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September 30, 2002 |

Three Tools for Web Research

Barry Bayer tests several of the options available to researchers who want to find information on the Internet: Alexa, which features users' rankings of other sites on the Web; Google's recently debuted news site; and the Wayback Machine, for archived site data as it existed "then." Which is the best site? It all depends on what you're looking for.
39 minute read
September 19, 2001 |

Technoscenti

Silicon Valley has seen many big deals over the last decade, and Kenton King has been in on some of the biggest. As head of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom's corporate practice in the San Francisco Bay area, King represented Compaq in its $19 billion merger with Hewlett-Packard and has also been involved in major technology deals with companies such as Yahoo and Applied Materials.
3 minute read
July 01, 2013 |

Arbitration Scorecard 2013: Treaty Disputes

Treaty arbitrations active in 2011–13 in which at least $100 million was at stake.
55 minute read
September 14, 2006 |

N.Y. Federal Judge Exposes White-Collar Dealmaking in KPMG Case

After his latest round of hearings in the KPMG tax shelter case, Southern District of New York Judge Lewis Kaplan ordered lawyers for the 16 former KPMG partners or employees who are defendants to submit affidavits disclosing who had referred their clients to them. The judge's extended investigation of the KPMG prosecution has thrown a spotlight on KPMG's lead outside counsel, Skadden Arps partner Robert Bennett -- exposing defense tactics usually confined to the shadows of white-collar dealmaking.
7 minute read
September 05, 2000 |

Associates Pay Price to Switch From Litigation

Many litigators are looking to switch to corporate law, saying they would prefer to help build businesses in the heady "new economy" rather than spend their days in endless, wearying battle. Some firms are helping them make that switch, but at a price.
5 minute read
October 24, 2000 |

In Career-capper, Welch Nabs Honeywell

General Electric announced the acquisition of Honeywell International for $45 billion dollars in stock and the assumption of $5.5 billion in debt. The deal is the largest in GE's history and may lead to a string of follow-on deals to fill gaps in the company's expanded portfolio of businesses.
3 minute read
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.
5 minute read
December 21, 2000 |

Conflict on The Board

The four men on the boards of both Intermedia Communications and its subsidiary, Digex, did not follow a process calculated to satisfy a Delaware court when they agreed on Digex's behalf to sell Intermedia to WorldCom. As a result, the deal is in jeopardy, and Intermedia stock has tumbled in the wake of a Delaware judge's decision detailing the "faithless acts" of the directors.
12 minute read
October 18, 2000 |

Insider Trading Rules About to Change

Starting Oct. 23, a little-noticed Securities and Exchange Commission rule will permit employees to legally trade their company's shares even if they are aware of material inside information. The catch: Trades must be made under a written plan created before the insider knew of the stock-sensitive development. The rule could be a boon for corporate executives and employees of smaller companies.
6 minute read
November 27, 2000 |

Activists Can't Block Citi's Purchase

Citigroup's $25 billion acquisition of Associates First Capital is getting a rough reception from community activists, but sources familiar with the transaction said federal regulators should clear the deal by year's end. It has become a battleground for activists because it is the first contested deal to be reviewed under a revised approval process that appears to exclude community reinvestment issues.
5 minute read

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