behalf of purchasers of the securities of the MFS family of mutual funds (the “Funds”), between January 1, 2001 and