February 2010 e-Bulletin(.pdf)

MEMBER NEWS

• ABNR Partner Announcements
  
• Baker Botts Leading Transactions Lawyer Joins Moscow Office Brings Broad Experience in Oil & Gas, M&A, Private Equity Transactions to Firm
  
• Carey y Cia Partner and Director Announcements
  
• Clayton Utz Trademark Specialist Joins Firm
  
• Hogan & Hartson Launches Congressional Investigations Group
  
• Luce Forward Announces Leadership Changes
  
• Simpson Grierson Senior Associate Appointments
  
• Skrine Partner Admissions and Promotions
  

DEALS MAKING NEWS

• ABNR Acts for Government of the Republic of Indonesia issuance of US$2Billion Fixed Rate Notes under Global Medium Term Note Program
  
• CLAYTON UTZ Closes $759 million toll-free Peninsula Link project in Victoria
  
• FRASER MILNER CASGRAIN Cascades Successfully Completes Multiple Note Offerings And Tender Offer For Outstanding Notes
  
• GIDE LOYRETTE NOUEL Paris Advises Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund on Combination of Icade and Compagnie la Lucette
  
• HOGAN & HARTSON Asserts Champagne Louis Roederer Rights to Its “Cristal” Trademark in Russia
  
• KING & WOOD Tianjin Sinopec - SABIC JV obtains US$2.8 Billion Financing
  
• MUNIZ Advises Compania Minera Atacocha SAA in US$60Million Medium Term Loan Facility
  
• NAUTADUTILH Vodafone Wins Summary Proceedings Against Dutch Consumer Association Regarding Text Messaging Services
  
• RODYK Acts for Extream Ventures Pte Ltd in S$20 million Venture Capital Fund
  
• TOZZINI FREIRE Advises Hyundai Heavy Industries in Technical Cooperation Agreement with OSX Brazil - Marks Premiere of Largest International Naval Construction Group in Brazilian Market
  

COUNTRY UPDATES

• ARGENTINA Courts Rule in Landmark Antitrust Private Enforcement ALLENDE & BREA
  
• AUSTRALIA Users, Not ISPs, Liable for Copyright Infringement Following iiNet Decision CLAYTON UTZ
  
• BRAZIL Life Sciences Update TOZZINIFREIRE
  
• CANADA Related Party Transactions - Lessons Learned and Important Guidance from Ontario Securities Commission Recent Decision FRASER MILNER CASGRAIN
  
• CHINA China Weaves a Tax Net Over Offshore Special Purpose Vehicles KING & WOOD
  
• NETHERLANDS Three Dimensional Trade-Marks Still Alive NAUTADUTILH
  
• NEW ZEALAND Luxury Brands Attempt to Hit Back at Online Marketplaces SIMPSON GRIERSON
  
• TAIWAN High Court’s Decision Overruled - Supreme Court Holds Special Resolution Not Required to Discharge All Directors LEE and LI
  
• UNITED STATES
  
• Intellectual Property Update - Occam’s Razor and Markman - A Simplified Contract Based Approach to Patent Claim Construction BAKER BOTTS
  
• Rolling Stones Indie Rock Universe Editorial Feature Gets First Amendment Protection DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE
  
• SEC Advances Cooperation Initiatives HOGAN & HARTSON
  
• VENEZUELA Acquisition of Stock of Banks and Insurance Companies Requires Government Approval HOET PELAEZ CASTILLO & DUQUE
  
• VIETNAM Land and Real Estate Update GIDE LOYRETTE NOUEL
  

CALENDAR WATCH (Open to PRAC Members Only)
• April 17-20, 2010 PRAC 47th International Conference - Mexico City - Hosted by Santamarina y Steta
  
• October 16-19, 2010 PRAC 48th International Conference - Kuala Lumpur - Hosted by Skrine
  

TOOLS TO USE
• PRAC Contacts Matrix & Email Listing –Update (member version only)
• Directory Member Firms now available at PRAC web site
• Expert System available at PRAC web site Private Libraries (members only)
• Intellectual Property & Licensing Capabilities Survey (members only)

January 2010 e-Bulletin(.pdf)

MEMBER NEWS

• Allende & Brea Announce Partner Appointments
  
• Baker Botts Names 2010 Special Counsel
  
• Davis Wright Tremaine Names 5 to Partnership
  
• Gide Announces Partner Appointments
  
• Hogan & Hartson / Lovells Vote to Form Top 10 Firm
  
• Luce Forward Announces 2010 Partner Class
  
• Mulla & Mulla Announces Partner Appointments
  
• TozziniFreire Announces 10 Partner Appointments
  

DEALS MAKING NEWS

• FRASER MILNER CASGRAIN Shaw Communications Closes CA$650 million 30-year Senior Note Offering
  
• GIDE LOYRETTE NOUEL Paris Advises BNP Paribas Securities Services on Acquisition of Arlis
  
• HOGAN & HARTSON Advises Public Utility Companies In Supra-regional Cooperation and Acquisition of Wind Turbine Plants
  
• KING & WOOD Minsheng Bank Successfully Lists
  
• MUNIZ Acts in Transportadora De Gas Del Peru Secures US 197million Financing
  
• NAUTADUTILH Advises New HBU II and Fortis Bank N.V. on Financing of Reorganization and Redundancy Plan and Bridge Loan
  
• RODYK Acts for Sembawang Shipyard in cross border JV with Kakinada Seaports
  
• SANTAMARINA Y STETA Acts in Financing Transaction for Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company
  
• TOZZINI FREIRE Acts for Vonpar in Acquisition of Neugebauer
  

COUNTRY UPDATES

• ARGENTINA Central Bank Introduces Changes to the Legal Framework for Representative Offices of Foreign Banks in Argentina ALLENDE & BREA
  
• AUSTRALIA ASIC Jump Starts Corporate Retail Bond Market and Eases Disclosure for Convertible Notes CLAYTON UTZ
  
• CANADA Focus On Tax - Unlimited Liability Companies—Imminent Problems Possible; and New CRA Insights FRASER MILNER CASGRAIN
  
• CHINA Common Knowledge in Patent Prosecution KING & WOOD
  
• INDONESIA Risk Management for Export Financing Agency ABNR
  
• JAPAN Directors’ Liability Under the Companies Act NISHIMURA & ASAHI
  
• NETHERLANDS New Dutch Partnership Legislation Closer to Enactment NAUTADUTILH
  
• NEW ZEALAND Changes to the Regulation of Insurers SIMPSON GRIERSON
  
• SINGAPORE High Court Allows Counterclaim to Revoke Patent RODYK
  
• TAIWAN Draft Amendment to Directions for Banks Conducting Financial Derivatives Business LEE and LI
  
• THAILAND Corporate Officers and Directors Liability for Criminal Liability - Navigating the Treacherous Waters TILLEKE & GIBBINS
  
• UKRAINE Banking & Finance Update - Important Legislative Changes Designed to Overcome Negative Impact of Financial Crisis GIDE LOYRETTE NOUEL
  
• UNITED STATES
  
• Intellectual Property Update - Patentability of Medical Diagnostic Claims Under 35 USC Sec 101 BAKER BOTTS
  
• New Law Extends COBRA Premium Subsidy and Eligibility Periods DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE
  
• New IRS Wealth Squad is Coming - Are You Ready? LUCE FORWARD
  

CALENDAR WATCH (Open to PRAC Members Only)
• April 17-20, 2010 PRAC 47th International Conference - Mexico City - Hosted by Santamarina y Steta
  
• October 16-19, 2010 PRAC 48th International Conference - Kuala Lumpur - Hosted by Skrine
  

TOOLS TO USE
• PRAC Contacts Matrix & Email Listing –Update (member version only)
• Directory Member Firms now available at PRAC web site
• Expert System available at PRAC web site Private Libraries (members only)
• Intellectual Property & Licensing Capabilities Survey (members only)

December 2009 e-Bulletin(.pdf)

MEMBER NEWS

• ABNR Memoriam Ernst G. Tehuteru , Managing Partner
  
• CLAYTON UTZ Appoints Next Chief Executive Partner
  
• DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE Names Portland Partner-In-Charge
  
• FRASER MILNER CASGRAIN Names Toronto Managing Partner
  
• HOGAN & HARTSON Former SkyTerra GC Joins Firm
  
• NAUTADUTILH Appoints New Board Members
  
• TOZZINIFREIRE Names New Labour Head Rio Office
  

DEALS MAKING NEWS

• ABNR Acts for International Finance Corporation
  
• CLAYTON UTZ Advises on landmark National Broadband Network Program
  
• GIDE LOYRETTE NOUEL Paris Advises on Issuance of Bonds by Faurecia of approx €211 Million Convertible Into or Exchangeable for New or Existing Shares ("OCEANE")
  
• HOGAN & HARTSON Advises Deutsche Börse AG in Expanding Its Private Investor Business
  
• KING & WOOD Welcomes Amicable Settlement of Wahaha Danone Dispute
  
• MUNIZ Acts for Lenders in US$400 Million Syndicated Financing Thermoelectric Power Project
  
• NAUTADUTILH Advises on Securitisation of €900 Million of Mortgages by Delta Lloyd
  
• RODYK Acts in Landmark Section 197(1) Civil Action by Monetary Authority of Singapore under Securities and Futures Act
  
• SANTAMARINA Acts in Restructuring of Corporación Durango S.A.B. de CV
  
• TOZZINI FREIRE Acts in Landmark Deal in Brazilian Retail Market
  
• WILMERHALE Clients Breaking the IPO Drought
  

COUNTRY UPDATES

• ARGENTINA Expediting Liquidation of Insurance Companies ALLENDE & BREA
  
• AUSTRALIA Australian shareholders, an Australian company and a US class action - US Supreme Court to decide CLAYTON UTZ
  
• BRAZIL New Rules for Issuers of Securities TOZZINI FREIRE
  
• CANADA What Makes Standard Terms and Conditions Enforceable? FRASER MILNER CASGRAIN
  
• CHINA Measures for Foreign Invested Partnerships Issued - Has the Door Opened? KING & WOOD
  
• INDONESIA Indonesian Postal Service No Longer A Government Monopoly ABNR
  
• JAPAN Private Equity Fund Regulations NISHIMURA & ASAHI
  
• NEW ZEALAND Copyright in Insolvency - Just Another Asset SIMPSON GRIERSON
  
• SINGAPORE Service of Court Documents Through Facebook and Twitter -Singapore Position RODYK
  
• TAIWAN Fair Trade Commission Loses Fuel Pricing Appeal LEE and LI
  
• UNITED STATES
  
• Intellectual Property Update - Curing the Plague - Federal Circuit Possibly Heightened Scrutiny of Inequitable Conduct Allegations BAKER BOTTS
  
• Employee Benefits Update - Year End Stock Option Reporting Requirements for ISO Exercises During 2009 HOGAN & HARTSON
  
• Credit Warming First CMBS Sale in Over 2 years Ready to Close LUCE FORWARD
  
• USP to Accelerate Green House Technology Patents WILMER HALE
  

CALENDAR WATCH (Open to PRAC Members Only)
• April 17-20, 2010 PRAC 47th International Conference - Mexico City - Hosted by Santamarina y Steta
  
• October 16-19, 2010 PRAC 48th International Conference - Kuala Lumpur - Hosted by Skrine
  

TOOLS TO USE
• PRAC Contacts Matrix & Email Listing –Update (member version only)
• Directory Member Firms now available at PRAC web site
• Expert System available at PRAC web site Private Libraries (members only)
• Intellectual Property & Licensing Capabilities Survey (members only)

November 2009 e-Bulletin(.pdf)

MEMBER NEWS

• Baker Botts Expands IP Practice in London
  
• Davis Wright Tremaine Adds to Employment & Labor Team
  
• Hogan & Hartson Former Director of FERC Enforcement Joins Energy Practice
  
• Kochhar & Co. Launches Workplace Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Practice
  
• Simpson Grierson Welcomes Five New Specialists
  

DEALS MAKING NEWS

• BAKER BOTTS Kara Technology Incorporated Wins Reversal on Appeal
  
• CLAYTON UTZ Acts in high-profile, complex deal for Macquarie Media Group
  
• FRASER MILNER CASGRAIN Cascades Inc Acquires Atlantic Packaging division
  
• GIDE LOYRETTE NOUEL Advises SPIE on the acquisition of British firm EI WHS Ltd
  
• HOGAN & HARTSON Successfully Defends French Champagne House’s Right to Its Cristal Trademark in Russia
  
• KING & WOOD MOFCOM approves Pfizer’s acquisition of Wyeth
  
• MUNIZ Acts for Falcone Group
  
• NAUTADUTILH Advises Underwriter in IPO of Delta Lloyd N.V. on Euronext Amsterdam
  
• RODYK Acts for Golden Cape Investment in Katong Mall Sale
  
• TOZZINI FREIRE Acts for Principal Financial Group in Banco de Brazil Deal
  
• WILMERHALE Cisco Systems Acquires Starent Networks
  

COUNTRY UPDATES

• ARGENTINA New Special Retirement System for the Construction Industry ALLENDE & BREA
  
• AUSTRALIA Historic Reforms to Telecommunications Regulation CLAYTON UTZ
  
• BRAZIL New Regulations for Insurance Transactions in Foreign Currency and The Purchase of Insurance Abroad TOZZINI FREIRE
  
• CANADA Buzz About New National Pension Plan —What’s It All About? FRASER MILNER CASGRAIN
  
• CHINA Counter Suits for Damages Actions in Malicious Litigation KING & WOOD
  
• INDONESIA Relevant Markets Guideline Under Anti- Monopoly Law ABNR
  
• NEW ZEALAND Practical Implication of the Resource Management Act Amendments for Councils SIMPSON GRIERSON
  
• TAIWAN Scope of Designated Industries Under Articles 8 and 9 of the Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation Act Expanded LEE & LI
  
• UNITED STATES
  
• New Challenges in Software Law and Policy BAKER BOTTS
  
• City and County Governments Authorize Permit Extensions for Active Project Development Projects DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE
  
• FTC Issues Guidance on Blogging-for-Pay, Testimonial Disclaimers and Celebrity Endorsements in First Revision of Endorsement Guides in 29 Years HOGAN & HARTSON
  
• Congress Poised to Provide Real Estate Industry Tax Relief LUCE FORWARD
  

CALENDAR WATCH (Open to PRAC Members Only)
• April 17-20, 2010 PRAC 47th International Conference - Mexico City - Hosted by Santamarina y Steta
  

TOOLS TO USE
• PRAC Contacts Matrix & Email Listing –Update (member version only)
• Directory Member Firms now available at PRAC web site
• Expert System available at PRAC web site Private Libraries (members only)
• Intellectual Property & Licensing Capabilities Survey (members only)

October 2009 e-Bulletin(.pdf)

MEMBER NEWS

• BRIGARD URRUTIA Moves to New Office
  
• GIDE LOYRETTE NOUEL Bolsters Vietnam Practice
  
• HOGAN & HARTSON Boosts FDA Capabilities With Regulatory Specialist Hire
  
• LUCE FORWARD Enhances Real Estate & Securities Practices
  
• SIMPSON GRIERSON New Partners Bring Global Expertise at Local Level
  

DEALS MAKING NEWS

• BAKER BOTTS Kara Technology Incorporated Wins Reversal on Appeal
  
• FRASER MILNER CASGRAIN GM Prevails in Thwarting Class of Unharmed Consumers
  
• GIDE LOYRETTE NOUEL Advises UFG REM on Acquisition 158 Accor Hotel Properties for EUR 272 Million
  
• HOGAN & HARTSON Innovair Aviation Obtains USD$16 Million Judgment Against US Government
  
• KING & WOOD Yanzhou Coal Mining to Merge with Felix Resources in Landmark deal
  
• LOVELLS Advised Deutsche Bank AG as Mandated Lead Arranger in US$1.2 Billion pre-export Term Loan Facility to major Russian Oil Company OAO “LUKOIL”
  
• NAUTADUTILH Advises Unilever on Acquisition of Sara Lee’s Body Products Division
  
• RODYK Acts for Ministry of Health Holdings in roll-out of National e-Health System
  
• TOZZINIFREIRE Acts for FCI Group in US$360 Million Sale to Hubbell Incorporated
  
• WILMERHALE Celldex Theraputics Completes Acquisition of CuraGen Corporation
  

COUNTRY UPDATES

• ARGENTINA Applicable Law and Jurisdiction in Reinsurance Contracts ALLENDE & BREA
  
• AUSTRALIA Government Guarantee for Residential Mortgage Backed Securities and Recognition of Importance of Securitisation CLAYTON UTZ
  
• BRAZIL Brazilian Development Bank Study on Regulatory and Financing Model of the Pre-Salt Project TOZZINI FREIRE
  
• CANADA Poison Pills Revisited: OSC Decision in NEO Material Technologies Inc. FRASER MILNER CASGRAIN
  
• CHINA Opportunities & Challenges: Tianjin Climate Exchange KING & WOOD
  
• NEW ZEALAND IP - Collaborating Conundrum SIMPSON GRIERSON
  
• SINGAPORE Landmark Court of Appeal Decision on Right of Way RODYK
  
• TAIWAN Amendment to Optical Disk Act LEE & LI
  
• THAILAND Patent Cooperation Treaty Receiving Office Opens TILLEKE & GIBBINS
  
• UNITED STATES
  
• Microsoft Finds Patent Permanent Injunctions Alive and Well Post e-Bay BAKER BOTTS
  
• 2d Circuit Opens Door to Climate Change Lawsuits DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE
  
• SEC Update: Company Avoids SEC Charges for Regulation FC Violation HOGAN & HARTSON
  
• Patent Trademark Office Director Responds to Complaints; Rescinds Proposed Rules WILMER HALE
  

CALENDAR WATCH (Open to PRAC Members Only)
• October 17 - 20, 2009 - Beijing - PRAC 46th International Conference Hosted by King & Wood
  

TOOLS TO USE
• PRAC Contacts Matrix & Email Listing –Update (member version only)
• Directory Member Firms now available at PRAC web site
• Expert System available at PRAC web site Private Libraries (members only)
• Intellectual Property & Licensing Capabilities Survey (members only)

September 2009 e-Bulletin(.pdf)

MEMBER NEWS

• Gide Loyrette Announces New Head for Budapest Office
  
• Hogan & Hartson - Two of the Nation’s Most Successful White Collar Criminal Defense Attorneys, Bob Bennett and Carl Rauh, Join Firm
  
• Estudio Muniz Announces New Name
  
• Nauta Dutilh Appoints New Associate Partner to Boost Restructuring Capability in Brussels
  
• Simpson Grierson Expands Commercial Department
  
• Skrine Partner Elevated to High Court Commissioner
  

DEALS MAKING NEWS

• ABNR represents Credit Suisse in US$420M Exchange Offer
  
• DAVIS WRIGHT Wins Appeals Court Ruling: Spain Cannot Claim Sovereign Immunity In Suit Over Nazi Art Theft
  
• ESTUDIO MUNIZ Advise Compania Miner Milpo in Launching Tender Offer
  
• FRASER MILNER CASGRAIN Advises Armtec Infrastructure Income Fund Acquisition of Pre-Con Inc.
  
• GIDE LOYRETTE NOUEL Advised on Securitisation Vehicle FCT Windermere XII
  
• HOGAN & HARTSON Wins Major Victory in Newcomb College Case
  
• KING & WOOD Waste Management Wins State-Owned Asset Bidding Process
  
• LUCE FORWARD Obtains Unanimous Supreme Court Decision Rejecting Attempts to Effectively Abolish Automobile Insurer’s Med Pay Reimbursement Right
  
• NAUTADUTILH Acts for Consortium of banks in construction finance of new hospital
  

COUNTRY UPDATES

• ARGENTINA Ministry of Health Designates Authority in Aim to Control Lead Levels in Paint ALLENDE & BREA
  
• AUSTRALIA Further Recommendations on Personal Property Securities Bill CLAYTON UTZ
  
• BRAZIL Supreme Court Set to Rule in Value Added Tax Levied on Import of Medical Machinery TOZZINI FREIRE
  
• CANADA Facebook to Make Changes to Comply with Canadian Privacy Laws FRASER MILNER CASGRAIN
  
• CANADA Insurance Update Chinese Drywall - The Next Wave of Claims RICHARDS BUELL SUTTON
  
• CHINA The Battle for the Company Seal: Competition for Control between Foreign Private Equity Investors and Management KING & WOOD
  
• INDONESIA Government to Implement One Stop Investment Service ABNR
  
• TAIWAN Insurers Must Disclose Compensation Paid to Directors, Supervisors and Presidents LEE & LI
  
• UNITED STATES
  
• Commuting in a Company Vehicle, Home E-Mail Activity: Compensable Employee Time? DAVIS WRIGHT
  
• Update: Implementation of the Consumer Product Safety Commission HOGAN & HARTSON
  
• Selling Unneeded Life Insurance Policies: Windfall or Pitfall? WILMER HALE
  
• VIETNAM Extension of Deadline for Re-Registration of Foreign Invested Enterprises Until June 30 2011 GIDE LOYRETTE
  

CALENDAR WATCH (Open to PRAC Members Only)
• October 17 - 20, 2009 - Beijing - PRAC 46th International Conference Hosted by King & Wood - Registration Now Open
  

TOOLS TO USE
• PRAC Contacts Matrix & Email Listing –Update (member version only)
• Directory Member Firms now available at PRAC web site
• Expert System available at PRAC web site Private Libraries (members only)
• Intellectual Property & Licensing Capabilities Survey (members only)

August 2009 e-Bulletin(.pdf)

MEMBER NEWS

• Clayton Partner Appointed to Australian Research Council
  
• Hogan & Hartson New York Adds Leading IP Partner
  
• King & Wood Opens Ji'nan Office
  
• Morgan Lewis Enhances London Business & Finance Practice
  

DEALS MAKING NEWS

• CLAYTON UTZ Advises Winning Bidder on Victorian Desalination Project
  
• GIDE LOYRETTE NOUEL London and Moscow Advise on Landmark Russian Restructuring
  
• HOGAN & HARTSON Pro Bono Team Obtains Release for one of Wrongly Convicted Norfolk Four
  
• LUCE FORWARD Obtains Unanimous Jury Verdict on All Claims for Robinson & Robinson Inc in Business Dispute Case
  
• RODYK Acts for European Bank VTB PLC in S$71million Building Sale
  
• SANTAMARINA y STETA Acts for Corporación GEO, S.A.B. de C.V. in Joint Venture with PREI
  
• TOZZINI FREIRE Acts in Acquisition by Admenta France (French subsidiary of Celesio AG) for 50.1% of voting capital of Panpharma S.A
  
• WILMERHALE Award Rendered in Ground-Breaking Abyei International Arbitration
  

COUNTRY UPDATES

• ARGENTINA Native Forest Regulations Announced ALLENDE & BREA
  
• AUSTRALIA Fed Govt Fastracks Crackdown on Directors and Executives’ Termination Payments CLAYTON UTZ
  
• BRAZIL Regularization of Immigration Status TOZZINI FREIRE
  
• CANADA Citizens of Mexico and Czech Republic Now Require Visas to Visit Canada FRASER MILNER CASGRAIN
  
• CHINA New Banking Rules for Fixed Assets Loans and Project Finance KING & WOOD
  
• COLOMBIA Congress Approves New AntiTrust Bill BRIGARD & URRUTIA
  
• INDONESIA New Regulations on Securities Rating Agencies ABNR
  
• MEXICO New Regulations of the General Law on Tobacco Control SANTAMARINA Y STETA
  
• NETHERLANDS Global Settlement Approved in Dutch Court - New Strategic Option for European Companies? NAUTA DUTILH
  
• NEW ZEALAND Copyright Commissioning: Back to Basics SIMPSON GRIERSON
  
• SINGAPORE Limited Partnerships - A New Business Entity in Singapore RODYK & CO
  
• TAIWAN Access Now Granted to Inbound PRC Capital for Local Investments LEE & LI
  
• UNITED STATES Controversy Over Gene Patenting: Can US Patent Office Be Sued for Issuing a Patent That a Member of the Public Doesn’t Like? BAKER BOTTS
  
• UNITED STATES e-Data—Duty to Preserve Triggered by a Phone Call MORGAN LEWIS
  
• UNITED STATES Washington Appeals Court - Cost-Shifting Provision in Employment Arbitration Agreement Invalid DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE
  

CALENDAR WATCH (Open to PRAC Members Only)
• October 2009 - PRAC Members' Gathering @ IBA - Madrid - Details to follow
  
• October 17 - 20, 2009 - Beijing - PRAC 46th International Conference Hosted by King & Wood - Registration Now Open
  

TOOLS TO USE
• PRAC Contacts Matrix & Email Listing –Update (member version only)
• Directory Member Firms now available at PRAC web site
• Expert System available at PRAC web site Private Libraries (members only)
• Intellectual Property & Licensing Capabilities Survey (members only)

July 2009 e-Bulletin(.pdf)

MEMBER NEWS

• Baker Botts Opens Abu Dhabi Office; Triples Lawyer Headcount
  
• Carey y Cia’s IP Practice Merges with premier boutique law firm Harnecker
  
• Fraser Milner Casgrain Appoints New Managing Partner for Edmonton Office
  
• Hogan & Hartson Announces Merger of Stonebridge International and The Albright Group
  
• Kochhar & Co New Partner Joins Delhi Office
  
• Luce Forward Announces New Business Succession Planning Team
  
• Morgan Lewis Expands Corporate and Tax Capacity in Chicago
  
• Simpson Grierson Announces New Chairman
  

DEALS MAKING NEWS

• BAKER BOTTS Russian Oil & Gas Company Rosneft Reaches US$15 Billion Dollar Loan Agreement with China
  
• GIDE LOYRETTE NOUEL Casablanca Counsels Ynna Holding and Ynna Asment on Purchase of 20% Equity Interest by International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group) in Ynna Asment (Morocco)
  
• HOGAN & HARTSON Achieves Landmark Settlement with US Department of State in Mexican-American Passport Application Case
  
• RODYK Project Counsel to OpenNet Consortium to Design, Build and Operate Passive Infrastructure for the Next Generation National Broadband Network
  
• TOZZINI FREIRE Counsel to Elektro Eletricidade e Servicos SA in R$300,000,000 and $120,000,000 Public Offerings
  
• WILMERHALE Achieves Victory in Montana Asbestos Case
  

COUNTRY UPDATES

• ARGENTINA Applicable Law and Jurisdiction in Reinsurance Contracts ALLENDE & BREA
  
• AUSTRALIA Access to Insurance Policies - The New Battleground CLAYTON UTZ
  
• BRAZIL New Regulations for the Special Customs Regime in the Oil & Gas Industry TOZZINI FREIRE
  
• CANADA Outsourcing of Software Development by Canadian Companies to Offshore Jurisdictions RICHARDS BUELL SUTTON
  
• CHINA Offshore Arbitration - The Best Option for Non Chinese Clients in China? KING & WOOD
  
• INDONESIA Establishment State Owned Company to Guarantee Infrastructure Projects ABNR
  
• NETHERLANDS Position of Reputed Brands Strengthened NAUTA DUTILH
  
• NEW ZEALAND Bill Delays Emissions Trading Forestry Sector Timing as Government Review Continues SIMPSON GRIERSON
  
• SINGAPORE Cape Town Convention Comes Into Force in Singapore RODYK & CO
  
• TAIWAN M&A - Agreement for Public Issuing Company May Stipulate Conditions for Amendment LEE & LI
  
• UNITED STATES Federal Circuit Opinion Reemphasizes Importance of Provable Chain of Patent BAKER BOTTS
  
• UNITED STATES M&A - Preparing for Carve-Out Transactions MORGAN LEWIS
  

CALENDAR WATCH (Open to PRAC Members Only)
• October 2009 - PRAC Members' Gathering @ IBA - Madrid - Details to follow
  
• October 17 - 20, 2009 - Beijing - PRAC 46th International Conference Hosted by King & Wood - Registration Now Open
  

TOOLS TO USE
• PRAC Contacts Matrix & Email Listing –Update (member version only)
• Directory Member Firms now available at PRAC web site
• Expert System available at PRAC web site Private Libraries (members only)
• Intellectual Property & Licensing Capabilities Survey (members only)

June 2009 e-Bulletin(.pdf)

MEMBER NEWS

• Baker Botts New Partner in Dubai Joins International Project Finance Team
  
• Fraser Milner Casgrain Enhances National Strength in P3 and Construction Practice Groups
  
• Luce Forward Continues California Expansion
  
• Morgan Lewis Former Merrill Lynch VP Joins White Collar Team
  
• TozziniFreire Forms 2014 World Cup Group
  

DEALS MAKING NEWS

BAKER BOTTS Bankruptcy Judge Approves Environmental Settlements at 54 ASARCO Sites - Largest Environmental Bankruptcy Ruling in U.S. History Allows Company to Settle $3.6 Billion in Claims for $1.1 Billion

• CLAYTON UTZ Advises on Groundbreaking Takeovers Panel Application
  
• GIDE LOYRETTE NOUEL Acts for Telekomunikacja Polska on Largest Corporate Bond Issue in Eastern Europe in 2009
  
• HOGAN & HARTSON Acts as Tax Adviser for Eldorado Group's Joint Venture with PPF Group
  
• MORGAN LEWIS Team Wins Second Post –Enron Erisa “Stock Drop” Trial for Telltabs
  
• TOZZINI FREIRE Acts in Sale of Huhtamaki Oyj’s Subsidiaries in Brazil and Argentina to Dixie Toga
  
• WILMERHALE Celldex Therapeutics to Acquire Curagen Corporation for Estimated $94.5 Million
  

COUNTRY UPDATES

• AUSTRALIA Termination payments for directors and executives into the unknown CLAYTON UTZ
  
• CANADA Canadian Government to Regulate Spam and Other On Line Activities FRASER MILNER CASGRAIN
  
• CHINA Interpretation and Application of Article 55 of the PRC Anti-Monopoly Law KING & WOOD
  
• JAPAN Amendment of the Japanese Merger Filing Regulation NISHIMURA & ASAHI
  
• NETHERLANDS Implementation of the Payment Services Directive NAUTA DUTILH
  
• NEW ZEALAND Disaster Danger! Is Your Software License Ready for a Disaster? SIMPSON GRIERSON
  
• TAIWAN Labor Union Act and Settlement of Labor Disputes Act to be Amended LEE & LI
  
• UNITED STATES Washington State Domestic Partners - Expanded Employment Rights DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE
  
• UNITED STATES IRS Confirms That Treasury Investments Under TARP Are Not Section 409A Plan Payment Triggers HOGAN & HARTSON
  
• UNITED STATES Impact of New Real Estate License Disclosure Law n Homebuilders LUCE FORWARD
  

CALENDAR WATCH (Open to PRAC Members Only)
• October 2009 - PRAC Members' Gathering @ IBA - Madrid - Details to follow
  
• October 17 - 20, 2009 - Beijing - PRAC 46th International Conference Hosted by King & Wood - Registration Open
  

TOOLS TO USE
• PRAC Contacts Matrix & Email Listing –Update (member version only)
• Directory Member Firms now available at PRAC web site
• Expert System available at PRAC web site Private Libraries (members only)
• Intellectual Property & Licensing Capabilities Survey (members only)

May 2009 e-Bulletin(.pdf)

MEMBER NEWS

• Clayton Utz Partner Appointment Strengthens Ties with Japanese Business Community
  
• Davis Wright Tremaine Names Joseph Reece Partner-In-Charge Anchorage Office
  
• Hogan & Hartson Partner Christine Varney Named Assistant Attorney General For Antitrust For US DOJ
  
• Lovells Elects New Hong Kong Partner
  
• Luce Forward Continues California Expansion
  
• Muniz Ramirez Perez-Taiman & Luna Victoria Opens New Office in Northern Peru
  

DEALS MAKING NEWS

• BAKER BOTTS Liberty Media Corp, The Direct TV Group Announce Combination
  
• CLAYTON UTZ to Advise on New Victorian PPP Project
  
• DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE Advises on Sale of Rodgers & Hammerstein Catalog
  
• FRASER MILNER CASGRAIN - An End to Uncertainty: Crown Will Not Appeal Taxpayer’s Victory in Significant Tax Treaty Case
  
• GIDE LOYRETTE NOUEL Acts for Pernod Ricard on Sale of Cognac Brand Bisquit to the Distell Group
  
• HOGAN & HARTSON IP Litigation Team Secures Large Gray Market Infringement Settlement for Red Bull
  
• KING AND WOOD Acts for Underwriters in ChangYou.com NASDAQ Listing
  
• NAUTADUTILH Amsterdam Court of Appeal Grants Yukos Capital Permission to Enforce Four Russian Arbitral Decisions
  
• TOZZINI FREIRE Votorantim Concludes Share Transfer with Safra Group for 84% of Aracruz
  

COUNTRY UPDATES

• AUSTRALIA The Future of Infrastructure Financing and Bidding Process CLAYTON UTZ
  
• CANADA Commercial Host Duty of Care Clarified by British Columbia Court of Appeal RICHARDS BUELL SUTTON
  
• CHINA Emissions Trading Legislation: Applying Market Principles to Solve Looming Environmental Dilemma KING & WOOD
  
• INDONESIA Regulation Allows Commercial Banks USD Repo Transactions ABNR
  
• NEW ZEALAND Important Draft IP Legislations Get First Readings SIMPSON GRIERSON
  
• SINGAPORE Confidentiality and Disclosure in Arbitration Proceedings: A “Win - Win” Situation? RODYK
  
• TAIWAN Relaxation of Rules on Issue Price Discount for Common Shares to be Issued Through Rights Issue or for Sponsoring GDSs Issuance LEE & LI
  
• UNITED STATES Washington State Enacts New Rules for Charities on Investment Management and Endowment Fund Spending DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE
  
• UNITED STATES Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF) Expanded to Include Mortgage-Backed Securities HOGAN & HARTSON
  
• UNITED STATES Third Circuit Court of Appeals Addresses Significant Issues in Securities Fraud Suit MORGAN LEWIS
  

CALENDAR WATCH (Open to PRAC Members Only)
• May 17, 2009 - PRAC Members' Gathering @ INTA - Seattle
  
• October 2009 - PRAC Members' Gathering @ IBA - Madrid - Details to follow
  
• October 17 - 20, 2009 - Beijing - PRAC 46th International Conference Hosted by King & Wood - Registration Open
  

TOOLS TO USE
• PRAC Contacts Matrix & Email Listing –Update (member version only)
• Directory Member Firms now available at PRAC web site
• Expert System available at PRAC web site Private Libraries (members only)
• Intellectual Property & Licensing Capabilities Survey (members only)

April 2009 e-Bulletin(.pdf)

MEMBER NEWS

• Fraser Milner Casgrain Announces 16 New Partners
  
• Hogan & Hartson Northern VA Office Relocates to Tysons Corner
  
• Lovells Elects 19 New Partners
  
• Luce Forward Adds To Business/Complex Litigation Group
  
• Morgan Lewis Partners Re-Elect Francis Milone Chair of the Firm
  
• Santamarina Opens New Office in Mexico's Northwest
  
• Simpson Grierson Partner Appointed to NZ Government Overseas Investment Advisory Group
  
• TozziniFreire Jose Luis de Salles Freire Elected President of CESA
  
• Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr Announces Newest Scholar-in-Residence
  

DEALS MAKING NEWS

• BAKER BOTTS Federal District Judge Awards ASARCO Damages Estimated At More Than $6 Billion
  
• BRIGARD & CASTRO Advises Colinversiones SA in Kimberly Clark Deal
  
• FRASER MILNER CASGRAIN Team Scores Pension Rectification Win for Kraft Canada Inc.
  
• GIDE LOYRETTE NOUEL Advises Domaines Baron de Rothschild on Historic Chinese Wine Partnership for Chateau Lafite
  
• HOGAN & HARTSON Achieves Victory Before the United States Supreme Court in Battery Manufacturers Case
  
• KING AND WOOD Assists MOFCOM in Winning Landmark IPR Protection Dispute
  
• LOVELLS Advised on Listing of Chinese Liquor Distributor Silver Base Group Holdings Limited
  
• NAUTADUTILH Advises SNS Bank in €2 Billion State Guaranteed Bond Issue
  
• RODYK Acts for DOWA Holdings in Acquisition of All Shares in Modern Asia Environmental Holdings Inc.
  
• SANTAMARINA Y STETA Advises on Several Matters Related to Global Financial Crisis
  
• SKRINE Wins Landmark Islamic Finance Appeal
  
• TOZZINI FREIRE Advises Solvay Indupa in Brazilia
  

COUNTRY UPDATES

• AUSTRALIA Shareholders Get To Inspect Directors and Officers' Liability Insurance Policies CLAYTON UTZ
  
• CHINA Antitrust Litigation in China KING & WOOD
  
• LUXEMBOURG Clarification of the Luxembourg Tax Treatment of Intellectual Property Income NAUTADUTILH
  
• NEW ZEALAND Surprise! You’re an ISP SIMPSON GRIERSON
  
• SINGAPORE Duty of Confidentiality Versus Interests of Third-Party Security Providers RODYK
  
• TAIWAN Listing Rules Amended to Attract Investments from Foreign Technology Companies LEE & LI
  
• UNITED STATES
  
• California Court of Appeal Says My Space Not Private DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE
  
• FDA Enforcement of On-Line Advertising and Promotional Activities - Emerging Market Opportunities Come with Legal and Regulatory Risk HOGAN & HARTSON
  
• Stimulus Bill Provides Benefits for Builders and Developers LUCE FORWARD
  
• Honda Motor v. Winkelmann - A Hard Stance Regarding the Bona Fide Intent to Use Requirement MORGAN LEWIS
  
• Cloaked in Uncertainty: Treatment of “Stub Rent” in the Goody’s and Stone Barn Retail Apparel Bankruptcies WILMERHALE
  

CALENDAR WATCH (Open to PRAC Members Only)
• April 25 -28, 2009 - Boston - PRAC 45th International Conference Hosted by WilmerHale
  
• May 17, 2009 - PRAC Members' Gathering @ INTA - Seattle
  
• October 2009 - PRAC Members' Gathering @ IBA - Madrid - Details to follow
  
• October 17 - 20, 2009 - Beijing - PRAC 46th International Conference Hosted by King & Wood - Pre-Registration Open
  

TOOLS TO USE
• PRAC Contacts Matrix & Email Listing –Update (member version only)
• Directory Member Firms now available at PRAC web site
• Expert System available at PRAC web site Private Libraries (members only)
• Intellectual Property & Licensing Capabilities Survey (members only)

March 2009 e-Bulletin(.pdf)

MEMBER NEWS

• Davis Wright Tremaine Expands West Coast Patent Team
  
• Gide Loyrette Nouel Opens Two New Offices in United Arab Emirates
  
• Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel Announce Partner Appointment
  
• Hogan & Hartson Adds Leading Cable Industry Lawyer to Communications Practice
  
• Luce Forward Announce New Technology Law Group
  
• Rodyk & Davidson Promotes Four to Partnership
  

DEALS MAKING NEWS

• BAKER BOTTS Liberty Media Invests $530M in Sirius XM Radio
  
• BRIGARD & CASTRO Advises Inditex on IP Risks for ZARA New Operations in Colombia
  
• CLAYTON UTZ Downturn Brings Unique Opportunities for Australia’s Energy and Resource Sectors
  
• FRASER MILNER CASGRAIN Prevails in Beneficial Owner Case
  
• HOGAN & HARTSON Successfully Defends Polish Cosmetic Company's Right to Import and Distribute Its Products in Russia
  
• LOVELLS Advises on Healthcare PFI Restructuring and Refinancing
  
• LUCE FORWARD Counsels Helix Wind Taking First Small Wind Renewable Energy Company Public
  
• NAUTADUTILH Advises ING Group on Dutch State’s Credit Risk Takeover
  
• RODYK Acts in Sale of Properties to the Government of Kuwait
  
• SIMPSON GRIERSON Supreme Court Win in Long Running Premium Real Estate Case
  

COUNTRY UPDATES

• AUSTRALIA ASEAN Australia New Zealand Free Trade Agreement Signed CLAYTON UTZ
  
• CHINA Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage Initiative and the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in China KING & WOOD
  
• SINGAPORE Court of Appeals Upholds Rare Decision to Pierce Corporate Veil RODYK & DAVIDSON
  
• TAIWAN New Rules for Securities Investments and Futures Trading by Mainland Chinese Investors LEE & LI
  
• UNITED STATES
  
• The Fair Pay Act 2009 Significant Implications for Employers DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE
  
• Anti-Trust Update - Supreme Court Shuns Price Squeeze Theory HOGAN & HARTSON
  
• US Supreme Court Ruling in Wyeth.v.Levine Rejects Preemption of Failure to Warn Claim MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS
  
• Debtor Against Debtor Limits on the Discharge of Claims by One Bankruptcy Estate Against Another WLMERHALE
  

CALENDAR WATCH (Open to PRAC Members Only)
• April 25 -28, 2009 - Boston - PRAC 45th International Conference Hosted by WilmerHale
  
• May 17, 2009 - PRAC Members' Gathering @ INTA - Seattle - Details to follow
  
• October 2009 - PRAC Members' Gathering @ IBA - Madrid - Details to follow
  
• October 17 - 20, 2009 - Beijing - PRAC 46th International Conference Hosted by King & Wood - NEW DATES
  

TOOLS TO USE
• PRAC Contacts Matrix & Email Listing –Update (member version only)
• Directory Member Firms now available at PRAC web site
• Expert System available at PRAC web site Private Libraries (members only)
• Intellectual Property & Licensing Capabilities Survey (members only)

February 2009 e-Bulletin(.pdf)

MEMBER NEWS

• Ali Budiardjo Announce Partner Appointments
  
• Allende & Brea Adds Banking Partner; Announce Promotion
  
• Clayton Utz Boosts Insolvency and Restructuring Team
  
• Davis Wright Partner Gary Locke Nominated by President Obama for US Secretary of Commerce
  
• Hogan & Hartson Initiates Stimulus Legislation Task Force
  
• Hoet Pelaez Partner Fernando Pelaez-Pier New IBA President
  
• Luce Forward Boosts Corporate Securities Practice
  
• Morgan Lewis Adds to Corporate Investigations and White Collar Crime Practice
  
• Simpson Grierson Announce Promotions and Additions
  
• WilmerHale Partner Todd Stern Selected by Clinton as Special Envoy for Climate Change
  

DEALS MAKING NEWS

• ALI BUDIARDJO Acts for Government of Republic of Indonesia in 2.2 Billion Global Bond Issuance
  
• ALLENDE & BREA Advises The Sentient Group in Acquisition of Rincon Lithium
  
• BAKER BOTTS Advises $579 Million Halliburton and KBR FCPA Settlement
  
• CLAYTON UTZ Advises Leading Queensland Companies on Successful Capital Raisings
  
• GIDE LOYRETTE NOUEL Advises on Veolia Transport RATP Development Public Transportation Joint Venture for Asian market
  
• HOGAN & HARTSON Represents China M and Sharp Point in Sale to Telstra
  
• KING & WOOD Acts in Turkmenistan Gas Pipeline Project Finance
  
• MORGAN LEWIS Advises Autonomy in $775 Million Acquisition of Interwoven
  
• NAUTADUTILH Advises SNS Bank in €2 billion State Guaranteed Bond Issue
  
• TOZZINI FREIRE Acquisition by Votorantim Celulose e Papel S.A. of shares from Aracruz
  
• WILMERHALE The Medicines Company Acquires Targant
  

COUNTRY UPDATES

• AUSTRALIA Development Applications a Trade Practices Act Free Zone Says New South Wales Supreme Court CLAYTON UTZ
  
• BRAZIL Regulation for the Offering of Securities with Limited Placement Efforts TOZZINI FREIRE
  
• CANADA Proposed Amendments to Canada’s Competition Laws FRASER MILNER CASGRAIN
  
• CHINA Elevating Standards China's Newly Amended Patent Law DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE
  
• CHINA Tax Issues Related to IP Transfer of Foreign Enterprise to China Transferee KING & WOOD
  
• FRANCE New Securities Regulations in Effect GIDE LOYRETTE NOUEL
  
• JAPAN New Japanese Banking Regulations Open Certain Islamic Finance Transaction to Subsidiaries of Japanese Banks NISHIMURA & ASAHI
  
• NEW ZEALAND Proposed RMA Amendments SIMPSON GRIERSON
  
• UNITED STATES
  
• Private Equity Update - Carried Interest Tax Change in Obama Budget Proposal HOGAN & HARTSON
  
• Closed End Fund Trustees Sued by Auction Rate Preferred Shareholders MORGAN LEWIS
  
• New Tax Breaks for Massachusetts Life Science Companies WLMERHALE
  

CALENDAR WATCH (Open to PRAC Members Only)
• April 25 -28, 2009 - Boston - PRAC 45th International Conference Hosted by WilmerHale
  
• May 17, 2009 - PRAC Members' Gathering @ INTA - Seattle - Details to follow
  
• October 2009 - PRAC Members' Gathering @ IBA - Madrid - Details to follow
  
• October 17 - 20, 2009 - Beijing - PRAC 46th International Conference Hosted by King & Wood - NEW DATES
  

TOOLS TO USE
• PRAC Contacts Matrix & Email Listing –Update (member version only)
• Directory Member Firms now available at PRAC web site
• Expert System available at PRAC web site Private Libraries (members only)
• 2008 Intellectual Property & Licensing Capabilities Survey (members only)

January 2009 e-Bulletin(.pdf)

MEMBER NEWS

• Baker Botts Adds Securities Partner; Announces New Special Counsel
  
• Clayton Utz Promotes New Talent to Partnership
  
• Davis Wright Builds on Clean Technology Practice; Names 8 to Partnership
  
• Fraser Milner Strengthens Corporate Commercial with Montreal Partner Additions
  
• Gide Loyrette Announces 6 Partners
  
• Hogan & Hartson Launches Political Law, Government Ethics, and Lobbying Compliance Practice; Elevates 8 to Partnership and 12 to Counsel
  
• Morgan Lewis U.S. Attorney for the District of Delaware Joins Firm
  
• NautaDutilh Names Specialist Cassation Partner
  
• Tilleke & Gibbins Ho Chi Minh Office Relocates
  
• WilmerHale Names New Partners and Counsel
  

DEALS MAKING NEWS

• FRASER MILNER P3 team assists Québec’s Ministry of Transportation on Closing of Québec’s A30 Completion Project
  
• GIDE LOYRETTE NOUEL Paris Legal Counsel on the PPP for the Port Réunion Cereal Storage Terminal
  
• HOGAN & HARTSON Achieves Major Victory on behalf of My Space
  
• KING & WOOD Acts for Underwriters China International Capital Corp in Jiangxi Copper Bond Issuance
  
• MUNIZ Acts in Votorantim Purchase 70 percent Atacocha shares
  
• NAUTADUTILH Advises FPIM following the issue of debt instruments by KBC
  
• RODYK Acts for WNS (Holdings) Limited in Acquisition AVIVA Global Services
  
• SIMPSON GRIERSON Acts for Toll NZ on Sale National Rail Business Back to Crown
  
• TOZZINI FREIRE Stock Purchase Agreement Approval Reached for Sale of Andarko Petroleum Interest in Peregrine Field and Kaskida Unit
  

COUNTRY UPDATES

• AUSTRALIA New Prudential Framework for General Insurance Groups Finalized by APRA CLAYTON UTZ
  
• CANADA Future of General Anti Avoidance Rule GAAR Once More in Danger FRASER MILNER CASGRAIN
  
• CHINA Perfect 10 Inc v CC BIL LLC Insights on the Applications of the Safe Harbor Principle KING & WOOD
  
• NETHERLANDS New Rules on Fees and Credit Advertising NAUTADUTILH
  
• PHILIPPINES Protection of Trade Secrets and Proprietary Information SYCIP SALAZAR HERNANDEZ & GATMAITAN
  
• TAIWAN Department Stores Share Liability for Counterfeit Goods Sold by Concession Operator LEE & LI
  
• THAILAND Amendments to Securities & Exchange Act TILLEKE & GIBBINS
  
• UNITED STATES Addressing And Minimizing Risks Of Personal Liability For Directors And Officers Based On Allegations Of Actively Inducing Corporate Patent Infringement BAKER BOTTS
  
• State Consumer Protection/Unfair Trade Practices Cases: The Expanded Assault on Off-Label Promotion HOGAN & HARTSON
  
• Federal Contractor E-Verify Regulation Implementa-tion Delayed; Outlook Uncertain MORGAN LEWIS
  
• NAI Releases Behavioral Advertising Self-Regulatory Principles WILMERHALE

CALENDAR WATCH (Open to PRAC Members Only)
• April 25 -28, 2009 - Boston - PRAC 45th International Conference Hosted by WilmerHale
  
• May 17, 2009 - PRAC Members' Gathering @ INTA - Seattle - Details to follow
  
• October 2009 - PRAC Members' Gathering @ IBA - Madrid - Details to follow
  
• October 17 - 20, 2009 - Beijing - PRAC 46th International Conference Hosted by King & Wood - NEW DATES
  

TOOLS TO USE
• PRAC Contacts Matrix & Email Listing –Update (member version only)
• Directory Member Firms now available at PRAC web site
• Expert System available at PRAC web site Private Libraries (members only)
• 2008 Intellectual Property & Licensing Capabilities Survey (members only)

December 2008 e-Bulletin(.pdf)

MEMBER NEWS

• Baker Botts International Finance Lawyer Joins London Office
  
• Davis Wright Expands National Industry Practices Adding 22 Lawyers
  
• Hogan & Hartson Former DOJ Antitrust Division Head Litigator Rejoins Firm
  
• Luce Forward Continues Corporate Group Expansion
  
• Morgan Lewis 17 Member Energy Transactions Group Joins New York Office
  
• Simpson Grierson Announces Partner Promotion
  
• WilmerHale Expands Securities Litigation & Enforcement Practice in Los Angeles
  
• TozziniFreire Adds Fortaleza Partner
  

DEALS MAKING NEWS

• CLAYTON UTZ Advises Grain Pool on $2 Billion Debt Funding
  
• FRASER MILNER CASGRAIN Advises Hunting PLC on Sale of Gibson Energy Holdings & Subsidiaries to Riverstone/Carlyle Group
  
• GIDE LOYRETTE NOUEL Counsel to the Republic of Mali on the Sale of a Strategic Stake in BIM SA to Attijariwafa Bank
  
• HOGAN & HARTSON Advises Tata Chemicals Subsidiary in Underwrite Funding of $300M
  
• KING & WOOD Advises China International Capital Corporation Limited on Jiangxi Copper Co. Bond Issue
  
• LOVELLS Advises on Merger of Leading UK and US Technology Companies
  
• MUNIZ Acts in Purchase of Atacocha
  
• RODYK Acts in Landmark Casino Ruling on Foreign Gambling Debt Judgment
  
• SIMPSON GRIERSON Acts for DB Breweries in Sale of Retail Franchise Business
  
• TOZZINIFREIRE Stock Purchase Agreement Approval Reached for Sale of Andarko Petroleum Corporation Interest in Peregrine Field and Kadkida Unit
  
• WILMERHALE Five Guantanamo Detainees Ordered Released
  

COUNTRY UPDATES

• AUSTRALIA - CLAYTON UTZ New South Wales Tightens Contaminated Lands Regulations
  
• CANADA - FRASER MILNER CASGRAIN Fifth Protocol to the Canada U.S. Income Tax Convention Enters Into Force
  
• CHINA - KING & WOOD - Managing Objections to Patent Amendments that Go Beyond Original Disclosure
  
• MEXICO - SANTAMARINA Y STETA Energy Reform Update
  
• NEW ZEALAND - SIMPSON GRIERSON Emissions Trading - A Change in Political Climate
  
• SINGAPORE - RODYK & DAVIDSON Offering Foreign Collective Investment Schemes in Singapore
  
• TAIWAN - LEE & LI Conditions Relaxed for Overseas Investments in Taiwan
  
• UNITED STATES - HOGAN & HARTSON Privacy Update SONY BMG Music Pays $1 Million Fine to Settle COPPA Charges
  
• UNITED STATES - WILMERHALE - Massachusetts Releases Proposed Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufacturer Code of Conduct
  

CALENDAR WATCH (Open to PRAC Members Only)
• April 25 -28, 2009 - Boston - PRAC 45th International Conference Hosted by WilmerHale
  
• May 17, 2009 - PRAC Members' Gathering @ INTA - Seattle - Details to follow
  
• October 2009 - PRAC Members' Gathering @ IBA - Madrid - Details to follow
  
• October 7 - 10, 2009 - Beijing - PRAC 46th International Conference Hosted by King & Wood
  

TOOLS TO USE
• PRAC Contacts Matrix & Email Listing –Update (member version only)
• Directory Member Firms now available at PRAC web site
• Expert System available at PRAC web site Private Libraries (members only)
• 2008 Intellectual Property & Licensing Capabilities Survey (members only)

October 2008 e-Bulletin(.pdf)

MEMBER NEWS

• Baker Botts Announces 13 Partners
  
• King & Wood Celebrates Launch of New York Office
  
• Gide Loyrette Welcomes Back Senior Paris Partner
  
• Lovells Opens Second Hanoi Office
  
• Luce Forward Expands in Orange County Office
  
• Morgan Lewis Boosts Employment & Labour Team
  
• NautaDutilh Appoint 3 Partners, 5 Associate Partners
  
• WilmerHale Boosts Anti-Trust Competition in LA
  

DEALS MAKING NEWS

• BAKER BOTTS Discovery, Advance/Newhouse Programming Complete Transactions
  
• CLAYTON UTZ Advises Syndicate of Banks on $500M Debt Facility
  
• FRASER MILNER CASGRAIN Acts for Barrick Gold Corp in $410M Acquisition of Cadence Energy
  
• GIDE LOYRETTE NOUEL Advises Exeltium on discussion with the European Commission concerning the implementation of procurement and electricity supply agreements
  
• HOGAN & HARTSON Leads European Legal Teams for Gazprom on the Proposed South Stream Pipeline Mega Project
  
• LOVELLS advised Columbus McKinnon Corporation on the acquisition of Pfaff Beteiligungs GmbH
  
• MUNIZ advises Perenco Peru Limited in Development Heavy Oil Reserves in Block 67
  
• RODYK Acts For Raffles Education Corporation in US$100 million India JV
  
• TOZZINIFREIRE acts for Lincoln Electric Holdings
  
• SIMPSON GRIERSON Appointed Legal Advisors for the Sale of Matariki Forests
  

COUNTRY UPDATES

• AUSTRALIA - CLAYTON UTZ Proposed Public Interest Test to Apply to All Mining Tenures in Queensland
  
• BRAZIL - TOZZINI FREIRE Proposed Regulation for Offerings of Securities with Limited Placement Offerings
  
• CHINA - KING & WOOD - Judicial Recognition of Well-Known Trademarks in China
  
• NETHERLANDS - NAUTADUTILH Dutch Court Rounds-up the case, Ready® for the ECJ: The scope of protection of DNA patents (II)
  
• NEW ZEALAND - SIMPSON GRIERSON On Line Contracting - Making Sure Its All Wrapped Up
  
• TAIWAN - LEE & LI Reforms to Block Trading System
  
• THAILAND - TILLEKE & GIBBINS Company Registration in Thailand - A Ten Point Checklist
  
• UNITED STATES - DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE Congressional Bailout Bill Highlights for Financial Service and Public Reporting Companies
  
• UNITED STATES - HOGAN & HARTSON SEC Update —Third Circuit Reverses Controversial Section 16(b) Decision
  
• UNITED STATES - MORGAN LEWIS - Certain Tax Provisions of the Economic Stability Act of 2008 and IRS Guidance Relating to the Economic Crisis
  

CALENDAR WATCH (Open to PRAC Members Only)
• October 15, 2008 - IBA Conference - Reception Hosted by Allende & Brea
  
• October 19-22, 2008 - PRAC Gathering - Association of Corporate Counsel Annual Meeting - SEATTLE
• November 15-18, 2008 – Mumbai - PRAC 44th International Conference - Registration Now Open

TOOLS TO USE
• PRAC Contacts Matrix & Email Listing –Update (member version only)
• Directory Member Firms now available at PRAC web site
• Expert System available at PRAC web site Private Libraries (members only)
• 2008 Intellectual Property & Licensing Capabilities Survey (members only)

September 2008 e-Bulletin(.pdf)

MEMBER NEWS

• DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE Adds to Business Transactions and Energy Practices
  
• FRASER MILNER CASGRAIN Adds to National Tax and International Trade Groups
  
• GOODSILL Welcomes New Associates
  
• GIDE LOYRETTE NOUEL Launches London Graduate Recruitment Program
  
• HOGAN & HARTSON Partner Re-elected Regional President of Hispanic National Bar Association
  
• LOVELLS Enhances Asian Finance Team
  
• LUCE FORWARD Announces new Action Sports Practice
  
• NAUTADUTILH Launches Landmark Benelux Restructuring and Insolvency Team
  
• SIMPSON GRIERSON Welcomes Back Former Partner
  
• TILLEKE & GIBBINS Relocates Bangkok Offices
  

DEALS MAKING NEWS

• BAKER BOTTS ASARCO Wins Liability Phase of Fraudulent Transfer Trial
  
• CLAYTON UTZ Advises Australian Worlwide Exploration (AWE) in Billion Dollar Merger with ARC Energy and Demerger of Buru Energy Ltd.
  
• GIDE LOYRETTE NOUEL Paris and Tunis Counsel to Groupama in Privatisation of STAR (Societe Tunisienne d'Assurances et de Reassurances)
  
• HOGAN & HARTSON Successfully Defends Chinese Producers in Major U.S. Countervailing Duty and Antidumping Investigations of OTR Tires from China
  
• LOVELLS Milan Italian Capital Markets Team Assists ABN AMRO Bank NV and Royal Bank of Scotland in €380 Million Securitisation Transaction
  
• NAUTADUTILH Acts in IPO of German1 Acquisition Limited on Euronext Amsterdam by NYSE Euronext
  
• TOZZINIFREIRE Advises in US$390 Million Share Purchase Transaction
  
• WILMERHALE Wins Big for Targus Information Corporation
  

COUNTRY UPDATES

• AUSTRALIA - CLAYTON UTZ - What Happens To A Franchising Agreement if the Franchising Code Wasn't Complied With
  
• CANADA - FRASER MILNER CASGRAIN - Recent Development in Canadian Trade Regulation Proposed Tariff Elimination and Sanctions Against Zimbabwe
  
• CHINA - KING & WOOD – The Anti-Unfair Competition Law and “Packaging or Decoration Unique to Well-Known Products”
  
• NEW ZEALAND – SIMPSON GRIERSON – Seven Deadly Sins of Software Licensing
  
• UNITED STATES - DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE - Labor and Industries Clarifies Washington State Rules Regarding Pay for Commute Time in Employer's Vehicle
  
• UNITED STATES - HOGAN & HARTSON - Federal Government Takes Control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
  
• UNITED STATES - MORGAN LEWIS – Immigration Alert - Visa Waiver Electronic System
  

CALENDAR WATCH (Open to PRAC Members Only)
• October 15, 2008 - IBA Conference - Reception Hosted by Allende & Brea
  
• October 19-22, 2008 - PRAC Gathering - Association of Corporate Counsel Annual Meeting - SEATTLE
• November 15-18, 2008 – Mumbai - PRAC 44th International Conference - Registration Now Open

TOOLS TO USE
• PRAC Contacts Matrix & Email Listing –Update (member version only)
• Directory Member Firms now available at PRAC web site
• Expert System available at PRAC web site Private Libraries (members only)
• 2008 Intellectual Property & Licensing Capabilities Survey (members only)

August 2008 e-Bulletin(.pdf)

MEMBER NEWS

• BAKER BOTTS Scoops LNG Energy Expert
  
• DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE Adds to Employment & Labor Group
  
• FRASER MILNER CASGRAIN Former Chief Justice Tax Court Joins Firm
  
• HOGAN & HARTSON Adds Political Veteran - Broadens Government Relations Practice
  
• LUCE FORWARD Announces New Management Changes
  
• MORGAN LEWIS Elevates 22 Lawyers to Partner
  
• TILLEKE & GIBBINS Combines Forces with Pacific Legal Group
  

DEALS MAKING NEWS

• BAKER BOTTS’ Obtains $24M Verdict for American Calcar, Inc. in Vehicle Navigation Systems Patent Infringement Case
  
• CAREY y CIA Acts for General Cable Corporation in Successful Share Offering in Cobre Cerillos SA
  
• GIDE LOYRETTE NOUEL London Advises GE Capital on €1.5B Debt Issue
  
• HOGAN & HARTSON Advises McCormick & Co. in Acquisition of Lawry's
  
• LOVELLS Acts on €570M Landmark Energy From Waste Project in London
  
• RODYK Acts or Malayan Banking Berhad Bank in US $1.5B Bid to Secure Controlling State in Indonesia's 6th Largest Bank
  
• TOZZINIFREIRE Acts for Banco SOfisa SA in Establishment US$1B Note and Issuance
  
• WILMERHALE Secures Five Major Wins
  

COUNTRY UPDATES

• AUSTRALIA - CLAYTON UTZ - Known Circumstances Decision Provides Important Guidance - What do you know and should you have known?
  
• BRAZIL - TOZZINIFREIRE - New Rules for Maximum Limits for Cession and Retrocession to Occasional Reinsurers
  
• CHINA - KING & WOOD – Forum Shopping in China: CIE TAC vs UNCITRAL
  
• NETHERLANDS – NAUTADUTILH – Hague Decision Helps in Fight Against Piracy
  
• NEW ZEALAND – SIMPSON GRIERSON – The Warehouse Decision - Court of Appeal - A Return to Basic Principles
  
• TAIWAN - LEE & LI – New Legislation Amends Intellectual Property Litigation System
  
• THAILAND - TILLEKE & GIBBINS – IP Update - Recordation of Wll Known Marks in Thailand
  
• UNITED STATES - HOGAN & HARTSON – Export Controls and Customs Update - Laptop Searches at the Border - Why it is Happening and How to Protect Your Company
  
• UNITED STATES - LUCE FORWARD - Everett vs. State Farm - Supreme Court Denies Requests to Depublish
  
• UNITED STATES - MORGAN LEWIS – New Rules for Non-Compete Provisions and Release in California
  
• UNITED STATES - WILMERHALE - Massachusetts Enacts Sweeping Changes in Taxation in Business
  

CALENDAR WATCH (Open to PRAC Members Only)
• September 2, 2008 - IFA Conference - Reception & Dinner Hosted by NautaDutilh
  
• October 15, 2008 - IBA Conference - Reception Hosted by Allende & Brea
  
• November 15-18, 2008 – Mumbai - PRAC 44th International Conference - Registration Now Open

TOOLS TO USE
• PRAC Contacts Matrix & Email Listing –Update (member version only)
• Directory Member Firms now available at PRAC web site
• Expert System available at PRAC web site Private Libraries (members only)
• Intellectual Property & Licensing Capabilities Survey - Update (members only)

July 2008 e-Bulletin(.pdf)

MEMBER NEWS

• ALLENDE & BREA Expand IP
  
• CAREY y CIA Announces Partner Appointments
  
• DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE Adds to Employment & Labor Group
  
• FRASER MILNER CASGRAIN hosts successful Mining & Money Conference in Mexico City
  
• GIDE LOYRETTE NOUEL Boosts US International Capital Markets Practice with New Arrival
  
• HOGAN & HARTSON To Open Abu Dhabi Office
  
• LUCE FORWARD Announces New Climate Change and Sustainable Technology Practice
  

DEALS MAKING NEWS

• ALLENDE & BREA Acts for Agropur in 50% Acquisition of La Lecto
  
• BAKERBOTTS’ Representation of Elan Results in $55.2Million Award in Nanotech Patent Infringement Case
  
• CAREY y CIA Acts for Public Service Enterprise Group (“PSEG”) in $1.3 Billion Sale of SAESA Group to Ontario Teacher’s Pension Plan/Morgan Stanley Consortium
  
• FRASER MILNER CASGRAIN Acts as Canadian Counsel to Petro-Canada Issuance US $1.5Billion of Senior Notes
  
• GIDE LOYRETTE NOUEL London & Paris Advise on €700 Million MTN Issue for GE Capital FCC Securitisation
  
• HOGAN & HARTSON Advises MySpace In Landmark Music Venture
  
• LOVELLS Acts On Hong Kong’s First Real Estate IPO in 2008
  
• NAUTADUTILH Advises Deutsche Bank in Partial Acquisition of ABN AMRO
  
• RODYK Acts in Ford Motor Subsidiaries Sale to Tata Motors
  
• TOZZINIFREIRE Acts for GE Energy in Sale to Austrian Engineering Group
  
• WILMERHALE False Claims Act Verdict Results in $90Million Award
  

COUNTRY UPDATES

• AUSTRALIA - CLAYTON UTZ - Federal Government to Assume Responsibility for Regulation of All Consumer Credit
  
• CHILE – CAREY Y CIA – Netting of Obligations Under Master Financial Derivatives Agreement
  
• CHINA - KING & WOOD – Forum Shopping in China: CIE TAC vs UNCITRAL
  
• NETHERLANDS – NAUTADUTILH – Energy Unbundling Act – Committee Publishes Recommendations to Public Shareholders of Energy Companies
  
• NEW ZEALAND – SIMPSON GRIERSON – Competition Law Update – M&A – Can Vendors in Acquisitions Be Liable for Breaches of the Commerce Act?
  
• TAIWAN - LEE & LI – Draft Amendments to Soil and Groundwater Pollution Remediation
  
• THAILAND - TILLEKE & GIBBINS – Market Dominance Under the Competition Law
  
• UNITED STATES - DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE – DEA Erects a Check Point on the Road to e-Prescribing
  
• UNITED STATES - HOGAN & HARTSON – PhRMA Amends Guidelines for Interactions with Health Care Professionals
  
• UNITED STATES - MORGAN LEWIS – Ninth Circuit Ruling – Text Messages Shielded from Employer Review
  

CALENDAR WATCH (Members Only)
• Mumbai Conference - November 15-18, 2008 – Early Indication Registration Now Open

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• PRAC Contacts Matrix & Email Listing –Update (member version only)
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June 2008 e-Bulletin(.pdf)

MEMBER NEWS

• HOGAN & HARTSON New Partner Addition Expands Intellectual Property and New Media Practices
  
• LOVELLS Promotes 46 to Of Counsel
  
• LUCE FORWARD Renowned Trusts & Estates Attorney Joins Firm
  
• MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS Adds Leading Structured Finance Team to California
  

DEALS MAKING NEWS

• CLAYTON UTZ Advises on Award-Winning Motorway Project
  
• FRASER MILNER CASGRAIN Wins Significant Permanent Establishment Case Involving Canada-US Treaty
  
• GIDE LOYRETTE NOUEL Advises SNCF For Its Cash Public Offer on Geodis
  
• HOGAN & HARTSON Advises in Webster Financial Offering of $225 Million of Non-Cumulative Perpetual Convertible Preferred Stock
  
• WILMERHALE Legal Counsel in Landmark Case Upholding Constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act

COUNTRY UPDATES

• AUSTRALIA - CLAYTON UTZ - Federal Treasury - Green Paper - Chance to Shape Financial Services and Credit Reform
  
• BRAZIL – TozziniFreire – Corporate Entities and Individuals Required to Report Assets Held Abroad
  
• CHINA - King & Wood – Interplay of Non-Compete Agreements under the PRC Anti-Monopoly Act
  
• INDONESIA - Ali Budiardjo Nugroho Reksodiputro - Income Tax Incentive for Public Companies Announced
  
• TAIWAN - LEE & LI - Insurance Companies Not Subject to Article 211 of the Company Act
  
• THAILAND - TILLEKE & GIBBINS - Considerations for Terminating Employees
  
• UNITED STATES - DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE - New Law Provides Additional Benefits to Employees of Military
  
• UNITED STATES - HOGAN & HARTSON - Census Bureau Issues Final Rule: New Foreign Trade Regulations
  
• UNITED STATES - MORGAN LEWIS - E-Verify to be Mandatory for Federal Contractors
  
• VIETNAM - TILLEKE & GIBBINS - Government Office Issues Letter on Development of Automobile Industry
  

CALENDAR WATCH (Members Only)
• Mumbai Conference - November 15-18, 2008 – Early Indication Registration Now Open

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• PRAC Contacts Matrix & Email Listing –Update (member version only)
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May 2008 e-Bulletin(.pdf)

MEMBER NEWS

• BAKER BOTTS Veteran Trial Lawyer Joins Firm
  
• DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE Top Seattle Litigator Joins Firm
  
• HOGAN & HARTSON Former Senior White House Official Joins Firm
  
• MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS Employment Partner Joins Firm
  
• NAUTADUTILH Appoints New Partner to Head Dedicated Investment Funds Practice in Luxembourg
  

DEALS MAKING NEWS

• CLAYTON UTZ Advises on Award-Winning Motorway Project
  
• FRASER MILNER CASGRAIN Acts in Landmark Decision on the Powers of Search and Seizure
  
• GIDE Advises Republic of Mali on Privatisation of the Banque Internationale pour le Mali
  
• HOGAN & HARTSON Announces Closing of Major Deal for ArcelorMittal’s Sparrow Point Steel Mill
  
• NAUTADUTILH The Heirs of Malevich and City of Amsterdam Reach Amicable Settlement on Artwork
  
• RODYK Acts for Savvis in Acquisition of Geo-Tele Data Centre
  
• TOZZINIFREIRE Acts in Joint Venture between Kraft and Sadia
  
• WILMERHALE Acts for International Paper; DOJ Approves Acquisition of Wyerhauser

COUNTRY UPDATES

• AUSTRALIA - CLAYTON UTZ - Securities Lending Contracts Are Not Mortgages or Charges
  
• BRAZIL – TozziniFreire – New Ruling on Use of Federal Waters for Aquiculture Activities
  
• CHINA - King & Wood – Perfection of Civil Retrial, Enforcement and Consistency Among Laws - Amendments to PRC’s Civil Procedure Law
  
• HONG KONG - LOVELLS - Reform of the Law of Arbitration in Hong Kong
  
• JAPAN - NISHIMURA & ASAHI - Proposed Amendments of the Japanese Merger Filing Regulation
  
• SINGAPORE - RODYK & DAVIDSON - Catalist Rules Announced
  
• TAIWAN - Lee & Li – FTC Announces New Rules For the Financial Industry
  
• UNITED STATES
  
• Davis Wright Tremaine - H Visa Cap Exemption Would Boost Guam Military Buildup
  
• Hogan & Hartson – Congress Passes Law to Facilitate Student Loan Availability
  
• Luce Forward – Federal Court Door Closed to Inverse Condemnation Actions Against the State
  
• Morgan Lewis - New Jersey to Provide Payments to Workers Taking Leave to Care for Dependant Family Members
  

CALENDAR WATCH (Members Only)
• Mumbai Conference - November 15-18, 2008 – Early Indication Registration Now Open

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• PRAC Contacts Matrix & Email Listing –Update (member version only)
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April 2008 e-Bulletin(.pdf)

MEMBER NEWS

• Carey y Cia Announces Appointments of Two Partners
  
• Luce Forward Expands Intellectual Property Litigation Group
  
• Morgan Lewis Head of Transactional Group at PDL BioPharma Joins Firm
  

DEALS MAKING NEWS

• Clayton Utz advises on Morgan Stanley Joint Venture with ABC Learning Centres
  
• Gide Loyrette Nouel Counsel for Air France in Ryanair action- Paris Court of Appeal Ruling Partially Upholds Judgement in Unlawful Comparative Advertising Action
  
• Hogan & Hartson Closes Deal on Ford $2bn Sale of Jaguar and Land Rover Subsidiaries to Tata Motors
  
• Lovells Advises World Class Consortium Otkritie Financial Corporation and Deutsche Bank AG Real Estate on Future Sale of Four Class “A” Office Buildings to KanAm Grund Kapitalanagegesellschaft mbH
  
• NautaDutilh Assists British Drinks Company Diageo in Joint Venture for KETEL ONE Vodka and KETEL 1 genever
  
• WilmerHale – New York’s “Bill of Rights” Law Overturned in Federal Appeals Court - important and high profile victory for the Air Transport Association of America
  

COUNTRY UPDATES

• AUSTRALIA – Clayton Utz – Direct Offshore Foreign Insurers Exemptions Finalized by Australian Treasury
  
• BRAZIL – TozziniFreire –Important Decisions on Foreign Arbitration Awards
  
• CHINA - King & Wood –P2P Operator Liable for Contributory Infringement
  
• FRANCE – Gide Loyrette Nouel – Supplement Tax Lease
  
• NETHERLANDS – NautaDutilh –Dutch Court Rounds-Up the Case, Ready® For the EJC; the Scope of Protection of DNA Patents
  
• TAIWAN - Lee & Li – Supreme Court Guidance on Bonds for Litigation
  
• THAILAND – Tilleke & Gibbins – Intellectual Property Update – Developments in Compulsory Licensing
  
• UNITED STATES
  
• Hogan & Hartson – International Arbitration & Litigation update – Supreme Court Rejects Judicial Review of Arbitration Awards, Even by Express Agreement
  
• Luce Forward – Proposed RESPA Reform and Increase Conforming Loan Limit Considerations – Proposed RESPA Rule Targets Building (Dis)Incentives
  

CALENDAR WATCH (Members Only)
• Paris Conference- April 12-15, 2008
  
• PRAC Gathering at InterPacific Bar Association April 29, 2008 – Los Angeles
  
• Mumbai Conference - November 15-18, 2008 – Early Indication Registration Now Open

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• PRAC Contacts Matrix & Email Listing –Update (member version only)
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March 2008 e-Bulletin(.pdf)

MEMBER NEWS

• Baker Botts Veteran Trial Lawyer Joins Firm
  
• Davis Wright Tremaine Top Seattle Litigator Joins Firm
  
• Hogan & Hartson Former Senior White House Official Joins Firm
  
• Morgan Lewis Employment Partner Joins Firm
  
• NautaDutilh Appoints New Parnter to Head Dedicated Investment Funds Practice in Luxembourg Partners
  

DEALS MAKING NEWS

• Clayton Utz Advises On Award-Winning Motorway Project
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• Fraser Milner Casgrain Acts in Landmark Decision on the Powers of Search and Seizure
  
• Gide Loyrette Nouel Advises Republic of Mali on Privatisation of the Banque Internationale pour le Mali
  
• Hogan & Hartson Announces Closing of Major Deal for ArcelorMittal’s Sparrow Point Steel Mill
  
• NautaDutilh The Heirs of Malevich and City of Amsterdam Reach Amicable Settlement on Artwork
  
• Rodyk Acts for Savvis in Acquisition of Geo-Tele Data Centre
  
• TozziniFreire Acts in Joint Venture between Kraft and Sadia
  
• WilmerHale Acts for International Paper; DOJ Approves Acquisition of Wyerhauser
  

COUNTRY UPDATES

• AUSTRALIA – Clayton Utz – Securities Lending Contracts Are Not Mortgages or Charges
  
• CANADA – Richards Buell Sutton – Changes to British Columbia’s Retirement Code
  
• CHINA - King & Wood – New Rules of Perfection of Mortgage Over Moveable Properties
  
• CHINA – Lovells – ICC International Court of Arbitration to Open Offices in Asia
  
• MEXICO – Santamarina y Steta – Telecom Update
  
• NEW ZEALAND – Simpson Grierson – Copyright Amendment Bill – Delayed by Individual and Big Business Interests?
  
• TAIWAN - Lee & Li – Amendments to the Collective Agreements Act
  
• UNITED STATES
  
• Hogan & Hartson – Pharmaceutical Update – Clinical Trial Registration and Results Posting under FDA Amendments Act 2007
  
• Morgan Lewis & Bockius – Employment Update – Department of Labor Proposes Comprehensive Changes to Family Medical Leave Act Regulations
  

CALENDAR WATCH (Members Only)
• Paris Conference - April 12 - 15, 2008

TOOLS TO USE
• PRAC Contacts Matrix & Email Listing –Update (member version only)
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• Intellectual Property & Licensing Capabilities Survey - Update (members only)

February 2008 e-Bulletin(.pdf)

MEMBER NEWS

• Baker Botts International Dispute Resolution Group Strengthened
  
• Clayton Utz Boosts Its Project Finance Ranks
  
• Fraser Milner Casgrain Gil Remillard Named Chief Negotiator for Quebec in Negotiations with the Government of France
  
• Hogan & Hartson Colorado Office Launches Pilot Program Combining Environmental and Employee Wellness
  
• Luce Forward Announces Firm Management 2008
  
• Tozzini Freire Adds New Partner to Brasilia Office
  

DEALS MAKING NEWS

• Gide Loyrette Nouel Shanghai Advises Air Liquide in Joint Venture with Tiangjin Soda Plant
  
• Hogan & Hartson Represents Tata Chemicals in $1Billion Acquisition of General Chemical Industrial Products
  
• Lovells Advises Urals Energy on £66 Million Share Placement
  
• Morgan Lewis Advises Pearson plc with $950 Million Acquisition of Harcourt
  
• Muniz Ramirez Perez-Taiman & Luna-Victoria Advises Transporta de Gas de Peru in Completion of $400 Million Filing Corporate Bond Program
  
• NautaDutilh Obtains Landmark Victory on Safeguard Client-Attorney Privilege
  
• Rodyk Acts for Atlantic Bridge Ventures in Acquisition of LogicaCMG Telecom Products
  
• WilmerHale Scores Four Victories in One Week in Federal Court
  

COUNTRY UPDATES

• AUSTRALIA – Clayton Utz – What is a Payment Under a Reinsurance Contract?
  
• BRAZIL – TozziniFreire – State of Sao Paolo to Allow Concession of Beltway Operation
  
• CHINA - King & Wood – New Rules of Perfection of Mortgage Over Moveable Properties
  
• COLOMBIA – Brigard & Urrutia – Meeting Mid-Year Foreign Branch Obligations
• NEW ZEALAND – Simpson Grierson – New Insider Trading Lawyers
  
• TAIWAN - Lee & Li – Procedural Rules for Advancing Pricing Agreements
  
• UNITED STATES - Davis Wright Tremaine – FMLA Introduces Two Important Amendments
• UNITED STATES - Hogan & Hartson – Medical Devices Update – Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the Healthcare Industry
  
• UNITED STATES - Luce Forward – Real Estate Flash– Court Holds Arbitration Agreement Between Builder and Home Buyers Unenforceable
  
• UNITED STATES - Morgan Lewis & Bockius – Immigration Law Flash – Revised FBI Name Checks; Arizona Employment Verification Law Challenge Dismissed by Federal Court; Real ID Final Rule Published
  

CALENDAR WATCH (Members Only)
• Paris Conference - April 12 - 15, 2008

TOOLS TO USE
• PRAC Contacts Matrix & Email Listing –Update (member version only)
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January 2008 e-Bulletin(.pdf)

MEMBER NEWS

• Davis Wright Tremaine Adds to Business Transactions Practice
  
• Fraser Milner Casgrain Public Policy Expert Joins Firm
  
• Gide Loyrette Nouel Appoints 10 Partners
  
• Hogan & Hartson Elevates 14 to Partner; Appoints 14 Counsel
  
• Luce Forward Appoints 3 Partners
  
• Tozzini Freire Adds to Ligitation Practice
  

DEALS MAKING NEWS

• Allende & Brea Advises Marfrig in USD $140M Share Acquisition of Quickfood
  
• Brigard & Urrutia Advises Baco de Credito in USD $130M Preferred Shares
  
• BakerBotts - Discovery Holding Announces Agreement-in-Principle With Advance/Newhouse
  
• Gide Loyrette Nouel MNP Closes Two Major Central European Property Financing Initiatives for Calyon
  
• Hogan & Hartson Advises News Corproation on Sale of U.S. Television Stations
  
• Lovells Acts for BNP Paribas on Vietname First
  
• Muniz Advise Groupo de Supermercados Wong Share Transfer to Cencosud
  
• Rodyk & Davidson Acts for Macquarie Global Property Advisors in S$2.2billion Property Transaction
  
• TozziniFreire Acts for Private Placement of OGX Peteroleo e Gas Participacoes SA
  

COUNTRY ROUNDUPS

• AUSTRALIA - Clayton Utz - Kyoto Signing Opens Doors for Corporate Australia
  
• BELGIUM - NautaDutilh - Recent Developments in Enforcement of IP Rights
  
• BRAZI - TozziniFreire - New Tax Rates
  
• CANADA - Fraser Milner Casgrain - Landmark Supreme Court Case Provides Continuous Disclosure Guidelines
  
• CHINA - King & Wood - Digital Rights Management Challenges Under Competition Law
  
• INDIA - Mulla & Mulla & Craigie Blunt & Caroe - Antitrust and Competition Law Update
  
• JAPAN - Nishimura & Asahi - New Financial Framework
  
• SINGAPORE - Rodyk & Davidson - Revised Property Fund Guidelines Enhances REIG's Regulatory Regime
  
• TAIWAN - Lee & Li - Draft Regulations on Licensing for Toxic Chemicals Handling
  
• UNITED STATES - Baker Botts - Energy Independence and Security Act Prohibits Certain Petroleum Industry Conduct and Authorizes FTC Enforcedment Authority and Million Dollar Civil Penalties
  
• UNITED STATES - Hogan & Hartson - SEC Approves Rule for Regulation of Fairness Opinions
  
• UNITED STATES - Morgan Lewis - New Jersey Enacts Baby WARN Act with Important Differences from Federal WARN Act and Stiffer Penalties
  

CALENDAR WATCH (Members Only)
• Paris Conference - April 12 - 15, 2008

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• PRAC Contacts Matrix & Email Listing –Update (member version only)
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November/ December 2007 e-Bulletin(.pdf)

MEMBER NEWS

• CLAYTON UTZ Respected Tax Lawyer Joins Clayton Utz
  
• DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE General Counsel for Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc Joins Davis Wright Tremaine
  
• FRASER MILNER CASGRAIN Strengthens Financial Services Practice Group
  
• LUCE FORWARD Expands Tenant in Common Practice Group
  
• MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS Lead Attorney in Fort Dix Investigation Returns to Morgan Lewis
  
• MUNIZ RAMIREZ PEREZ-TAIMAN & LUNA-VICTORIA Launches International Arbitration Practice
  
• NAUTADUTILH Launches Class Action Team
  
• RICHARDS BUELL SUTTON Partner Appointed to Board of Partnerships BC
  

DEALS MAKING NEWS

• Ali Budiardjo Nugroho Reksodiputro Named Indonesia Government Global Bond Legal Counsel
  
• Davis Wright Tremaine Wins Case Before Washington State Supreme Court Justices Strike Down City Council Ordinance Freezing Shoreline Development
  
• Fraser Milner Casgrain Advises Special Committee of Arizona Star in $773M Acquisition by Barrick Gold
  
• Gide Loyrette Nouel Advises Dexia Credit Local on Launch of FCC SURF
  
• Hogan & Hartson Advises IES Holding on EBRD Minority Stake in Russian Power Generating Company
  
• Lovells Advises Tube Lines on Deal to Improve Northern Line Train Performance
  
• Luce Forward Team Obtains Dismissal for MultiMedia Games in Landmark Patent Decision
  
• TozziniFreire Represents Banco Industrial e Commercial SA in IPO
  
• WilmerHale Advises EqualLogic in $1.4B Acquisition by Dell
  

COUNTRY ROUNDUPS

• AUSTRALIA - Clayton Utz - Amendments to Franchising Code — What Do They Mean For You?
  
• CANADA - Fraser Milner Casgrain - Amendments to Oil & Gas Disclosure Rules
  
• CHINA - King & Wood - New Toy & Food Recall Legislations
  
• MALAYSIA - Skrine - Capital Markets & Services Act
  
• NETHERLANDS - NautaDutilh - New Rules for Public Offers in The Netherlands
  
• NEW ZEALAND - Simpson Grierson - DVD Piracy - The Pendulum Begins to Swing in New Zealand
  
• RUSSIA - Gide Loyrette Nouel - Draft Law on Foreign Investment
  
• TAIWAN - Lee & Li - Presumption of Reciprocity in Patent Enforcement Suits
  
• UNITED STATES - Baker Botts - Revenue Procedures Establish Safe Harbor for “Partnership Flip” Structures / Wind Projects
  
• UNITED STATES - Hogan & Hartson - Loss of GSP Eligibility for Certain Imports
  
• UNITED STATES - Morgan Lewis - Increase to California’s Minimum Wage to Take Effect January 1, 2008
  

CALENDAR WATCH (Members Only)
• Paris Conference - April 12 - 15, 2008

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• PRAC Contacts Matrix & Email Listing –Update (member version only)
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• Intellectual Property & Licensing Capabilities Survey - Update (members only)

October 2007 e-Bulletin(.pdf)

MEMBER NEWS

• Baker Botts Announces 18 Partners for 2008
  
• Hogan & Hartson Expands Domestic and International Real Estate Practice with Partner Add in Miami
  
• Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps' Partner Appointed Chair of the Opinions Committee
  
• NautaDutilh Appoints Five New Partners Across Benelux Offices
  
• Tilleke & Gibbins Relocates Hanoi Office
  
• Tozzini Freire Expands China Desk
  
• WilmerHale Hires Former Regional SEC Director, Expanding California Presence and Strengthening Securities Practice
  

DEALS MAKING NEWS

• Baker Botts Named Legal Adviser for Saudi Electricity Company on Power Plans Totaling 3000MW
  
• Brigard & Urrutia Advises McDonald's Latin America in Sale to Arcos Dorados
  
• Clayton Utz Capitalizes on China Resources Investment Through Major Western Australia Infrastructure Deal
  
• Gide Loyrette Nouel Advises Lagardere Services on Sale to Rautakirja of Press Point International
  
• Hogan & Hartson Advises on First Russion Airport Acquisition Ever Made By International Investor
  
• Lovells Advises SABMiller on Launch of Landmark Joint Venture
  
• Rodyk & Davidson Act for Innogest and Upstream in Series A Investment in Singular ID Pte Ltd.
  
• WilmerHale Victorious in Insurance Brokerage Antitrust Multidistrict Litigation
  

COUNTRY ROUNDUPS

• AUSTRALIA - Clayton Utz - NSW Government's "Working With Government: Risk Allocation and Commercial Principles"
  
• CHINA - King & Wood - Fair Use - A Defense to Trademark Infringement
  
• NETHERLANDS - NautaDutilh - Amendments to Dutch Competition Act
  
• NEW ZEALAND - Simpson Grierson - Recent Rulings on Sale of "Organic" Goods
  
• SINGAPORE - Rodyk & Davidson - Registered Trademark - Use It or Lose It
  
• TAIWAN - Lee & Li - Consumer Insolvency Act Promulgated
  
• UNITED STATES
  
• Davis Wright Tremaine - Measure 49 Bulldozes Awareness of Other Building Legislation
  
• Hogan & Hartson - Court of First Instance Upholds Commission's Decision in Microsoft Case
  
• Morgan Lewis - Federal Judge Extends Temporary Injunction on Social Security No-Match Regulation
  

CALENDAR WATCH (Members Only)
• Seoul Conference - October 20-24, 2007

TOOLS TO USE
• PRAC Contacts Matrix & Email Listing –Update (member version only)
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September 2007 e-Bulletin(.pdf)

MEMBER NEWS

• Baker Botts - Emmons Named Partner in Charge of Middle East Offices
  
• Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel - Adds to Hawaii Real Estate Practice
  
• Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps Opens Orange County Office
  
• Tozzini Freire Relocates Recife Office
  

DEALS MAKING NEWS

• Brigard & Urrutia Advises Almacenes Exito in Issue of USD $392 Million Global Depositary Receipts in International Markets
  
• Fraser Milner Casgrain Advises Harmony Assets Limited Dual-Listing on TSX
  
• Gide Loyrette Nouel Advises GE Capital in Subordinated Debenture Financing
  
• Muniz Advises Edelnor to Complete Filing of USD $150 Million Corporate Bond Program thru Peruvian SEC's Fast Track Procedure
  
• NautaDutilh - Mittal Steel Wins Summary Proceedings
  
• WilmerHale Victory for Securities Trade Associations Help Protect Vibrant Secondary Market in Distressed Debt
  

COUNTRY ROUNDUPS

• ARGENTINA - Allende & Brea - New Requirements to Access Foreign Exchange Market by Non-Residents
  
• AUSTRALIA - Clayton Utz - Takeovers Panel Releases Draft Policy
  
• CHINA - King & Wood - China's Internet Search Engines and The Struggle for Copyright Enforcement
  
• TAIWAN - Lee & Li - FTC Warns Banks Over Guarantee Agreements
  
• THAILAND - Tilleke & Gibbins - Foreign Business Act Amendment - Update
  
• UNITED STATES
  
• Davis Wright Tremaine - Federal Court Dismisses Suit by Alleged Malware Vendor
  
• Hogan & Hartson - IRS Announces Voluntary Closing Agreement Program for Forward Float Investments in Advance Refunding Escrows
  
• Morgan Lewis - California Supreme Court Limits Class Action Waivers in Wage and Hour Cases
  
• WilmerHale - US Patent Office Publishes New Rules on Continuing Applications and Claims
  

CALENDAR WATCH (Members Only)
• Seoul Conference - October 20-24, 2007

TOOLS TO USE
• PRAC Contacts Matrix & Email Listing –Update (member version only)
• Directory Member Firms now available at PRAC web site
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• Intellectual Property & Licensing Capabilities Survey - Update (members only)

August 2007 e-Bulletin(.pdf)

MEMBER NEWS

• Fraser Milner Casgrain Adds to National Insolvency Group
  
• Luce Forward Adds to Tenant-in-Common Practice
  
• Morgan Lewis & Bockius Builds Funds & Tax Capability
  
• Tozzini Expands Corporate, Capital Markets & Tax Groups
  
• WilmerHale Adds to Corporate Practice
  

DEALS MAKING NEWS

• Fraser Milner Casgrain Successfully Argues Case for Canadian Wheat Board
  
• Gide Loyrette Nouel Casablanca Advises Office Cherifien des Phosphates in EU3Billion Financial Restructuring
  
• Hogan & Hartson Represents Partners Trust Financial Group in US555Million Merger with M&T Bank Corporation
  
• Lovells Advises Tamasek Holdings on EU2.5Billion Stake in Barclays
  
• Muniz Advised in Peruvian US1.5Billion Sovereign Bond Issue
  
• NautaDutilh Advised on IPO for Pan-European Hotel Acquisition
  
• Rodyk Acts for Onex Corp in US2.35Billion Eastman Kodak Acquisition
  
• WilmerHale Wins Victory in Anti-Trust Suit, An Important Test of the Supreme Court's Recent Twombly Decision
  

COUNTRY ROUNDUPS

• AUSTRALIA - Clayton Utz - More Options for Insureds Suing for Damages
  
• CANADA - Fraser Milner Casgrain - Stay of Proceeding Lifted in Cross Border Reorganization to Allow Pursuit of Insured Claim
  
• COLOMBIA - Brigard & Urrutia - Central Bank Issues Regulations Imposing Resident Deposits for Foreign Indebtedness
  
• CHINA - King & Wood - The Employment Contract Law - A New Era in China's Labor Market
  
• FRANCE - Gide Loyrette Nouel - Employment Law Update
  
• INDIA - Mulla & Mulla & Craigie Blunt & Caroe - Amended Guidelines for Foreign Investments in Preference Shares
  
• INDONESIA - Ali Budiardjo - New Regulation on Foreign Workers in the Banking Industry
  
• TAIWAN - Lee & Li - Minimum Wage Increased
  
• UNITED STATES
  
• Baker Botts - DOC Amends Export Regulations for Dual-Use Items to China
  
• Davis Wright Tremaine - FCC Adopts Final Rules for 700MHZ Auction
  
• Hogan & Hartson - FTC Begins to Explore Mobile Marketing Regulation
  

CALENDAR WATCH (Members Only)
• Seoul Conference - October 20-24, 2007

TOOLS TO USE
• PRAC Contacts Matrix & Email Listing –Update (member version only)
• Directory Member Firms now available at PRAC web site
• Expert System available at PRAC web site Private Libraries (members only)
• Intellectual Property & Licensing Capabilities Survey - Update (members only)

July 2007 e-Bulletin(.pdf)

MEMBER NEWS

• Baker Botts Adds to International Corporate Team
  
• Davis Wright Tremaine Continues IP/Patent Law Expansion
  
• Hogan & Hartson Deepens Florida Health Care Practice
  
• King & Wood Opens Tianjin Office
  
• Lovells Adds to China Dispute Resolution Capability
  
• Luce Forward Adds to Litigation Practice
  
• Morgan Lewis & Bockius Adds to National Corporate White Collar Crime Practice
  

DEALS MAKING NEWS

• Clayton Utz Achieves Rapid Turnaround on Billion Dollar Transaction for TPI
  
• Gide Loyrette Nouel Advises Fonds de Reserve with 1.5 Billion Euro Capital Investment Programme
  
• King & Wood Advises Multiple Banking Institutions in China
  
• Morgan Lewis & Bockius - European Court of First Instance Upholds Apollo Management Hexion's Acquisition
  
• Muniz Advises Pequera Diamante SA Acquisition
  
• NautaDutilh Advises Lion Capial with HEMA Acquisition
  

COUNTRY ROUNDUPS

• AUSTRALIA - Clayton Utz - Could Decision on GST and Forfeited Deposits Open Door to More GST Chanages?
  
• CANADA - Fraser Milner Casgrain - Project Financing in Canada
  
• CHINA - King & Wood - Mitsubishi Pencil Case - Judicial Attitudes Towards the Categorization of Design Patents
  
• INDONESIA - Ali Budiardjo - Foreign Bookkeeping and Currency Rules and Procedures
  
• NEW ZEALAND - Simpson Grierson - Ribena - How David Brought Down Goliath
  
• SINGAPORE - Rodyk & Davidson - The Sand Ban and Construction Contracts
  
• TAIWAN - Lee & Li - FTC Blocks KTV Merger
  
• UNITED STATES
  
• Morgan Lewis & Bockius - States Cracking Down on Employer Misclassification of Independant Contractors
  
• VIETNAM - Gide Loyrette Nouel - Briefing Update

CALENDAR WATCH (Members Only)
• Seoul Conference - October 20-24, 2007

TOOLS TO USE
• PRAC Contacts Matrix & Email Listing –Update (member version only)
• Directory Member Firms now available at PRAC web site
• Expert System available at PRAC web site Private Libraries (members only)
• Intellectual Property & Licensing Capabilities Survey - Update (members only)

June 2007 e-Bulletin(.pdf)

MEMBER NEWS

• Baker Botts Strengthens Litigation Practice - Former Harris County Prosecutor Joins Firm
  
• Davis Wright Tremaine Seattle Office Relocates
  
• Gide Loyrette Nouel Strengthen Casablance, Algiers and Tunis PPP /Construction / Large Scale Projects Team
  
• Hogan & Hartson Adds Leading Intellectual Property Counsel to Moscow Office
  
• Morgan Lewis & Bockius Adds Senior SEC Enforcement Officer to National Securities Practice in Miami
  
• Muniz Ramirez Perez-Taiman & Luna-Victoria Add Partner to Ecuador Office
  
• Tozzini Freire Teixeira e Silva Porte Alegre Office Relocates
  

DEALS MAKING NEWS

• Gide Loyrette Nouel Advise PAI Partners on Acquisition Controlling Interet in Kaufman & Broad SA
  
• Hogan & Hartson Advises Archstone-Smith on $22Billion Acquisition by Tishman Speyer and Lehman Brothers
  
• Lovells Acts for Bank of China International on the First IP in the PRC History
  
• Morgan Lewis & Bockius - ITC Finds Infringement of Lumileds' Patents; Expands Order Barring Imports
  
• Rodyk & Davidson Acts for China Shipbuilding Giant Yangzijang Shipbuilding in Singapore $1Billion IPO
  
• WilmerHale - Continued Success for Broadcom - Federal Jury Finds Qualcom Infringes Three Broadcom Patents
  

COUNTRY ROUNDUPS

• AUSTRALIA - Clayton Utz - Third Party Claims on Insurance Monies in New South Wales Don't Exend to Claims Made Policies
  
• BRAZIL - Tozzini Freiere - Central Bank of Brazil Sets New Deadline for Information on Capital Held Abroad
  
• CHINA - King and Wood - Impact of New Property Rights Law on Banking Practices in PRC
  
• NETHERLANDS - NAUTADUTILH - Standards and Patents - District Court Rejects Ambush Tactics
  
• TAIWAN - Lee and Li - Amendments to Enforcement Rules of the Income Tax Act
  
• THAILAND - Tilleke & Gibbins - IP and Thailand's Trade Competition Act - Can an owner refuse to import or refuse to sell at a lower price?
  
• UNITED STATES
  
• Davis Wright Tremaine - CORPS and EPA Issue Post-Rapanos Guidance for Wetlands Determination
  
• Hogan & Hartson - Antitrust Update - US Supreme Court Reformulated Pleading Standards Applicable to Antitrust Cases
  
• Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps - California Court Upholds Arbitration of Construction Defects Involving Interstate Commerce
  

CALENDAR WATCH (Members Only)
• Seoul Conference - October 20-24, 2007

TOOLS TO USE
• PRAC Contacts Matrix & Email Listing –Update (member version only)
• Directory Member Firms now available at PRAC web site
• Expert System available at PRAC web site Private Libraries (members only)
• Intellectual Property & Licensing Capabilities Survey - Update (members only)

ARCHIVES - 2007 e-Bulletin