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December 14, 2006 |

New Deals

In a deal that will create the world's largest publicly traded copper company, New Orleans-based Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. has acquired Phelps Dodge Corp. for a value of $25.9 billion. Also, Irish software company Riverdeep Group plc has agreed to purchase Boston-based textbook publisher Houghton Mifflin Co. for $3.4 billion.
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November 17, 2005 |

New Deals

La Quinta Corporation and La Quinta Properties, Inc., the Dallas-based hotel company, has been acquired for $3.4 billion by an affiliate of The Blackstone Group. Attorneys from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Goodwin Procter worked on the purchase.
3 minute read
April 04, 2008 |

Fraternities, sororities suffer setback trying to stop unlicensed products

On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge James Lawrence King dismissed a lawsuit by 65 Greek organizations and affiliates against seven companies selling clothing and items with logos, crests and names. King said the Southern District of Florida was no longer a valid venue for the trademark infringement case since the only Florida company named in the lawsuit had entered into a consent decree, promising not to produce products with the Greek letters, insignia or crests of sororities or fraternities.
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July 24, 2007 |

Boardroom Climate Change

In most of the recent high-profile corporate scandal cases, the business judgment rule has protected directors and officers from liability despite decision-making that often has raised eyebrows and sometimes lowered stock prices. The complexities of climate change decision-making may require new applications of the BJR, however, and will test the limits and scope of fiduciary duties of officers and directors as their responses to matters relating to climate change are questioned by stakeholders.
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June 19, 2002 |

New Deals

In a deal valued at about .4 billion, Pittsburgh, Pa.-based H.J. Heinz Company, which bills itself as the world`s largest ketchup maker, announced last week an agreement to transfer control of several of its food products to a subsidiary that will merge with San Francisco`s Del Monte Foods Company. Among the products to be transferred to the new company, which will operate under the Del Monte name, are Heinz`s StarKist tuna, 9-Lives cat food, Kibbles `n Bits dog food and Nature`s Goodness baby food.
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January 04, 2010 |

The good fight

Profile of Angela Ciccolo, Interim General Counsel and Secretary to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
5 minute read
August 08, 2001 |

DOJ Unveils Plan to Speed Reviews

Arguing that many merger reviews take too long, Assistant U.S. Attorney General Charles James said that the Department of Justice's antitrust division will roll out a new program that offers quicker decisions in exchange for prompt delivery of company documents. James said the success of the program will depend on the willingness of companies and government lawyers to cooperate.
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February 25, 2008 |

Kuwait contractor tries to get out of $4.9M judgment

The Army wants to know whether one of its largest contractors in the Middle East intends to satisfy a $4.9 million judgment levied by a federal judge in Atlanta.How the Kuwait Gulf Link Transport Co. chooses to address the Army's concerns could place at risk at least $100 million a year in contracts to truck supplies for the U.
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February 19, 2001 |

news in brief

Hearing Examines Bias in State Courts Harrisburg - A public hearing was held last week studying bias in the state courts. A special panel appointed by Pennsylvania Chief Justice John Flaherty is determining how race and gender impact the system ...
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