Josh

September 06, 2001 | Law.com

The CEO of Gabelli Asset Management, based in Rye, N.Y., has threatened to go to court over the sale of Carter-Wallace, a New York-based marketer of diagnostics, consumer and health-care products. GAM's funds own about 22 percent of Carter-Wallace total shares and Mario Gabelli plans to exercise dissenter's rights, contesting the fairness of the $1.15 billion sale of the company in two halves.

By Josh Kosman

4 minute read

October 20, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Michael Anthony, whose Gramercy Tavern just won the James Beard Award for outstanding restaurant in America, discusses the future of greenmarket cookery.

By Josh Ozersky

7 minute read

July 13, 2006 | Corporate Counsel

ConAgra Foods Inc., one of the nation's largest packaged foods companies, said this week it is urging its poultry suppliers to consider slaughtering chickens in a way People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals calls more humane. However, a spokeswoman has said the company does not plan to force its suppliers to change slaughter methods. Shareholders previously rejected a PETA proposal to research whether it would be feasible to require the company's suppliers to switch to "controlled-atmosphere killing."

By Josh Funk

3 minute read

September 08, 2008 | New York Law Journal

France has been displaced as the inspiration for the way New York chefs think about food.

By Josh Ozersky

14 minute read

November 09, 2005 | Legaltech News

When it's time to purchase and implement enterprise software, be prepared to spend a lot of time hammering out details and modifications with the vendor. Be sure expectations are clearly set and everyone is using the same terminology from the beginning. Paying careful attention along the way to the constantly shifting reality that is custom software development will help avoid the headaches -- legal and literal -- that result from a poorly managed vendor relationship.

By Josh Hamilton

5 minute read

October 07, 2002 | Law.com

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and other top market regulators, including the New York Stock Exchange, said Thursday that they would join forces to coordinate their probes of Wall Street practices regarding IPOs, equities research, analyst practices and also propose new rules. Current investigations focus on firms' practice of improperly allocating stock in hot IPOs to prized investment banking clients.

By Josh Karlen

4 minute read

December 08, 2008 | New York Law Journal

In this one-of-a-kind culinary theme park, the prevailing vibe is funky, insouciant, casual, and very, very serious about food quality.

By Josh Ozersky

11 minute read

June 17, 2004 | New York Law Journal

Josh H. Kardisch, a partner with Kardisch, Link & Associates, writes the onus is now on the multiple-dwelling owner to investigate apartments for lead-based paint hazards.

By Josh H. Kardisch

8 minute read

July 10, 2000 | Law.com

H.J. Heinz Co. vowed to fight the FTC's decision to block its $185 million acquisition of baby food maker Milnot Holding Corp., owner of Beech-Nut Nutrition, on antitrust grounds. Last week, the FTC charged the merger would be anticompetitive because the top two surviving firms, Gerber and Heinz, would collectively control 98 percent of the baby food market, increasing the chance for collusion and eliminating head-to-head competition.

By Jaret Seiberg and Josh Kosman

5 minute read

October 11, 2000 | Law.com

The chairman of a Boston private equity firm was indicted on federal racketeering charges in an alleged pay-for-play scheme. Frederick McCarthy, a former dealmaker at scandal-scarred Drexel Burhnam Lambert, allegedly agreed to raise $100,000 to help the campaign of incumbent Connecticut Treasurer Paul Silvester, who in exchange invested the state pension's capital in McCarthy's investment fund.

By Josh Kosman

2 minute read