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Paul, Weiss is advising funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc. in their acquisition, alongside Hudson Executive Capital LP, of Cardtronics plc, the world’s largest ATM owner and operator, for $2.3 billion,…
- Sep 09, 2020
- Publications
Litigation partners Lewis Clayton and Eric Stone’s latest intellectual property litigation column, “Supreme Court to Consider Petitions in Three Copyright Cases,” appeared in the September 9 issue of the New York Law Journal.
Paul, Weiss is representing Weatherford International plc and certain subsidiaries in the refinancing of its asset-based lending facility through the issuance of $500 million of 8.75% senior secured first lien notes maturing on…
Paul, Weiss advised ADT Inc. in a $450 million investment from Google in connection with the companies’ establishment of a long-term commercial partnership to create the next generation of smart home security offerings.
- Jul 15, 2020
- Publications
Litigation partners Lewis Clayton and Eric Stone’s latest intellectual property litigation column, “Judicial Review of PTAB Decisions Following Thryv v. Click-to-Call,” appeared in the July 15 issue of the New York Law Journal.
Paul, Weiss is advising Chevron Corporation in its all-stock acquisition of Noble Energy Inc., a Houston-based, leading independent energy company, at a total enterprise value of $13 billion.
- May 13, 2020
- Publications
Litigation partners Lewis Clayton and Eric Stone’s latest intellectual property litigation column, “Will En Banc Federal Circuit Address Assignor Estoppel?” appeared in the May 13 issue of the New York Law Journal.
Paul, Weiss advised General Electric in the sale of its BioPharma business to Danaher Corporation for $21.4 billion.
- Mar 11, 2020
- Publications
Litigation partners Lew Clayton and Eric Stone’s latest intellectual property litigation column, “SCOTUS and Ninth Circuit Set to Weigh In on Fair Use, ” appeared in the March 11 issue of the New York Law Journal.
Paul, Weiss is advising Simon Property Group in its acquisition of an 80% ownership interest in The Taubman Realty Group.
- Jan 23, 2020
- Publications
On January 14, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a per curiam order in Retirement Plans Committee of IBM Jander[1] (“Jander”), a closely watched case regarding the pleading standard for corporate stock-drop and disclosure claims…
- Jan 16, 2020
- Publications
Litigation partners Lewis Clayton and Eric Stone’s latest intellectual property litigation column, “Can Use of a Generic Term in a Web Address Yield a Protectable Mark?” appeared in the January 14 issue of the New York Law Journal.
Paul, Weiss advised the special committee of the board of directors of CBS Corp. in its merger with Viacom to form ViacomCBS Inc.
- Dec 02, 2019
- Publications
In the latest turn in the Sun Capital litigation, the First Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the 2016 decision of the District Court for Massachusetts, and held that three private equity funds managed by Sun Capital were not liable…
- Nov 13, 2019
- Publications
Litigation partners Lewis Clayton and Eric Stone’s latest intellectual property litigation column, “Supreme Court to Decide Willful Trademark Infringement Issue,” appeared in the November 13 issue of the New York Law Journal.
Paul, Weiss is representing Endemol Shine Group and funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc. in the acquisition of Endemol Shine, which is co-owned by The Walt Disney Company and the Apollo funds, by France-based…
- Sep 12, 2019
- Publications
Litigation partners Lewis Clayton and Eric Stone’s latest intellectual property litigation column, “SCOTUS to Decide Copyrightability of Georgia Code Annotations,” appeared in the September 11 issue of the New York Law Journal.
Paul, Weiss is advising the special committee of the board of directors of CBS Corp. in its merger with Viacom to form ViacomCBS Inc.
- Jul 25, 2019
- Publications
Recently in In re: Appraisal of Jarden Corporation, the Delaware Court of Chancery appraised the fair value of Jarden Corporation to be the unaffected market price of the company’s shares, which was approximately 18% less than the…
- Jul 19, 2019
- Publications
Litigation partners Lewis Clayton and Eric Stone’s latest intellectual property litigation column, “Standard for Showing When A Reference Is a ‘Printed Publication’,” appeared in the July 10 issue of the New York Law Journal.
Paul, Weiss is advising funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, LLC in their acquisition of the Cox Media Group’s radio station portfolio, as well as the CoxReps and Gamut national advertising businesses of Cox…
Paul, Weiss is representing the private equity joint venture of WaveDivision Capital LLC and Searchlight Capital Partners LLC in their $1.35 billion acquisition of Frontier Communications’ Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana…
Paul, Weiss hosted its Annual Private Equity General Counsel CLE Program.
- May 14, 2019
- Publications
Litigation partners Lewis Clayton and Eric Stone’s latest intellectual property litigation column, “9th Cir. Cases Address Balance Between Trademark Protection, Free Speech,” appeared in the May 8 issue of the New York Law Journal.
- Mar 15, 2019
- Publications
Litigation partners Lew Clayton and Eric Stone’s latest intellectual property litigation column, “Federal Circuit May Decide Art Estoppel Issue,” appeared in the March 13 issue of the New York Law Journal.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain approved a $5.2 billion sale of Sears’s assets to a new entity owned by ESL Investments, Inc. The transaction includes a limited release of ESL relating to certain litigation claims.
Paul, Weiss secured a landmark victory for German healthcare group Fresenius SE & Co. when the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed that Fresenius was justified in canceling its $4.8 billion agreement to acquire Illinois-based Akorn,…
Paul, Weiss is representing Nuance Communications, Inc. in the spin-off of its automotive business segment into a new, publicly traded company.
- Nov 15, 2018
- Publications
Litigation partners Lewis Clayton and Eric Stone’s latest intellectual property litigation column, “Supreme Court and Federal Circuit May Soon Provide Further Guidance on Article III Standing to Appeal PTAB Decisions,” appeared in the …
Paul, Weiss secured a major victory for German healthcare group Fresenius SE & Co. when the Delaware Court of Chancery ruled that Fresenius was justified in canceling its $4.8 billion agreement to acquire Illinois-based Akorn,…
- Sep 12, 2018
- Publications
Litigation partners Lewis Clayton and Eric Stone’s latest intellectual property litigation column, “Recent Opinions Address the Equitable Defense of Copyright Misuse,” appeared in the September 12 issue of the New York Law Journal.
Paul, Weiss represented timeshare operator ILG Inc. in its $4.7 billion cash-and-stock sale to Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: VAC), creating a leading global provider of premier vacation experiences.
- Jul 11, 2018
- Publications
Litigation partners Lew Clayton and Eric Stone’s latest intellectual property column, “Indefiniteness of Claim Terms Reciting a Term of Degree After ‘One-E-Way’ and ‘Sonix,’” appeared in the July 11 issue of the New York Law Journal.
Paul, Weiss advised Cumulus Media Inc., one of the United States’ largest radio station networks, in its successful reorganization under chapter 11.
Paul, Weiss secured court approval for radio broadcasting company Cumulus Media Inc.’s financial reorganization plan in connection with its Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
- May 10, 2018
- Publications
Litigation partners Lewis Clayton and Eric Stone’s latest intellectual property litigation column, “Determining the ‘Relevant Article of Manufacture’ in Assessing Design-Patent Damages,” appeared in the May 9 issue of the New York Law …
Paul, Weiss is representing timeshare operator ILG in its $4.7 billion cash-and-stock sale to Marriott Vacations Worldwide, creating a leading global provider of premier vacation experiences.
- Mar 20, 2018
- Publications
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently set aside the Department of Labor’s (DOL) so-called “fiduciary rule,” holding that it exceeded the regulatory authority granted to DOL by the Employee Retirement Income Security …
- Mar 16, 2018
- Publications
Litigation partners Lew Clayton and Eric Stone’s latest intellectual property litigation column, “Guidance on What Constitutes a ‘Regular and Established Place of Business,’” appeared in the March 14 issue of the New York Law Journal. …
Paul, Weiss advised Searchlight Capital Partners in connection with its $150 million investment in Global Eagle Entertainment (NASDAQ: ENT), a leading provider of media, content, connectivity and data analytics.
Paul, Weiss is representing leading government IT provider CSRA in its $9.6 billion acquisition by defense contractor General Dynamics.
- Jan 12, 2018
- Publications
Litigation partners Lewis Clayton and Eric Stone’s latest intellectual property litigation column, “Claim Drafting, Damages Apportionment In Multi-Component Product Cases,” appeared in the January 11 issue of the New York Law Journal.
Paul, Weiss is representing radio broadcasting company Cumulus Media Inc. and certain of its affiliates in connection with their chapter 11 cases in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
Paul, Weiss represented Canadian agricultural products and services giant Agrium Inc. in its $36 billion merger of equals with Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan.
- Nov 14, 2017
- Publications
Litigation partners Lew Clayton and Eric Stone's latest intellectual property litigation column, “Courts Begin Applying Test for Copyright Eligibility of Design of a Useful Article,” appeared in the November 8 issue of the New York…
- Sep 13, 2017
- Publications
Litigation partners Lew Clayton and Eric Stone’s latest intellectual property litigation column, “Should Patent Holder’s Misconduct Be Relevant to Inequitable Conduct?” appeared in the September 13 issue of the New York Law Journal.
Paul, Weiss is representing New York-based middle market private equity firm Gamut Capital Management, L.P. in its acquisition of JPW Industries, Inc. and its global affiliates from Tenex Capital Management.
As reported by The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and other media outlets, ClubCorp, one of the largest owners and operators of private golf and country clubs in the U.S., announced that it had agreed to be acquired by funds managed…
- Jul 12, 2017
- Publications
Litigation partners Lew Clayton and Eric Stone’s latest intellectual property litigation column, “Courts of Appeals to Decide Boundaries of Fair Use in the Digital Age,” appeared in the July 11 issue of the New York Law Journal.
- May 10, 2017
- Publications
Litigation partners Lewis Clayton’s and Eric Stone’s latest intellectual property litigation column, “Recent Cases Address Scope of Copyright Protection for Pre-1972 Recordings,” appeared in the May 10 issue of the New York Law…
Paul, Weiss is representing certain noteholders of Mood Media Corporation, including funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, LLC and funds advised or sub-advised by GSO Capital Partners LP or its affiliates, in…
- Apr 11, 2017
- Publications
In a recent decision in In re Investor Bancorp, Inc. Stockholder Litigation, the Delaware Court of Chancery held that a fully informed stockholder vote approving adoption of an equity incentive plan also ratified subsequent equity…
- Mar 09, 2017
- Publications
Litigation partners Lewis Clayton and Eric Stone’s latest intellectual property litigation column appeared in the March 8 issue of the New York Law Journal.
Litigation partner Lewis Clayton will speak at the American
Conference Institute's 14th National Forum on ERISA
Litigation.
- Jan 18, 2017
- Publications
On January 17, 2017, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
issued its long-anticipated opinion in Marblegate Asset
Management, LLC v. Education Management Finance
Corp., ruling that Section
316(b) of the Trust Indenture…
- Jan 11, 2017
- Publications
Litigation partners Lewis Clayton and Eric Stone's Intellectual Property Litigation column appeared in the January issue of the New York Law Journal.
- Oct 07, 2016
- Publications
In this issue of the Paul, Weiss Delaware M&A Quarterly, we
discuss several cases of significance to the M&A practice,
including Narayanan v. Sutherland,
Larkin v. Shah, In re Riverstone National,
Inc. Stockholder…
- Oct 04, 2016
- Publications
In Nguyen v. Barrett, the Delaware Court of
Chancery dismissed post-closing claims that the board acted
disloyally or in bad faith by failing to make the challenged
disclosures.
- Sep 23, 2016
- Publications
The Second Circuit's September 20 decision in In re American
International Group, Inc. Securities Litigation, No.
14‐4067(L) will likely have consequences in the negotiation of
class action securities settlement agreements.
- Sep 14, 2016
- Publications
Litigation partners Lew Clayton and Eric Stone's Intellectual
Property Litigation column appeared in the September 14 issue of
the New York Law Journal.
- Sep 12, 2016
- Publications
Litigation partner Lew Clayton authored an article in the
September 12 issue of The National Law Journal.
Paul, Weiss represented funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management in the recently completed acquisition of Rackspace, a leading cloud management company.
As reported by The New York Times, The
Wall Street Journal and other media outlets, Outerwall
Inc, a leading provider of kiosk services such as Redbox
entertainment, Coinstar money services and ecoATM electronic…
- Jul 19, 2016
- Publications
Litigation partners Lew Clayton and Eric Stone's Intellectual
Property Litigation column appeared in the July 13 issue of the
New York Law Journal. The article, titled "Supreme Court
Underscores Judicial Discretion in IP Cases,"…
As reported by The Wall Street
Journal, Bloomberg and other media outlets,
Diamond Resorts International, Inc. announced on June 29 that it
has agreed to be acquired by affiliates of funds managed by Paul,
Weiss…
- Jun 29, 2016
- Publications
In The Williams Companies, Inc. v. Energy Transfer
Equity, L.P., et al., the Delaware Court of Chancery held that
an acquirer in a merger did not fail to use "commercially
reasonable efforts" to obtain a tax opinion from its tax…
- Jun 21, 2016
- Publications
Litigation partners Lewis Clayton and Stephen Lamb co-authored a
client memorandum that was featured on the Harvard Law
School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial
Regulation website.
- Jun 17, 2016
- Publications
Yesterday, the Supreme Court of the United States issued an
opinion in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons Inc., No. 15-375
(June 16, 2016),
- Jun 13, 2016
- Publications
On May 31, Vice Chancellor Laster of the Delaware Court of
Chancery held that, for purposes of Delaware's appraisal statute,
the fair value of the common stock of Dell Inc. at the time of its
sale to a group including the…
- Jun 02, 2016
- Publications
Litigation partner Lew Clayton's Intellectual Property
Litigation column appeared in the May 30 issue of
the National Law Journal.
- May 17, 2016
- Publications
On May 11, President Obama signed into law the Defend Trade
Secrets Act of 2016 (the "DTSA"),[1] which amends the Economic
Espionage Act ("EEA"), 18 U.S.C. § 1831 et seq., a
criminal statute that prohibits trade secret…
- May 12, 2016
- Publications
In Singh v. Attenborough, the Delaware Supreme
Court upheld the dismissal of breach of fiduciary duty claims
against directors of a target corporation and aiding and abetting
claims against the target's financial advisor in…
- May 11, 2016
- Publications
Litigation partners Lew Clayton and Eric Stone's Intellectual
Property Litigation column appeared in the May 11 issue of the
New York Law Journal.
- Apr 05, 2016
- Publications
Private equity funds should consider the impact of a March 28
lower court decision in the Sun Capital case, which may increase
the risk that funds will be held responsible for ERISA obligations
of portfolio companies.
- Mar 10, 2016
- Publications
Litigation partners Lew Clayton and Eric Stone's Intellectual
Property Litigation column appeared in the March 9 issue of the
New York Law Journal.
- Feb 15, 2016
- Publications
Litigation partner Lewis Clayton authored an article in the
February issue of The National Law Journal.
- Jan 19, 2016
- Publications
Litigation partners Lew Clayton and Eric Stone's Intellectual
Property Litigation column appeared in the January 13 issue of the
New York Law Journal.
- Nov 19, 2015
- Publications
Litigation partner Lewis Clayton's Intellectual Property
Litigation column appeared in the November 16 issue of The National
Law Journal. The article, "Google Pushes the Bounds of Fair Use -
and Wins," discusses The Authors Guild …
- Nov 18, 2015
- Publications
Litigation partners Lew Clayton and Eric Stone's Intellectual
Property Litigation column appeared in the November 17 issue of the
New York Law Journal.
OM Group, Inc., a technology-driven diversified industrial company serving global markets, including automotive systems, aerospace and defense, announced the completion of its acquisition by funds managed by affiliates of Paul, Weiss…
- Oct 08, 2015
- Publications
In Corwin v. KKR Financial Holdings LLC, the
Delaware Supreme Court clarified that, in situations where entire
fairness review does not apply (e.g., a merger without a
controlling stockholder), a transaction that is approved by a …
- Sep 16, 2015
- Publications
Litigation partners Lew Clayton and Eric Stone's Intellectual
Property Litigation column appeared in the September 9 issue of the
New York Law Journal.
- Jul 16, 2015
- Publications
Litigation partner Lew Clayton's Intellectual Property
Litigation column appeared in the July 13 issue of The National
Law Journal. The article, "Controversial Film Tests Limits of
Copyright Law," discusses the en banc opinion in …
- Jul 09, 2015
- Publications
Litigation partners Lew Clayton and Eric Stone's Intellectual
Property Litigation column appeared in the July 8 issue of the
New York Law Journal.
Funds managed by affiliates of Paul, Weiss client Apollo Global
Management, LLC announced the signing of a definitive agreement to
acquire the Advanced Organics, Magnetic Technologies and Battery
Technologies segments of OM…
- May 13, 2015
- Publications
Litigation partners Lew Clayton and Eric Stone's Intellectual
Property Litigation column appeared in the May 12 issue of the
New York Law Journal. The article, "Fifty Percent Royalty
Rate Affirmed Against Generic Manufacturer,"…
- Apr 07, 2015
- Publications
Litigation partner Lew Clayton's Intellectual Property
Litigation column appeared in the March 30 issue of The
National Law Journal. The article, "Federal Circuit Must Heed
Trial Court Findings," discusses recent Supreme Court…
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