• April 11, 2013 | New York Law Journal

    Directors' Exercise of the Corporate Privilege

    Directors need access to basic information about the corporation they manage in order to fulfill their fiduciary duties. Current directors of a corporation have a near-absolute right to inspe

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  • July 15, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Accolades

    A partner at Dewey & LeBoeuf and a legal services organization were among 17 recipients of the New York City Neighborhood Achievement Awards Tuesday. Established in 2002, the awards recognize e

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  • November 1, 2010 | National Law Journal

    Thrifty

    COMPANY PROFILE Outside of "big box" venues such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc., K-Mart and Target Corp., Dollar General Corp. is the largest retailer of discount g

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  • March 22, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Hot Times in the Toy Store

    Name and title: David J. Schwartz, vice president and general counsel Age: 39 Fun time: With some 1,500 stores in 34 countries, Wayne, N.J.-based Toys "R" Us Inc.

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  • July 15, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Accolades

    A partner at Dewey & LeBoeuf and a legal services organization were among 17 recipients of the New York City Neighborhood Achievement Awards Tuesday. Established in 2002, the awards recognize e

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  • January 10, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Am Law After Dark: Five Firms Advise on Playboy Going-Private Bid

    Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner is teaming up with Birmingham, Mich.-based private equity firm Rizvi Traverse Management to take the publisher private in a deal valuing the media company

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  • April 5, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Cravath, Simpson Thacher Lead Sale of Tyco's Flow Control Unit Tyco International has agreed to combine its flow control business with Pentair, which specializes i

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  • September 24, 2012 | New Jersey Law Journal

    Largest Mergers & Acquisitions

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  • May 19, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Lehman-Barclays: The Deal That Won't Die

    In the frenzied week after Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy on Sept. 15, 2008, lawyers for Lehman (a group that included bankruptcy counsel at Weil, Gothshal &

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  • June 22, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Dealmakers of the Year

    You won't find our dealmakers of the year wearing suspenders and shoulder pads, but otherwise, you'd be forgiven for thinking you'd drifted back to the '80s. Not since the buyout of RJR Nabis

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