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June 26, 2008 | New York Law Journal

New Deals

Invitrogen Corp., a manufacturer of tools such as test kits, chemicals and cells used by research laboratories, will acquire Applied Biosystem Inc. from Applera Corporation in a $6.4 billion cash and stock deal, creating one of the world's largest biotechnology companies, with annual revenues of $3.5 billion. Also, British insurance broker Willis Group Holdings Ltd. has agreed to acquire Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Co., the eighth largest insurance and risk management intermediary in the United States, in a deal worth $2.1 billion.
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January 28, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Weintraub v. Board of Education*

Free With Registration: Teacher Cannot Pursue First Amendment Claim Over Alleged Retaliation Against School
34 minute read
October 12, 2007 | New York Law Journal

Cent. States SE and SW Areas Health and Welfare Fund, mvnts.-apps. v. Merck-Medco Managed Care LLC, def.-cntr-clmt.-app.

Court Overseeing ERISA Action Erred in Certifying Class, Approving $42.5 Million Settlement
51 minute read
August 23, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Second Circuit Review

Martin Flumenbaum and Brad S. Karp, partners at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, report on how the Second Circuit has evolved over the past two decades that they have been writing this column, including the court's changing caseload and evolving membership, the method and manner by which it disposes of cases and the length of time associated with such dispositions, trends in the availability of interlocutory review and more.
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July 16, 2008 | New York Law Journal

Hirt, plaintiffs-appellants-cross-appellees v. The Equitable Retirement Plan for Employees, Managers and Agents, defendants-appellees-cross-appellants

Cash Balance Plans Do Not Violate ERISA Ban On Age-Based Reductions in Benefit Accrual Rate
22 minute read
August 28, 2006 | Law.com

Reuland v. Hynes

$30,000 Fine Upheld Against District Attorney In Retaliation Suit by Ex-Prosecutor Novelist
48 minute read
March 17, 2006 | Law.com

Garb, plaintiffs-appellants v. Republic of Poland, defendants-appellees

Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act Shields Poland From Postwar Mistreatment, Expropriation Claims
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July 31, 2002 | New York Law Journal

New Deals

In a deal valued at about .26 billion, London-based Diageo plc, which bills itself as the worlds largest spirits maker, announced last week that it had agreed to sell Burger King Corp., the Miami-based fast food giant, to a consortium of bidders led by Fort Worth, Texas, private equity firm Texas Pacific Group, and including Boston`s Bain Capital Inc. and New York`s Goldman Sachs Capital Partners. Diageo has owned Burger King since Grand Metropolitan PLC, Burger King`s parent company, merged with brewer Gui
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November 23, 2004 | New York Law Journal

Motorola Credit Corporation v. Uzan

Under Swiss Law Governing Agreements Nonsignatory Defendants Lacked Right to Compel Arbitration
72 minute read

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