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  • June 27, 2007 |

    Key Supreme Court ruling raises bar for class action stock claims

    US investors will find it harder to bring class actions against American companies in shareholder litigation after a Supreme Court hearing last week (21 June).

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  • June 5, 2007 |

    Class action giant to offer City internship

    Cohen Milstein Hausfeld & Toll has struck a deal with the City Law School by offering two internships in its London office, further cementing the class action giant's footprint into the UK market. The two competition internships, which each have a sponsorship value of £5,000 last for three months and will be offered to students undertaking the school's international commercial law LLM.

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  • May 25, 2007 |

    Legal Week Lunchbox: 25/5/2007

    The five most popular stories on legalweek.com today; and the best readers' comments from Career Clinic.

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  • May 24, 2007 |

    Sidley hit with $39m fine over cookie cutter case

    Chicago leader Sidley Austin has been hit with a $39.4m (£20m) fine for its involvement in a controversial 'cookie cutter' tax shelter scheme - although the firm will not face criminal charges, it was announced yesterday (23 May). The Internal Revenue Service and US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York said that it would differentiate between the actions of the firm and those of former Sidley tax partner Raymond J Ruble, who faces criminal charges over his role in the scheme.

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  • May 2, 2007 |

    Kirkland knocks Sidley with $1.3bn restructuring mandate

    Kirkland & Ellis has landed the lead role on the €1.3bn (£885m) Sea Containers restructuring, knocking fellow US rival Sidley Austin off the top spot. Sidley, which had been leading on the company's reorganisation, will now take a secondary role advising on securities issues of the restructuring.

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  • April 26, 2007 |

    Blag your way through interview: Commercially conscious

    'Commercial awareness' is something that all of the top firms cite as key recruitment criteria - so if you are beginning to worry that you are not fully au fait with current goings-on in the legal market, Legal Week Student presents a crash course in this year's burning issues

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  • April 24, 2007 | International Edition

    Sidley hits Sydney with Pillsbury raid

    Sidley Austin is to open in Australia after hiring the managing partner of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman's Sydney office, Bob Meyers, to lead the venture. The office, due to open on 1 May, will be Sidley's sixth office in the Asia Pacific region, alongside bases in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai and Singapore.

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  • April 24, 2007 |

    Sidley hits Sydney with Pillsbury raid

    Sidley Austin is to open in Australia after hiring the managing partner of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman's Sydney office, Bob Meyers, to lead the venture. The office, due to open on 1 May, will be Sidley's sixth office in the Asia Pacific region, alongside bases in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai and Singapore.

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  • April 18, 2007 |

    Gibson Dunn and Dechert lead firm roster on Crown Estate's £680m joint venture

    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and Dechert have won lead roles on a £680m property joint venture between the Crown Estate and property trust The Hercules Unit Trust.

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  • April 16, 2007 |

    Manhattan elite scoop $25bn Sallie Mae buy-out

    Elite New York firms Sullivan & Cromwell, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and Davis Polk & Wardwell have picked up the lead roles on the US' latest multibillion-dollar buy-out. An investment group headed by JC Flowers & Co has stumped up $25bn (£12.6bn) to acquire Sallie Mae, the largest student loan-provider in the US.

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