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February 02, 2009 | New York Law Journal

Williams, plaintiff-appellant v. New York City Housing Authority, defendants-respondents

Free With Registration: 2005 Amendment to City's Human Rights Law 'Construed Liberally' in Sex Discrimination Case
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July 24, 2008 | New York Law Journal

New Deals

Financially strained investment bank Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., has decided to sell its 20 percent stake in Bloomberg LP, the financial news, media and data provider, back to the blind trust owned by New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg for $4.5 billion. When the deal is completed, Mr. Bloomberg will own 92 percent of the company he founded. Also, Israel-based drugmaker Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has announced its acquisition of U.S. rival Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc. in an $8.9 billion deal.
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January 27, 2011 | New York Law Journal

New Deals

RockTenn has agreed to acquire packaging producer Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation in a 50-50 cash and stock deal valued at $3.5 billion. Also, Food and agricultural producer Cargill Incorporated announced plans to distribute its 64 percent stake in crop nutrient and feed business, Plymouth, Minn.-based Mosaic Company.
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March 05, 2010 | New York Law Journal

City of New York v. Golden Feather Smoke Shop, Inc.

Free With Registration: Circuit Certifies Question to State High Court on Sale of Untaxed Cigarettes on Reservation
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May 02, 2003 | New York Law Journal

Mack v. Otis Elevator Company

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March 31, 2011 | New York Law Journal

New Deals

Online marketplace eBay has agreed to purchase e-commerce and Internet marketing provider GSI Commerce in a deal valued at $2.4 billion. Also, asset manager and mortgage servicer Walter Investment Management Corp. will acquire business services company Green Tree Credit Solutions Holdings for $1.065 billion.
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February 04, 2009 | New York Law Journal

United States, appellee v. Stefan Irving, defendant-appellant

Free With Registration: Sentence on Possessor of Child Pornography Who Went Abroad for Sex With Boys Upheld
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May 10, 2007 | New York Law Journal

New Deals

After spurning three previous bids, the board of Cablevision Systems Corp. has accepted a bid from the company's biggest shareholder, the Dolan family, to take it private in a deal worth $22 billion in cash and assumed debt. Also, Fortress Investment Group will purchase Interpool Inc. for $2.4 billion and Robert Murdoch and News Corporation have made a bid of $5 billion to purchase the Dow Jones Company.
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