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April 24, 2007 | Law.com

New Legal Battles Over Going Private

As securities class actions wane, the mergers and acquisitions boom is fueling another type of shareholder class action: court fights that challenge the terms of a merger that would transform a public company into a private one. Private equity-funded transactions and other going-private deals are often inked at an unfair price, while company executives cut deals that give them increased compensation, says plaintiffs lawyer Gerald Silk of New York-based Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann.
6 minute read
May 18, 2004 | Law.com

Knockin' on Google's Door

Google has cast a spell on the legal profession. The allure of working at the world's most popular Internet search company, and the stock option riches expected to come with it, have made Google's legal department the hottest job for an attorney in Silicon Valley. But getting in at Google remains a challenge. Even attorneys with top-shelf credentials, and connections inside the company, report getting the cold shoulder.
6 minute read
June 22, 2007 | Law.com

Women Look for the Exit

As firms struggle to keep them, women lawyers � like S.F. attorney Mae O'Malley � find their own paths.
8 minute read
May 21, 2004 | Law.com

Two More Jump From Clifford, This Time for Fenwick

In a blow to Clifford Chance's San Francisco office, securities litigation partners Dean Kristy and Kevin Muck have jumped to Fenwick & West. Their departures came two days after antitrust partner Craig Waldman announced he would be leaving Clifford Chance for Cooley Godward. The loss of Kristy and Muck leaves Clifford Chance's securities litigation group with 10 partners in San Francisco and one in Los Angeles. It's uncertain whether the remaining partners will stick with the firm.
3 minute read
December 07, 2005 | Law.com

Boston Scientific Betters J&J Bid

Just three weeks after Johnson & Johnson finally seemed ready to complete its roller-coaster merger with Guidant Corp., another suitor for the troubled medical device maker has roiled the waters with a $25 billion bid. Boston Scientific Corp. disclosed Monday it is willing to pay $72 a share for Guidant -- a 14 percent premium over J&J's latest offer -- and to divest a large chunk of the company where the companies have overlapping product lines.
4 minute read
August 03, 2010 | The Recorder

Joshua Mills

Digital Realty Trust is seeing rapid growth in its data center business, and GC Joshua Mills hopes the legal department will grow along with it.
6 minute read
February 02, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

The Strongest Law Firm Brands in the Land

Which law firms have the strongest brands in the United States, the world's largest legal market? According to a study by Acritas, the brand research company, Skadden, followed by Jones Day, Kirkland & Ellis, Sidley Austin, and Wachtell, lead the big firm pack.
4 minute read
May 19, 2005 | Law.com

Wilson Partner Picks O'Melveny as Path to China

After spending months helping plan Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's entrance to China, Kurt Berney is taking a different route; he's making the move to Shanghai with O'Melveny & Myers. The corporate partner says he's eager to work in China, particularly with the growing firm. "We are seeing a lot of tech deals in China," said Howard Chao, who heads O'Melveny's Asia practice. "We are doing a lot of IPOs coming out of China on the Nasdaq, more and more M&A deals."
3 minute read
June 03, 2005 | New York Law Journal

Report Reveals Increased Diversity Among Associates

A major statistical report profiling the demographics of the metropolitan legal community will be presented to 82 participating firms on Monday during the second annual diversity symposium of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.
6 minute read
February 07, 2002 | New York Law Journal

A Tale Of Two Professions

SOMEBODY tell Greedy Associates that the days of universal avarice and exhaustion are over. The message that flashed recently across the biting Web site seemed like a cruel joke: "Are you overworked? Underpaid? Want your life back?"
8 minute read

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