Davis Polk advised Credit Suisse Securities (USA), Inc., Bradesco Securities, Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Goldman Sachs & Co, Itaú BBA USA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Santander Securities Inc. and UBS Securities Inc. as joint bookrunners on the Rule 144A/Regulation S initial public offering of units of Via Varejo S.A. […]
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SAN DIEGO, Dec 18, 2013 — Shareholder Rights Law Firm Johnson & Weaver, LLP is investigating whether members of the board of directors of Valassis Communications Inc. VCI -0.72% breached their fiduciary duties in connection with the planned sale of the company to Harland Clarke Holdings Corp. Valassis and its subsidiaries provide media solutions primarily
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Want to work out the economics of the entertainment business – specifically how much money Beyonce might make from her latest album, which has created an iTunes hit like no other – breaking records and shattering the illusion that everyone in the music download game were unprepared to pay. Almost one million Beyonce fans paid
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Myanmar has opened its doors, a little gingerly at first perhaps, to the West as sanctions have eased and the country has reduced its authoritarianism. For law firms though it has been largely forbidden territory, but now US firm Herzfeld Rubin Meyer & Rose have become the first wholly owned US firm to open in
Chinese law firms are expanding their interest in the United States with Chinese firm Yingke Law Firm expanding from its New York office to open in Chicago. China Daily reports that in addition to Chicago and New York, Yingke, whose headquarters is in Beijing, has 14 other offices outside of China and 21 branches in
Getting charged with a DUI is a serious issue, and the consequences that a person convicted of the crime will face are numerous and long-lasting. Unfortunately, many people feel as if they’re automatically considered guilty if they fail a breathalyzer test. [wp_ad_camp_2] In reality, this couldn’t be further from the truth. There are several instances
Another woman has risen to the top of a major law firm with the elevation of White & Williams partner Patricia Santelle to the top job at the firm following the death of managing partner Guy Cellucci. [wp_ad_camp_2] Ms Santelle was quoted in a press release as saying she has “mixed emotions” about taking on
The question – or mystery, even – of why women continue to outpace men in deserting law firms, may have been answered by two Canadian writers who have authored a new book on the issue. [wp_ad_camp_1] The book, Breaking Though: Tales from theTop Canadian Women General Counsel, written by retired McCarthy Tetrault partner Kirby Chown
TIME correspondent Belinda Luscombe wrote about some of Nigella Lawson’s best quotes from the trial that’s currently occupying acres of newspaper space in the UK and elsewhere. Over in London, Nigella Lawson, celebrity cook (she eschews the label of chef), is giving everyone an object lesson in how to handle that awkward situation of being
LOS ANGELES – Three members of a Rowland Heights family involved in a home-based enterprise that manufactured a “male enhancement” drug that sold on the Internet and in retails stores nationwide have been sentenced for unlawfully importing tadalafil, the same active ingredient in the prescription drug Cialis. Won Bae Kim, 61, was sentenced on Wednesday
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