• 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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  • September 16, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Fried Frank, Simpson Thacher Advise In $1.52 Billion Ad Agency AcquisitionAdvertising giant WWP plc announced Sept. 13 it would acquire independent advertising agency

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  • April 1, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Suddenly, Last Summer

    Dealmaking in 2007 had a distinctly Jekyll-and-Hyde feel. Up to mid-summer, the deal environment was as crowded and frothy as the morning rush at a Times Square Starbucks. Private equity buyer

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  • March 20, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Bank's firms lose a key client

    The bargain-basement sale of Bear Stearns Cos. to JPMorgan Chase & Co. brought out some of the biggest names in the legal profession. Sullivan & Cromwell; Skadden, Arps, Slate

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  • February 11, 2011 | The Careerist

    Fat Bonuses? Yes. Partnership? Fat Chance!

    I don't get the logic: Big firms are lavishing associates with fat bonuses again, while, at the same time, signaling that their chances for partnership are worse than ever. Are firms sending as

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  • September 1, 2010 | Corporate Counsel

    Deals In Brief / Private Equity: Finally, Some Action

    Silver Lake and Warburg Pincus / Interactive Data Silver Lake Partners, L.P., and Warburg Pincus LLC teamed up to buy all of Interactive Data Corporation for $3.4 billion in a deal

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