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February 21, 2007 |

FCC to Review Satellite Radio Merger

Federal Communications Commission staffers agreed to examine the $13 billion merger of XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio, announced Monday, though a key agency official acknowledges that it will be a difficult review. The Satellite Licensing Order, adopted by the agency in 1997 when it issued satellite licenses for XM and Sirius, prohibits one entity from owning the two satellite radio licenses. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin appeared to indicate that he would consider removing the prohibition.
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April 25, 2001 |

Hard Times Call for MAC Attack

In today's volatile market, buyers and sellers are wrangling over material adverse change provisions, which stipulate the conditions under which a party can cancel a proposed transaction. The MAC clause is generally one of the last details of a merger agreement, but when things go bad, it becomes the most crucial.
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October 18, 2013 |

The Score: NBA Union's Legal Bills Keep Piling Up

As players get set for a new National Basketball Association season, the union that represents them remains locked in litigation with its former leader. Meanwhile, in other sports law news: a Williams & Connolly partner starts his own sports agency; a trio of litigators helps Mark Cuban beat the SEC; Jeffrey Kessler sizes up collegiate clients; and Lanny Davis signs on to defend the Washington Redskins' name.
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September 18, 2006 |

Pillsbury's New Leader Has Tough Act to Follow

Mary Cranston is stepping down after a raucous tenure as chair of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman. Her replacement faces some challenges to keep the firm competitive.
16 minute read
August 23, 2013 |

After Switching Sides, Matt Powers Still Searching for Patents

Two years in, the former Weil IP star has his mojo working at Tensegrity, but he may have moved too late to claim the biggest prizes.
12 minute read
February 27, 2002 |

New Deals

In a stock deal valued at about $5.9 billion, Los Angeles-based Northrop Grumman Corp., the third-largest U.S. defense contractor, made an unsolicited bid last Friday for advanced technology product manufacturer TRW Inc., which is headquartered in Cleveland. Northrop is offering $47 per share worth of its own stock for all 126 million shares of TRW. Northrop sees the acquisition as a way to challenge rival Chicago`s Boeing Co. for the position of second-largest defense contractor. Bethesda, Md.-ba
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November 19, 2012 |

Firms face different real estate realities

Slow job growth coupled with high vacancy rates have created a renter's market for small and midsize Washington law firms. Yet larger law offices that will soon be looking for new digs will have fewer options.
6 minute read
September 06, 2013 |

The Churn: Lateral Moves in The Am Law 200

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom closes in Vienna; Allen & Overy loses three senior lawyers on the East Coast; and Husch Blackwell hires six government compliance and investigations attorneys in Missouri. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements and news releases to [email protected].
4 minute read
October 23, 2012 |

The Churn: Lateral Moves and Promotions in The Am Law 200

Skadden hires high-profile former federal prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald; Hunton & Williams adds former Florida deputy attorney general as a litigation partner; and Mintz Levin snags the former head of Chadbourne & Parke's hedge fund group. The Churn is constant. Please send all announcements to [email protected].
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