Sharon Selby

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Professional Experience

: Current; Reuters Group plc Secured antitrust clearance for Reuters in its $17.2 billion combination with The Thomson Corporation Weil Gotshal attorneys secured antitrust clearances for Reuters Group PLC in its $17.2 billion combination with The Thomson Corporation. Regulatory clearance was successfully obtained from the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice after the parties agreed to sell copies of certain databases. Thomson Reuters is the world’s leading provider of news and data for professional markets.

: Current; Friendly Ice Cream Corporation Sale of Friendly Ice Cream Corporation Advised Friendly Ice Cream Corporation in connection with its $337 million going private acquisition by Sun Capital Partners.

: Current; Johnson & Johnson Applied Medical Resources Corp. v. Ethicon, Inc., et al., 03-CV-1329 (C.D. Cal. 2006) Obtained a complete defense verdict for client, Johnson & Johnson, in an antitrust case challenging J&J's practice of offering the best prices to its customers who purchased sutures and endomechanical products (a so-called "bundle") from J&J. more

: Current; Johnson & Johnson ConMed Corp. v. Johnson & Johnson, et al. Following Johnson & Johnson’s victory in the Applied Medical antitrust trial J&J faced another court case over similar “bundling” allegations made by ConMed Corporation. The stakes were enormous; ConMed’s own public filings acknowledged it was asserting damages claims of $1.7 billion before trebling. Trial was avoided and the case settled for $11 million - less than one percent of the (untrebled) damages number - and no conduct relief.

: Current; CBS Corporation Joint Venture to Form “The CW,” a New Broadcast Television Network Represented CBS Studios, a subsidiary of CBS Corporation, in a joint venture with Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Time Warner Inc., to form a new broadcast television network, “The CW.” more

: Current; UnitedHealth Group Inc. Acquisition of PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. Represented UnitedHealth Group Inc. in its $8.1 billion acquisition of PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. more

: Current; MasterCard Currency Conversion "Fee" Litigations. In re Currency Conversion Fee Antitrust Litigation Defended MasterCard International Inc. in currency conversion fee litigations in multi-district litigation and various state courts.

: Current; Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Inc. Mopex v. Chicago Stock Exchange Successful settlement of federal court case involving allegations of infringement of a financial instrument patent.

: Current; UnitedHealth Group Inc. UnitedHealth Group's merger with PacifiCare Health Systems, Inc. Represented UnitedHealth Group in its recent merger with PacifiCare Health systems, Inc., a transaction valued at approximately $8.1 billion. Obtained antitrust clearance after negotiating a favorable settlement with the Justice Department.

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