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April 22, 2005 |

NYSE to Merge With Archipelago

In what some observers are calling "a stunning move" the New York Stock Exchange announced Wednesday that it will merge with electronic trading company Archipelago Holdings Inc. and become a for-profit, publicly traded enterprise. Archipelago chairman Jerry Putnam acknowledged that more people are choosing to trade electronically but said the merger will give investors a choice -- the traditional floor-auction model for which the NYSE is famous, or the electronic model.
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May 24, 2012 |

Asia Deal Digest: May 24, 2012

* A big roster of big firms lines up for Yahoo's $7.1 billion Alibaba stake sale* Davis Polk and Weil Gotshal get China's Wanda into the U.S. cinema business* Latham helps an Indonesian oil giant tap the capital markets for $2.5 billion's worth
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February 15, 2013 |

Dealmaker of the Week: John Bick of Davis Polk &amp Wardwell

Bick, the head of Davis Polk's corporate department, was part of a team from the firm that advised Heinz on its sale to Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital in a deal worth $28 billion, including assumed debt.
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October 12, 2000 |

Citigroup Agrees to Pay $32.4 Million in Travelers' Shareholder Dispute

Citigroup agreed to pay $32.4 million to settle shareholder lawsuits filed in Delaware Chancery Court over its $2.4 billion buyout of Travelers Property Casualty, with up to $4.4 million slated for attorneys' fees. Shareholders of Travelers filed 13 complaints seeking class action status, arguing they were being shortchanged in the deal.
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December 22, 2005 |

Sprint Nextel to Pay $6.5B for Rest of Nextel Partners

Sprint Nextel has tied up the biggest loose end remaining from the merger that created the telecom giant earlier this year, settling its litigation with a Nextel affiliate. The company announced it will pay $6.5 billion to acquire the 62 percent of the affiliate it doesn't already own. The price splits the difference on the valuations placed on Nextel Partners by two investment banks. The deal is the largest and latest in a string of deals where Sprint Nextel has bought out service-providing affiliates.
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January 03, 2013 |

Magic Circle Firms, Gunderson Take Roles on Two Notable Legal Industry Deals

Allen &amp Overy and Slaughter and May are advising on Thomson Reuters's purchase of the Practical Law Company, while Gunderson Dettmer, a technology shop already busy this week advising Current TV on its sale to Pan-Arab news channel Al Jazeera, is representing Jules Kroll's K2 Intelligence on its acquisition of Thacher Associates.
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June 20, 2003 |

Change in Control Employment Arrangements in the Tech Sector

Oracle Corp's recent hostile offer for PeopleSoft Inc. served as a rude awakening for the technology sector. High-tech employees were once considered indifferent to takeovers -- they were needed to continue running an acquired business and could readily find new jobs if they were fired. However, uncertainty in the tech job market and declines in stock option values have made high-tech employees more vulnerable.
4 minute read
April 08, 2005 |

Chevron Deal Another Mega-Merger With Mega-Money

What's $16.4 billion to Terry Kee? Over the course of 26 years representing ChevronTexaco, the Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman partner has become accustomed to monstrous mergers involving the San Ramon, Calif.-based oil giant. So, work on Chevron's acquisition of fellow oil giant Unocal Corp. is familiar territory. In addition to big money, Kee said that oil industry transactions generally involve big companies and big personalities.
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May 23, 2001 |

Wachovia Rejects SunTrust, But It's Not Over Yet

The board of Wachovia Corp. rejected a $13.6 billion unsolicited bid by SunTrust Banks in favor of a $12.7 billion deal with First Union, but the battle is far from over. SunTrust said it is suing First Union and Wachovia in Georgia state and federal courts, alleging the banks' public disclosures about the deal are false and misleading.
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August 09, 2006 |

Multimillion-Dollar Dispute Over World Trade Center Insurance Sent to State Court

A dispute over whether up to $525 million in insurance proceeds has been jeopardized by an agreement reordering ownership rights at the reconstructed World Trade Center site must be decided in state court, a federal judge has ruled. Judge Michael B. Mukasey rebuffed a bid by seven insurance companies to remove to federal court a state lawsuit brought by the Port Authority and developer Larry A. Silverstein seeking a ruling that the new ownership arrangement doesn't affect the insurers' payment obligations.
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