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May 19, 2003 |

Inadmissible

Bracewell Remembered
6 minute read
January 26, 2000 |

Corporate Counsel Focus: David H. Lissy, Ames Department Stores Inc.

Ames general counsel David H. Lissy joined the company a few months after the department store filed for bankruptcy. Now that they've recovered, he can focus on all the other legal issues that come his way. Of course, that's a little of everything, from "vendor contract issues, or a copyright or trademark or patent dispute, or litigation involving a slip-and-fall in a store, or transactional business on an acquisition.
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November 13, 2009 |

Allen & Overy, Wachtell on $1.8 Billion GE Sell-Off

Allen & Overy landed the lead advisory role for General Electric on the $1.8 billion sale of GE's fire alarm and security unit to Hartford, Conn.-based United Technologies, the conglomerate that makes Sikorsky helicopters, Carrier air conditioners and other big-name items. Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz advised UTC on the deal, says a UTC spokesman. GE sold its homeland security branch to the French company Safran earlier this year, and is reportedly close to selling its stake in NBC Universal to Comcast.
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August 31, 2000 |

David H. Lissy, Ames Department Stores Inc.

Ames general counsel David H. Lissy joined the company a few months after the department store filed for bankruptcy. Now that they've recovered, he can focus on all the other legal issues that come his way. Of course, that's a little of everything, from "vendor contract issues, or a copyright or trademark or patent dispute, or litigation involving a slip-and-fall in a store, or transactional business on an acquisition.
6 minute read
October 15, 2004 |

Working With the Same Client for 25 Years: Priceless

Ralph Nader and the adult Web site priceless420.com don't seem to have much in common. One appeals to disaffected Democrats -- the other to those who like to spank disaffected Democrats. Yet both the presidential candidate and the Web site have run afoul of MasterCard by spoofing its "Priceless" ad spots. Distinguishing between trademark misuses needing a tough response or a softer touch has been a collaborative effort between MasterCard's in-house and outside lawyers since the '70s.
9 minute read
April 30, 2012 |

The Texas 100

52 minute read
April 06, 2000 |

Money Talks

24 minute read
November 05, 2004 |

The Firm Reports: From N to W

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Plaintiffs Get Sympathy But No Injunction in Shareholder Litigation over $21 Billion El Paso Deal
Publication Date: 2012-03-01
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The plaintiffs lawyers leading El Paso shareholders' assault on the company's planned $21 billion acquisition by Kinder Morgan lost their bid to enjoin the sale late Wednesday, but they sure got the judge's attention. Can they translate the opprobrium of Delaware Chancery Court chancellor Leo Strine Jr. into a big payday--and more than a little embarrassment for El Paso advisor Goldman Sachs?

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