Skadden Arps

Excerpts: “Sotheby’s to Present the Collection of Robert S. Pirie” From 2-5 December 2015 Sotheby’s New York will present the single-owner sale of Property from the Collection of Robert S. Pirie, one of the world’s leading book collectors. Over 60 years, Mr. Pirie built the finest collection of 16th and 17th-century English literature in private […]

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Baronoff v. Kean Dev. Co

Excerpts: Baronoff v. Kean Dev. Co Steven Baronoff and Mindy Baronoff, petitioners v. Kean Development Company, Inc. and American Arbitration Association, respondents On June 11, 2004, petitioners entered into a construction management agreement with respondent Kean Development Company, Inc., in which Kean agreed to manage and direct the renovation of petitioners’ residence in Lloyd Harbor.

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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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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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