• May 3, 2004 | Texas Lawyer

    Texas' Top Deals of 2003

    CAREMARK RX INC. Acquisition of ADVANCEPCS Description: Acquisition of AdvancePCS, of Irving, by Caremark RX Inc., of Birmingham, Ala., in a deal valued at about $6 billio

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  • December 8, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    Hey, Big Spender

    The $6.6 billion buyout of Toys "R" Us Inc., by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., Bain Capital LLC, and Vornado Realty Trust in March was not the biggest deal of 2005. Yet many lawyers were r

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  • November 4, 2004 | New York Law Journal

    New York Court of Appeals Roundup

    The tension experienced in our national elections this week between the need for strict adherence to procedures designed to ensure fair elections and the desire to avoid disenfranchising voter

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  • September 17, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Skadden Tops List of Go-To Firms

    Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom are the market leaders in corporate transactions, according to a new BTI Consulting Group survey of corporate counsel. Among the 106 law firms named

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  • April 1, 2007 | The American Lawyer

    Facing Down Ford

    Last year Ford Motor Company posted its biggest loss ever-$12.7 billion-and watched its market share and credit ratings plummet. But the nation's fifth-largest company still expects deferentia

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  • April 1, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    CORPORATE SCORECARD 2009 Equities

    The bleak economy knocked the initial public offerings market off its feet in 2008. In the United States, only 43 IPOs (raising $28 billion in total proceeds) made it to market

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  • May 14, 2007 | Texas Lawyer

    Wait and $ee: Texas-Based Firms' Lone Star Offices Unmoved in Current Round of Pay Hikes

    Despite a major market move to higher associate salaries in California this month, Texas-based associates with large Texas-based firms are out of the big money, at least for a while. I

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  • April 8, 2010 | New York Law Journal

    Guidance on SLCs in Shareholder Derivative Litigation

    A properly constituted Special Litigation Committee of disinterested and independent directors (SLC) empowered by the board to investigate and determine whether the prosecution of derivative claims is

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  • June 23, 2011 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Wachtell, Mayer Brown, Sullivan, Dechert Advise $9 Billion Acquisition Capital One Financial will acquire ING Direct, the online banking unit of Dutch financial institu

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  • November 3, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    New York Court of Appeals Roundup

    In recent decisions, the Court of Appeals held that property owners cannot take advantage of luxury decontrol from rent stabilization during a period in which they took advantage of J-51 tax incent

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