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  • August 7, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    New Deals

    Skadden, Weil Gotshal Handle Sale of Russian Steel U.S. Subsidiaries Russian steelmaker OAO Severstal has agreed to sell its North American subsidiaries

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  • July 14, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    Abbott Labs Sells Specialty and Generic Business to Mylan

    Mylan Inc. on Monday said it has agreed to buy Abbott Laboratories’ specialty generic drug business in developed markets outside the U.S. in a $5.3 billion all-stock deal that would al

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  • June 11, 2014 |

    American Home Products Corporation v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company

     AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant748…

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  • May 22, 2014 | International

    Asia Deal Digest: May 22, 2014

    India Allen & Overy Hong Kong partner Amit Singh has advised Indian telecommunications giant Bharti Airtel Ltd. on a $2 billion dual-currency bond offering. Thr

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  • May 1, 2014 | Corporate Counsel

    May 2014 Deals & Suits

    Comcast Time Warner Cable Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC) thwarted a hostile bid by agreeing to sell itself to Comcast Corp. for $67 billion in stock and assumed debt on Feb. 13.

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  • April 30, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    Four Firms Advise on Two Big Breakups

    UPDATE: 5/1/14, 1:28 p.m. EDT. The names of the lead lawyers from Wachtell advising Energizer have been added to the third paragraph of this story. Four top

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  • In re South African Apartheid Litigation, 02 MDL 1499 (SAS)

    Publication Date: 2014-04-21
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs Ntsebeza et al.: Bruce Heller Nagel, Esq., Jay J. Rice, Esq., Diane E. Sammons, Esq., Nagel Rice LLP, Roseland, NJ. Tyler R. Giannini, Esq., International Human Rights Clinic, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Linda P. Nussbaum, Esq., Grant & Eisenhofer, New York, NY. Paul L. Hoffman, Esq., Schonbrun DeSimone Seplow Harris & Hoffman, Venice, California. Judith Brown Chomsky, Esq., Law Offices of Judith Brown Chomsky, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. Michael F. Osborne, Esq., Cape Town, South Africa. For Plaintiffs Balintulo et al.: Michael D. Hausfeld, Esq., Hausfeld LLP, Washington, DC. Carroll H. Ingram, Esq., Ingram Wilkinson, Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
    for defendant: For Defendant International Business Machines Corp.: Keith R. Hummel, Esq., Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant Ford Motor Company: Jonathan Hacker, Esq., O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC.
    Case Number: 02 MDL 1499 (SAS)

    Cite as: In re South African Apartheid Litigation, 02 99 (SAS), NYLJ 1202651863350, at *1 (SDNY, Decided April 17, 2014) 02

  • Robert Ross, et al., Plaintiffs v. American Express Company, et al., Defendants, 04 Civ. 5723 (WHP)

    Publication Date: 2014-04-14
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    Court: U.S. District Court, Southern District
    Judge: District Judge William H. Pauley
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: All Counsel of Record: Merrill G. Davidoff, Esq., David A. Langer, Esq., Charles P. Goodwin, Esq., Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA. Counsel for Plaintiffs: Christopher M. Burke, Esq., Scott + Scott LLP, San Diego, CA.
    for defendant: Counsel for Defendants American Express: Evan Chesler, Esq., Gary Bornstein, Esq., Rowan Wilson, Esq., Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY. Counsel for Defendants Discover: Robert Y. Sperling, Esq., Malcom Cox, Esq., Ronald S. Betman, Esq., Winston & Strawn LLP, Chicago, IL. Counsel for Defendants Citigroup: David Graham, Esq., Theodore R Scarborough, Jr., Esq., Patrick E. Croke, Esq., Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL.
    Case Number: 04 Civ. 5723 (WHP)

    Cite as: Ross v. American Express Co., 04 Civ. 5723 (WHP), NYLJ 1202650972862, at *1 (SDNY, Decided April 10, 2014) 04 Civ. 5723 (WHP)/

  • April 14, 2014 | National Law Journal

    Dewey: Don't Let it Happen to Your Law Firm

    I don't want to cook the books anymore. We need to stop doing that." — Joel Sanders, former Dewey & LeBoeuf chief financial officer, in a Dec. 4, 2008

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  • March 31, 2014 | The American Lawyer

    Big Suits

    Motorola v. AU Optronics Corp et al. In a come-from-behind win for the world's liquid crystal display (LCD) manufacturers, a judge on January 23 dismissed most o

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