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					<title>Arnold &amp; Porter Recognized by Washington Business Journal for Its Role in Three Major Real Estate Deals</title>
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						Washington, D.C., May 7, 2013 -- Arnold &amp; Porter LLP and its clients were recognized for their role in three separate transactions during the Washington Business Journal&apos;s &quot;Real Estate Deals of the Year 2012&quot; awards dinner on April 29.The &quot;Deal of the Year&quot; award went to Arnold &amp; Porter client StonebridgeCarras, a private developer which led a complex transaction involving 200 Eye Street, SE, a 400,000 square foot building that had remained vacant since early 
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					<title>Arnold &amp; Porter&apos;s Denver Office Recognized for Pro Bono Service by Colorado Supreme Court for Seventh Straight Year</title>
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						Denver, Colorado; April 30, 2013 -- For the seventh consecutive year, the Denver Office of Arnold &amp;amp; Porter has been recognized by the Colorado Supreme Court for performing at least 50 hours of pro bono legal service per attorney primarily for the indigent and/or organizations serving indigent people. Recognized firms also commit to valuing attorney pro bono hours for purposes of attorney evaluation, advancement, and compensation as the firm would value co
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					<title>Corte de Apelaciones de D.C. confirma desestimaci&#xf3;n de demanda de US$17 mil millones contra la Rep&#xfa;blica de Colombia</title>
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						Washington, D.C., 23 de abril de 2013 -- Apenas dos semanas despu&#xe9;s de los alegatos orales, el 8 de abril de 2013 la Corte de Apelaciones del Circuito de D.C. confirm&#xf3; por unanimidad la total desestimaci&#xf3;n de una demanda de $ 17 mil millones contra la Rep&#xfa;blica de Colombia sobre supuestos derechos de salvamento de un gale&#xf3;n hundido y su cargamento de tesoro.&#xa0; El fallo de la Corte de Apelaciones confirma la desestimaci&#xf3;n de la demanda entablada por Sea Search Armada por incumplimiento de contr
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					<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>Justices Decide Alien Tort Statute Does Not Apply to Conduct in Foreign Countries As Urged in Arnold &amp; Porter Amicus Briefs</title>
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						Washington, D.C., April 23, 2013 -- In a significant victory for the international business community, the Supreme Court held on April 17, 2013, that the Alien Tort Statute (&quot;ATS&quot;) should be presumed not to reach alleged misconduct that &quot;took place outside the United States.&quot; The Court&apos;s decision in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum should substantially reduce ATS litigation against multinational companies that operate in developing countries.The Court&apos;s opinion
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					<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>DC Circuit Affirms Dismissal of $17 Billion Claim Against Arnold &amp; Porter Client, Republic of Colombia</title>
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						Washington, D.C., April 23, 2013 -- Just two weeks after oral argument, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously affirmed on April 8, 2013, a district court&apos;s complete dismissal of a $17 billion lawsuit against the Republic of Colombia over salvage rights to a sunken treasure ship. The Circuit Court opinion upholds dismissal of Sea Search Armada&apos;s claims for breach of contract, conversion, and recognition of a foreign judgment.&#xa0;The appellate court agreed that Sea Search 
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					<title>Arnold &amp; Porter LLP&apos;s Government Contracts Practice Named Law360&apos;s &quot;2012 Practice Group of the Year&quot;</title>
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						Washington, D.C., April 22, 2013 -- Law360 has named Arnold &amp; Porter&apos;s Government Contracts practice&#xa0;to its&#xa0; 2012 &quot;Practice Groups of the Year&quot; list.According to Law 360, the &quot;government contracts pros at Arnold &amp; Porter LLP had the Beltway buzzing in 2012&quot; with&#xa0; precedent-setting victories, on behalf of such clients as Systems Applications &amp; Technologies Inc. and Raytheon
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					<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>Arnold &amp; Porter Among Yale Law Women&apos;s Top Ten Family Friendly Firms for Seventh Consecutive Year</title>
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						Washington, D.C., April 18, 2013 -- Arnold &amp;amp; Porter LLP has been included in the Yale Law Women&amp;#8217;s 2013 Top Ten Family Friendly Firms List.&amp;#160; The Report cites the Firm&amp;#8217;s demonstrated &amp;#8220;leadership in developing and implementing family friendly practices and policies.&amp;#8221; &amp;#160;It is the seventh consecutive year Arnold &amp;amp; Porter has been included in the closely-watched YLW report.The Yale Law Women Initiative&amp;#8217;s annual Top Ten Family Fi
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					<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>Arnold &amp; Porter Premieres Defending Gideon, Rededicates Firm to Landmark Right to Counsel Ruling and Pro Bono Service</title>
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						Washington, D.C.; New York; Los Angeles; April 4, 2013 - Arnold &amp;amp; Porter LLP co-hosted the Washington, D.C., New York, and Los Angeles movie premiere of Defending Gideon on March 18, 2013, reconfirming its ongoing dedication and historical commitment to pro bono service.The special viewings of Defending Gideon coincided with the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court&apos;s landmark indigent right to counsel decision in Gideon v. Wainwright&lt;/em
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					<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>Arnold &amp; Porter Partners Profiled in Global Competition Review&apos;s 2013 Women in Antitrust Report</title>
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						Washington, D.C.; Brussels, March 27, 2013 -- Three Arnold &amp; Porter partners were included in the Global Competition Review&apos;s 2013 Women in Antitrust report, which profiles 100 successful women in the field of competition law.&#xa0; The firm&apos;s attorneys profiled were Debbie Feinstein, a 25-year antitrust veteran who is co-head of the firm&apos;s Antitrust/Competition practice residen
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					<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>Arnold &amp; Porter Partner Lisa Blatt Named to The National Law Journal&apos;s 2013 List of 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America</title>
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						Washington, D.C., March 27, 2013 --Arnold &amp; Porter partner Lisa Blatt was recently named to The National Law Journal&apos;s 2013 list of 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America, recognizing the 100 practicing attorneys who are making the biggest impact in the legal world.&#xa0; The NLJ&apos;s
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					<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>Chambers Global 2013 Ranks 37 Arnold &amp; Porter Attorneys and 18 Practices</title>
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						Chambers Global 2013 ranked 37 Arnold &amp;amp; Porter attorneys as &quot;Leading Individuals&quot; in 14 practice areas, up from 11 areas last year. Eighteen of the firm&amp;#8217;s practice areas were also acknowledged including Band 1 placement for Competition/Antitrust in the United States and Band 1 placement for Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright &amp;amp; Trade Secrets in the United States. For 2013, the firm added seven new individual rankings, and four new group rankings in Europe-wide Life Scien
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					<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>New York Real Estate Lawyer Bruce Saber Joins Arnold &amp; Porter LLP</title>
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						NEW YORK, March 13, 2013 -- Arnold &amp; Porter LLP announced today that Bruce D. Saber has joined the firm&apos;s growing real estate practice as counsel in its New York office.Mr. Saber brings to Arnold &amp; Porter broad-based experience in sophisticated real estate transactions gained during a 30 year career in real estate as a partner at two national law firms and as a senior executive with several
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					<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>Arnold &amp; Porter Elects Five Counsel</title>
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						Washington, DC, March 13, 2013 - Arnold &amp;amp; Porter LLP announced today that effective March 1 it has elected five new counsel to the firm. The attorney promotions are in multiple practice areas in the firm&apos;s Washington, D.C. office, including government contracts; intellectual property; business litigation; products liability and mass torts; antitrust; tax, trusts and estates; international arbitration; and environmental.The following individuals were elected counsel
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					<title>Arnold &amp; Porter Gains Major Arbitration Waiver Ruling Before FINRA</title>
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						San Francisco, March 12, 2013 -- Arnold &amp; Porter LLP recently won a closely-watched decision before a hearing panel of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, which held that the agency cannot block an investment firm from including class action waivers in its customer arbitration agreements. The client in this case, Charles Schwab &amp; Co., had amended its customer agreements to include such waivers in October 2011, soon after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 
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					<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>ASBCA Bars Government&apos;s $17M Claim Against Arnold &amp; Porter Client Raytheon Based on Statute of Limitations</title>
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						Washington, D.C., February 26, 2013 -- The Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA) today issued its final decision in Raytheon Missile Systems, ASBCA No. 58011, whereby it barred the government&apos;s US$17 million claim against Arnold &amp;amp; Porter LLP&apos;s client by finding that the claim was invalid as outside the Contract Disputes Act&apos;s (CDA) six year statute of limitations.It is the latest in a long line of decisions before ASBCA and the Court of Federal Claims in which contractor
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					<title>Arnold &amp; Porter International Arbitration Group Garners Global Arbitration Review Award for &quot;Most Impressive&quot; Law Firm</title>
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						Washington, D.C., February 25, 2013 - At its annual awards dinner on February 21, the Global Arbitration Review (GAR) announced that Arnold &amp;amp; Porter LLP&amp;#160;was the 2012 recipient of the prestigious GAR award for the &quot;large international arbitration practice that impressed the most in the past year.&quot;&amp;#160; According to the publisher, Arnold &amp;amp; Porter attracted &quot;significantly more votes&quot; from its readers than any other firm.&amp;#160; GAR also ranked the Firm amon
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					<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>Corporate Securities and Financial Services Lawyer James Walther Joins Arnold &amp; Porter LLP on West Coast</title>
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						LOS ANGELES, February 19, 2013 -- Arnold &amp;amp; Porter LLP announced today that James R. Walther has joined the firm&amp;#8217;s Corporate and Securities and Financial Services practices as a senior counsel in its Los Angeles office.Mr. Walther represents both public and privately held companies of all sizes in diverse industries, including banking, financial services, real estate and techno
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					<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>Arnold &amp; Porter Legal Team Guides PMI Mortgage Insurance Co. in Major Company and Asset Sale</title>
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						SAN FRANCISCO, NEW YORK, February 12, 2013 - Arnold &amp;amp; Porter LLP client PMI Mortgage Insurance Co. (in receivership) recently entered into definitive agreements with Arch Capital Group Ltd. for its U.S.-based subsidiaries, Arch U.S. MI, to acquire CMG Mortgage Insurance Company from PMI and CMFG Life Insurance Company. The agreements also involve the acquisition of PMI&apos;s mortgage insurance information technology operating platform and related assets from PMI. The value of the consideratio
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					<title>Arnold &amp; Porter LLP Named One of Fortune&apos;s 2013 &quot;100 Best Companies to Work For&quot;</title>
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						WASHINGTON, D.C., January 17, 2013 - Arnold &amp;amp; Porter LLP has been named one of the &quot;100 Best Companies to Work For&quot; in 2013 by FORTUNE magazine. It is the ninth year the Firm has been so named to the prestigious list, which is regarded as the most authoritative ranking of its kind, largely because two-thirds of an employer&apos;s score is based on a confidential survey of employees.&quot;We are proud to be included on FORTUNE&apos;S 100 Best Companies to Work For list,&quot; said Richard M. Alexander,
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					<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>New York Corporate and Securities Lawyer Joshua Berick Joins Arnold &amp; Porter LLP</title>
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						NEW YORK, February 5, 2013 -- Arnold &amp; Porter LLP announced today that Joshua Berick has joined the firm&apos;s Corporate and Securities group as a partner in its New York office.&#xa0; Mr. Berick&apos;s M &amp; A practice has involved a wide range of domestic and cross-border transactions, including leveraged acquisitions, divestitures, stock and asset purchases, private equity and venture capital investments, stra
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					<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>Arnold &amp; Porter Obtains Victory for Republic of Chile in 15-Year Arbitration</title>
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						Washington, D.C., February 4, 2013 -- In a recently issued decision, Arnold &amp;amp; Porter LLP succeeded on behalf of its client, the Republic of Chile, in obtaining the annulment of an award of damages of US$ 10 million that had been imposed on Chile in an arbitral award issued in May 2008.&amp;#160; In the case of Victor Pey Casado and President Allende Foundation v. Republic of Chile, which commenced in 1997 at the World Bank-affiliated International Centre for Settleme
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					<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>Arnold &amp; Porter LLP announces the election of seven new partners</title>
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						Washington, DC, February 1, 2013 - Arnold &amp; Porter LLP announced today that it has elected seven new partners to the firm in its Financial Services; Antitrust; Litigation; Corporate and Securities; Intellectual Property; Real Estate; and Tax practices:Christopher Allen is a member of the firm&apos;s Financial Services group in Washington, D.C., where he represents clients in a br
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					<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>Arnold &amp; Porter LLP&apos;s Environmental Practice Named Law360&apos;s &quot;2012 Practice Group of the Year&quot;</title>
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						Washington, D.C., January 28, 2013 -- Law360 has named Arnold &amp;amp; Porter&amp;#8217;s Environmental practice&amp;#160;to its&amp;#160; 2012 &amp;#8220;Practice Groups of the Year&amp;#8221; list.Law 360 noted that the firm&amp;#8217;s team of environmental lawyers had a &amp;#8220;long list of accomplishments in 2012.&amp;#8221; These included convincing a U.S. District judge to strike down U.S. Environmental Protection Agency criteria for nutrient levels in Florida&amp;#8217;s streams in a case in whi
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					<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>New York Antitrust and Litigation Lawyer C. Scott Lent Joins Arnold &amp; Porter LLP</title>
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						NEW YORK, January 24, 2013 --Arnold &amp;amp; Porter LLP announced today that C. Scott Lent has joined the firm&amp;#8217;s antitrust and litigation practices in its New York office as counsel.&amp;#160; Mr. Lent&amp;#8217;s broad-based antitrust practice spans numerous complex M &amp;amp; A transactions, c
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					<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>Arnold &amp; Porter LLP Serves as Special Tax Counsel in Completion of Health Care REIT&apos;s Sunrise Senior Living Acquisition and Sale of Management Company</title>
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						Arnold &amp; Porter LLP Serves as Special Tax Counsel in Completion of Health Care REIT&apos;s Sunrise Senior Living Acquisition and Sale of Management CompanyWASHINGTON, DC, January 24, 2013 -- Health Care REIT, Inc. has announced that it recently completed its acquisition of the Sunrise Senior Living, Inc. property portfolio, the sale of the Sunrise management company, and the acceleration of all planned joint venture partner buy-outs.
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					<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>Arnold &amp; Porter Helps Gain Federal Employment Discrimination Victory Before U.S. Supreme Court</title>
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						Washington, D.C., January 17, 2013 -- The United States Supreme Court last month unanimously ruled in favor of an Arnold &amp;amp; Porter pro bono client, a former employee of the Department of Labor, holding that she had properly filed employment discrimination claims in the federal district court, rather than in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, regardless of whether an administrative agency had earlier decided her case on procedural grounds or the merits.In 2005, the Fi
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					<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>Arnold &amp; Porter Assists Grassroots Business Fund Close Groundbreaking Fund for Impact Investing in Emerging Overseas Economies</title>
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						Washington, D.C., January 17, 2013 - Arnold &amp;amp; Porter LLP recently assisted the Grassroots Business Fund (GBF) in closing a ground-breaking $48,000,000 hybrid equity and debt-funded private investment fund that was formed to assist businesses in emerging markets in Asia, Africa and Latin America, thereby driving local economic development and improving local standards of living, while also offering the potential for a modest return to investors on these investments. GBF is a Washington, DC
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					<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>Arnold &amp; Porter Advises on 18 Sovereign Finance Deals With an Aggregate Value of Approximately US$19 billion in 2012</title>
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						WASHINGTON, DC, January 11, 2013 - In 2012, Arnold &amp; Porter LLP&apos;s preeminent sovereign finance practice handled 18 deals with an aggregate value of approximately US$19 billion on behalf of sovereign clients in Latin America, Europe and Africa. Please click here to read a description of our recent work.&#xa0;&#xa0;&#xa0;&#xa0;&#xa0;&#xa0;Arnold &amp; Porter LLP is an international law firm of mor
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					<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>Arnold &amp; Porter LLP Named to The National Law Journal&apos;s 2013 Pro Bono Hot List</title>
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						Washington, D.C., January 9, 2013 -- Arnold &amp; Porter LLP has been named to the National Law Journal&apos;s 2013 Pro Bono Hot List. The firm was one of 10 legal organizations selected to the special report&apos;s list this year. The National Law Journal editors selected the 2013 Pro Bono Hot List winners from nominations illustrating pro bono work that had a wide-reaching social or financial impact, entailed significant financial sacrifice or exposed attorneys to criticism due to clien
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					<title>Arnold &amp; Porter LLP Signs Lease for Move to 601 Massachusetts Avenue, NW</title>
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						Washington, D.C., January 7, 2013 --&amp;#160; Arnold &amp;amp; Porter LLP announced today that it has executed a 20-year lease with Boston Properties for a new, mixed use development at 601 Massachusetts Avenue in Washington, D.C.&apos;s Penn Quarter neighborhood.&amp;#160; Under the terms of the lease, the Firm expects to move to the new location in October, 2015.Arnold &amp;amp; Porter will occupy approximately 375,000 square feet of space in the 11 story building to be constructed on a site acquired by
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					<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>Arnold &amp; Porter LLP Advises Second Brazilian State in Major Financing</title>
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						New York, New York, December 27, 2012 -- &amp;#160;Arnold &amp;amp; Porter client, the Brazilian State of Santa Catarina, today signed and received disbursement of a $726 million loan from Bank of America, N.A., guaranteed by the Federative Republic of Brazil. Arnold &amp;amp; Porter also represented the guarantor. Partner Whitney Debevoise led the transaction, the second of its kind in three months.The State used th
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					<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>Arnold &amp; Porter Represents Schwab in $350 Million Offering</title>
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						Washington, DC, December 17, 2012 -- Arnold &amp;amp; Porter LLP represented The Charles Schwab Corporation in a $350 million senior notes offering. The senior notes were offered at 0.850% and are due in 2015. The deal was launched on December 3, 2012 and closed on December 6, 2012. This marks the fourth securities deal that Arnold &amp;amp; Porter&apos;s corporate team has done for Schwab in 2012. Schwab&apos;s relationship with the firm dates back to the company&apos;s IPO in 1987. The firm (first as Howard Rice,
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					<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>Arnold &amp; Porter Receives &quot;Gideon Award&quot; as 50th Anniversary Year of Landmark Right to Counsel Ruling Approaches</title>
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						Arnold &amp;amp; Porter LLP received the Gideon Award November 14 from the Maryland Office of the Public Defender as the 50th Anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court&amp;#8217;s landmark right to counsel decision in Gideon v. Wainwright approaches.&amp;#160; It was on March 18, 1963 that the Justices unanimously held that Clarence Gideon had been unconstitutionally deprived of his right to counsel guaranteed by the 14th and 6th Amendments when tried pro se in a Florida court for petty lar
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					<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>ALI Names John B. Bellinger III as Counselor for The Restatement Fourth of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States</title>
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						Arnold &amp; Porter partner and former State Department Legal Adviser John B. Bellinger III has been named by the American Law Institute to a group of eight Counselors to oversee drafting of the ALI&apos;s Restatement Fourth of the Foreign Relations Law of the United States.&#xa0; The Restatement Fourth will be a leading reference work for judges, practitioners and scholars for the application of internation
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					<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>Arnold &amp; Porter Obtains Groundbreaking Decision for Hungary on Energy Charter Treaty ICSID Arbitration Claims by Electrabel</title>
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						LONDON, December 6, 2012 - Continuing a string of victories on behalf of Hungary and several other clients at the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), on 30 November 2012 Arnold &amp; Porter received a favorable decision in the matter of Electrabel v. Hungary.&#xa0; In a 257-page decision, an arbitral tribunal composed of V.V. Veeder (tribunal president), Gabri
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					<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>Arnold &amp; Porter Recognized for Banco do Brasil Transaction</title>
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						New York, NY, November 29, 2012 -- Arnold &amp;amp; Porter was recently recognized by Financial Times for its innovative work in helping Banco do Brasil acquire Florida-based EuroBank earlier this year and thereby become the first bank majority owned by a sovereign government to be approved by the Federal Reserve as a financial holding company. The newspaper&apos;s closely-watched 2012 &quot;Innovative Lawyers&quot; report also took into account the fact that the firm&apos;s client was the first major bank from Lati
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					<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>M&amp;A Lawyer Richard S. Millard Joins Arnold &amp; Porter LLP&apos;s Corporate and Securities Practice in Northern California</title>
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						SAN FRANCISCO and SILICON VALLEY, November 14, 2012 -- Arnold &amp;amp; Porter LLP announced today that Richard S. Millard has joined its Corporate and Securities practice group as senior counsel in its San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices.&amp;#160; Well known in Northern California&amp;#8217;s business community where he has practiced for the majority of his career, Mr. Millard has represented numerous companies, boards, investors, investment banks and financial institutions
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					<title>Arnold &amp; Porter Named Among &quot;Best Places to Work&quot; by the Human Rights Campaign</title>
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						Arnold &amp;amp; Porter LLP announced today that it has again received a top rating and designation as among the &amp;#8220;Best Places to Work&amp;#8221; by the Human Rights Campaign.&amp;#160;The HRC&amp;#8217;s closely-watch annual Corporate Equality Index survey rates nearly 900 businesses for their treatment of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender workers.&amp;#160;This year, the HRC noted that a record number of large companies, including Arnold &amp;amp; Porter, maintained or achieved its 100% rating by adequa
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					<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>Arnold &amp; Porter expands its Northern California Life Sciences capabilities with the arrival of Jeffrey Hessekiel</title>
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						SAN FRANCISCO and SILICON VALLEY, November 8, 2012 -- Arnold &amp;amp; Porter LLP announced today that Jeffrey J. Hessekiel has joined its FDA/Healthcare practice group as senior counsel in its San Francisco and Silicon Valley offices.&amp;#160; During a 10-year career as a senior executive at Gilead Sciences, Inc., Mr. Hessekiel oversaw diverse legal matters ranging from M&amp;amp;A and licensing transactions to litigation management, regulatory matters, investigations, governmen
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					<title>Veteran Life Sciences and Health Care Lawyer Diane Bieri Joins Arnold &amp; Porter LLP</title>
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						WASHINGTON, D.C., October 9, 2012 -- Arnold &amp; Porter LLP announced today that former senior trade association executive and legal counsel, Diane Bieri, has joined the firm as a partner.&#xa0; She will work with the firm&apos;s FDA and health care practice and antitrust groups.As Executive Vice President and General Counsel for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), Ms. Bier
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					<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>Pennsylvania Judge Enjoins Voter ID Law; Challenge Led by Arnold &amp; Porter and Others</title>
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						Washington, D.C., October 2, 2012 -- A Pennsylvania judge today enjoined local election officials from requiring a photo ID to vote in the November election.&amp;#160;Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson wrote that he was unconvinced &quot;there would be no voter disenfranchisement arising out of the Commonwealth&apos;s implementation&quot; of the voter identification requirements in the controversial state law.&amp;#160; He opined that the &quot;gap&quot; between the mandated photo IDs and the state&apos;s
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					<title>Arnold &amp; Porter Represents Republic of Turkey in its First Islamic Bond Offering</title>
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						New York and London, September 26, 2012 -- The Republic of Turkey has closed its first-ever Islamic finance offering.&#xa0; The New York and London offices of Arnold &amp; Porter LLP acted as Turkey&apos;s international legal counsel, in association with Somay Hukuk Burosu, the Republic&apos;s Turkish counsel.&#xa0; The issue, consisting of lease certificates due in 2018, raised $1.5 billion for the Republic.In order to comply with Shariah law, the sukuk, as issues that are compliant with Isl
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					<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>Arnold &amp; Porter Recognized for Innovative Pro Bono Special Education Representation</title>
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						WASHINGTON, DC, September 21, 2012 &amp;#8211; Arnold &amp;amp; Porter LLP and the General Electric Company received an award from the Children&amp;#8217;s Law Center on September 13 for their &amp;#8220;innovative&amp;#8221; joint pro bono special education representation efforts.&amp;#160; Both firms were honored during the non-profit&amp;#8217;s evening Helping Children Soar Benefit at the Kennedy Center Roof Terrace Restaurant in the nation&amp;#8217;s capital.&amp;#8220;We are convinced that effecti
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					<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>Arnold &amp; Porter Assists Apple Bank in Acquisition of Deposits and Branch Offices From Emigrant Bank</title>
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						New York, New York, September 19, 2012 - Arnold &amp; Porter LLP represented long time client Apple Bank in negotiating the assumption of approximately $3.3 billion of deposits and the acquisition of 30 branch office locations from Emigrant Bank. The transaction is the largest deposit acquisition in the greater New York City area since 1995. Both parties are among the oldest and most prominent retail banking organizations headquartered in New York, with distinguished reputations for serving the b
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					<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>Arnold &amp; Porter&apos;s Latin America Practice Recognized by Leading Legal Directories</title>
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						WASHINGTON, D.C., September 19, 2012 -- Arnold &amp;amp; Porter LLP&apos;s Latin America practice is one of exceptional breadth and scope, both substantively and geographically. The firm has placed an important emphasis on and taken an active role in matters relating to Latin America, demonstrating an enduring commitment to the region. The 30-member strong Latin America practice has bolstered the firm&apos;s footprint in the region offering practice capabilities in such key areas as arbitration, litigation
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					<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>Arnold &amp; Porter Recognized for Its Diversity and Adoption-Friendly Programs</title>
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						WASHINGTON, D.C., September 19, 2012 -- Arnold &amp;amp; Porter was again named one of the &amp;#8220;100 Best Companies&amp;#8221; by Working Mother magazine.&amp;#160; It is the thirteenth time the firm has earned this prestigious media recognition.Working Mother particularly noted Arnold &amp;amp; Porter&amp;#8217;s gender diversity, mentoring, and career counseling initiatives that have helped the firm achieve impressive diversity hiring and retention results in recent y
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					<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>Arnold &amp; Porter LLP Secures Victory on Behalf of Senior Israeli Officials</title>
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						WASHINGTON, DC, September 10, 2012 &amp;#160;-- &amp;#160;On August 29, 2012, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey dismissed claims of gender discrimination and purported crimes against humanity brought against several high-ranking Israeli officials, including a current justice on Israel&apos;s Supreme Court and two cabinet-level ministers.&amp;#160; The plaintiffs alleged that Israel&apos;s family-law and social-services systems discriminated against men in child custody proceedings and
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					<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>Arnold &amp; Porter Recognized for Innovative Pro Bono Special Education Representation</title>
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						WASHINGTON, DC, September 7, 2012 &amp;#8211; Arnold &amp;amp; Porter LLP and the General Electric Company will receive an award from the Children&amp;#8217;s Law Center on September 13 for their &amp;#8220;innovative&amp;#8221; joint pro bono special education representation efforts.&amp;#160;Both firms will be honored during the non-profit&amp;#8217;s evening Helping Children Soar Benefit at the Kennedy Center Roof Terrace Restaurant in the nation&amp;#8217;s capital.&amp;#8220;We are convinced that effective early int
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					<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>Trial Court&apos;s Ban on TV Show Retransmissions Affirmed on Appeal</title>
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						NEW YORK, NY, August 27, 2012  -- Arnold &amp;amp; Porter won an important victory August 27 when the Second Circuit affirmed the Southern District of New York&apos;s grant of a preliminary injunction prohibiting the retransmission of broadcast television programming over the Internet by a website called ivi.tv.&amp;#160; In the fall of 2010 ivi began streaming broadcast signals of television stations in New York, Seattle, Chicago, and Los Angeles via the Internet to paying subscribers.&amp;#160; The firm&apos;s l
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					<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2012 -400</pubDate>
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					<title>Arnold &amp; Porter Serves as Special Tax Counsel in $1.9 Billion Real Estate Investment Trust Acquisition</title>
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						WASHINGTON, DC, August 27, 2012 -- Health Care REIT, Inc. has announced an agreement to acquire Sunrise Senior Living, Inc. in a $1.9 billion deal. An Arnold &amp; Porter team including Joseph Howe III, head of the firm&apos;s tax practice, Cynthia Mann, tax partner, and tax associate &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.arnoldpor
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					<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2012 -400</pubDate>
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