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LAWYER RESPONSIBILITY

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Letter from David M. Becker, General Counsel, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Response to Letter from Several Professors of Securities Regulation and/or Professional Responsibility of Noted Law Schools, dated March 28, 2002.
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Article From the Los Angeles Times, Entitled "Calls for Lawyers to Blow the Whistle", dated March 24, 2002

Article From the New York Times, Entitled "Lawmakers Contend Lawyers for Enron Should Have Raised Concerns", dated March 15, 2002

Hearing of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee, United States House of Representatives, Concerning the Financial Collapse of Enron and Including testimony of Vinson & Elkins, LLP and in-house legal counsel of Enron, dated March 14, 2002

Article From the New York Times, Entitled "Troubling Questions Ahead for Enron's Law Firm, A Pillar of Texas is Called Too Close to its Client", dated March 12, 2002

Public Statement by Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Harvey L. Pitt: Remarks at SIA Compliance and Legal Division Seminar, dated March 11, 2002

Letter from Several Professors of Securities Regulation and/or Professional Responsibility of Noted Law Schools to Harvey L. Pitt, Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Expressing Concern About the Role of Professionals in the Enron Matter and Other Frauds on Investors, dated March 7, 2002
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Article From BusinessWeek, Entitled "ET TU, ENRON LAWYERS?", dated March 4, 2002

Testimony Before the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, by Ira M. Millstein, Co-chairman of the Blue Ribbon Committee on Improving the Effectiveness of Corporate Audit Committees, Concerning the Role and Independence of Public Company Boards, The Professionals Upon Whose Advice They Must Rely and the Role of Compensation, dated February 27, 2002

Public Statement by Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Harvey L. Pitt: Remarks at the SEC Speaks Conference, dated February 22, 2002

Public Statement by Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Harvey L. Pitt: Remarks at the Winter Bench and Bar Conference of the Federal Bar Council, dated February 19, 2002

Speech by Securities and Exchange Commission Enforcement Director Stephen M. Cutler at the Glasser LegalWorks 20th Annual Federal Securities Institute, dated February 15, 2002

Article From The National Law Journal, Entitled "Report Criticizes V&E's Enron Work, Firm Could Be Sued, Experts Say", dated February 11, 2002

Article From Business Week, Entitled "One Big Client, One Big Hassle, Vinson & Elkins' Heavy Reliance On Enron Is Now a Potential Liability for the Law Firm", dated January 28, 2002

Model Rule 1.13 of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct

Rule 102(e) of the SEC Rules of Practice