The market for mergers and acquisitions sprang back to life yesterday when 10 deals totalling more than $27bn were announced, with over half of their total value paid in cash. After months of deal
Continue readingMany Posse List members who want to go solo or freelance have asked us about bankruptcy practice. There are a good many of you who have worked on some of the major bankruptcy document reviews in the
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Continue readingAs the media reported this morning, Oracle Corp. will buy Sun Microsystems Inc. in a cash deal the company valued at $7.4 billion after IBM abandoned
Continue readingPaul Weiss has published a reference guide to the principal regulatory programs and initiatives that have been announced to date. The guide summarizes the U.S. Treasury programs implemented under the
Continue readingConfronted with orders to control legal costs and rein in expenses, general counsel throughout California are now taking dramatic steps that were virtually unheard of only a few years ago. Salaries are
Continue readingSan Francisco’s legal business is holding up against the recession a lot better than other major cities’, according to first-quarter data collected from about 100 large firms by Hildebrandt
Continue readingWe were able to negotiate a 50% discount so the cost will be $100. To register for the webinar tomorrow (April 16th) Hart-Scott-Rodino Compliance Issues Facing Business Entities go to www.lawcatalog.com/april16.
Continue readingAs has been reported, there were layoffs this week at Womble Carlyle. But that was not the big news. The big news was Womble decided to address the general retrenchment of the legal market
Continue readingBankruptcy-related mergers and acquisitions have hit their highest level globally since August 2004, and are set to keep rising as more companies are forced into distressed sales, according to Thomson
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