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2002

November - Network World reviews the revolutionary Enterprise Private Network (EPN) application developed by RB&R client Netsilica, which enables data transfers for intranet and extranet enterprise environments without requiring architectural changes or additional hardware. Click here to view the article. (Adobe Acrobat required)

July - RB&R advises Silicon Alley Seed Investors, a New York City based early stage technology investment fund, in its investment (together Rho Ventures and Sevin Rosen Funds) in the $6 million Series A round of Lemur Networks, Inc., creator of an interface to allow data to be better managed, distributed, and synchronized across disparate systems. Click here to view the press release. (Adobe Acrobat required)

July - RB&R represents Hudson Venture Partners, LibertyView Equity Partners and Walden Capital Partners in connection with the purchase of convertible bridge notes of Centor Software Corporation, a leading developer of XML applications for relational or non-relational information analysis.

June - Scott H. Rosenblatt serves as a presenter in an MIT Enterprise Forum of New York City presentation on Partnerships, Mergers and Alliances.

May - RB&R acts as special real estate counsel to a major Canadian pension fund in its investment (as both equity investor and mezzanine lender) in two large midtown Manhattan office buildings.

April - RB&R client Intuitive Products International Corp. closes investments by Penny Lane Partners, Hudson Venture Partners, LibertyView Equity Partners and Walden Capital Partners, Marco Polo Capital and Middlebury Venture Partners.

April - Craig Albert argues before the United States Supreme Court on behalf of the respondent in JP Morgan Chase v. Traffic Stream. Click here to view the transcript of the argument. (Adobe Acrobat required)

April - RB&R assists Wexford Capital LLC, as lead investor, in connection with a $10 million private placement of units comprised of preferred stock and warrants by Gulfport Energy Corporation, a publicly-traded energy exploration company.

March - RB&R files Brief for Respondent in JP Morgan Chase v. Traffic Stream and awaits oral argument before the United States Supreme Court. Click here to view a copy of the brief. (Adobe Acrobat required)

March - RB&R client Copyright.gov obtains dismissal of the majority of defenses asserted by the defendant in the pending copyright case of Copyright.net v. MP3.com.

March - Scott H. Rosenblatt chairs a Continuing Legal Education panel discussion entitled "Representing Emerging Companies" at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, which provides insight into fundamental issues and considerations involved in representing emerging companies. Edward Reitler serves on this panel and presented issues arising in angel and venture capital financings.

March - Ed Reitler is quoted in the March 2002 issue of Venture Capital Journal article entitled "A Rocky Venture Environment Shapes the Legal Landscape". (Adobe Acrobat required)

February - RB&R client NetSilica, announces the release of its Enterprise Peer Network (EPN) product, a managed peer-to-peer solution that enables companies to effortlessly connect remote employees, partners or clients securely to business critical data from any Web browser. Click here to view the press release. (Adobe Acrobat required)

January - John F.F. Watkins becomes a member of the firm focusing on Securities, Mergers & Acquisitions and other corporate matters.

2001

August - TechTV reports that RB&R client, copyright.gov, uses novel legal strategy in copyright infringement suit against MP3.com. Click here to view the article. (Adobe Acrobat required)

August - Ray Mantle is quoted in a Washington Post article reporting on the copyright infringement lawsuit commenced by RB&R client copyright.gov against MP3.com. Click here to view the article. (Adobe Acrobat required)