• May 29, 2017 | The American Lawyer

    Deal Watch: Kirkland, Cleary, Paul Weiss Score on Chemical, Cable Mergers

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Kirkland & Ellis and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison grabbed key roles on the $14 billion merger between chemical giants Huntsman Corp. and Clariant AG, as well as another $2.36 billion deal that will create the nation's sixth-largest Internet and cable operator.

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  • May 25, 2017 | The American Lawyer

    Fried Frank Hires Katten's NY Real Estate Litigation Head

    Matthew Parrott, head of the New York real estate and distressed debt litigation group at Katten Muchin Rosenman, has joined Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson as a partner in Manhattan. F

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  • May 25, 2017 | The American Lawyer

    Fried Frank Hires Katten's NY Real Estate Litigation Head

    Matthew Parrott, head of the New York real estate and distressed debt litigation group at Katten Muchin Rosenman, has joined Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson as a partner in Manhattan. Fried Frank, riding high from a successful financial year in 2016, has been busy on the lateral recruitment front in 2017.

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  • Raindance Tech., Inc. v. 10X Genomics, Inc., DEFAX Case No. D67743 (D.Del. May 17, 2017), Andrews, U.S.D.J. (6 pages).

    Publication Date: 2017-05-24
    Practice Area: Patent Litigation
    Industry: Pharmaceuticals
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: D67743

    Claim term of "polymerase chain reaction" was broad enough to encompass multiple sub-types of PCR including Rando

  • May 24, 2017 | International Edition

    The Transfer Window: recent hires for BLP, Linklaters and Addleshaw Goddard

    Other firms making hires include Eversheds Sutherland, Weil and Squire Patton Boggs

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  • Gillotti v. Stewart

    Publication Date: 2017-05-19
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Construction
    Date Filed: 2017-04-26
    Court: C.A. 3rd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Quade & Associates, Michael W. Quade and Cheryl Lynn Gustafson for Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Hollingshead & Associates, Timothy Cooper McNeill and Robert N. Paige for Defendants and Respondents.

    Case Number: No. C075611

    Right to Repair Act precludes common law claims for actual damage (Hull, J.)

  • May 17, 2017 | National Law Journal

    FCPA Pilot Program Nets 22 Voluntary Disclosures in Past Year: DOJ

    The U.S. Department of Justice's pilot program for violators of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act brought in 22 voluntary discl in its first year, a significant increase from 13 voluntary disc

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  • May 17, 2017 | National Law Journal

    FCPA Pilot Program Nets 22 Voluntary Disclosures in Past Year: DOJ

    The U.S. Department of Justice's pilot program for violators of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act brought in 22 voluntary disclosures in its first year, a significant increase from 13 voluntary disclosures the year before.

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  • In Re: Lehman Brothers Holdings, Debtor.

    Publication Date: 2017-05-09
    Practice Area: Litigation | Bankruptcy | Securities Litigation
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Jacobs, Sack, and Carney, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For the Claimant-Appellants Jennifer Adler, Ian Anderson, Jennifer Becker, Craig Benson, Paola Biraschi, Karen Brewer, William Broadbent, David Brooks, Guillemette Callies, Patrick Cremin, Michael Collier, Joseph D'Amadeo, John Dmuchowski, Nestor De Jesus, Steven Engel, Louise Goldberg, Michael Gran, Anshuman Goyal, Adrian Graves, Sandra Hahn-Colbert, Gregg Hawes, Nicholas Howard, Julian Iragorri, Harriet Chan King, Karen Krieger, Tal Lev Ari, Yeruchim Levilev, Sarah Lewis, Patricia Luken, Lawrence McCarthy, Michael McCully, Paul Shotton, Steven Schwab, Colin S.A. Welch, Pierluigi Volini, Ian Neville, Sandy Fleischman Richman, Jeffrey Wecker, Norman Siegel, Thomas O'Sullivan, Peter Ward, Timothy Wilkinson, Milan Veleba, Andrea Sullivan, Hugh McGee, Judith Winchester, Ross Shapiro, Stephen Snelling, Brian Seward, Margaret Smith, Alvaro Santodomingo, Helmut Olivier, Estate of Michael Mullen, Jack Rivkin, Barry Porter, Gregg Somma, Christiane Schuster, Michael Petrucelli, Martin Patterson, Fabio Liotti, and Mary Langevin: Andrew R. Goldenberg, on the briefs, Richard J. Schager, Jr., Stamell & Schager, LLP, New York, NY. For the Claimants-Appellants Madelyn Antoncic, Michele Bareggi, Riccardo Banchetti, Timothy A. Burke, Nachiketa Das, Philippe Dufournier, Brian Gross, Peter Hornick, Andrea Jao, Michael Lawsky, Alexandre Catalao Maia, Nikki Marshall, Richard Noble, Anke Parr, Vincent Primiano, Giancarlo Saronne, Johathan Sebiri, Charles Spero, Harshad Shah, Gordon Sweely, Rocco F. Andriola, Amit K. Sarkar, Darian J. Cohen, Lars P. Jacobson, Christian E. Stevens, and Andrew Wideman: Lisa M. Solomon, Law Offices of Lisa M. Solomon, New York, NY. For the Claimants-Appellants Marvin C. Schwartz, Stephanie Stiefel, Richard J. Glasebrook, II, Judith Ann Kenney, Richard Nackerson, Henry Ramallo, Christian Reynolds, David I. Weiner, Richard Levine, and Seth Finkel: Eugene Neal Kaplan, Kaplan Landau, LLP, New York, NY, on the briefs, Deborah E. Lans, Cohen Clair Lans Greifer Thorpe & Rottenstreich LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Debtor-Appellee Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.: Ralph I. Miller, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 16-1296-bk

    Vested Stock Compensation Considered Securities in Lehman Bankruptc

  • May 3, 2017 | Daily Report Online

    Eversheds Sutherland Lands M&A Partner—And Other 'On the Move' News

    David Phillips has joined Eversheds Sutherland as a partner after a brief but eventful stint in-house, saying he was attracted by the newly-merged firm's mix of Atlanta roots and global

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