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December 08, 2010 | The American Lawyer

Update: J&J Bid for Crucell Moves Forward

After announcing an agreement to acquire the remaining Dutch vaccine-maker's remaining shares in October, Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday launched its formal takeover bid for Crucell.
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November 01, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Pushback

Prosecutors are wielding the Foreign Corrupt Practice Act more actively--but not always successfully--while business interests are calling for changes in the law.
11 minute read
January 01, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Opening Statements: Europe

Business consultants like to say that when it comes to mergers, just 10 percent of the challenge is actually doing the deal--90 percent is making it work. Nobody knows this better than the management of Hogan Lovells.
5 minute read
May 16, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Dewey's Office of the Chairman Officially Empty

The sole remaining member of the Dewey & LeBoeuf's office of the chairman—created seven weeks ago in a bid to right the faltering firm—has departed, as insurance lobbyist and Washington, D.C., office managing partner L. Charles Landgraf joined Arnold & Porter.
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November 10, 2008 | The American Lawyer

Billing gets creative in souring economy

Large corporations like the $2 billion fast food giant Burger King are finding they can have their legal services their way. The company, which spends millions on legal fees every year, has negotiated with the firms that provide their outside counsel for a variety of alternative billing methods, including fee caps, blended rates and monthly retainers. And they are not alone.
10 minute read
September 01, 2005 | The American Lawyer

They Rule The World

Mikheil Saakashvili left the former Soviet Republic of Georgia in the early 1990s to get a degree at Columbia Law School-then returned to lead a democratic revolt. In late 2003 Saakashvili rallied his countrymen against corruption in the so-called Rose Revolution, elbowing out former president Eduard Shevardnadze. Today Georgian cabinet meetings have the feel of an Ivy League seminar, with the foreign minister and deputy justice minister also trained in American law.
8 minute read
November 19, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Silicon Valley Firms Seek a Bigger Piece of China's Technology Pie

The China tech market has so far been dominated by Wall Street law firms, not Silicon Valley ones. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati and Cooley are looking to change that, though they are taking very different paths.
8 minute read
April 25, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Overexposed

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January 02, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Drawing a New Line

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