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May 22, 2006 |

Sidley Could Face $100M Liability in Opt-Outs

Sidley Austin is expected to pay $30 million to settle a class action filed by more than 200 investors who lost money on illegal tax shelters that the law firm approved. But the nation's seventh-largest firm isn't out of the woods yet. Investors in about 55 cases have opted out of the settlement, which includes claims against KPMG, the accounting firm that sold the shelters. A lawyer who represents three such investors said liability costs associated with the opt-out cases could exceed $500 million.
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May 01, 2012 |

Deals & Suits

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September 21, 2009 |

D.C. Calendar of Events

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October 21, 2000 |

Regulation FD Likely to Chill Informal Talks

One thing is for certain: No company wants to become the Regulation Fair Disclosure poster child. Before the controversial Securities and Exchange Commission rule went into effect today, there was a flurry of last-minute guidance -- from private attorneys as well as the federal agency itself -- to companies as they begin navigating the murky times ahead.
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February 06, 2006 |

Class Counsel in KPMG Case Seek To Sweeten Deal With Legal Fees

With one in five class members opting out of a vaunted $225 million settlement in a suit against KPMG and a law firm that advised it, the class counsel is trying to make the deal more attractive to the detractors' lawyers. Milberg, Weiss, Bershad & Shulman, which would get $30 million under the settlement, is offering fees to lawyers who convince their clients to drop individual claims and accept the settlement terms.
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January 16, 2002 |

New Deals

In a deal valued at about $5.3 billion, Rodamco North America NV, a Dutch real estate company involved in property investment in North America, announced a break-up on Sunday in which three companies will split Rodamco`s portfolio of U.S. malls. Under the terms of the agreement, Sydney, Australia-based Westfield Holdings Ltd., will pay $1.36 billion in cash and assume $936 million in Rodamco debt to acquire nine malls; Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group Inc. will pay $980 million in
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November 13, 2006 |

The NLJ 250 Chart (51-100)

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May 01, 2009 |

Big Suits

USA/UBS; Citibank Shareholder Derivative Litigation; Congoleum Chapter 11 Bankruptcy; FTC vs. Whole Foods; Parmalat Securities Litigation; SEC v. Automated Trading Desk Specialist, et al.
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Clawback Controversy Now Clouding Dewey Bankruptcy
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The fight over the validity of so-called unfinished business claims in law firm bankruptcies is heating up in courts on both coasts this week.

May 12, 1999 |

Conference Raises Profile of In-House Counsel

The critical role of a company's in-house counsel was the central theme yesterday at The Corporate Lawyering Conference in New York. Sponsored by a coalition of bar associations, business councils, law firms and the U.S. Department of Commerce, the first-of-its-kind conference drew about 200 attorneys and entrepreneurs. One organizer said the conference was designed to emphasize to the business community the need for young companies to have in-house counsel.
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