Paul Hastings, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm won dismissal of all claims in an antitrust action brought in Washington state court against the firm’s client, LG Display, the world’s largest LCD panel maker. The state attorney general alleged that LG Display and several other manufacturers had conspired to fix the price of liquid crystal display (LCD) panels, causing the State and consumers to pay supracompetitive prices for LCD products.
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Andrew D. Shaffer, an attorney who concentrates his practice on bankruptcy and restructuring, has joined the law firm Butzel Long as a Shareholder in its New York office.
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Shearman & Sterling represented Inversiones La Construcción S.A. (ILC) and the selling shareholders Cámara Chilena de la Construcción A.G. and Fondo de Inversion Privado ILC in connection with the global offering of 32,193,892 shares of ILC’s common stock. The offering, which closed on July 24, raised US$468 million, making it the largest initial public offering in the Santiago Stock Exchange’s history.
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Katten Muchin Rosenman UK LLP today announced that leading tax attorney Sanjay Mehta has joined the firm as a partner. Sanjay comes from the respected City of London law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP. He is the fifth new attorney to join Katten UK in the past six months and marks another key step in Katten’s strategy to build its real estate, corporate and financial services capabilities in London.
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Sparke Helmore Lawyers has appointed two new partners to its rapidly expanding Corporate team: Douglas Hall and Betsy-Ann Howe.
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A team of lawyers from Squire Sanders in Prague has assisted Westinghouse Electric Company and its Czech subsidiary in the submission of a bid for the multi-billion pound expansion of Czech power group CEZ’s nuclear plant, which was submitted earlier this month.
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Goltsblat BLP, the Russian practice of Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), has successfully advised within the scope of a transaction for an Operating Division of OMS to acquire Forum Facility Management, commercial operator of the Moscow Aurora Business Park, with a total area of over 150,000Sq m.
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Jackson Lewis LLP, one of the country’s largest and fastest-growing workplace law firms, is pleased to announce Martha (“Marty”) Van Oot has joined the firm’s Portsmouth office as Partner. Ms. Van Oot brings to Jackson Lewis over 30 years of experience as a trial attorney, with a particular emphasis on complex commercial and employment litigation.
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Cahill represented the underwriters in connection with the public offering of $1,750,000,000 of 4.25% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2017 and $1,250,000,000 of 5.00% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2022 by CIT Group Inc. Proceeds from the offering were to be used to refinance existing indebtedness and for general corporate purposes.
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International law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP today achieved a complete trial victory for Firm clients the Seikagaku Corporation and Zimmer, Inc. in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
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