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  • King & Spalding, K&L Gates, Skadden Arps: Business of Law

    King & Spalding LLP recruited Australian arbitration and construction lawyer Peter Megens as a partner in the Singapore office starting in July. Megens was at King & Wood Mallesons in Melbourne, where he was co-head of the firm’s arbitration practice and a senior member of its construction team.

  • Sprint Denied Access to Data U.S. Got From AT&T in Merger Case

    Sprint Nextel Corp. and the U.S. Justice Department lost their bid to share confidential documents as they seek to stop a proposed $39 billion purchase of T-Mobile USA Inc by AT&T Inc.

  • Munger, Kirkland, Davis Polk, Latham, Weil: Business of Law

    Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and Jorge Paulo Lemann’s 3G Capital agreed to buy HJ Heinz Co. for about $23 billion as the billionaires increased their bets on consumer products. Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP represented Berkshire Hathaway. Kirkland & Ellis LLP represented 3G Capital, and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP provided legal counsel to the ketchup maker.

  • Sprint Asks Judge to Reject AT&T Bid to End T-Mobile Suit

    Sprint Nextel Corp. urged a federal judge to reject AT&T Inc.’s bid to throw out its lawsuit to stop AT&T’s purchase of T-Mobile USA Inc., arguing the deal would leave just two major U.S. wireless companies and hurt its business.

  • MoFo & Skadden on Softbank, Akin Gump: Business of Law

    Morrison & Foerster LLP represents Softbank Corp., which agreed to buy a stake of about 70 percent in Sprint Nextel Corp. for $20.1 billion as Japan’s third- biggest mobile-phone operator seeks growth overseas amid a declining local market. Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP served as lead counsel to Sprint.

  • Kirkland, Troutman Sanders, Skadden, Weil:Business of Law

    Mergers and acquisitions lawyer Sarkis Jebejian, formerly of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, joined Kirkland & Ellis LLP as a partner in the corporate practice group in New York.

  • Stock Pumping, Zell, MetLife, Aon, Lyondell in Court News

    Willie Gault, the former NFL wide receiver and Olympic sprinter, was accused by U.S. regulators of taking part in a scheme to artificially inflate the stock of a medical-device company that he managed.

  • Paul Weiss, Greenberg, Latham, Linklaters: Business of Law

    The U.S. Federal Trade Commission hired a top Washington litigator to run its antitrust investigation of Google Inc., signaling the agency may be preparing a lawsuit against the world’s largest search engine.

  • AT&T to Seek Trial in Justice Department’s Lawsuit to Block T-Mobile Deal

    AT&T Inc. is seeking a “prompt trial” of the U.S. Justice Department’s lawsuit challenging its proposed acquisition of wireless carrier T-Mobile USA Inc., a lawyer for the company said.

  • Sprint Allowed to Pursue Legal Challenge to AT&T-T-Mobile Deal

    Sprint Nextel Corp. can sue AT&T Inc. over its proposed purchase of T-Mobile USA Inc., a federal judge ruled, saying the fact that the companies are competitors doesn’t bar a private antitrust lawsuit.

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