As he weighs whether to approve a proposed $150 million settlement between the Securities and Exchange Commission and Bank of America Corp. that would resolve a case alleging the bank…
A federal judge left open the possibility that he could, for a second time, reject a settlement between the Securities and Exchange Commission and Bank of America over the bank’s…
The Bank of America today settled two Securities and Exchange Commission regulatory complaints over its handling of Merrill Lynch & Co. losses and bonuses by agreeing to pay a $150…
Bank of America’s former general counsel Timothy Mayopoulos says he was stunned when he learned last December that he was being fired as his employer was preparing to acquire Merrill…
Jim Woolery, a 40-year-old partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore in New York, has represented four Texas companies over the last five years in buyouts valued at more than $60…
Bruce Wasserstein, a onetime corporate lawyer at Cravath Swaine & Moore who became a deal king and law media mogul has died a few days after being hospitalized for an…
Bank of America has agreed to reveal legal advice it obtained in its acquisition of Merrill Lynch, a move likely to put the spotlight on its outside law firm in…
U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff’s refusal to approve a $33 million settlement between Bank of America and the Securities and Exchange Commission has put two law firms into the spotlight.
Dewey & LeBoeuf is representing eBay in the $1.9 billion sale of Skype, thanks to the law firm’s acquisition of three laterals from Cooley Godward Kronish.
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