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New York, June 12, 2008 — LAWFUEL – Legal Announcements – Kramer Levin client Scientific Games Corporation (Nasdaq: SGMS) closed yesterday a deal in which its subsidiary, Scientific Games International, Inc., priced $200 million of its 7.875% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2016 in a bond offering to qualified institutional buyers in accordance with Rule 144A

DALLAS (LAWFUEL) – Andrews Kurth LLP partner, Jerry L. Beane, is being recognized as one of Dallas’ most formidable and accomplished business defense lawyers in “The Defenders,” a special publication of the Dallas Business Journal highlighting 15 local attorneys who companies turn to in high-stakes litigation. “It is incredibly gratifying to be recognized alongside such

June 17, 2008 (Seattle, WA) – LAWFUEL – Fenwick & West LLP represented Bothell, WA-based LipoSonix, Inc. in its recently announced acquisition by Medicis (NYSE: MRX), a specialty pharmaceutical focusing primarily on the treatment of dermatological and aesthetic conditions. LipoSonix has developed a non-invasive ultrasound technology designed to treat troublesome areas of fat that may

PHOENIX – The United States and the State of Arizona, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) reached a settlement with OnSite Dental, a company that provides mobile dental services to Native American schoolchildren at their schools located on tribal lands. The United States and AHCCCS contended that OnSite Dental billed AHCCCS for dental examinations,

BALTIMORE (LAWFUEL) – June 17, 2008 William T. “Bill” Mathias, a principal in Ober|Kaler’s Health Law Group, has been selected by Nightingale’s Healthcare News for its 2008 ranking of “Outstanding Fraud & Compliance Lawyers.” Nominated by clients and colleagues, Mr. Mathias is one of only twelve attorneys from across the country selected for the list.

(LAWFUEL) – Fish & Richardson Principal Profiled in Dallas Business Journal DALLAS – attorneys is pleased to announce that Thomas M. Melsheimer once again is featured in the Dallas Business Journal as one of the 15 best business defense attorneys in North Texas. Mr. Melsheimer is profiled in “The Defenders,” a June 13 special section

Texas (LAWFUEL) — Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce that it has been ranked among the top United States law firms in syndicated loan market transactions for the first quarter of 2008. Loan Pricing Corporation ranks Thompson & Knight 6th nationally in overall financings with transactions totaling $8.8 billion. This include substantial representation

June 16, 2008 – DALLAS (LAWFUEL) – Haynes and Boone, LLP has once again been named the Top Corporate Law Firm in the Dallas-Fort Worth area by Corporate Board Member magazine. Each year, Corporate Board Member surveys the directors and general counsel of all U.S. publicly traded companies to identify America’s top corporate law firms

DALLAS/HOUSTON/AUSTIN (LAWFUEL) – Gardere Wynne Sewell has been recognized among the top law firms in Texas, earning high rankings in seven practice areas in Chambers USA’s prestigious annual survey of the U.S. legal industry. Gardere is ranked among Texas’ top business law firms in six of the practice areas highlighted in the Chambers USA Guide:

LawFuel – The Law Jobs and Legal NewsWire – As part of an agreement with federal prosecutors, the New York-based law firm now known as Milberg LLP has admitted that senior members of the firm paid secret kickbacks to plaintiffs in more than 165 lawsuits filed from the 1970s through 2005 – lawsuits that brought