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• Paul Weiss bags Religare - closes Northgate buy

  Feb 26 2010 Northgate Capital, a leading global private equity and venture capital firm managing $3 billion worth investments, was acquired by the Malvinder Singh family... more

• Paul Weiss and Davis Polk duet on Sony Bertelsmann deal

  Aug 06 2008 Two US firms have won the lead roles on the $1.2bn sale of German music giant Bertelsmann’s 50 per cent interest in Sony BMG to Sony. Davis Polk & Wardwell advised... more

• Attorney Weiss gets 30 months prison in kickback scheme

  Jun 03 2008 Melvyn Weiss, the co-founder of a law firm known for securities class-action suits, was sentenced Monday to 30 months in prison for his role in a lucrative lawsuit... more

• Prosecutors ask for 33 months in jail for Weiss

  May 24 2008 Federal prosecutors on Friday recommended Melvyn Weiss, the long-reigning king of multibillion-dollar U.S. class action litigation, spend no more than 33 months in... more

• Cravath, Paul Weiss lead $9bn Time Warner cable sale

  May 23 2008 Cravath Swaine & Moore and Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison have bagged lead roles on the divestment by by Time Warner of its cable division in a $9.25bn deal, as... more

• Brad Karp Elected Next Chairman of Paul Weiss

  May 10 2008 New York-based Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced that Brad S. Karp, age 48, has been elected as the new Chair of the firm, effective January 1,... more

• Indian law firm Khaitan ranked Asia's 4th in M&A legal advisory league

  Apr 14 2008 After billionaires and billion- dollar firms, it is the turn of an Indian law firm to reap accolades on international arena with Khaitan and Co being ranked as Asia's... more

• Milberg Weiss ditches "Weiss" after guilty plea

  Mar 25 2008 US class action heavyweight Milberg Weiss has dumped “Weiss” from its title after name partner, plaintiff litigation legend Melvyn Weiss, agreed to plead guilty to... more

• Eliot Spitzer's New Lawyer is Old Colleague: Paul Weiss’s Michele Hirshman

  Mar 12 2008 Soon after federal prosecutors in Manhattan unsealed their complaint last Friday against four individuals charged with running a prostitution ring, Michele Hirshman... more

• Federal judge sentences former Milberg Weiss partner Lerach to 2 years in prison

  Feb 12 2008 US District Judge John Walter of the Central District of California on Monday sentenced former Milberg Weiss partner William Lerach to two years in prison for his part... more

• N.Y. Law Firms Wanna Be Just Like Obama

  Feb 08 2008 The New York Observer has answered a burning political question that never occurred to us, at least until now: “If the major presidential candidates were top New York... more

• Class action lawyers scoop record $464m fees

  Jan 01 2008 Class action lawyers pursuing Tyco International on behalf of shareholders have been awarded nearly half a billion dollars in fees, the largest legal payday in... more

• Court Rejects Billionaire's Bid to Obtain Milberg Weiss Work Product

  Dec 28 2007 A Manhattan appeals court has rejected a billionaire investor's bid to obtain the work product of three plaintiffs firms, led by Milberg Weiss, which he claims settled... more

• Leading Class-Action Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy

  Oct 30 2007 William S. Lerach, 61, a former partner at the law firm now known as Milberg Weiss, pleaded guilty to conspiracy on Monday. Mr. Lerach pleaded guilty to conspiracy to... more

• High-Profile Lawyer Melvyn Weiss Accused of Kickbacks to To Class-Action Clients

  Sep 23 2007 A federal grand jury yesterday indicted the 72-year-old New York lawyer Weiss for his role in an alleged scheme to pay millions in kickbacks to clients in exchange for... more