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  • May 30, 2007 |

    Skadden all at sea

    As you can tell from the latest Quote of the Week (below), the relationship between lawyers and the fourth estate can occasionally get a little fractious.

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  • May 25, 2007 |

    Skadden leads on $3.7bn Nasdaq-OMX tie-up

    New York giants Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton have bagged roles on the $3.7bn (£1.9bn) acquisition of Nordic exchange operator OMX Group by Nasdaq. Skadden has teamed up with local outfit Cederquist to advise Nasdaq, while Cleary and Swedish leader Vinge are advising the target.

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  • May 23, 2007 |

    Talkback special: Europe's class action revolution

    Is Europe set for a spate of US-style class actions? Some US firms certainly think so and are targeting London accordingly. Will you welcome them with open arms or do you dread the rise of a compensation culture?

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  • May 22, 2007 |

    A slippery slope to an unwelcome destination

    The class action – that most American of legal phenomena – seems to be the hot topic of the moment. Not a week goes by without numerous column…

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  • May 17, 2007 |

    Overview: A Whirlwind Tour

    The intense focus on pay rises at the top London firms may have stolen the headlines of late, but the truth is that there is just as much happening in the regional, offshore and international legal markets as in the City - as Legal Week's editorial team demonstrates in this round-up of events from Nottingham to New York.

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  • May 16, 2007 |

    Europe rallies troops as class action brigade heads this way

    Like many transatlantic trends, lawyers have long been predicting that US-style class action litigation is set to migrate to Europe but, until recently, there has been little evidence to support such wild claims.

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  • May 16, 2007 |

    US leaders continue restructuring drive

    Two New York firms have hired restructuring partners in the latest evidence of Manhattan's top firms striving to beef up their insolvency practices.

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  • May 16, 2007 |

    Hogan bags $4.8bn mandate as aggressive bid tactics rule

    Norilsk Nickel calls in Hogan in competitive bid as aggressive acquirers power M&A market

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  • May 16, 2007 |

    Legal Week Lunchbox: 16/5/2007

    The five most popular stories of the day on legalweek.com; the best readers' posts and all the usual lunchtime fun.

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  • May 14, 2007 |

    Schulte Roth joins NY giants on Chrysler sale

    New York outfit Schulte Roth & Zabel has bagged a lead role alongside Milbank Tweed Hadley McCloy, Shearman & Sterling and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom on Cerberus' acquisition of DaimlerChrysler's Chrysler division in a €5.5bn (£3.8bn) deal. Schulte Roth and Milbank are representing the US buy-out house on M&A and financing of the bid respectively, while Shearman and Skadden are representing DaimlerChrysler on the sale.

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