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October 06, 2003 | Law.com

Selling Orrick

It's Monday morning in a conference room at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe's Sansome Street fortress, and Ralph Baxter Jr. has plunked a glossy, Orrick-extolling printout on the table. Orrick's greatness has been Baxter's mantra his entire term as chair. And undoubtedly the firm has taken big steps toward becoming a top national and international player. But to make it to the lofty heights that Baxter is hoping to reach, Orrick must grow in size and reputation.
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December 26, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Newsbriefs

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March 08, 2007 | New York Law Journal

New Deals

Manhattan-based Astoria Generating Co. Holdings has agreed to merge with EBG Holdings, another power plant owner in Boston, in a deal that is worth more than $5 billion. Also, in a deal worth $4.6 billion in cash and stock, Vulcan Materials Co. has agreed to buy Rock Industries. The companies distribute gravel and sand for use in highway construction.
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July 01, 2012 | Corporate Counsel

Deals & Suits

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August 29, 2012 | The American Lawyer

Big Deals

AB InBev/Modelo; Bristol-Myers Squibb/Amylin; Walgreen/Alliance Boots; Alibaba/Yahoo
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May 15, 2007 | National Law Journal

Departures Leave D.C. Firm in Taxing Situation

An exodus of sorts is taking place at Miller & Chevalier, one that has the 100-lawyer Washington, D.C., firm taking a hard look at its future. Known primarily as a tax boutique, the firm has seen roughly 15 partners sprint away in the past 12 months, including a virtual meltdown of its international trade practice. "We still have a center of lawyers that you must have to build a law firm around," says managing partner Marianna Dyson. "But we know we're a David in a field of Goliaths."
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November 08, 1999 | Law.com

On the Net, In the Dark

A company in Texas sues a secretary in Florida for posting allegedly defamatory comments on a Web site headquartered in Silicon Valley. The secretary, whose ISP is in Virginia, is being challenged over her anonymously written comments about a lawsuit pending in Miami. Oh yes, the Texas company is pressing its claim in Southern California. With the World Wide Web providing a relatively unfettered global bulletin board, some of the information found online is giving rise to a mounting number of lawsuits.
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December 28, 2009 | Texas Lawyer

The Decade: Accounting Scandals Flood the Courts

"This is a simple case. It is not about accounting. It is about lies and choices." That's how then-Assistant U.S. Attorney John Hueston kicked off the trial of Enron Corp. leaders Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling in January 2006. In some ways, Hueston's words apply to all the corporate fraud cases that have dominated headlines in recent years but the legacy of these matters is far from simple.
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July 02, 2007 | Law.com

Marvell's Attorney Odyssey

Marvell Technologies is struggling to escape a stock options tar pit. The company is running up a legal bill inflated by accusations of bias in its internal investigation and a seemingly endless parade of attorneys being hired and fired by the company and its executives. Marvell's situation highlights a tension that exists across Silicon Valley between government-imposed priorities of independence and transparency and company leaders' desire to hold onto executives despite their questionable behavior.
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March 30, 2005 | Law.com

N.Y. Appeals Court: Telecommuter Must Pay Empire State Tax

A closely divided Court of Appeals Tuesday upheld a controversial tax policy that has made New York state the bane of telecommuters, and something of an outcast among its neighbors. The state's high court held in a 4-3 opinion that a telecommuter who lives and works in Tennessee but is employed by a New York-based company must pay New York taxes on 100 percent of his income even though he spends at most 25 percent of his working time in the Empire State.
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