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N.Y. Federal Judge Exposes White-Collar Dealmaking in KPMG Case
After his latest round of hearings in the KPMG tax shelter case, Southern District of New York Judge Lewis Kaplan ordered lawyers for the 16 former KPMG partners or employees who are defendants to submit affidavits disclosing who had referred their clients to them. The judge's extended investigation of the KPMG prosecution has thrown a spotlight on KPMG's lead outside counsel, Skadden Arps partner Robert Bennett -- exposing defense tactics usually confined to the shadows of white-collar dealmaking.WorldCom, Intermedia Rework $5.9B Deal
WorldCom Inc. and Intermedia Communications agreed to amend the terms of their $5.9 billion deal, announced last September. The agreement ends months of legal wrangling brought against the two companies by minority shareholders in the Web-hosting company Digex Inc., which is 94 percent-controlled by Intermedia.Parties to Airlines Merger Return Fire on DOJ's Challenge
American Airlines and US Airways are pushing back hard against the U.S. Department of Justice, filing court papers blasting the government's bid to block their pending $11 billion merger.License Revocation Order Pursuant to Rule 1:28-2(c)
Notice to the bar.New Deals: Lawyers on Major Transactions
MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, a Des Moines, Iowa-based subsidiary of Omaha, Neb.-based conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway Inc., announced recently that it had agreed to purchase an interstate natural gas pipeline from Tulsa, Okla.-based energy company The Williams Companies Inc. for about $960 million in cash and debt assumption. The Kern River pipeline transmits natural gas from reserves in the Rocky Mountains and Western Canada to markets in Utah, Nevada and California. Constructed in 1992, KernTrending Stories
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