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Hugh Culverhouse targets John Paulson’s Sino-Forest investment A prominent Miami investor and philanthropist filed suit yesterday against the adviser and the administrator of one of the world’s largest hedge funds, claiming that they recklessly bought a large position in a Chinese timber company that has been exposed as a potential fraud.

Jeffrey Deutsch and Christopher J. Kula Elected to Counsel Phillips Nizer is pleased to announce the election of Jeffrey Deutsch, Trusts & Estates and Tax, and Christopher J. Kula, Corporate & Business Law, to the position of counsel. Both are residents in the law firm’s New York City office.

Moore & Van Allen has named James R. Wyche the newest member of their Charlotte office Corporate and Securities Practice Group. He will focus his practice in the business and corporate finance area, including securities matters, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate representation.

October 10, 2011 – (Mountain View, CA) Fenwick & West LLP represented SuccessFactors, Inc. (NYSE: SFSF), the world’s leading provider of cloud-based business execution software, in its listing in the Prime Standard segment of the regulated Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FWB).

Duane Morris LLP is pleased to announce that Michael L. Lipman has joined the firm's White-Collar Criminal Defense, Corporate Investigations and Regulatory Compliance Practice Group as a partner in its San Diego office.

Duane Morris LLP is pleased to announce that Andrew Thomas Hahn, Sr., has joined the firm’s Trial Practice Group as a partner in its New York office. Hahn’s arrival further strengthens Duane Morris’ growing Trial Practice Group in New York. He joins Duane Morris from Seyfarth Shaw LLP.

Duane Morris LLP is pleased to announce that it has named nine attorneys in four practice groups to the firm partnership. These newly named partners are located in eight of the firm's offices. The firm's newly promoted partners are as follows:

Eleven Baker & Daniels LLP partners have been recognized by Benchmark Litigation 2011, the definitive guide to America's leading law firms and attorneys. Also, Baker & Daniels again has been named a "highly recommended" law firm in Indiana.