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Deal Watch: Skadden, Sidley, Slaughter and S&C Lead Big Paper Deal, While Private Funds Grow Massive
The growth of private debt and equity funds is fueling support for their corporate practices, evident in the Am Law 100 financial results.
Etsy Welcomed Aboard Ex-Facebook GC Colin Stretch With Baskets of Stock
Stretch joined the e-commerce company as chief legal officer in February 2023, his first in-house role since his 2013-19 run as the social media company's general counsel.
A&O and Shearman Continue Lateral Hiring as Merger Date Approaches
Both law firms have continued to add, and lose, partners in the lead-up to the merger.
Antitrust Class Actions Surge Soaring Sugar Prices
The sugar producers insist the cases should go to the District of Delaware and, specifically, U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika, who oversaw the DOJ's four-day bench trial.
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Anatomy of a Merger: Strategies and Techniques for Negotiating Corporate Acquisitions
Authors: James C. Freund
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Soaring Sugar Prices Not So Sweet: Antitrust Class Actions Surge
Two years after the U.S. Department of Justice failed to block a $315 million merger between United States Sugar Corp. and Imperial Sugar Co., antitrust lawyers have lodged nearly two dozen class actions at the sugar industry.
In re: Walmart Inc. Sec. Litig.
Publication Date: 2024-04-22 Practice Area: Securities Litigation
Industry: Retail
Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware Judge: District Judge Connolly Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian E. Farnan, Michael J. Farnan, Farnan LLP, Wilmington, DE; Sara Fuks, The Rosen Law Firm, P.A., New York, NY for plaintiffs. For defendant: Robert W. Whetzel, Raymond J. DiCamillo, John M. O'Toole, Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Sean M. Berkowitz, Nicholas J. Siciliano, Latham & Watkins LLP, Chicago, IL for defendants. Case number: 21-55-CFC
Stockholders failed to adequately plead that securities filings were materially false or misleading where statements adequately conveyed that the company was subject to investigations and securities laws did not require corporations to guess as to the likely outcome of such investigations.
Jury Trial Decline Results in Fewer Verdict-Related Appeals. Does it Matter?
"If there is not a robust pipeline of decisions going up and coming down where the appellate courts are providing guidance to trial judges, then the consequence is oftentimes a lot of wasted time," said attorney Ryan Baker.
What It Means to be a Law Firm Partner Now
Instead of moving lawyers to the equity ranks, or keeping them as associates or counsel, there is a shift inside Big Law to make more lawyers salaried partners.
Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Securities Claims Against Gaming Platform
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