Recent Updates
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Sidley Austin LLP to Open Office in Australia
Law Firm News 04/24/2007[##_1L|1039178575.jpg|width="159" height="50" alt=""|_##] Sidley Austin LLP announced that it will open an office in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in May 2007. At that time Bob Meyers, currently the managing partner of the Sydney office of...
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Near Full Recovery in Adelphia's Bankruptcy Case
Law Firm News 04/24/2007[##_1L|1214435372.jpg|width="148" height="23" alt=""|_##] Adelphia Communications Corporation and its affiliated debtor subsidiaries completed distributions to creditors pursuant to its Modified Fifth Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan this February, afte...
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Foley & Lardner Chosen For 2007 Special Olympics
Law Firm News 04/23/2007[##_1L|1187414736.jpg|width="112" height="47" alt=""|_##] Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that the firm has been retained by the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games Executive Committee (GEC) to serve as international legal counsel for th...
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Baker & McKenzie Partner Presents on Swedish Law
Law Firm News 04/23/2007[##_1L|1225829900.jpg|width="182" height="32" alt=""|_##] Baker & McKenzie Partner Carl Svernlöv will present his doctoral dissertation on 27 April 2007 for the LL.D. degree at the University of Stockholm, which examines the Swedish law concept o...
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Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw advises Aeroflot
Law Firm News 04/20/2007[##_1L|1015197778.jpg|width="71" height="70" alt=""|_##] International law firm Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP advised Aeroflot Russian Airlines JSC and its consortium partner, UniCredit Banca Mobiliare S.p.A. on a non-binding offer to acquire the ...
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Baker & McKenzie Advises MacarthurCook
Law Firm News 04/20/2007Baker & McKenzie's Asia Pacific REIT team has assisted MacarthurCook, one of Australia’s emerging international real estate investment managers, on the successful acquisition of 12 Singapore industrial properties for S$316.2 million (US$208 milli...
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Jones Day Obtains Victory in Robare Case
Law Firm News 04/19/2007[##_1L|1069687944.jpg|width="60" height="48" alt=""|_##] In Robare, the New York Appellate Division, Third Department, affirmed the trial court's order granting defendants' motions for summary judgment dismissing the complaint on the ground that all ...
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White & Case Honored in Russia
Law Firm News 04/19/2007[##_1L|1087837290.jpg|width="148" height="23" alt=""|_##] Corporate Lawyer, Russia's largest monthly legal journal, presented three awards to law firms in Russia, recognizing their contributions to the legal community. "White & Case received this...
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Schwartz Simon Leases 43,150 SF in Morristown
Law Firm News 04/17/2007The law firm of Schwartz, Simon, Edelstein, Celso & Kessler leased 43,150 square feet of office space in the Washington Office Center, a 215,037-square-foot office building at 44 Whippany Road in Morristown, NJ. The firm expects to take occupancy...
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Renowned White Collar Attorney Joins McDermott
Law Firm News 04/16/2007[##_1L|1401698766.jpg|width="158" height="61" alt=""|_##] The international law firm McDermott Will & Emery announced today that renowned white-collar defense attorney and trial lawyer Abbe D. Lowell is joining the Firm as a partner and will head...
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Shearman & Sterling Represent Citigroup Inc.
Law Firm News 04/13/2007[##_1L|1176557287.jpg|width="328" height="27" alt=""|_##] Shearman & Sterling represented Citigroup Inc. in its acquisition of Old Lane LP and Old Lane Partners, GP, LLC ("Old Lane"), a global, multi-strategy hedge fund and a private equity fund ...
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Cravath Wins Dismissal in Merck Class Action
Law Firm News 04/13/2007On April 12, the United States District Court in New Jersey granted the Merck & Co.'s motion to dismiss with prejudice a consolidated securities class action filed by investors against Merck in connection with disclosures by Merck regarding VIOXX...