MAYOR NUTTER APPOINTS MICHAEL A. SCHWARTZ,

PEPPER HAMILTON PARTNER, AS CHAIRMAN OF

TASK FORCE ON ETHICS AND CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM

Philadelphia, Pa. – October 7, 2008 – Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter has appointed Michael A. Schwartz, a partner with Pepper Hamilton LLP and a former federal prosecutor, as chairman of a newly formed Task Force on Ethics and Campaign Finance Reform.

The nine-member Task Force, which was introduced by the Mayor at a press conference at City Hall on October 6, 2008, will be reviewing the City’s ethics policies and campaign-finance laws. The Mayor said it is “a group charged with providing recommendations to me and to [Philadelphia City] Council President Verna on changes that can be made to further instill the principles of honesty, transparency and accountability throughout City government.”

Mr. Schwartz will lead the Task Force as it performs a comprehensive review of the City of Philadelphia’s campaign finance ordinance, including its direct regulation of contributions and the disclosure and eligibility requirements with respect to no-bid contracts and City financial assistance; public campaign financing laws in other jurisdictions; additional ethics reforms for City government, with particular focus on nepotism, outside employment, gifts, lobbying and training; and City Solicitor opinions and Ethics Board opinions on political activity restrictions for City-elected officials, their staff members and members of any City board or commission.

In accepting the Mayor’s appointment, Mr. Schwartz said, “I look forward to working with you and the members of the Task Force to put a stop to practices that have a corrupting effect on City government. We intend to build on the hard work that already has been done in the last few years to restore faith in our City’s government and make Philadelphia an even better place in which to live, work, visit and do business.”

The Task Force will convene at least one public hearing for the purpose of receiving information and recommendations from the public, and all meetings of the Task Force will be open to the public. The Task Force expects to provide a report to the Mayor and the Council President setting forth its recommendations by February 2009.

Mr. Schwartz focuses his law practice in the areas of criminal defense and counseling, internal corporate investigations, corporate compliance programs and First Amendment matters. Before joining Pepper Hamilton in February 2008, he headed the Corruption, Civil Rights, Labor and Tax Fraud unit of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He successfully prosecuted some of the region’s highest-profile corruption cases, including the electronic surveillance investigation during former Philadelphia Mayor John F. Street’s administration and the corruption prosecutions of former City Treasurer Corey Kemp and former City Councilman Richard Mariano.

Chicago, October 7, 2008 (LAWFUEL) – Baker & McKenzie has appointed Martin Telfer as its new Global Director of Information Systems. Mr. Telfer was the Firm’s Asia Pacific Regional IT Director and Global Head of In-Sourcing for Global Services Manila. He will be based in Chicago beginning January 2009.

As Asia Pacific Regional IT Director, Mr. Telfer was responsible for managing technology systems across the Firm’s 14 offices in the region and a team of 90 IT professionals. As Head of Global Services Manila, he oversaw a 400-strong team that provides a wide variety of business processes and legal services to the Firm.

John Conroy, Baker & McKenzie’s Chairman of the Executive Committee said: “We congratulate Martin on his appointment. He has shown effective leadership within the Firm and, with more than 20 years of professional services experience, will be a valuable addition to the Global leadership team.”

Mr. Telfer joined Baker & McKenzie from Minter Ellison in 2005, where he was Chief Information Officer. Prior to Minter Ellison, he was at Mallesons Stephen Jaques from 1997 to 2001 as Executive Director of Information and Technology where he implemented a completely new infrastructure and application set to 2,000 staff across eight offices in three countries. At Masons (Solicitors) in London, as IT director from 1990 to 1997, he worked with Professor Richard Susskind pioneering the use of today’s commonplace techniques such as Hypertext and electronic litigation support. His career in technology began in 1985, when he joined Ernst & Young, holding a variety of internal senior management positions before moving on to consulting, offering technology advice to small and medium businesses.

Mr. Telfer was an Honorary Technical Fellow at Strathclyde University’s Centre for Law & Technology; a past Vice President of the UK Society for Computers & Law; and is MACS and MIEE accredited. He is currently working on a PhD with Victoria University in Melbourne, Australia. Mr. Telfer holds a First Degree from Loughborough University of Technology and underwent formal training with the UK Civil Aviation Authority.