• May 7, 2024 | The American Lawyer

    'Macro Impacts': How Much Am Law 200 Firms Have Reduced Their Space

    Am Law 200 firms leased an average of 525,500 square feet of office space in 2023 at an average cost per square foot of $50.20. Here's how those figures have shifted in recent years.

    7 minute read

  • October 4, 2023 | New York Law Journal

    Lifetime Achievement: Christine A. Varney

    "Cravath, Swaine & Moore partner Christine A. Varney is widely recognized as one of the country's foremost antitrust experts, indelibly shaping competition law in both government service and private practice."

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  • United States v. United States Sugar Corp.

    Publication Date: 2023-08-07
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Federal Government | Food and Beverage | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
    Judge: Judge Porter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jonathan S. Kanter, Doha Mekki, Maggie Goodlander, David B. Lawrence, Daniel E. Haar, Nikolai G. Levin, Peter M. Bozzo, Brian Hanna, Jonathan Y. Mincer, U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, Washington, DC for plaintiff-appellant.
    for defendant: Melissa Arbus Sherry, Amanda P. Reeves, Lindsey S. Champlin, David L. Johnson, Charles S. Dameron, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC; Lawrence E. Buterman, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY; Christopher S. Yates, Latham & Watkins LLP, San Francisco, CA; Jack B. Blumenfeld, Brian P. Egan, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Timothy G. Cameron, Peter T. Barbur, David R. Marriott, Daniel K. Zach, Michael K. Zaken, Lindsey J. Timlin, Hannah L. Dwyer, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY; Amanda L. Wait, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Washington, DC; Kelly E. Farnan, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Peter J. Schwingler, Stinson LLP, Minneapolis, MN; Daniel K. Hogan, Hogan McDaniel, Wilmington, DE for defendant-appellees.

    Case Number: 22-2806

    Rather than employ the hypothetical monopolist test analysis for determining product market under Section 7 of the Clayton Act, the Third Circuit affirmed the District Court's analysis using the actual market for refined sugar as the product market definition.

  • April 18, 2023 | The American Lawyer

    Power Ranking the Am Law 100: Who Won Out Through the Pandemic?

    A retrospective on law firm pandemic performance sheds light on the future, and hints at a new model of success.

    15 minute read

  • United States v. United States Sugar Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-10-11
    Practice Area: Antitrust
    Industry: Federal Government | Food and Beverage
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura Hatcher, Shamoor Anis, United States Attorney’s Office, Wilmington, DE; Brian Hanna, Jonathan Y. Mincer, Jenigh Garrett, Jill Ptacek, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jack Blumenfeld, Brian Egan, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Lawrence Buterman, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY; Amanda Reeves, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC; Elyse M. Greenwald, Latham & Watkins LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Daniel K. Hogan, Daniel C. Kerrick, Hogan McDaniel, Wilmington, DE; Peter J. Schwingler, Stinson LLP, Minneapolis, MN; Kelly E. Farnan, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Amanda L. Wait, Vic Domen, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Washington, DC; Darryl Wade Anderson, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Houston, TX; Christine A. Varney, David R. Marriott, Peter T. Parbur, Timothy G. Cameron, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: 21-1644 (MN)

    Court denied a request by plaintiff to enjoin an acquisition of a sugar company the Government argued would result in a monopoly of the sugar market in the southeastern United States. The court reviewed evidence from trial noting that the markets for industrial consumers were different from retail consumers, thus broadening the base and the market. The court further found that plaintiff's argument was undermined by the fact that they control the sugar supply within the United States.

  • United States v. U.S. Sugar Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-02-01
    Practice Area: Antitrust
    Industry: Agriculture | Food and Beverage
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Laura D. Hatcher, Chief, Civil Division, Shamoor Anis, United States Attorney’s Office, Wilmington, DE; Brian Hanna, Jonathan Y. Mincer, Jenigh Garrett, Jill Ptacek, United States Department Of Justice, Antitrust Division, Washington, DC for plaintiff.
    for defendant: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Brian P. Egan, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Lawrence E. Buterman, Latham & Watkins LLP, New York, NY; Amanda P. Reeves, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC; Elyse M. Greenwald, Latham & Watkins LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Daniel K. Hogan, Daniel C. Kerrick, Hogan McDaniel, Wilmington, DE; Peter J. Schwingler, Stinson LLP, Minneapolis, MN; Kelly E. Farnan, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Amanda L. Wait, Vic Domen, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Washington, DC; Darryl Wade Anderson, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Houston, TX; Christine A. Varney, David R. Marriott, Peter T. Parbur, Timothy G. Cameron, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY for defendants.

    Case Number: D69700

    Court declined to transfer government's Clayton Act suit where the government had filed suit in the state of incorporation of the parties to the challenged transaction, where the corporate parties had also agreed to hear claims arising from their transaction, such that the government's of forum was entitled to substantial deference.

  • Krolick v. Sloane

    Publication Date: 2021-12-03
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Consulting | Food and Beverage
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge Ronnie Abrams
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 17-CV-0881

    Breach Claims Dismissed But Quasi-Contract Claims Survive as to Franchise Business

  • November 15, 2021 | Daily Business Review

    Majority of Business Leaders Predict M&A Market Will Strengthen in 2022

    Multiple mega-deals were announced last week, and Dykema's annual M&A Outlook Survey says we can expect more in 2022.

    15 minute read

  • November 15, 2021 | The American Lawyer

    Deal Watch: A Big Week for Big Deals, Survey Says Outlook Bright for 2022

    Multiple mega-deals were announced last week, and Dykema's annual M&A Outlook Survey says we can expect more in 2022.

    15 minute read

  • August 30, 2021 | The American Lawyer

    Deal Watch: SPACs Under Siege, and Many Companies Going Public

    It was a different week in M&A than we have been seeing recently.

    11 minute read