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  • October 18, 2021 | Daily Business Review

    Slow Deal Week, But Dealmakers Lining Up to Avoid Next Year's Corporate Tax Increase

    Just five combinations cracked the $1 billion mark this week.

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  • In re Pattern Energy Group Inc. Stockholders Litig.

    Publication Date: 2021-05-26
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ned Weinberger, Mark Richardson, Labaton Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE; David MacIsaac, John Vielandi, Labaton Sucharow LLP, New York, NY; Chad Johnson, Noam Mandel, Desiree Cummings, Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, New York, NY; Brian Schall, Rina Restaino, The Schall Law Firm, Los Angeles, CA for plaintiff.
    for defendant: A. Thompson Bayliss, April M. Kirby, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Alan S. Goudiss, K. Mallory Brennan, Deke Shearon Shearman & Sterling LLP; Christina Urhausen, Shearman & Sterling LLP, San Francisco, CA; Rudolf Koch, Matthew D. Perri, Andrew L. Milam, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Matthew A. Schwartz, Y. Carson Zhou, John-Francis S. Flynn, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: D69408

    Stockholder could seek entire fairness review of company sale under controller theory where investor that had formed the company continued to exercise soft power over the company's management, which allegedly prioritized the investor's interests over shareholder value during the sales process.

  • GKC Strategic Value Master Fund, LP v. Baker Hughes Inc.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-17
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Energy | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ned Weinberger, Thomas Curry, Eric J. Belfi, Ira A. Schochet and David J. Schwartz, Labaton Sucharow LLP, Wilmington, DE and New York, NY for petitioners.
    for defendant: Kevin M. Coen and Sabrina M. Hendershot, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Arthur F. Golden, Andrew Ditchfield and Andrew S. Gehring, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York, NY for respondent. John D. Hendershot and Susan M. Hannigan, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Paula Anderson and Alan Goudiss, Shearman & Sterling LLP, New York, NY for third-party General Elec. Co. Mark Lebovitch, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossman LLP, New York, NY for non-party Tri-State Joint Fund.
    Case Number: D68633

    Where respondents failed to timely file confidential documents redacted in good faith, the court held that unredacted versions of the documents should be made available in the public record of the case.

  • Lord Abbett Affiliated Fund v. Navient Corp.

    Publication Date: 2019-02-20
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Noreika
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Patrick F. Morris, Karen L. Morris and R. Michael Lindsey, Morris and Morris LLC, Wilmington, DE; Ste-ven E. Fineman, Daniel P. Chiplock, Michael J. Miarmi, Richard M. Heimann, Bruce W. Leppla and Sha-ron M. Lee, Liefe Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, New York, NY for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Kelly E. Farnan, Richards Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Peter A. Wald, Abid R. Qureshi, Christopher S. Turner and Christopher R. Harris, Latham & Watkins LLP, Washington, DC for Navient Corp. and individual defendants. Kevin G. Abrams and John M. Seaman, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wil-mington, DE; Adam S. Hakki, Daniel C. Lewis and Anthony D. Marinello of Shearman & Sterling LLP for underwriter defendants.
    Case Number: D68465

    Plaintiffs adequately stated claims for securities violations, except with regard to statements that were mere puffery and where plaintiffs failed to demonstrate scienter.

  • July 18, 2017 | The American Lawyer

    Orrick Develops New Role in Bet on Hot Field of Impact Finance

    The firm says it is the first to create a dedicated impact finance attorney position.

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  • July 11, 2017 | The American Lawyer

    Silence Is Golden When Partners Leave for Top SEC Posts

    Law firms whose partners leave for plum jobs with the SEC are not touting the moves.

    1 minute read

  • June 14, 2017 | Daily Business Review

    Coral Gables Apartments Sell for $78 Million

    A 237-unit apartment building near Miracle Mile is the latest in a slew of South Florida multifamiliy deals to close in recent months.

    1 minute read

  • February 23, 2017 | International

    Eversheds, HSF Advise on $2.6B Chinese Investments in Abu Dhabi Oil Venture

    Eversheds Sutherland and Herbert Smith Freehills have advised two Chinese energy companies on their combined $2.6 billion investment in a joint venture with state-owned Abu Dhabi Nation

    1 minute read