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  • March 1, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Big Deals

    Ingersoll-Rand/Trane After each spent most of 2007 slimming down, Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited and Trane Inc. finally decided that they were in good enough shape for each oth

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  • December 27, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Cravath, Simpson, Skadden Advise $10 Billion Heating Systems Deal Ingersoll-Rand Co. Ltd. has acquired the New Jersey-based heating and air conditioning systems manufacturer Tra

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  • February 14, 2012 | The American Lawyer

    Slaughters, Clifford Chance Advise on Carlyle's $1 Billion Sale of Bank-Machine Unit

    The Carlyle Group announced Tuesday that it has accepted an offer to sell its Talaris teller machine and cash-counting equipment business to Japan's Glory Ltd. for about $1 billion. Th

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  • April 6, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    New Deals

    Kirkland, Weil, Cleary Simpson,Schulte, Debevoise Advise GM DealGeneral Motors Corp., the world's largest automaker, has sold a stake of its profitable financial arm,

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  • June 29, 2000 | The American Lawyer

    Edifice Lex

    By May word had spread through New York's elite law firms: Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz was considering opening a branch office in Silicon Valley. Wachtell had even, it was said, talked

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  • April 11, 2003 |

    BACK TO THE BOARDS

    Last year left boards of scandal-plagued companies desperate for legal advice on fiduciary responsibility. Some boards went for a marquee name-Tyco International Ltd.'s board turned to star li

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  • June 26, 2009 | The American Lawyer

    Simpson Chairman Testifies at AIG Trial

    Last Thursday, when we weren't looking, another big fish from the Am Law pond swam into New York federal district court to testify in the fight between American International Group and former CEO Maur

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  • March 1, 2005 | Corporate Counsel

    Deals and Suits

    Kmart Sears Kmart Holding Corporation and Sears, Roebuck and Co. began their Christmas shopping a little early last year. The two retailing giants announced an $1

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  • May 1, 2011 | The American Lawyer

    Big Deals

    Berkshire Hathaway / Lubrizol Warren Buffett has returned to the M&A market. The Omaha b illionaire's investment vehicle Berkshire Hathaway Inc. ag

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  • June 6, 2008 | The American Lawyer

    Ousted Partner Seeks $90 Million in Defamation Suit Against Kasowitz Benson

    Jeremy Pitcock, the former head of intellectual property at Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman who was fired in December for inappropriate conduct, filed a defamation lawsuit against the firm

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