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  • September 8, 2008 | Legal Times

    Lawyers Worked Weeks on Plan for Fannie, Freddie

    In the weeks leading up to the federal government’s takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, dozens of top lawyers worked to figure out the best way to save the two Washington

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  • September 17, 2009 | New York Law Journal

    NY Lawyers Working Billion Dollar Deals

    Dewey, Sidley, Sullivan, Simpson Tapped in eBay Sale of Skype Online auction site eBay Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to sell 65 percent of

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  • January 5, 2012 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Wachtell, Gibson Dunn Handle Sale of MetLife Depository Business MetLife will sell the majority of its bank deposits unit to GE Capital Financial in a move by the insura

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  • June 29, 2007 | Daily Business Review

    Some law firms reach out to gay attorneys

    Richard A. Wilson, chairman of the National Lesbian and Gay Law Association, recalls that as recently as 2002 only a couple of law firms made the trip to recruit at the group's Lavender Law C

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  • October 30, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Wachtell, Sullivan and Jones Day Cover $5.2 Billion Bank Sale The PNC Financial Services Group Inc. has agreed to acquire National City Corporation for $2.2

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  • November 4, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Lawyers and Firms Navigate Social Media Mine Field

    "For Halloween this year, I am going as a sensationalist over-blown media story." The message, sent out via Twitter Monday afternoon by a target="new" href="http://www.kramerlevin

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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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  • September 15, 2008 | Legal Times

    Lawyers Are Key to Mortgage Giants' Rescue

    As Tropical Storm Hanna slammed Washington with heavy winds and 6 inches of rain on Sept. 6, a team of lawyers working for Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae was hunkered down behind the c

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  • December 8, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Fannie's Ex-GC Had Her Doubts

    At 3 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 5, as the Washington, D.C., region was bracing itself for Tropical Storm Hanna, Fannie Mae general counsel Beth Wilkinson was meeting with the country&rs

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  • January 1, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Honor Roll

    Litigation Department of the Year: Honorable MentionArnold & Porter The savings and loan crisis may feel like a relic of the 1980s, but for Arnold & Porter litiga

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