San Francisco, CA — July 17, 2007 — Twenty-nine Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin attorneys, representing 14 different practice areas, have been selected as 2007 Northern California Super Lawyers. In addition, after three years as a Top 100 Super Lawyer, Jerome Falk was recognized as one of the Top 10 Super Lawyers in Northern California for the first year.

Representing the top five percent of attorneys in the state, Super Lawyers are nominated by their peers and chosen based on extensive research that considers peer recognition and professional achievement.

Philadelphia -- August 9, 2007-- WolfBlock is pleased to announce that Litigation Partner Juliane Balliro has achieved a successful verdict on behalf of plaintiffs Peter Limone and his family and the Estates of Henry and Jeanette Tameleo in a civil suit against the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Judge Nancy Gertner of the U.S. District Court in Boston awarded damages of $101.7 million to be paid by the federal government for the wrongful convictions and nearly four-decades of false imprisonment of Balliro's clients, as well as Joseph Salvati, The Estate of Louis Greco and their families.

The United States Embassy has selected Lehman, Lee & Xu from every Chinese law firm in Beijing to assist and give counsel for their labor and employment law issues in China.

Speakers include:
• Dr. Charles McMillan, Professor, Schulich School of Business, York University
• Rob Wiebe, Senior Vice President LCL Transportation, Loblaws
• Monique Kack-North, Vice President Supply Chain, Winners & Home Sense
• Anita Ernesaks, Managing Director, CN Worldwide
• Ron S. Dembo, CEO, Zerofootprint
• Richard Kunst, Vice President of Continuous Improvement, LaZBoy Inc.
• Geoff Bennett & Keith Matthews, Co-Chairmen, Kelron Logistics
• John Marshall, CEO, iScore Solutions
• Lynn Arcari, Director of Sales, BSM Wireless
• Dale Denis & Stephen N. Infuso, Attorneys, Folger Rubinoff LLP
• David Coles, Attorney, Boyne Clarke
• Gary MacNew, former VP, Rich Products Corporation.
• Kelly Winters, General Manager, Alliance Shippers Inc.
• George Magliano, Director, Global InSight
• Michael Adams, General Manager Automotive, Canadian Pacific
• Tim Haig, President & CEO, Biox Corp.
• Jacques Perron, General Counsel, Lavery, DeBilly
• Harold Lenfesty, former President & CEO, Harley Davidson Canada
Moderators:

Doug Munro, CEO, Maritime Ontario
Darshan Kailly, CEO. Canadian Freightways
Peter Abraham, President, Simard Transport
Gordon Smith, President, Manitoulin Group of Companies
John Fiorilla, Attorney, Capehart Scatchard
Lou Smyrlis, Editor, Canadian Transportation & Logistics
Tim Speed, President, UTI Canada Inc.

Featuring:

Railway Demurrage Workshop
Distribution/Warehousing Workshop
Automotive Logistics Workshop
Shipper-Carrier Breakout
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Tuesday, September 25, 2007
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Ontario Science Centre (at the corner of Don Mills Rd & Eglinton Ave.E.)

Cost: $795 plus GST for one, $1500 plus GST for two
Includes parking, breakfast, 4 course rotational lunch, cocktails and door prizes

Certificate of Continuing Education in Logistics provided for attendees

To register for Canada’s largest shipper’s educational event, please call
Dr. Richard Lande @ 905.319.1244 or e-mail rlande@cogeco.ca

UK sports arbitration body, the Sports Dispute Resolution Panel, has appointed four lawyers to its board. Peter Crystal, founder of City law firm Memery Crystal and corporate finance and sports specialist, has joined as a non-executive director along with Lovells partner Ros Reston and Clarke Willmott sports law partner Trevor Watkins. The body, headed by Gerard Elias QC of Farrar’s Building, has also invited British Olympic Association legal director Sara Friend to sit on the new-look management board.

Source: Legal Week

PETERKA & PARTNERS legal advisor to Euroserum

06/2007
PETERKA & PARTNERS has been retained to render legal services to the France based company Euroserum, the world’s biggest producer of demineralised whey for baby-food and health-food.

PETERKA & PARTNERS legal advisor to Karsit

06/2007
PETERKA & PARTNERS renders legal services to Karsit, s.r.o., a Czech machinery company and the leading Czech producer of components for the automotive industry, in relation to the protection of its investment in France.

April 2007 -- Hale Lane Law Firm is excited to announce the addition of Maria Nutile, Susan Pitz and other members of Nutile Law & Associates.

Maria Nutile opened her firm in 2002 to specialize in health care, assisting clients on a variety of health care legal issues including antitrust, health care and HIPAA regulatory compliance, medical staff credentialing, hospital/medical staff relations and mergers and acquisitions.

As a partner with the firm, Nutile will lead the firm's statewide healthcare practice. She will be a member of the firm's Business Venture Group, focusing on the full range of client business transactions.

"We are excited to have Maria, with the experience and success that she and her associates bring to the practice of law, as part of the Hale Lane team," said Tim Lukas, Managing Partner at Hale Lane. "This partnership will be a great asset for both firms, and Maria will be a tremendous catalyst to our growing business ventures group and healthcare practice."

Nutile is a highly regarded and honored member of the legal community. A recent selection for the 2007 edition of the Best Lawyers in America in the specialty of Health Care Law, Nutile is an active member of the Arizona, Colorado and Nevada Bar Associations.

"Hale Lane is an outstanding firm in Las Vegas and we're excited to combine our efforts and excel the firm’s work in the healthcare industry," said Nutile.

Seventeen Partners Recognized as Top Leaders in Their Fields

The respected legal research publication Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2007 has awarded a Number One ranking - for the State of Michigan - in four key practice areas to the Detroit-Based firm of Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP (Honigman). The Firm’s Corporate, Employee Benefits, Litigation and Real Estate Departments all earned a Number One ranking. In addition, Honigman’s Labor and Employment Department was recognized as one of the leading practices in Michigan.

Merton E. Marks, commercial arbitrator and mediator, will speak on U.S. arbitration and mediation law and practice to Chinese arbitrators, lawyers and law faculty on October 27, 2007
at Peking University Law School in Beijing.

Mert was also the luncheon speaker at a meeting of the American Conference Institute on May 3, 2007 in San Francisco on the use of international arbitration to resolve business and investment disputes between Chinese and U.S. business entities.

Both presentations focus on the use of arbitration and mediation as an alternative to lengthy and expensive litigation in Chinese and U.S. courts arising out of business disputes between U.S and Chinese business entities.

Mert is an arbitrator on the International Panel of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators of London and frequently serves as an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association on its Commercial, Reinsurance and Large
Complex Case Panels. He is also an arbitrator for the National Association of Securities Dealers and The Reinsurance and Insurance Arbitration Society (ARIAS‐US). He has offices in Scottsdale and Tucson, Arizona and Dana Point, California.