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May 23, 2000 |

The Legal Tender Trap

Perhaps something really is out of whack when a first-year associate is paid more than the Delaware chief justice. Mega-firm Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom is giving law school graduates $140,000 a year to start in its Wilmington office. Delaware is paying Chief Justice E. Norman Veasey $133,000 for the year. It's enough to make a partner wince.
6 minute read
June 14, 2007 |

Delaware and New York Judges Claim Topps Litigation

Touting their prospective speciality business courts, judges in New York and Delaware both have refused to dismiss virtually identical lawsuits against Topps Co. The breakdown in comity raises the prospect that executives, attorneys, shareholders and other parties will be forced to shuttle back and forth between Manhattan and Wilmington to resolve contentious issues surrounding a proposed sale of the baseball card manufacturer.
7 minute read
August 02, 2007 |

Delaware Court of Chancery's Strine Influences Corporate Dealmaking

In a recent hearing, Delaware Court of Chancery Vice Chancellor Leo Strine Jr. quoted Elvis Costello song lyrics to help explain a point. The incident illustrates his sharp-witted courtroom style that melds pop culture references with a multilayered analysis of corporate law issues. While Strine's style has attracted attention and admiration, he's altered dealmaking with his recent bench decisions, which in part have called for more company disclosure in proposed mergers and acquisitions.
9 minute read
October 01, 2009 |

Big Deals

Pepsi Bottling/PepsiAmericas; Agilent/Varian; Towers Perrin/Watson Wyatt
6 minute read
June 01, 2004 |

When The Walt Disney Company board stood by its man, Comcast Holdings Corporation abandoned its $66 billion bid for the Mouse. After an April 27 board meeting, the Disney board announced its support for embattled CEO Michael Eisner. The next day, Brian Roberts, Eisner's counterpart at Comcast, pulled his tender offer, launched February 11.
9 minute read
October 13, 2005 |

New Deals

R.H. Donnelley, which publishes directories under the Sprint Yellow Pages brand, will acquire Dex Media, Inc., the leading provider of directories for 14 western and midwestern states, for $4.2 billion. Also, GE Healthcare will acquire IDX Systems Corporation for $1.2 billion, allowing it to boost the information technology systems that it has in place for its healthcare clients.
3 minute read
May 02, 2005 |

Extreme Takeover

At key moments in what would be the longest merger fight in U.S. history, PeopleSoft and its lawyers fought among themselves about as much as they jousted with Oracle. PeopleSoft waived privilege to make a point with a Delaware judge and then sat back while a new counsel blunted its effect. It campaigned for DOJ intervention, but watched in horror as one of the toughest judges in the West presided over the antitrust suit. The battle became the latest example of the wrenching choices faced by merger targets.
39 minute read
December 28, 2006 |

New Deals

Harrah's Entertainment, Inc has agreed to be acquired by Texas Pacific Group and Apollo Management LP for $27.8 billion, including the assumption of $10.7 billion debt. Also, El-Salvador-based bank Grupo Cuscatlan has agreed to be bought by Citigroup Inc. for $1.51 billion, allowing Citigroup to continue its expansion in Central America.
6 minute read
May 01, 2005 |

Extreme Takeover

39 minute read
August 01, 2009 |

Associates Survey 2009 - Firms from L to Z

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