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New Jersey Law Journal

Duty to Client in Business Deals Murky, Attorneys Say

A New Jersey appeals court's September 2014 holding that lawyers must thoroughly counsel even sophisticated clients on deal-making will remain the law going forward since the state Supreme Court declined last month to hear the case—and transactional attorneys say they've taken heed.
8 minute read

Litigation Daily

N.Y. State Judges Taking Hard Line on Shareholder Deals

The latest "disclosure-only" shareholder settlement to draw a judge's ire would have resolved litigation over Martin Marietta Materials Inc.'s $2.7 billion acquisition of Texas Industries.
4 minute read

The American Lawyer

Am Law 100 Firms on Both Sides of $5.2 Billion Shire, NPS Deal

Davis Polk & Wardwell and Slaughter and May are representing Dublin-based Shire as it recovers from its botched deal with AbbVie last year and acquires New Jersey-based NPS Pharmaceuticals, which turned to Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom for legal counsel.
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Orrick, Skadden, Paul Weiss on $1.6B Bitauto Investment

Tencent and JD.com have used a combination of cash and resources to purchase a 28 percent stake in the Chinese autos e-commerce company.
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Deal of the Week: Firm Cements $1.4 Billion Deal

Jeffrey Chapman, a Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher partner in Dallas, and New York partner Joerg Esdorn lead deal team for Lone Star Funds.
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Geographic Limitations in Software Licenses

Software licenses, even the ones in those troublesome click-wrap agreements, contain many provisions that can positively and negatively impact a licensee.…
5 minute read

The American Lawyer

Skadden Once Again Steals the Show in M&A Rankings

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom took the top spot in three separate, year-end M&A rankings based on deal value issued by Mergermarket, Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg. Other Am Law 100 firms filling the number two and three legal adviser spots, in varying order, include: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Sullivan & Cromwell, Weil Gotshal & Manges and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.
3 minute read

The Recorder

This Week's Deals

A roundup of transactions involving Bay Area lawyers and companies.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

EnergyBuzz: What Were the Largest Energy IPOs in Texas During 2014?

Energy companies were more than a third of Texas initial public offerings in 2014.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

Eighth Circuit Tosses Award in Bank of America Case

In the latest appellate victory for Theodore Frank of the Center for Class Action Fairness, a panel overturned a judge's decision to award funds left over from a $490 million securities class action to a Missouri legal charity.
3 minute read

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