http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Deutsche Bank Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/132757 A judge has tossed all claims against Constar International Inc., citing its filing for Chapter 11 protection, in a consolidated securities fraud class action alleging the plastic container maker and several financial firms made misleading statements to investors about Constar's 2002 initial public offering. http://www.law360.com/articles/132757 http://www.law360.com/articles/132593 Investment firm TPG Capital LP and Canada-based pension manager CPP Investment Board will acquire IMS Health Inc., a provider of market intelligence to the health care and pharmaceutical industries, in a leveraged buyout deal valued at $5.2 billion. http://www.law360.com/articles/132593 http://www.law360.com/articles/131868 Cooley Godward Kronish LLP has snagged Babak Yaghmaie — former head of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP's venture capital practice — for its business and technology group. http://www.law360.com/articles/131868 http://www.law360.com/articles/132030 Windstream Corp. will acquire rural broadband provider NuVox Inc. for $643 million in a cash-and-stock deal, the companies announced Tuesday. http://www.law360.com/articles/132030 http://www.law360.com/articles/131494 Bankrupt Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp.’s attempt to line up $25 million in debtor-in-possession financing has rubbed Sovereign Bank the wrong way, prompting the prepetition lender to question the effects the arrangement will have on the bank’s liens and the standing of its claims. http://www.law360.com/articles/131494 http://www.law360.com/articles/131409 A federal appeals court has upheld the certification of a securities class action claiming that Constar International Inc. and several financial firms misled investors about the plastic container manufacturer’s 2002 initial public offering by touting the company as strong and competitive when its business was allegedly deteriorating. http://www.law360.com/articles/131409 http://www.law360.com/articles/131323 A wary bankruptcy judge on Thursday preliminarily approved a disclosure statement in fraud-ridden hedge fund Bayou Group LLC's Chapter 11 case, going over the 85-page document with a fine-tooth comb and putting off challenges to a contemplated dual trusteeship and to attorneys' fees requests until a confirmation hearing. http://www.law360.com/articles/131323 http://www.law360.com/articles/131073 Deutsche Bank AG will acquire Luxembourg-based private banking group Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie. SCA for €1 billion ($1.47 billion), the global investment bank said Wednesday. http://www.law360.com/articles/131073 http://www.law360.com/articles/130942 A judge has allowed credit default swap contract holder LaCrosse Financial Products LLC to claim $16.2 million in funds set aside from Sagittarius CDO I Ltd., a collateralized debt obligation entity administered by Deutsche Bank Trust Co. that invested in troubled mortgage-backed securities and has since been liquidated. http://www.law360.com/articles/130942 http://www.law360.com/articles/130454 Ropes & Gray LLP's new London-based private equity and debt practice has added former White & Case LLP partner Jonathan Bloom. http://www.law360.com/articles/130454 http://www.law360.com/articles/130367 A bankruptcy court judge has given Deutsche Bank AG a green light to begin probing the paper trail behind the bankruptcy of Taylor Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. in response to Deutsche Bank’s fears that it may lose more money to the fallen mortgage lender than first thought. http://www.law360.com/articles/130367 http://www.law360.com/articles/129910 Ropes & Gray LLP announced Thursday that it would bring its private equity practice to London in January 2010 under the stewardship of two former White & Case LLP finance attorneys. http://www.law360.com/articles/129910 http://www.law360.com/articles/129784 M&T Bank Corp. has reached a licensing agreement with DataTreasury Corp., ending the regional bank's involvement in an ongoing patent infringement suit over electronic check-imaging and other banking technology. http://www.law360.com/articles/129784 http://www.law360.com/articles/129374 Investor Louis Kreisberg has hit Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and KPMG LLP with a lawsuit seeking at least $12 million in damages for allegedly misrepresenting or withholding information about trades made on his behalf in connection with an illegal tax shelter scheme. http://www.law360.com/articles/129374 http://www.law360.com/articles/129227 Swiss human resources solutions company Adecco Group has agreed to acquire staffing agency MPS Group for approximately $1.3 billion, the companies announced Tuesday. http://www.law360.com/articles/129227 http://www.law360.com/articles/128734 The U.S. Department of Justice has reportedly expressed serious concerns about the proposed $2.5 billion merger of Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. and concert promoter Live Nation Inc., prompting antitrust experts to question what, if any, remedies the companies could propose that would satisfy the regulator. http://www.law360.com/articles/128734 http://www.law360.com/articles/128757 A federal appeals court has overturned its own precedent in the problematic Winter Storm case, in which it had held that electronic fund transfers processed by an intermediary bank are subject to attachment under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. http://www.law360.com/articles/128757 http://www.law360.com/articles/127970 Dole Food Co. Inc., the world's largest producer and marketer of fresh fruit and vegetables, revealed Tuesday that it had launched an initial public offering of 35.7 million shares priced at between $13 and $15 per share, as part of the company's plan to sell up to $500 million of stock. http://www.law360.com/articles/127970 http://www.law360.com/articles/127961 Private oil and gas producer Chaparral Energy Inc. has announced plans to go public in a $1.8 billion merger with United Refining Energy Corp., a special purpose acquisition company. http://www.law360.com/articles/127961 http://www.law360.com/articles/127722 An anticipated union between German printing press manufacturer Manroland AG and rival Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG reportedly has been called off for the moment following months of speculation that thousands of jobs would be lost if the two companies paired up. http://www.law360.com/articles/127722