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  • January 10, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Legal Issues Stall Volkswagen-Porsche Merger

    Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn said Monday that a proposed merger with fellow German automaker Porsche isn't possible because of legal obstacles and tax issues that have cropped up since th

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  • May 7, 2013 | International

    Can China Change CFIUS?

    To most Americans, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States is just another innocuous bit of D.C. bureaucracy. The interagency committee, chaired by the Treasury secretary but

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  • November 13, 2006 | Legal Times

    After Managing a Firm, What's Next?

    As law firms continue to grow into increasingly complex billion-dollar businesses, more managing partners are devoting themselves full time to their leadership roles. In fact, as law fir

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  • August 16, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    Personal Notes on Lawyers

    • Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has added Jonathan Lindabury as senior counsel in the global derivatives practice. He was vice presi

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  • December 17, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    Newsbriefs

    Chadbourne & Parke, Davis Polk Announce BonusesDavis Polk & Wardwell and Chadbourne & Parke are both paying associate bonuses starting at $17,500 for first-years and

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  • April 7, 2003 | Corporate Counsel

    NYMEX v. ICE and ICE v. NYMEX

    Everything has its price, and the New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (NYMEX) has been helping people settle on one since 1872 (though back then it was known as the Butter and Cheese Exchange).

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  • March 10, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    WorldCom II

    The last two weeks have seen a flurry of activity as the parties in the securities class action litigation stemming from the collapse of WorldCom gear up for a trial next week. Just y

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  • September 21, 2006 | The Recorder

    Manatt Is Second L.A. Firm to Boost Starting Pay to $145K

    A year after first-year pay raises swept the Los Angeles market -- and then the nation -- L.A.'s Manatt, Phelps & Phillips is boosting starting salaries to $145,000. "We are recruiting a

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  • March 11, 2013 | International

    Falling Yen Imperils Japan's M&A Boom

    Last year saw a record volume of outbound mergers and acquisition deals by Japanese companies. The strong yen meant that overseas assets were cheap, and Japan Inc. went on a shopping spree, w

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  • February 5, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Does the Future Belong To Cadwalader?

    It's bowling night at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, and even the firm's biggest names are staring down pins at Greenwich Village's Bowlmor Lanes. Mergers and acquisitions partner

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