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  • October 10, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Kirkland, Simpson Lead on $1 Billion KKR-Melrose Deal

    Private equity firm KKR has agreed to pay roughly $1 billion in cash to acquire two industrial products businesses from U.K. manufacturing investor Melrose Industries. a href="

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  • March 1, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Big Deals

    Ingersoll-Rand/Trane After each spent most of 2007 slimming down, Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited and Trane Inc. finally decided that they were in good enough shape for each oth

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  • August 1, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    7. An Intelligent Move: IBM / Cognos

    International Business Machines Corporation was smart enough to admit that it needed help with business intelligence software. That's the speciality of Ottawa-based Cognos Inc., which IB

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  • May 6, 2013 | New York Law Journal

    Combating IP Theft Using Unfair Competition Law

    The typical headline—theft of intellectual property threatens U.S. companies—causes many to think of media reports about patent lawsuits or pirated music and movies. But the

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  • March 15, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    IP Litigators: Worth Their Weight in Gold?

    As a senior patent litigation associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Jeremy Pitcock was wooed by firms offering partnerships, $75,000 signing bonuses and, on top of his partner paycheck, 5 pe

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  • March 1, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Call Them Indispensable

    As a senior patent litigation associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Jeremy Pitcock was wooed by firms offering partnerships, $75,000 signing bonuses, and, on top of his partner paycheck

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  • March 1, 2007 |

    PATENT LITIGATORS WANTED

    As a senior patent litigation associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Jeremy Pitcock was wooed by firms offering partnerships, $75,000 signing bonuses, and, on top of his partner paycheck, 5 p

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  • December 1, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Poaching Suits Try to Stifle Talent Raids

    Poaching lawsuits are on the rise as employers, fighting to stay alive during turbulent economic times, are using litigation to keep competitors from snatching away top talent &mdash

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  • November 24, 2008 | National Law Journal

    Poaching lawsuits aim to stifle talent raids

    Poaching lawsuits are on the rise as employers, fighting to stay alive during turbulent economic times, are using litigation to keep competitors from snatching away top talent — alo

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  • August 9, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Weil, Sullivan & Cromwell Handle $3 Billion Mattress Company Deal Private equity firm Advent International has agreed to buy a majority stake in AOT

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