• December 16, 2009 | National Law Journal

    Judge Tosses Broadcom Case

    LOS ANGELES — A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed the entire criminal stock-options backdating case against two former Broadcom Corp. executives, concluding that the government's handlin

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  • February 9, 2006 | The Recorder

    Wilson Relationship Pays Off

    Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati successfully guided Thomas Weisel Partners Group in pulling off a $90 million IPO of its shares, even though the original underwriters, which Wilson

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  • October 30, 2003 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Cleary Gottlieb, Wachtell Advise On $43 Billion Bank PurchaseIn a deal announced on Monday, Charlotte-based Bank of America will purchase FleetBoston Financial for

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  • December 8, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    S&C Mostly Matches Cravath on Bonuses, But Sees More Green Come Spring

    Correction, 12/9/11, 4:50 p.m. EST: The original version is story incorrectly reported in which year Cravath, Swaine & Moore's most senior associates were hired. The second paragraph

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  • December 2, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Gibson Dunn, Simpson Thacher Advise on Pet Food Deal An investment group led by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. will acquire Del Monte Foods Company for $5.3 billion,

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  • September 1, 2004 | The American Lawyer

    Big Deals

    Wachovia/SouthTrustLike kudzu and Nascar, bank mergers are thriving in the South. On June 21 Charlotte-based Wachovia Corporation announced that it would spend $14.3 billion in stock to

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  • April 16, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    SEC Charges Goldman Sachs With Fraud

    While the reputation of Goldman Sachs may have taken a hit as a result of the financial crisis, the investment banking and securities firm could always han

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  • March 9, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    The Am Law 100, the Early Numbers: Modest Growth for Top New York Firms

    For the firms near the top of the New York legal market, 2011 was a Jekyll-and-Hyde year. In the first half, dealmaking and capital markets work boomed to levels not seen in several ye

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  • August 11, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Simpson Thacher, Ropes Gray Handle adidas Buy of Reebok adidas-Salomon AG has entered a definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Reebok In

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  • July 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    A Hidden Housing Crisis

    Thomas Baxter, Jr., had high hopes in late 2007 when he sat down with general counsel from JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup

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