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

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 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

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)

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

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)

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

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)

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)
• 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)

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)
• 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)

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

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)

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

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)

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)
• 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)

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
• Expert System available at PRAC web site Private Libraries (members only)
• 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)

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