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More details on iPCS sale

Carrier provides valuations and fee info to assuage litigating investors.


Here come the Sun lawsuits

Sun shareholders prepare to sue the company over its failed acquisitions talks with IBM.


Video: The cost of litigation on Radnor

Amit Patel of Goldman, Sachs & Co. explains the issues with debtors over administration costs during Radnor Holdings bankruptcy process.


Video: Litigation during Radnor's bankruptcy

Josef Athanas of Latham & Watkins LLP spoke about the litigation between Tennenbaum Capital Partners and lenders during Radnor Holdings Corp.'s bankruptcy process.


Inside The Deal: Axinn's Keeley on antitrust lawsuits and President-elect Obama

Expect more antitrust lawsuits as the economy seeks bottom. So says Michael L. Keeley, a partner in the antitrust group of Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP. In this edition of Inside The Deal, Keeley tells Suzanne Stevens that two factors are in play: the likelihood of companies in a recession to more aggressively protect their turf, and an increased willingness among struggling companies to dedicate resources to litigation. Keeley, who also addressed the topic in a recent issue of The Deal newsweekly, says the number of antitrust lawsuits already filed this year exceeds those filed in all of 2007....


BofA spends $8.4B on Countrywide litigation

Bank of America Corp.'s steal of a deal for Countrywide Financial Corp. is getting more and more expensive. The Charlotte, N.C., bank announced that it will spend $8.4 billion to provide relief to 400,000 Countrywide customers as a settlement of lawsuits in 11 states including California, Illinois and Florida. ...


Soapbox: Continental competition

Michael Sanders, a partner in Linklaters' London litigation practice specializing in contentious competition and EU law, provides analysis on the enforcement of EC antitrust rules through legislation for The Deal International. The European Commission published its much anticipated white paper on damages actions for breach of EC antitrust rules on April 3. At the accompanying media launch in Brussels, Commissioner Neelie Kroes emphasized the commission's determination to assist businesses and consumers in enforcing their "right to damages" resulting from anti-competitive practices. The stated aim of the range of substantive and procedural proposals made by the commission is to move such...


Wilson Sonsini's Chul Pak on healthcare's regulatory outlook

Chul Pak,  a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, discussed the regulatory outlook for healthcare over the next year at The Deal's Healthcare Dealmaking Symposium. Pak also addressed negotiating strategies with the Federal Trade Commission and the court systems when conducting divestments and acquisitions....



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