• May 1, 2014 | Corporate Counsel

    May 2014 Deals & Suits

    Comcast Time Warner Cable Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC) thwarted a hostile bid by agreeing to sell itself to Comcast Corp. for $67 billion in stock and assumed debt on Feb. 13.

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  • April 30, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    Four Firms Advise on Two Big Breakups

    UPDATE: 5/1/14, 1:28 p.m. EDT. The names of the lead lawyers from Wachtell advising Energizer have been added to the third paragraph of this story. Four top

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  • April 30, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    The Trouble With Nonequity Partners

    Consider two workers at the same company. They have the same title. They bill clients at the same rate. But one is paid a third of w e other's paid. You might suggest t

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  • April 29, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    How a Much-Loved Foodie's Passion Caught Fire at Cravath

    Steven Shaw’s sudden death at age 44 from an unspecified cause on April 8 drew emotional responses across the Internet from those who shared his strong feelings for food.

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  • April 28, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    NBA Probe Could Lead to More Legal Woes for Clippers Owner

    The media storm surrounding L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling's alleged racist comments has been swift and strong, but the legal fallout is just taking shape. Celebrity gossip w

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  • April 28, 2014 | Legaltech News

    Asia E-Discovery Remains Murky

    U.S. law firms conducting e-discovery for Asian corporate clients face many hurdles. In addition to cultural and language barriers, countries in Asia have varying regulations when transferri

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  • April 28, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    Am Law 100 Analysis: The Super Rich Get Richer

    The Am Law 100 showed gains of more than 
5 percent in top-line revenue and head count growth in 2013, hitting a new record of $77.4 billion generated by 92,0

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  • April 23, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    Half-Dozen Firms Dig Into Big Canadian Mining Deal

    Amid talk about a boom in pharmaceutical M&A that could be a boo

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  • In re South African Apartheid Litigation, 02 MDL 1499 (SAS)

    Publication Date: 2014-04-21
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs Ntsebeza et al.: Bruce Heller Nagel, Esq., Jay J. Rice, Esq., Diane E. Sammons, Esq., Nagel Rice LLP, Roseland, NJ. Tyler R. Giannini, Esq., International Human Rights Clinic, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Linda P. Nussbaum, Esq., Grant & Eisenhofer, New York, NY. Paul L. Hoffman, Esq., Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman, Venice, California. Judith Brown Chomsky, Esq., Law Offices of Judith Brown Chomsky, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. Michael F. Osborne, Esq., Cape Town, South Africa. For Plaintiffs Balintulo et al.: Michael D. Hausfeld, Esq., Hausfeld LLP, Washington, DC. Carroll H. Ingram, Esq., Ingram Wilkinson, Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
    for defendant: For Defendant International Business Machines Corp.: Keith R. Hummel, Esq., Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant Ford Motor Company: Jonathan Hacker, Esq., O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC.

    Case Number: 02 MDL 1499 (SAS)

    Cite as: In re South African Apartheid Litigation, 02 99 (SAS), NYLJ 1202651863350, at *1 (SDNY, Decided April 17, 2014) 02

  • April 21, 2014 | New York Law Journal

    Midsized Real Estate Firm to Offer Big Law Salaries

    Duval & Stachenfeld, a 66-attorney real estate firm, is more than doubling its salary for starting associates to $175,000—above the large law firm standard—to compete

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