• January 14, 2025 | The American Lawyer

    Deal Watch: Private Equity Dealmakers Make 2025 Predictions Amid Deal Resurgence

    Partners from Latham, Proskauer, Kirkland, Morrison Foerster and Skadden say they are optimistic about 2025, citing activity around data centers, infrastructure and other elements of the market.

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  • Tornetta v. Musk

    Publication Date: 2024-12-17
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Automotive | Manufacturing
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Chancellor McCormick
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory V. Varallo, Daniel E. Meyer, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, Wilmington, DE; Jeroen van Kwawegen, Margaret Sanborn-Lowing, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, New York, NY; Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer, David M. Sborz, Jackson E. Warren, Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington, DE; Jeremy S. Friedman, Spencer M. Oster, David F.E. Tejtel, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC; Bedford Hills, New York for plaintiff.
    for defendant: David E. Ross, Garrett B. Moritz, Thomas C. Mandracchia, Ross Aronstam & Moritz LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael A. Barlow, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Alex B. Spiro, Christopher D. Kercher, Jonathan E. Feder, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York, NY; Kathleen M. Sullivan, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Daniel Slifkin, Vanessa A. Lavely, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY; Catherine A. Gaul, Randall J. Teti, Ashby & Geddes, P.A., Wilmington, DE; John L. Reed, Ronald N. Brown, III, Caleb G. Johnson, Daniel P. Klusman, DLA Piper LLP (US), Wilmington, DE; William M. Lafferty, Susan W. Waesco, Ryan D. Stottmann, Miranda N. Gilbert, Jacob M. Perrone, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Rudolf Koch, John D. Hendershot, Kevin M. Gallagher, Andrew L. Milam, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Brian T. Frawley, Matthew A. Schwartz, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY; A. Thompson Bayliss, Adam K. Schulman, Eliezer Y. Feinstein, Abrams & Bayliss LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kristen R. Seeger, John M. Skakun III, Elizabeth Y. Austin, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL for defendants.

    Case Number: 2018-0408-KSJM

    Court rejected board's post-trial efforts to obtain stockholder "ratification" of executive compensation award that failed to meet entire fairness standard where ratification was an affirmative defense required to be raised before the close of trial and where material misstatements and omissions in proxy materials meant the vote alone could not ratify a conflicted controller driven award.

  • July 22, 2024 | The American Lawyer

    Deal Watch: What Does Biden's Exit Mean for the Deal Market?

    While President Joe Biden's decision to step aside has answered some questions, said Freshfields' Paul Tiger, "it's only raised others—who the nominee now might be, his or her ability to beat Trump, what else might happen?"

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  • April 25, 2024 | Texas Lawyer

    Longtime Paris-Based McDermott Partner Joins Rimon in Texas

    "Texas is the place to be," said Nicolas Lafont, the latest Rimon lateral hire to cite the firm's rate flexibility as a key reason for his move.

    3 minute read

  • April 25, 2024 | National Law Journal

    Longtime France-Based McDermott Partner Joins Rimon in Texas

    "Texas is the place to be," said Nicolas Lafont, the latest Rimon lateral hire to cite the firm's rate flexibility as a key reason for his move.

    3 minute read

  • March 18, 2024 | The American Lawyer

    Deal Watch: Big Energy and Pharma Deals Continue to Drive M&A

    Five of the six announced deals over $1 billion in the last week occurred in either the life sciences or energy sector.

    10 minute read

  • February 1, 2024 | The American Lawyer

    Milbank Leaders Praise Non-Equity Partnership Tier Amid London Growth

    The firm's famously high NQ pay is "indirectly demanded" by clients, London co-managing partner Andrej Wolf said.

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  • October 13, 2023 | Litigation Daily

    A Full Slate of Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout Outs

    A trial team at Panish | Shea | Boyle | Ravipudi won a $135 million damages verdict for two California men who were sexually abused by their sixth-grade teacher starting in 1996 in a case where the school district was on notice of other child molestation complaints against the teacher years earlier.

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  • August 14, 2023 | The American Lawyer

    Deal Watch: Wachtell Leads on Week's Big Deal Talks; And Will Protectionism Alter the Global Deal Landscape?

    The New York firm kept busy, with three announced mega-deal discussions in the last week.

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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.