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  • August 1, 2022 | The American Lawyer

    Deal Watch: Large Deal Week Closes Out July, Baker McKenzie Makes Hay in Swiss Markets

    The strongest week in deals in several months saw three megadeals over $5 billion and increased SPAC and IPO activity.

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  • Lacey v. Mota-Velasco

    Publication Date: 2021-02-24
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Mining and Resources
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter B. Andrew, Craig J. Springer, David Sborz, Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington, DE; Jeremy S. Friedman, Spencer Oster, David F.E. Tejtel, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, Bedford Hills, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: William M. Lafferty, John P. DiTomo, Elizabeth A. Mullin, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilming-ton, DE; Bradley J. Benoit, Bryan Dumesnil, Bracewell LLP, Houston, TX; Srinivas M. Raju, Andrew J. Peach, Matthew W. Murphy, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Steven R. Selsberg, S. Sels-berg Law, PLLC, Houston, TX; Sylvia A. Mayer, S. Mayer Law PLLC, Houston, TX; Peter J. Walsh, Jr., Mat-thew F. Davis, Elizabeth M. Taylor, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert J. Giuffra, Jr., David M.J. Rein, Matthew A. Peller, Y. Carson Zhou, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY for defend-ants.
    Case Number: D69305

    The court granted defendant directors' motion to dismiss a breach of contract claim because plaintiff's claim was essentially one for breach of fiduciary duty.

  • Lacey v. Mota-Velasco

    Publication Date: 2020-10-21
    Practice Area: Corporate Governance
    Industry: Investments and Investment Advisory | Mining and Resources
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Peter B. Andrews, Craig J. Springer, David Sborz, Andrews & Springer LLC, Wilmington, DE; Jeremy S. Friedman, Spencer Oster, David F.E. Tejtel, Friedman Oster & Tejtel PLLC, Bedford Hills, NY for plaintiff.
    for defendant: William M. Lafferty, John P. Ditomo, Elizabeth A. Mullin, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Bradley J. Benoit, Bryan Dumesnil, Bracewell LLP, Houston, TX; Ralph D. McBride, Houston, TX; Srinivas M. Raju, Andrew J. Peach, Matthew W. Murphy, Richards Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Steven R. Selsberg, S. Selsberg Law, P.L.L.C., Houston, TX; Sylvai A. Mayer, S. Mayer Law PLLC, Houston, TX; Peter J. Walsh, Jr., Matthew F. Davis, Elizabeth M. Taylor, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Robert J. Giuffra, Jr., David M.J. Rein, Matthew A. Peller, Y Carson Zhou, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY for defendants.
    Case Number: D69164

    The court granted a motion to dismiss as to a foreign defendant due to lack of personal jurisdiction, because plaintiff failed to allege any acts in Delaware which were in furtherance of a conspiracy.

  • Prime Int'l Trading Ltd. v. BP PLC

    Publication Date: 2019-09-05
    Practice Area: Antitrust | Securities Litigation
    Industry: Mining and Resources
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants: Andrew M. McNeela on the brief, David E. Kovel, Kirby McInerney LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees BP PLC, BP America, Inc. and BP Corporation North America, Inc.: Daryl Libow, Amanda Davidoff, Austin L. Raynor on the brief, Richard C. Pepperman, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Shell International Trading and Shipping Company Limited: Steven A. Reed, R. Brenda Fee, Michael E. Kenneally, on the brief, David B. Salmons, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA. For Defendant-Appellee Statoil ASA: David S. Lesser on the brief, Perry A. Lange, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC.
    Case Number: 17-2233

    CEA Violation Claims Over Brent Crude Futures Manipulation Impermissibly Extraterritorial

  • July 31, 2019 | Litigation Daily

    Daily Dicta: A Gold Medal for Gibson Dunn's Estrada 

    Estrada scored a win before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit that opens the door for Canadian gold miner Crystallex to collect a $1.4 billion arbitration award—and could provide a road map for Venezuela's other creditors.

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  • May 26, 2016 | The American Lawyer

    With Internal Investigations, Firms Walk a Tightrope

    "Although we expect internal investigations to be thorough, we do not expect companies to aimlessly boil the ocean," assistant attorney general Leslie Caldwell said in

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  • April 28, 2016 | The American Lawyer

    Big Firms Fuel Up on Energy Sector Bankruptcies

    The administrative office of the U.S. Courts said Thursday that bankruptcy fil

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  • February 13, 2012 | International

    Will U.S. Law Firms Head Down Under?

    With all the British firms--and now a Chinese one--pairing up with Australian firms, it's natural to wonder when the Americans are going to get in the game. Perhaps soon. A source at C

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  • December 17, 2012 | International

    Peak Australia?

    For the past three years, Australia has been one of the hottest destinations for international law firms. Earlier this month, Pittsburgh-based K&L

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