Brian Baxter

June 09, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Tyson Foods, one of the country's largest chicken processors, appears poised to best Pilgrim's Pride and its lawyers from Cravath, Swaine & Moore to acquire deli and packaged meat purveyor Hillshire Brands, an offshoot of defunct consumer goods giant Sara Lee Corp.

By Brian Baxter

4 minute read

June 09, 2014 | The American Lawyer

With Cravath, Swaine & Moore advising longtime client Time Warner on its spinoff of Time Inc., the nation's leading publisher of consumer magazines turned to Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo to guide it through the historic transition.

By Brian Baxter

4 minute read

June 06, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Edwards Wildman Palmer and Polsinelli poach toxic tort team on opposite coasts, the newly combined Squire Patton Boggs makes its first lateral hire, Foley & Lardner gets a new COO and more lateral moves from across The Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

9 minute read

June 05, 2014 | Law.com

In a 315-page investigative report submitted Thursday, Jenner & Block and King & Spalding—Am Law 100 firms closely tied to General Motors—detail a "pattern of incompetence and neglect" at the company, while absolving top executives at the auto giant of trying to cover up a mechanical flaw that has been linked to 13 deaths and sparked the recall of 2.6 million vehicles.

By Brian Baxter

9 minute read

June 04, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Enough lawyers to fill an airport terminal are advising on the $1.7 billion sale of Nuance Group to Swiss travel retail rival Dufry AG, owner of U.S. newsstand chain Hudson News.

By Brian Baxter

4 minute read

June 04, 2014 | Law.com

Nearly seven years after selling ALM Media Properties to private equity-owned British publisher Incisive Media for $630 million, the investment arm of late attorney and financier Bruce Wasserstein is leading a group that has agreed to acquire the legal publishing giant.

By Brian Baxter

6 minute read

June 03, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Akin Gump adds more Patton Boggs refugees, Buchanan Ingersoll becomes the latest firm to head for the Rockies and more lateral hires from across the Am Law 200.

By Brian Baxter

6 minute read

June 03, 2014 | The American Lawyer

The three firms are advising on the $1.1 billion sale of Internet Brands—owner of websites like Lawyers.com and CarsDirect.com—from Hellman & Friedman and JMI Equity to private equity rival KKR.

By Brian Baxter

4 minute read

June 02, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Four firms are advising on the $1.85 billion sale of 24 Hour Fitness by Forstmann Little & Co., the private equity firm that has been liquidating its portfolio following the November 2011 death of cofounder Ted Forstmann.

By Brian Baxter

6 minute read

May 30, 2014 | The American Lawyer

By Brian Baxter

8 minute read