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Bankruptcy Judge Dismisses Champion's Breach of Contract Claims against Credit Suisse
Publication Date: 2012-08-31
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Unsecured creditors of bankrupt Champion Enterprises Inc. have come up empty in their breach of contract claim against Credit Suisse. On Thursday, a Delaware federal bankruptcy judge found that while Credit Suisse did breach a $187 million credit agreement with Champion, the breach did not damage the manufacturer of prefabricated housing, nor did it cause Champion's bankruptcy.

Supermarket Magnate Ron Burkle Turns to Litigation in Barnes & Noble Takeover Fight
Publication Date: 2010-05-07
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There's nothing quite like the spectacle of billionaires being nasty to one another via the court system. And that's what we've now got in the battle for control of the troubled bookseller Barnes & Noble.

November 21, 2007 |

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A Bad Day for Burkle: Barnes & Noble Settlement Talks with Billionaire Investor Collapse on Verge of Deal; Delaware Judge Rejects Burkle Challenge to B&N Poison Pill
Publication Date: 2010-08-12
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Hours after news reports that Barnes & Noble had settled Burkle's Delaware Chancery Court challenge to its draconian poison pill, B&N announced that talks had collapsed. And soon after that, the other shoe dropped: Vice-Chancellor Leo Strine found Barnes & Noble's poison pill is a legitimate takeover defense.

April 20, 2011 |

'Too Big to Fail' Questioned: Day Two of the Tulane Corporate Law Institute

By John L. Reed and K. Tyler O'Connell
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July 20, 2007 |

Smaller Firms Tap Development Directors

Although most of the megafirms in recent years have invested in hiring associate-development teams to help coordinate programs and address work-life issues, such staffers are new for many midsize regional firms.
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July 19, 2007 |

Retention Is a Midsize Law Firm Priority

Attrition problems have prompted midsize law firms to hire development directors -- a trend megafirms have already invested in. But the smaller firms are bringing in career professionals for another reason: "Midsized firms don't want to lose associates who want the training they feel like they'd be getting" at large firms, says one legal recruiter. Lewis and Roca managing partner Kenneth Van Winkle says his firm is hiring a development director to help associates and nonequity partners become full partners.
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August 16, 2007 |

Closing Attorneys See Red Over HomeBanc Mortgage's Bad Checks

Dozens of Atlanta-area real estate closing attorneys are scrambling after receiving $20 million or more in bounced checks last month from HomeBanc Mortgage Corp. Although Georgia law requires lawyers to wait until checks have cleared before closing a mortgage, in practice most real estate closing attorneys don't wait for the money to clear, instead closing when they have a check in hand. Now, some attorneys face possible bar violations, and are digging into personal accounts to cover HomeBanc's mistake.
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November 21, 2007 |

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May 14, 1999 |

Faheys, Attorneys Object to Bar Award Going to Herndon

A groundswell of protests from the family of murder victim Anne Marie Fahey and the legal community could stop the Delaware State Bar from giving an award to Henry R. Herndon Jr. During convicted murderer Thomas J. Capano's trial, prosecutors said Herndon -- a partner where Capano was an associate -- knew Capano threatened Fahey, but did nothing, and so Capano was on his way to a pattern of getting away with wrongdoing that led to Fahey's murder three years ago.
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