AIRGAS, INC. v. CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE, LLP

  1. June 20, 2011

    Airgas, Cravath Settle Suit Tied To Air Products Fight

    Airgas Inc. said Friday it had reached a settlement in Pennsylvania in its breach of fiduciary duty suit against Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP, which had represented Air Products & Chemicals Inc. in its hostile bid to take over the specialty gas company.

  2. August 03, 2010

    Airgas Suit Against Cravath Over Buyout Bid Survives

    A federal judge on Tuesday denied Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP's motion to dismiss a breach of fiduciary duty suit brought by Airgas Inc., finding that the claims over the firm's representation of Airgas takeover suitor Air Products & Chemicals Inc. merit further airing in court.

  3. March 05, 2010

    Airgas Fails To Oust Cravath From Air Products Fight

    While Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP may never be back in Airgas Inc.’s good graces, the firm won’t be disqualified from representing Air Products & Chemicals Inc. in its hostile takeover fight for Airgas, a former client.

  4. February 22, 2010

    Airgas Rejects Hostile Offer; Cravath Suit Stayed

    Airgas Inc. has asked its shareholders not to give in to industrial packaged gas rival Air Products & Chemicals Inc.'s $7 billion, $60-per-share hostile takeover offer, while a Pennsylvania judge in Airgas' conflict-of-representation suit against Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP has cleared the decks for the battle over the deal to unfold fully in Delaware.

  5. February 19, 2010

    Decision Looms On Airgas' Bid To Disqualify Cravath

    Airgas Inc. and Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP on Friday took their contentious battle over whether and how Cravath should be disqualified from representing Airgas' hostile takeover suitor Air Products & Chemicals Inc. before a federal judge, with a ruling expected to follow shortly.

  6. February 17, 2010

    Airgas, Cravath Spar Over Atty Conflict Injunction

    Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP has asked a Pennsylvania federal court to hold off considering Airgas Inc.'s bid for a preliminary injunction until a potential conflict over the firm's representation of Airgas takeover suitor Air Products & Chemicals Inc. in separate litigation in Delaware is resolved, a move that prompted a heated response from Airgas.

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