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December 29, 2004 |

Year Marked by Consensus, not Controversy

It was a busy year for the California Supreme Court. As of Tuesday, the court's seven justices had issued 124 rulings, compared with only 106 last year, 115 in 2002 and 104 in 2001. But despite the increase in opportunities, the justices came together more often than not. Ninety-four of the decisions were unanimous and 15 decided with one dissent. Which cases offered the most unanimity and which provoked the most dissent in 2004?
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May 17, 2011 |

Glencore's rivals worry of competitive advantage

On the face of it, Glencore International AG doesn't look too scary. With about $80 billion in assets, the Swiss-based commodities trader is a lightweight in comparison to global megabanks like Goldman Sachs Group Inc., one of its trading rivals. Goldman has assets more than 10 times Glencore's, is more leveraged and has less capital.
4 minute read
May 29, 2012 |

Skadden, Jones Day Take Lead on Marubeni's $5.6 Billion Takeover of Grain Seller Gavilon

In a bid to grab a major share of North American corn exports to growing Asian markets, Japanese trading house Marubeni has tapped Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meager & Flom as lead outside counsel on its plans to acquire privately owned grain merchant Gavilon Group.
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January 17, 2002 |

Outside Counsel

In In re UBS Warburg LLC & Auerbach, Pollak & Richardson, Inc. , New York Law Journal , Oct. 22, 2001, p. 24, col. 4, is an important recent case from New York County Supreme Court that, although not an appellate case, seems to have shown a way to harmony between New York and federal law concerning the relationship between arbitration and the courts. It overturned an arbitration award, but without intruding unduly into the decision-making process that, in arbitration, the parties have assigned to the arbit
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July 27, 2009 |

Shook Hardy Forges Strategic Alliance With Venezuelan Firm

Seeking to offer Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and international litigation expertise to a wider range of clients, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, a 480-lawyer firm with Missouri roots, has forged a strategic alliance with Araque Reyna Sosa Viso & Pittier, a 25-lawyer firm in Caracas, Venezuela. Shook Hardy estimates that 80 to 85 percent of the partnership will involve litigation, although it hopes it will also yield more transactional work driven by the political situation in Venezuela.
3 minute read
March 17, 2010 |

Arbitration

Samuel Estreicher, Dwight D. Opperman Professor at New York University School of Law and of counsel to Jones Day, and Steven C. Bennett, a partner at the firm, write that although the Supreme Court has somewhat retreated from the "manifest disregard" of law as grounds for vacatur of an arbitration award, many courts are apparently reluctant to accept its demise.
14 minute read
July 12, 2012 |

Definition of 'swap' triggers U.S. oversight of global market

A definition of swaps required by the Dodd-Frank Act and approved by U.S. regulators will bring government scrutiny to a $648 trillion global market that has been largely unchecked since it emerged three decades ago.
5 minute read
May 20, 2005 |

The China Syndrome

He takeover of China's Harbin Brewery Group last summer was filled with nail-biting excitement worthy of any M&A deal on Wall Street. In May 2004 Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc., acquired 29 percent of the Hong Kong-listed company's shares. In turn, London-based SABMiller, which already owned over 29 percent of Harbin, launched a hostile takeover of the Chinese company three days later. But Harbin's management sided with Anheuser-Busch, and SABMiller withdrew its bid. In July 2004 St. Louis- based Anheuser-B
13 minute read
March 21, 2006 |

Powell Goldstein Forms Partnership With Lobbying Group

Powell Goldstein has formed a strategic partnership with lobbying group Massey & Bowers Public Affairs. The venture is further evidence that Atlanta's big law firms are systematically developing lobbying practices on the state level, either through building in-house practice groups or forging partnerships. Lobbying on the state level has become more important as the federal government shifts responsibilities and regulations from Washington, D.C., to the states.
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