Congress wants to pass national rules governing how companies can use consumers’ data — though a major goal might simply be to block states from enacting stronger protections on their own. It will be tricky to reconcile the concerns of ...

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Congress wants to pass national rules governing how companies can use consumers’ data — though a major goal might simply be to block states from enacting stronger protections on their own. It will be tricky to reconcile the concerns of ...

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A recent flurry of partner firm-hopping seemed to prove the commonly held view that firms lately are interested only in partners with books of business. Some recruits don’t fit that picture, however. They’re heavy on name recognition but light on ...

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He probably doesn’t need the paycheck yet, but former Charter General Counsel Grier Raclin is starting a new job at Thompson Coburn on Jan. 4. Raclin, who also was executive vice president and chief administrative officer at the St. Louis-based ...

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St. Louis-based Charter Communications has obtained formal approval for its hotly contested reorganization plan when the bankruptcy judge signed a confirmation order and wrote an 82-page opinion giving his reasons in detail. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge James M. Peck called Charter’s ...

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St. Louis-based Charter Communications is getting ready to pull out of bankruptcy, but not before paying more than $13.6 million to the lawyers who’ve worked on the case. Topping the list is lead counsel Kirkland & Ellis, which in August ...

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Charter Communications Inc., the bankrupt cable operator, won a judge’s approval of its plan to reorganize by reinstating $11.8 billion in debt. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge James Peck in Manhattan last week approved the fourth-biggest U.S. cable company’s Chapter 11 plan ...

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The Missouri Supreme Court ruled that the voluntary payment doctrine is not a defense for a violation of the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act. The court, in an opinion issued on Tuesday, allowed a class action against Charter Communications to proceed. ...

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St. Louis-based Charter Communications Inc.’s four largest investors in a $1.6 billion rights offering didn’t do a “club deal” to take control of the bankrupt cable company, a senior partner at Apollo Management testified. Eric Zinterhofer said Tuesday in U.S. ...

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St. Louis-based Charter Communications Inc.’s bankruptcy plan should be rejected because it lets Apollo Global Management and other hedge funds take control using bank lenders’ money, a lawyer for JPMorgan Chase & Co. said. JPMorgan attorney Peter Pantaleo read excerpts ...

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Charter Communications Inc.’s bankruptcy plan shouldn’t be approved because it would bar lawsuits against the cable company’s officers and directors, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission told a bankruptcy court. The agency added its objection Monday to others filed under ...

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