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  • March 27, 2006 | Alm

    Nation's Biggest Firms Weigh In on Supreme Court's Detainee Case

    When the Supreme Court hears arguments this week in a landmark dispute over executive power in wartime, the Bush administration will be outnumbered - if not outgunned. Many of the nati

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  • July 31, 2002 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Lawyers on Major TransactionsCleary Gottlieb, Sullivan & Cromwell Counsel Whopper of a Fast Food DealIn a deal valued at about $2.26 billion, London-based Diageo plc,

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  • October 1, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Golden Parachute

    When Clint Eastwood wasn't yelling at an empty chair and debating an invisible President Barack Obama during his recent tour de force at the Republican National Convention in August, he was t

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  • February 25, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Four Am Law 100 Firms Take Lead on Apollo-Led $7.2 Billion LBO

    A private equity consortium led by Apollo Global Management has agreed to acquire El Paso Corporation's oil and gas exploration and production units in a $7.15 billion leveraged buyout that B

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  • September 23, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Firms decry proposed accounting rule

    A proposed accounting rule that would require companies to disclose financial loss contingencies, including those from lawsuits, is drawing criticism from the corporate defense bar. Th

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  • April 28, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Paul Weiss, Sullivan & Cromwell And Davis Polk in Adelphia Deal Bankrupt cable provider Adelphia Communications Corp. agreed last Thursday to split its assets between Ti

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  • September 23, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    BigLaw Blasts Bid to Get Big Business to Open Its Books a Bit Wider

    A proposed accounting rule that would require companies to disclose financial loss contingencies, including those from lawsuits, is drawing criticism from the corporate defense

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  • August 15, 2008 | Corporate Counsel

    Premium Work

    Premium Work We researched the fortune 100 to find Out which law firms they used in 2007 in each of the following practice areas: corporate transactions, torts and

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  • August 15, 2008 | Law.com

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  • March 2, 2005 | Legal Times

    MCI-Verizon Plans to Slash Legal Team

    At some point in the coming months, the proverbial blood may be hitting the floor.Verizon Communications Inc.'s $6.7 billion proposed acquisition of MCI Inc. would result in job losses

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