• January 4, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Late-Breaking Deals in 2010 Paint Rosy M&A Picture for 2011

    Nearly 20 deals in the $1 billion range were announced over the week that The Am Law Daily took its holiday break. We couldn't let them pass by without offering a quick guide to the legal advis

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  • September 27, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Linklaters: Touched by an Angel

    For a generation, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meager & Flom stood alone among law firms in combining mammoth size with regal wealth. Well, move over, Joe Flom. With revenue of more than $2 bill

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  • Parks v. MBNA America Bank, N.A.

    Publication Date: 2012-06-21
    Practice Area:
    Industry:
    Date Filed: 2012-06-21
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Rosner & Mansfield, Law Office of Michael R. Vachon and Michael R. Vachon for Plaintiff and Appellant. Arbogast & Berns, David M. Arbogast; Spiro Moss and J. Mark Moore for Consumer Attorneys of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Jr., and Kamala D. Harris, Attorneys General, Manuel M. Medeiros, State Solicitor General, Frances T. Grunder, Assistant Attorney General, Kathrin Sears and Sheldon H. Jaffe, Deputy Attorneys General, for People of the State of California as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant.
    for defendant: Arnold & Proctor, Nancy L. Perkins, Laurence J. Hutt, Teri R. Richardson and Christopher S. Tarbell for Defendant and Respondent. Morrison & Foerster, James R. McGuire, Rita F. Lin and Aaron D. Jones for American Bankers Association and California Bankers Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent. Sullivan & Cromwell, Bruce E. Clark, H. Rodgin Cohen, Michael M. Wiseman and Achyut J. Phadke for The Clearing House Association L.L.C. as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent. Horace G. Sneed and Douglas B. Jordan for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Administrator of National Banks, upon the request of the Court of Appeal.

    Case Number: No. S183703

    Cite as 12 C.D.O.S. 6966 ALLAN PARKS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. MBNA AMERICA BANK, N.A., Defendant and

  • September 20, 2007 | Daily Report Online

    Deal Watch: Football teams keep K&S lawyers busy

    ARTHUR BLANK AND HIS AMB Group LLC leaned on three teams of Atlanta attorneys to implement an unusual approach to extend the brand of his Atlanta Falcons-opening a line of physical therapy ce

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  • March 27, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Big Deals

    ICE / NYSEInterContinentalExchange Inc. is hoping that a friendly deal to acquire NYSE Euronext achieves what a hostile bid could not. ICE agreed on Dece

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  • June 13, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Latham, S&C Lead on Safeway's $5.7 Billion Canada Exit

    At least seven firms are helping Safeway check out of Canada, with one of North America's largest food retailers reaching a a target="_blank" href="http://www.reut

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  • November 20, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    The Bankruptcy Files: Municipalities, Shippers, and Irish Ex-Billionaires

    After a slowdown earlier in the year, bankruptcy and restructuring work continues to keep litigators and corporate lawyers at Am Law 200 firms and boutiques busy. Among the companies f

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  • December 1, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    The Bankruptcy Files: AMR, Lehman, MF Global, PMI, and Power Balance Bracelets

    The economy's ongoing struggles are proving to be fruitful for bankruptcy lawyers betting on a second wave of corporate restructuring work in the United States and abroad. The Am Law

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  • December 21, 2001 | New York Law Journal

    Personals

    New PartnersCadwalader, Wickersham & Taft has elected John H. Bae, Steven M. Herman, Philip J. Loree Jr., and Peter C. Manbeck as partners. Mr. Bae, an

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  • September 25, 2013 | The American Lawyer

    Revisiting the Forbes 400 and Its Deep-Pocketed Attorneys

    Three years after considering the credentials of the lawyers littering Forbes’ annual list of America's

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