• January 31, 2002 | The American Lawyer

    Scaling Back

    Eighteen months ago, Dublin law firms were swamped with business. Young recruits were in demand. Salaries soared. Deal lawyers were lucky to get home before dawn. "We were maniacally bus

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  • March 1, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

    Deals & Suits

    PepsiCo / Wimm-Bill-Dann An iconic American brand is looking overseas for growth. PepsiCo, Inc., agreed on December 2 to acquire 66 percent of Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods OJSC, Ru

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  • October 12, 2009 | The Recorder

    Young MoFo Partner Lands Hot Silicon Valley GC Gig

    Dawn Smith made partner two years ago at Morrison & Foerster. Now she'll be general counsel at one of Silicon Valley's biggest new companies, VMWare Inc. The virtualization software comp

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  • October 5, 2006 | Daily Report Online

    Deal Watch: Troutman Sanders aids power plant acquisition

    TROUTMAN SANDERS partners Robert H. Forry, John Lamberski and Robert P. Edwards Jr. advised Southern Company on its acquisition of two power plants. Southern Company's Southern Power

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  • February 8, 2007 | Daily Report Online

    Lawyer helps paper-maker merge with rival

    OVERSEEING THE LEGAL ISSUES in the combination of paper companies in South Carolina and Quebec was a lot like "herding cats," said Troutman Sanders partner William C. "Cal" Smith. Smit

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  • April 1, 2008 |

    No Learning on the Job

    Balloons and banners still clutter the blue walls and bright green pillars of the open workspace at SuccessFactors Inc., celebrating the initial public offering of the San Mateo, California?based h

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  • October 30, 2006 | National Law Journal

    SOX ruling a break for executives

    Public company executives who are squeamish about Sarbanes-Oxley Act rules requiring them to personally certify complex financial documents can breathe a little easier thanks to a recent

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  • October 7, 2010 | The American Lawyer

    Apple Scrambles to Limit Damage After Being Hit with Huge Patent Verdict

    Try enough cases for defendants in the Eastern District of Texas and you'll likely taste defeat. Just ask Jeff Randall of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker. Last year, when Randall

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  • February 1, 2013 | Legaltech News

    Cooked Books

    There was high drama in Silicon Valley on November 20, 2012, when leaders of technology stalwart Hewlett-Packard Co. accused Autonomy Corp., which it had acquired in 2011 for $11.1

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  • April 1, 2008 |

    No Learning on the Job

    Balloons and banners still clutter the blue walls and bright green pillars of the open workspace at SuccessFactors Inc., celebrating the initial public offering of the San Mateo, California?based h

    1 minute read