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May 30, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Four Firms on $7 Billion Shuanghui-Smithfield Deal

Paul Hastings, Simpson Thacher, Troutman Sanders, and McGuire Woods are advising on what could be the largest-ever Chinese acquisition of an American company.
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December 21, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Cleary Grabs Roles on Dexia, Delphi Deals

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April 01, 2008 | The American Lawyer

Schoolhouse Rock

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March 14, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Five Am Law 200 Firms Join Sandberg's "Lean In" Campaign

Fenwick & West; Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe; Sidley Austin; Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom; and Weil, Gotshal & Manges are among the corporate sponsors of a new initiative aimed at supporting working women that has sprung up around Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's buzzed-about new book.
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September 30, 2009 | The American Lawyer

The Leader Board

These are the Global 100 firms with the largest number of lawyers outside their home countries. RPL and PPP statistics are for each firm's most recent fiscal year. The "CAGR RPL" and "CAGR PPP" numbers represent each firm's compound annual growth rate in revenue per lawyer and profits per partner, respectively, over the past five years. The first number in the "Foreign Presence" column is the number of lawyers the firm has outside its home country; the second is the percentage of lawyers outside the home country. For statistics on additional firms, see americanlawyer.com.
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July 01, 2007 | The American Lawyer

Starting at the Top

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October 01, 2004 | The American Lawyer

Mea Culpa, You-a Culpa

The government apology was striking-a reminder, said one Arab American leader, of "why we feel America is such a great country." On August 31, in a 60-page mea culpa, the U.S. Department of Justice asked federal district court judge Gerald Rosen to dismiss its first major trial victory in the war on terror, acknowledging errors in its prosecution of three Detroit-area immigrants from Morocco. The judge, who ordered a new trial, saluted the department for making "the legally and ethically correct decision,"
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January 01, 2006 | The American Lawyer

Consultant's Memo: Nordic Track

hen online auctioneer and Cooley Godward client eBay Inc. snapped up Internet phone group Skype Technologies S.A. for a whopping $4.1 billion in September, the vision of a pair of Scandinavian entrepreneurs was realized. Skype founders and part-owners Niklas Zennstr�m and Janus Friis, from Sweden and Denmark, respectively, delivered record profits for the four venture capital groups that had backed them-a near thousandfold return for one San Francisco-based fund-and bumper fees to Skype's adviser
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