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August 06, 2008 |

Fortune 500 sees growth in female GCs

A new survey by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association shows that the number of female general counsel among the Fortune 500 has grown to 92, more than double the 44 female GCs when the association started keeping track in 1999.The Fortune 500 list includes two lawyers from Georgia companies: Teri Plummer McClure of Atlanta-based United Parcel Service and Debra E.
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February 07, 2013 |

New Deals

In the largest private equity buyout since the 2007 financial crisis, computer maker Dell Inc. has announced it will be sold to a group led by the firm's founder, Michael Dell, and private equity firm Silver Lake. The transaction will be worth $24.4 billion once completed.
7 minute read
August 06, 2012 |

MOVERS

Graham Hill joins Heard Robins Cloud & Black as partner in the Houston office. Plus more law firm movers in this week's column.
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November 02, 2011 |

Washington Mutual: Newfound Clarity

On Sept. 13, Judge Mary F. Walrath of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware issued the latest opinion in In re Washington Mutual Inc. Although the ultimate holding of the opinion - the denial of confirmation pending a court-ordered mediation - may be the takeaway point for many, those who analyze the Sept. 13 opinion further will discover newfound clarity on a number of issues. This article identifies those issues and briefly discusses the significance of the newfound clarity.
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April 21, 2009 |

New SonicBlue Conflict From O'Melveny

The bankruptcy case that resulted in expensive conflicts problems for Pillsbury Winthrop is now entangling another firm that's looking to get paid, but disclosing some previously unknown clients that are raising eyebrows.
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Judge Appoints Interim Class Counsel in Trillion-Dollar Libor Class Action Litigation
Publication Date: 2011-12-01
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Class action litigation is beginning to take shape over allegations that major banks manipulated Libor, the benchmark rate used to calculate interest on trillions of dollars in securities globally. On Monday the federal district court judge hearing the litigation consolidated 20 class complaints, and appointed interim class counsel.

February 21, 2013 |

New Deals

H.J. Heinz Company, maker of ketchup and other condiments, has agreed to be sold to billionaire Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway and Brazilian private equity firm 3G Capital in a transaction worth $28 billion. Also, the proposed merger of American Airlines and US Airways would create the world's largest airline.
9 minute read
September 15, 2011 |

Stalking the Big Banks With a '33 Act Gun

In his Corporate Securities column, John C. Coffee Jr., the Adolf A. Berle Professor of Law at Columbia University Law School and Director of its Center on Corporate Governance, writes that on Sept. 2, the conservator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, sued 17 financial institutions for a total of $196 billion, alleging material misstatements and omissions in the registration statements and prospectuses by which the defendants sold, as sponsors and underwriters, residential mortgage-backed securities to the two agencies.
21 minute read
April 17, 2003 |

Pfizer, Inc. v. Stryker Corp.

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April 21, 2009 |

Conflicts Continue to Plague SonicBlue Bankruptcy, This Time With O'Melveny

O'Melveny & Myers is under fire in the SonicBlue bankruptcy for failing to disclose potential conflicts of interest until asking the court to approve $1.3 million in fees last week. The electronics maker filed for bankruptcy protection in 2003, in a case that led to major trouble for its law firm, Pillsbury Winthrop, over undisclosed conflicts of interest. Last week's filing reveals O'Melveny represented SonicBlue at the same time that it was counsel to a parent company of one of SonicBlue's debt holders.
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