| pRobert Joffe, an antitrust, corporate governance and litigation specialist who worked for more than four decades at Cravath, Swaine amp; Moore LLP, including eight as presiding partner, has died./ppJoffe, 66, died on Thursday from cancer, according to Greg Johnson, chief executive of asset management company Franklin Resources Inc (BEN.N), where Joffe was a director and chaired the corporate governance committee./ppJohnson spoke on a conference call. A spokeswoman for the law firm confirmed Joffe's death./ppJoffe was principal litigator for Time Inc in its efforts in 1989 to resist a takeover by Paramount Communications Inc, according to a biography on Cravath's website,./ppIt said he later represented Time Warner Inc (TWX.N) in connection with its merger with America Online Inc, and a proxy fight by the investor Carl Icahn./p |
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