Deepak

Deepak Moorjani is a private equity investor with experience in leveraged buyouts, venture capital and distressed securities. He has previously worked at The Lodestar Group and Morgan Stanley.

Excerpts: “John S. Sheldon Wed in Plainfield To Gigi Guenther” Mary Margaret Guenther and John Stevens Sheldon were married yesterday at the home of the bridegroom’s grandmother Mrs. John P. Stevens Jr. in Plainfield, N.J. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Roger W. Paine, a United Church of Christ minister. Mr. Sheldon is a […]

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Excerpts: “John S. Sheldon Plans a Wedding To Gigi Guenther” Mary Margaret Guenther, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Carl D. Guenther of Dhahran, Saudia Arabia, and John Stevens Sheldon, a vice president in mergers and acquisitions at Goldman, Sachs & Company in New York, plan to be married Sept. 27. Mr. Sheldon

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United States v. Tim O’Reilly, 794 F.2d 613, 11th Cir. (1986)

Excerpts: United States v. Tim O’Reilly, 794 F.2d 613, 11th Cir. (1986) 794 F.2d 613230 U.S.P.Q. 475, 1986 Copr.L.Dec. P 25,962 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tim O’REILLY, Defendant-Appellant. No. 85-8742. Tim O’Reilly was convicted of criminal copyright infringement by the sale of certain video games in violation of 17 U.S.C.A. Sec. 506(a) and

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Sir Gordon White instructed Robert Pirie to terminate Hanson’s $72 per share tender offer

The following quotes are excerpted from Hanson Trust PLC v. SCM Corp, (2d Cir. 1985) Citation Code 774 F.2d 47 Docket No. 412, Docket 85-7745 Hanson Trust PLC, HSCM Industries, Inc., and Hanson Holdings Netherlands B.V. (hereinafter sometimes referred to collectively as “Hanson”) appeal from an order of the Southern District of New York, 617

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Ray Rogers: “Economic power breeds political power”

Excerpts: “Rogers’ Tough, Unorthodox Tactics Prevail in Stevens Organizing.” Most recently. Mr. Rogers threatened to contest the election of directors at Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., one of Stevens’ major lenders. That prospect inspired Richard Shinn, chairman of the big mutual insurer, to do some behind-the-scenes maneuvering shortly before the final settlement between Stevens and the

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Excerpts: Chromalloy Am. Corp. v. Sun Chem. Corp., (E.D.Mo. 1979) Citation Code 474 F. Supp. 1341 Docket No. 79-935C(3). Jim J. Shoemake, Guilfoil, Symington, Petzall Shoemake, St. Louis, Mo., W. Stanley Walch, Michael D. O’Keefe, Thompson Mitchell, St. Louis, Mo., co-counsel, Robert Pirie, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher Flom, New York City, Whitman Ransom, New York

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Manning Brown Jr.: “I consider it my duty to protect our policyholders”

Excerpts: Show ‘Em The Clenched Fist! All that it took was a Sept. 11 press conference announcing that the union­ists and their allies in churches and other do-gooder groups intended to nominate two outsiders to run against the adminis­tration slate in the April board election unless New York Life severed its inter­locking directorates with J.P.

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Excerpts: “The Battle Over ‘Going Private’” When a public company goes private—that is, eliminates its outside stockholders by one of several means such as merger, reverse stock splits or buying back shares—who should regulate the substance of the transaction? Should it be the Federal Government, through the Securities & Exchange Commission which watches over the

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Excerpts: “Market Place.” In a recent article in the New York University Law Review, Arthur M. Borden argued that going‐private transactions are not only legal but also desirable—in certain circumstances. Mr. Borden, a member of the New York bar and adjunct associate professor of law of the New York Law School, believes, however, that there

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SAN Valley Systems Announces SL-1000 IP-SAN Gateway

SAN Valley Systems announced today the general availability of the SAN Valley SL1000 IP-SAN Gateway and associated SVS Management System. With four full-duplex, wire-speed channels and a list price under $30,000, the SL1000 leads the industry in functionality and price/performance for connecting Storage Area Networks (SANs). The 8-port SL1000 provides high-throughput Fibre Channel to Internet

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