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By Frances Ivens | November 6, 2014
Slaughter and May and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are advising on Cable & Wireless Communications' (CWC) proposed acquisition of Latin American telecoms provider Columbus International for $1.85bn (£1.15bn).
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By Frances Ivens | October 3, 2014
Hogan Lovells, Cravath Swaine & Moore and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton have taken lead roles IBM's sale of its x86 server to Lenovo for $2.1bn (£1.3bn).
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By Frances Ivens | October 3, 2014
Hogan Lovells, Cravath Swaine & Moore and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton have taken lead roles IBM's sale of its x86 server to Lenovo for $2.1bn (£1.3bn).
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By Frances Ivens | September 23, 2014
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, Baker Botts and Latham & Watkins have secured roles on Siemens' $7.6bn (£4.65bn) purchase of US oil-field equipment giant, Dresser-Rand.
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By Frances Ivens | September 23, 2014
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, Baker Botts and Latham & Watkins have secured roles on Siemens' $7.6bn (£4.65bn) purchase of US oil-field equipment giant, Dresser-Rand.
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By Frances Ivens | September 21, 2014
Twitter has awarded its general counsel, Vijaya Gadde, $7.3m (£4.5m) worth of shares in the company, a year after she took the role.
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By Frances Ivens | September 21, 2014
Twitter has awarded its general counsel, Vijaya Gadde, $7.3m (£4.5m) worth of shares in the company, a year after she took the role.
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By Ben Wheway | April 28, 2014
New law, future law, tomorrow's law – whatever your opinion on the buzzwords and faddish phrases regularly bandied about by prognosticators and futurologists, most within the profession are in agreement that the downturn has ushered in a new era for legal services.
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By Charlotte Edmond | October 31, 2013
Law firm IT directors are battling to support an influx of personal tablets and other mobile devices in the workplace, with almost a third of lawyers now using tablets in the office. The number of lawyers using devices such as iPads and Android tablets has grown by almost half in the last year, with around 34% uptake at law firms, compared to 23% in 2012, according to Legal Week Intelligence's annual IT Report. The survey, which canvassed the views of more than 2,000 lawyers at leading firms, found that although tablet use has increased significantly, the vast majority of these devices (94%) are personally owned, with law firms still restricting company devices to the senior echelons.
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By Ben Wheway | October 31, 2012
Latham & Watkins and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom have taken starring roles on The Walt Disney Company's $4.05bn (£2.5bn) acquisition of Lucasfilm, one of the most high-profile M&A deals of the year. Lucasfilm, which is 100% owned by chairman and founder George Lucas, is the production company behind the Star Wars and Indiana Jones film franchises. The stock and cash deal will see Disney pay approximately half in cash and issue around 40 million shares.
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By Maria Dinzeo | April 26, 2024
Erich Andersen had held the legal reins of the wildly popular social media app for four years. He previously spent more than two decades at Microsoft.
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By Emily Saul | April 26, 2024
On redirect Friday, Ex-National Enquirer publisher David Pecker forcefully reiterated that he had never entered into an agreement like the one in this case with any presidential candidate, nor had his organization ever paid as much money for stories.
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By Chris O'Malley | April 26, 2024
The company's newly filed proxy statement noted Thomas Reid's contributions in a number of regulatory areas "in light of the increased regulation of business, particularly the video and broadband industries."
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By Ed Watal, Intellibus | April 26, 2024
Because trust is crucial in a lawyer-client relationship, it is of the utmost importance that law firms maintain the highest standards in data security.
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By Ross Todd | April 26, 2024
Dale Cendali and Josh Simmons of Kirkland & Ellis convinced federal jurors in Ohio that 'NBA 2K' maker Take-Two had an implied license to use images that tattoo artist James Hayden inked onto James' shoulders.
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By Emily Saul | April 25, 2024
"Under your watch you only published about half the stories you purchased?" Trump lawyer Emil Bove asked David Pecker, who is Manhattan prosecutors' first witness in their case against the former president. "That's correct," the publisher responded.
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By John Tredennick and Dr. William Webber | April 25, 2024
While intuitively building an LLM seems appealing, it may not be as attractive or cost-effective an option as you might think.
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By Alaa Pasha, CEO, Maptician | April 25, 2024
With the advent of remote work, hybrid schedules, visiting attorneys, hot desking and more, law firms must ensure that these new modes of working are even more secure.
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By Jerry Levine, ContractPodAI | April 24, 2024
Here are three strategies legal teams can adopt to operate much more independently and optimally, and become far less reliant on outside counsel.
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By Emily Saul | April 23, 2024
"Michael Cohen would call me and say, 'We would like for you to run a negative article on a certain—let's say it's on Ted Cruz,'" Pecker testified, recalling part of how the arrangement worked. "And then he, Michael Cohen, would send me negative information on Cruz, or Ben Carson, or Marco Rubio." Pecker added his staff would then "embellish" the fictional accounts from there.
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The African Legal Awards recognise exceptional achievement within Africa s legal community during a period of rapid change.
Celebrating achievement, excellence, and innovation in the legal profession in the UK.
The Daily Report is honoring those attorneys and judges who have made a remarkable difference in the legal profession.
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