Law Students

Why deals died
Lawyers at Gibson, Dunn examined the 70 U.S. deals identified by Thomson Reuters' as"withdrawn" in 2008. The two largest causes of the busted deals? No surprise here: (1) almost 40% of the deals fell apart because of a deterioration in...

Late Breaking Deals in 2010 Paint Rosy M&A Picture for 2011
Almost 20 deals in the $1 billion range were announced during the week that The Am Law Daily took its holiday break. We couldn't let them pass by without offering a quick guide to the legal advisors handling the high-end corporate work.

Deals from Hell
In his book, Deals from Hell , Robert Bruner catalogs many of the worst M&A deals of recent memory. These deals are great for teaching purposes -- mostly to help students get a handle on how and why parties do...

Risks Of Reg D Deals Such As Provident Royalties And Medical Capital Worry Securities Regulators And Others As Deals Implode
Risky Reg D deals worry state regulators according to a recent InvestmentNews article. The collapse of two high-risk private placement deals over the summer has shed light on the process by which broker-dealers bring these deals to market...

Deal Are Down But Litigation Over Deals is Up
The number of deals has fallen dramatically this year but litigation over pending deals is way up. As note by Karnitichning, Rappaport & Ng in today's Wall Street Journal in a timely piece, collegiality it out and "law of the...

Recruitment Deals Slim Down But Still Are About 230% For Million Dollar Producers
Although the press is reporting that recruitment deals are slimming down, they're still very large. Recall that only a couple of years ago, there were 100% of trailing 12 month commission deals being made...

Sunwest Management Inc.
allegedly misled residents about staff and daily care.

Newspaper Employees
Chinese Daily News must pay $5.19 million class action settlement for failing to pay overtime.