LexisNexis Emerging Issues: Emerging Issues Movers & Shakers

Arkansas Small Business Gets $224,000 From EPA For 'Green' Lighting Development

LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:08:32 GMT

DALLAS — An Arkansas nanotechnology company has been awarded $224,997 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to develop a green alternative to fluorescent lighting.

Nanomaterials and Nanofabrication Laboratories LLC (NN-Labs) of Fayetteville is one of seven small businesses to receive a total of $1.6 million in funding to commercialize green technologies.

NN-Labs was awarded a Phase II SBIR cont

Gradient Scientist Named To Lead Academy Of Toxicological Sciences

LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:11:59 GMT

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Barbara D. Beck, Ph.D., DABT, FATS, a principal of Gradient Corp., is president-elect of the Academy of Toxicological Sciences, the leading international organization for the certification of toxicologists.

Academy Fellows are chosen based on education, professional experience, demonstrated achievement, proven ability and scientific expertise. Beck is an expert in toxicology and in health risk assessment for environmental chemicals, especially metals and

International Energy Announces Appointment Of Dr. Rakesh Shankar

LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:07:29 GMT

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — International Energy Inc., a developer of leading-edge technologies for the renewable generation of photosynthetic biofuels, has announced the appointment of Rakesh Shankar, a noted environmental author, energy sector expert, negotiator and diplomat, to the company’s Scientific Advisory Board.

A respected lecturer, published environmental author, former university professor and researcher, Shankar holds a Bachelor’s degree in Science (ph

Miles Electric Vehicles Appoints Czinger President/CEO

LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:03:34 GMT

SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Miles Electric Vehicles has announced the appointment of Kevin Czinger as president and chief executive officer.

Czinger has served as a senior executive with Goldman Sachs, Bertelsmann AG, the Webvan Group and Global Signal. Czinger has also been active at Benchmark Capital and as a senior managing director of Fortress Private Equity Funds. He is a graduate of Yale College and Yale Law School and is a leader in the charter school initiative fo

Nuclear Energy Institute Re-Elects Rowe Chairman, Gates Vice Chairman

LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:57:25 GMT

CHICAGO — The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) has re-elected John W. Rowe, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Exelon Corp., as chairman of its board of directors. NEI also has re-elected W. Gary Gates, president and CEO of the Omaha Public Power District, as vice chairman of the board.

NEI elected two new members and re-elected three members to its board of directors. Three new members were elected to the board’s executiv

Tetralogic Pharmaceuticals Appoints Dr. Andrew Pecora Chairman

LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:48:56 GMT

MALVERN, Pa. — TetraLogic Pharmaceuticals, a privately held biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing drugs that modulate cell death pathways, has announced the appointment of Dr. Andrew Pecora, FACP, as chairman of the company’s Board of Directors, on which he has served since January 2007.

Dr. Pecora provides TetraLogic with expertise in the field of hematology and oncology, cancer research, novel therapeutic development and clinical trial design.&n

Saul Ewing Welcomes Environmental Attorney

LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff — Mon, 05 May 2008 15:03:43 GMT

BALTIMORE — Saul Ewing LLP has announced that Randall M. Lutz has joined its Baltimore office as a partner in the Environmental Department and a member of the Energy and Utility Practice Group.

Before entering private practice in 1987, Lutz served in various public positions, including working as the director of the Office of Criminal Enforcement for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, principal counsel and assistant attorney general of the State of Maryland’s Depart

Philadelphia Phillies Lead Clean Energy Movement In Pro Sports Venues

LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff — Fri, 02 May 2008 15:33:49 GMT

PHILADELPHIA — Officials from Major League Baseball, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Green-e Energy and WindStreet Energy, as well as Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell and Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, joined the Philadelphia Phillies April 30 in announcing a major initiative at Citizens Bank Park to aid in the efforts for a cleaner environment.

To offset the carbon footprint created by the team's utility power usag

Harrah's Atlantic City Properties Earn Prestigious EPA Award

LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff — Thu, 01 May 2008 16:50:46 GMT

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Harrah's Entertainment Inc. has become the first gaming corporation in the United States to receive an Environmental Quality Award, the highest recognition given by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region Two.

Region Two presents the award annually to organizations that have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to protecting and enhancing environmental quality in its sector, which includes New York, New Jersey, Puert

Environmental Defense Fund, Private Equity Firm Announce Green Partnership

LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:26:30 GMT

NEW YORK — The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (KKR) today announced a "Green Portfolio" partnership to measure and improve the environmental performance of companies within KKR's U.S. portfolio. The partnership is the first of its kind between a private equity firm and an environmental organization.

KKR has committed to work with EDF to develop a set of analytic tools by which companies can assess and track improvement

Pillsbury Named Exclusive International Law Firm To China Financial Services Alliance

LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:57:05 GMT

SHANGHAI, China — Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP has been appointed the exclusive international law firm member of the China Small and Medium Enterprises Financial Services Strategic Alliance (CSMESA) and Joseph Chan, managing partner of Pillsbury's Shanghai office and co-head of the firm's China practice, has been appointed an advisor of the alliance.

The government-sponsored China Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (CASME) organized CSMESA under the oversight of

Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP Goes Green

LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:52:14 GMT

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP said it recognizes that although going green may not be easy, implementing environmental preservation and sustainability practices is paramount to future generations.

"As we help our clients face important issues in climate change, real estate development, and tax incentives, we are continuously looking for ways to improve our own practices and efforts to be more focused on reducing our environm

GreatPoint Energy Inc. Appoints Oliver Executive Vice President

LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:47:47 GMT

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — GreatPoint Energy Inc., a developer of catalytic gasification technology to convert coal, petroleum coke and biomass into clean natural gas while enabling the capture and sequestration of CO2, has announced that Jerry Oliver, an energy industry veteran with technology development experience and former senior vice president of project development at the FutureGen Industrial Alliance, has joined the company as executive vice president, commercialization.

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Sutherland Adds Alvin Shuttleworth As Senior International Counsel

LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:41:41 GMT

LONDON — Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP has announced that Alvin J. Shuttleworth has joined the firm as Senior International Counsel based in the United Kingdom.

Shuttleworth will advise clients on a full range of international matters.

Before joining Sutherland, Shuttleworth was Group Legal Director and Company Secretary of British Nuclear Fuels plc (BNFL). As BNFL Group Legal Director, he led the group initiatives in all major areas including mergers and acq

Schoenmeyer Takes Leadership Role For ABA Real Property, Trust & Estate Law Section

LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:38:06 GMT

CHICAGO — Jenner & Block of counsel Ruth A. Schoenmeyer was recently appointed co-vice chair of the Assignment & Subleasing Committee of the American Bar Association’s Real Property, Trust & Estate Law Section.

The ABA’s Assignment & Subleasing Committee produces programs, roundtables and educational materials about the subleasing issues to assist lawyers in improving their lease negotiation and drafting skills. Among other things, the committe

Martindale-Hubbell To Hold Counsel To Counsel Best Practice Forum In San Francisco on E-Discovery and Managing Electronically Stored Information May 7

LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:16:22 GMT

On May 7, 2008, Martindale-Hubbell will hold a Counsel to Counsel Best Practice Forum entitled Increasing Predictability, Mitigating Risks: Next Generation Electronically Stored Information (ESI) Management and E-Discovery Approaches. The session will be held at the Pal

Chadbourne & Parke Launches Nanotechnologies Practice

LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:19:37 GMT

NEW YORK — The international law firm Chadbourne & Parke has announced that it has launched a nanotechnologies practice, with a transdisciplinary approach bringing together the expertise of long-established Chadbourne practices. The strategy reflects the needs of clients developing or directly interested in nanotechnology-based products and services in multiple sectors of the global economy.

Nanotechnology, the science of manipulating and engineering matter at the atom

2 Buchanan Attorneys Complete Complex Brownfield Redevelopment Deal

LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:13:41 GMT

PRINCETON, N.J. — Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC shareholders James O'Toole Jr. and Frederick Masters recently completed successful negotiations on behalf of client Waste Management of New Jersey Inc. for the redevelopment of 49 acres of the former PJP Landfill site in Jersey City, N.J.

From start to finish, the deal was completed in approximately 18 months, and it in

ITS America Hires New General Counsel, Director Of Environmental Affairs

LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:09:22 GMT

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) has announced the hiring of Leslie Bellas as general counsel and director of Environmental Affairs. In addition to general corporate matters, Bellas is responsible for developing and implementing an environmental program that identifies, quantifies and captures the environmental benefits of ITS.

Before joining ITS America, Bellas worked as an attorney in the Division of Investigations at the

Alvarez & Marsal Expands Dispute Analysis & Forensics Services In Dallas

LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:03:38 GMT

DALLAS — Continuing the rapid expansion of its Dallas presence, Alvarez & Marsal Dispute Analysis & Forensic Services LLC has announced that Quentin Mimms, a specialist in investigations and complex litigation, has joined as a managing director.

With senior professionals based in Houston and Dallas, the firm now has one of the largest dispute analysis & forensics practices in Texas, providing a range of analytical and investigative services to major law firms, corpor

TeWinkel Joins Natural Resource Group As Senior Natural Resource Specialist

LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:59:31 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS — Natural Resource Group (NRG), an environmental and public affairs consulting firm serving the energy industry, has announced that Leslie TeWinkel has joined its threatened and endangered species (T&E) group, bringing Federal Endangered Species Act expertise to energy projects throughout the United States.

Her background with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service gives TeWinkel a strong foundation in project management, program administration and applied conservati

Chamber Affiliate Lists Best, Worst State Lawsuit Climates

LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:05:52 GMT

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senior attorneys at America's largest employers say state court liability systems have steadily improved over the last several years, but less than half of them rate the state courts as "excellent" or "pretty good," according to Lawsuit Climate 2008: Ranking the States, an annual assessment of state liability systems by the market research firm Harris Interactive and released by the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR).

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Andrews Kurth Formalizes Subprime, Distressed Assets Practice

LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:29:28 GMT

HOUSTON — To advise clients impacted by developments in the subprime mortgage and securitization markets, Andrews Kurth has formed a mixed disciplinary practice group that leverages the firm's experience in the following areas: litigation, securitization, banking/finance, bankruptcy/restructuring, corporate compliance, investigation and defense and tax.

The Subprime and Distressed Assets Practice will provide counsel on a wide range of subprime-related issues, including as

21 Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione Attorneys Named 2008 'Illinois Super Lawyers'

LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:23:56 GMT

CHICAGO — Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the United States, has announced that 21 of its attorneys have been named "Illinois Super Lawyers" for 2008 in a survey conducted by Law & Politics magazine. Eleven Brinks attorneys have been designated "Rising Stars" in Illinois.

Meredith Martin Addy, chair of the Appellate Group at Brinks, was named among the Top 10 Illinois Super Lawyers across all pr

Nation's First Energy Summit For Attorneys General May 5-7

LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:16:31 GMT

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, president of the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG), will host the nation's first NAAG Presidential Initiative on Energy summit for state attorneys general in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, May 5 to 7.

The meeting, at the Coeur d’Alene Resort at 115 S. 2nd St., is intended to educate the state attorneys general on energy topics so they can provide proper legal advice to governors, legislators and other policy

Environmental Lawyer Rohrman Joins DLA Piper In Chicago

LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:09:53 GMT

CHICAGO — DLA Piper has announced that Douglass F. Rohrman has joined the Environmental Practice Group as of counsel from Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP.

Rohrman’s practice includes regulatory matters and federal and state enforcement of actions of RCRA, the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act, along with strategies involved in the area of CERCLA liability. Working on behalf of financial institutions, he has focused on issues involving lender environmental l

Sidley Austin Lawyers Co-Author Securitization Article

LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:03:27 GMT

CHICAGO — Sidley Austin LLP Insurance and Financial Services Group lawyers Perry J. Shwachman, Anthony J. Ribaudo and Brad Drake recently co-authored an article featured in Euromoney’s International Investment & Securities Review 2008.

"A New Age: Life Insurance Securitization" discusses redundant reserve, embedded value and catastrophic mortality securitization transactions that have become popular in the life insurance space to provide capital and reg

Environment Expert Nichols Rejoins NERA Economic Consulting Environment Group

LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:59:55 GMT

BOSTON — Dr. Albert L. “Nick” Nichols has joined NERA Economic Consulting as a vice president in the firm’s Environment Group. He is based in NERA’s Boston office.

Nichols is an expert in environmental economics and policy, including emission trading, benefit-cost analysis and climate change. He also directs projects in energy policy and antitrust and competition policy in high-tech industries. He has directed many projects involving the

LexisNexis Author Gilson Gets Lifetime Achievement Award From Magazine

LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:03:07 GMT

CHICAGO — Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the United States, is has announced that LexisNexis author Jerome Gilson, a named partner and senior shareholder at the firm, has been presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) magazine.

The award for Outstanding Achievement in Law Firm Practice recognizes Gilson as one of the past half-century's preeminent practitioners in trademark and unfa

Credit Suisse Making Strategic Investment In Renewable Energy Sector

LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:57:28 GMT

NEW YORK — Hudson Clean Energy Partners and Credit Suisse have announced that they have reached an agreement in principle in which Credit Suisse, together with its clients and affiliates, will commit at least $300 million (USD) to make principal investments in the renewable energy sector through Hudson.

As part of this, John Cavalier, head of Credit Suisse’s Renewable Energy investment banking practice, will join Hudson as a partner.

In his new capacity, Cavalier w

Saul Ewing Partner Named To Maryland Technology Development Corp. Board

LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:53:45 GMT

BALTIMORE — Eric G. Orlinsky, a partner in Saul Ewing LLP’s Business Department and co-chair of the Technology, Emerging Companies and Capital (TECC) Practice Group, was officially sworn in April 3 as a member of the Board of Directors of the Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO).

Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley performed the swearing in ceremony at his office at the state house in Annapolis. Orlinsky will serve the remainder of a four-year term tha

Green Earth Technologies Inc. Adds 3 To Board Of Directors

LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:49:50 GMT

STAMFORD, Conn. — Green Earth Technologies Inc., a manufacturer and marketer of environmentally friendly consumer products, has appointed Janet Jankua, Brad Smith and Simon Higgs as independent directors on its board.

These appointments bring the total number of directors to five, the majority of which are independent, according to the definition used by Nasdaq. Jankua will serve on the compensation committee and Smith and Higgs will serve on the audit/compliance committee

Proskauer Rose's Privacy Law Blog Selected For Library Of Congress Inclusion

LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:15:46 GMT

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Proskauer Rose LLP has announced that its Privacy Law Blog (privacylaw.proskauer.com) has been selected for inclusion in the Library of Congress historic collection of Internet materials.

Launched in 2007, the blog is authored by lawyers in the firm's international Privacy and Data Security Practice Group and covers recent case law and regulatory activity, new developments, and important issues in the area.

The selection of the Privacy Law Blog is part

Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge Forms Subprime Mortgage Working Group

LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:12:30 GMT

BOSTON — In response to the collapse of the subprime mortgage industry and the broad array of issues that have resulted, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge (EAPD) has established a working group of attorneys from five different practices, each with experience in important aspects of the subprime/securitized debt markets.

The collapse has produced widespread effects which have impacted credit markets and economies around the world, and exposed weaknesses in a range of investment v

Insurance Seminar Addresses Subprime Crisis, Global Warming

LexisNexis Emerging Issues Law Center Staff — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:09:26 GMT

ROSELAND, N.J. — Lowenstein Sandler PC and the New Jersey Insurance Coverage Institute are holding an insurance seminar Wednesday, April 30, at 8:45 a.m. at the East Brunswick Hilton, 3 Tower Center Blvd., East Brunswick, N.J.

The corporate risk profile has changed dramatically in recent years, and this seminar will examine emerging (and in some cases emerged) liabilities in the light of insurance resources:

• D&O insurance and the subprime crisis.