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October 29, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Skadden Advises Safety-Kleen on $1.25 Billion Sale to Clean Harbors

After filing for an initial public offering over the summer, oil re-refiner Safety-Kleen has opted to sell itself instead in an all-cash deal under which the Plano, Texas–based company will be acquired by Clean Harbors.
3 minute read
October 26, 2009 | The American Lawyer

Capmark Bankruptcy Provides Bonanza for the Am Law 100

The bankruptcy might also mark the ascendancy of Dewey & LeBoeuf's beefed-up restructuring team, which includes former Weil Gotshal partners Michael Kessler (photo at left) and Martin Bienenstock.
4 minute read
September 01, 2009 | The American Lawyer

New Contingencies

A lawsuit challenges a ban on legal fees that are based solely on the outcome of a case.
3 minute read
January 01, 2006 | The American Lawyer

Critical Mass

Critical
15 minute read
May 17, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Murdoch Newspapers Rack up Almost $84 Million in Phone-Hacking Scandal Legal Bills

Rupert Murdoch's London-based newspaper unit is spending big to defend itself amid an ongoing phone-hacking scandal, with one of the company's many outside lawyers, prominent British barrister Anthony Grabiner, commanding an hourly rate of nearly $5,000.
5 minute read
September 12, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Wachtell, Commercial Law Group Advise as Chesapeake Sheds $6.9 Billion in Assets to Pay Off Debts

In a series of deals announced Wednesday, Chesapeake Energy Corporation agreed to sell most of its properties in the Permian Basin of West Texas to a group of other oil companies for $3.3 billion; unloaded $2.7 billion in midstream assets to a private equity firm; and sold another $900 million in other assets to various companies.
4 minute read
February 26, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Reed Smith Enters Houston With 17 Attorneys

After leasing space in Houston last month and working the lateral market, Reed Smith has announced it will officially open its first Texas office with 17 attorneys recruited from seven different area firms.
6 minute read
September 01, 2010 | The American Lawyer

A Work in Progress?

5 minute read
April 01, 2013 | The American Lawyer

K&L Gates Opens Delaware Office

Pittsburgh-based K&L Gates has entered the Delaware market with the opening of its newest office in Wilmington, tapping four former Potter Anderson & Corroon attorneys to establish the office, which will focus on alternative entity and transactions.
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