NEW YORK - Loeb & Loeb ranked in the top five among firms serving as legal adviser to PIPE investors and issuers for the first quarter of 2008, according to PrivateRaise.com.

Loeb & Loeb ranked #3 as PIPE investors' counsel and #5 as PIPE issuers' counsel by number of deals. Overall, Loeb attorneys advised on nine deals totaling $85.98 million for the first quarter of the year. These rankings were published in PrivateRaise.com’s “PIPEs Scorecard” for legal counsel in the April 15th edition of The PIPEs Report - News, Information and Analysis of Private Investments in Public Equity.

About PrivateRaise.com, LLC: PrivateRaise.com® is an Internet-based information service provider of comprehensive market intelligence and analysis pertaining to private placements of equity and equity-linked securities executed by public corporations. For more information visit the Website: www.privateraise.com.

About Loeb & Loeb LLP: Loeb & Loeb LLP is a multi-service national law firm approaching 300 attorneys focusing on select core industries and practice areas, rather than endeavoring to be all things to all clients, and is recognized as a leading law firm in the areas of corporate and securities matters; litigation; entertainment and media law; finance; real estate; intellectual property; private equity; employment; advertising and promotions and tax and wealth services. The firm represents multi-national, Fortune 100 companies in their mid-market transactions and litigation matters, and serves as primary outside counsel to a multitude of mid-market clients. The firm also represents clients ranging from high tech start-ups to high net worth individuals and families. The firm has four domestic offices in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and Nashville, and an affiliation in Asia and Europe.

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