Sara Randazzo

September 16, 2013 | The American Lawyer

Both Mayer Brown and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom landed roles on Packaging Corporation of America's proposed $1.28 billion, all-cash offer to buy packaging and paper products maker Boise Inc. The deal is one of the first to utilize new rules under Delaware merger statutes that make two-step tender offers easier to execute.

By Sara Randazzo

4 minute read

June 13, 2012 | The Recorder

By Sara Randazzo

6 minute read

January 15, 2013 | The American Lawyer

A onetime Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson worker hit Tuesday with charges of stealing more than $376,000 worth of copy machine toner is one of two former Am Law 100 employees indicted on felony counts within the last week. On January 11, Mayer Brown's former chief information officer was formally charged with 10 counts of mail fraud in connection with his alleged role in bilking the firm out of $4.2 million.

By Sara Randazzo

3 minute read

August 16, 2012 | New York Law Journal

The law firm is staying in its midtown headquarters after resolving a four-month legal fight with the property's owner over how much the firm should pay to renew the lease on the 22 floors of space it occupies there.

By Sara Randazzo

4 minute read

November 15, 2011 | The American Lawyer

By Sara Randazzo

4 minute read

February 05, 2013 | Law.com

A year after The American Lawyer exposed the daunting—and, in many cases, underfunded—pension obligations facing a host of Am Law firms, investment research company BrightScope has produced its second analysis of law firm 401(k) plans.

By Sara Randazzo

4 minute read

February 15, 2013 | New York Law Journal

In a series of filings made ahead of a Feb. 13 deadline, the former partners in question argue that U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn should not approve the Chapter 11 plan, which serves as a blueprint for how the Dewey estate expects to dispose of its assets in order to pay off creditors who say they are owed a combined total of some $600 million.

By Sara Randazzo

7 minute read

January 19, 2012 | The American Lawyer

By Sara Randazzo

5 minute read

April 04, 2013 | The American Lawyer

The first quarter of the year brought 21 tie-ups between U.S. law firms, most coming from midsize firms taking on smaller shops with fewer than 25 attorneys, according to legal consultancy Altman Weil. At the current pace, mergers by year-end should surpass 2012's total of 60 combinations.

By Sara Randazzo

4 minute read

August 15, 2013 | The American Lawyer

With New York University's trustees moving to win over faculty foes of university president John Sexton, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz founding partner Martin Lipton, the chairman of the board and a close Sexton ally, dismissed critics' call for him to give up his NYU position.

By Sara Randazzo

5 minute read