• August 18, 2011 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: August 18, 2011

    China/Hong Kong As China's global hunt for energy resources continues, Vinson & Elkins and Linklaters are advising on the $4.2 billion sale of a stake

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  • June 1, 2005 | The Minority Law Journal

    An Icon of Diversity Moves On

    Don Liu, a high-profile advocate of diversity in the law, has left his position as general counsel at IKON Office Solutions, Inc. In April, Liu, 43, joined home building giant Toll Brothers, Inc.,

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  • August 26, 2005 | The Recorder

    $2.66 Billion Deal Creates Largest Private Chip Company

    In-house lawyers at Agilent Technologies Inc. have been doing their share of work these days -- assisting in a major restructuring of the company as it sheds 9,400 jobs and sells off its stake

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  • July 24, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Merrill-Lynch Sells Back Stake In Blooomberg for $4.5 Billion Financially strained investment bank Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., has decided to sell its 20

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  • August 31, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    Unusual World Trade Center Argument, Choice-of-Law, Tainted Marital Property

    This month, we discuss a decision in which the Court of Appeals' choice-of-law analysis led it to apply the laws of different jurisdictions to different tort claims arising out of a single accident

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  • December 15, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Noncompetes With No Reasonableness Hurdles

    New York employers have much to be grateful for this holiday season and the New York Court of Appeals' recent decision in a href="http://www.courts.state.ny.us/reporter/3dseries/2006/2006_

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  • January 29, 2007 | Legal Times

    McKee Nelson's Associate Raise Sets a New Bar for D.C. Firms

    McKee Nelson said Friday that it has raised pay for first-year associates in its Washington, D.C., and New York offices to $160,000, matching raises made by firms earlier this week -- and, in doing

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  • March 31, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Dewey, Davis Polk, Morgan Lewis Advise eBay's $2.4 Billion GSI Buy Online marketplace eBay has agreed to purchase e-commerce and Internet marketing provider GSI Commerce

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  • July 30, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    Dealmaking

    While the pace of M&A activity has been subdued, the significance of contractual developments in dealmaking has been pronounced. Over the past year, the difficulty of the credit markets has res

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  • August 12, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Davis Polk, Paul Weiss Represent BMG, Sony in Music Company Deal Sony Music Entertainment and BMG announced a merger July 5 that will combine the two companies to

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