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August 13, 2009 | New York Law Journal

New Deals

In deals totaling $7.8 billion, PepsiCo has announced plans to buy its two biggest bottlers, Pepsi Bottling Group and PepsiAmericas. PepsiCo will pay $36.50 per share for shares it does not own in Somers, N.Y.-based Pepsi Bottling Group and $28.50 per share for the shares it does not own in Minneapolis-based PepsiAmericas. Also, Citigroup has announced that it plans to sell its entire majority stake in a Japanese asset management company to The Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co. Ltd. for about $795 million.
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March 10, 2005 | New York Law Journal

New Deals

Credit card company Capital One Financial Corp. announced it would purchase Hibernia Corp. for $5.35 billion in cash and stock, and defense and aerospace company BAE Systems North America said it would acquire United Defense Industries Inc. for approximately $4.2 billion.
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Alcoa Reaches $85 Million Cash Deal to Ditch RICO Suit
Publication Date: 2012-10-09
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Akin Gump triggered a worldwide criminal probe back in 2008 when it accused Pittsburgh-based Alcoa of racketeering and fraud on behalf of Aluminium Bahrain. On Tuesday, the firm beat prosecutors to the punch yet again, wresting a long-awaited settlement from Alcoa.

August 24, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Stop Making Sense: Hire! Fire! Hire Again!

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Gibson Dunn Files Suit to Block Royal KPN Takeover of iBasis
Publication Date: 2009-08-03
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In 2007 iBasis did a deal with Royal KPN that made the Dutch telecom its majority shareholder. Then, according to a complaint filed Monday in Delaware Chancery Court, KPN proceeded to run iBasis's stock price into the ground so it could cheaply acquire the shares it didn't already own. We can't wait to see what Royal KPN has to say about that assertion, which has turned the tender offer into a juicy litigation.

January 07, 2010 | New York Law Journal

New Deals

Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis will pay $28.1 billion for an additional 52 percent stake in Alcon, the world's largest eye-care company. The transaction is the second stage of a takeover announced in April 2008 when Novartis purchased from Nestl� S.A. 25 percent of the company for $10.4 billion. Also, Cedar Fair Entertainment Co., an Ohio amusement park and resort operator, has agreed to be acquired by Apollo Management LP for $650 million.
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March 11, 2010 | New York Law Journal

New Deals

In its second major deal in a week, AIG will sell its foreign life insurance unit, American Life Insurance Company, to MetLife for $15.5 billion. The transaction is part of an asset sell-off by AIG to raise funds to repay about $180 billion in government loans. Also, German chemical and pharmaceutical company Merck KGaA has agreed to take over Millipore Corporation, a life-sciences manufacturing company, in a $7.2 billion cash and debt transaction.
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January 23, 2002 | Law.com

Complaint in 'Netscape Communications Corp. v. Microsoft Corp.'

In its action against Microsoft Corporation, Netscape Communications Corporation seeks relief under §§ 1 and 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act, portions of the District of Columbia Code and the common law, for harm resulting from Microsoft's alleged anticompetitive conduct in the markets for Intel-compatible personal computer operating systems and Web browsers worldwide.
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June 14, 2010 | Daily Business Review

Laid-off associates can't give it away

Good news: There's some great work available in the public sector for deferred or furloughed associates. The bad--and unfortunate--news: If you are a laid-off associate, you're out of the box for these volunteer programs.
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