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May 30, 2025
National Grid Completes $1.7B Sale Of Green Biz To Brookfield
Energy network National Grid PLC said Friday that it has completed the sale of its renewables business to a Canadian firm, Brookfield Asset Management, and its institutional partners in a deal worth an estimated $1.74 billion. Â
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May 29, 2025
Judge Trims Most, But Not All, Of Grifols Suit Over Share Price
A New York federal judge Thursday tossed several defamation claims made by Spanish healthcare company Grifols SA against short seller Gotham City Research, finding that the claims are opinions and therefore inactionable, while keeping alive a claim tied to statements in the report that Grifols failed to disclose a $95 million loan, finding it was a factual statement.
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May 29, 2025
Investment Firm Says It Was Duped Into $349M Dental Deal
Investment firm TSG8 SDB Group Holdings LP has filed suit in Delaware Superior Court claiming a Texas-based holding company tricked it into pouring $349 million into a specialty dental practices platform based on fake financials and phony growth claims, and hid the business's problems just long enough to cash out.
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May 29, 2025
PCAOB Taps New Acting General Counsel
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board on Thursday announced that Connor Raso has been appointed acting general counsel, following stints in the PCAOB's office of the general counsel and at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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May 29, 2025
Atty Urges 2nd Circ. To Resurrect Name Feud With Ex-Firm
A lawyer has asked the Second Circuit to revive claims against his former firm, which he alleges used his name and likeness after he was fired, saying a judge's dismissal of those claims ignored the harm he personally suffered and the requirements of the Lanham Act.
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May 29, 2025
7th Circ. Probes Hartford's Denial Of Benefits To Ex-PwC Exec
A Seventh Circuit panel weighing Thursday whether to restore long-term disability benefits to an ex- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP executive with fibromyalgia asked her attorney and counsel for the insurer that denied benefits if the lower court should have considered prior claim history and a consultant's report finding her condition precluded "meaningful employment."
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May 29, 2025
$45M Settlement, $9.65M Fee OK'd In Del. Cornerstone Suit
Stockholders who challenged Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC's $5.8 billion take-private deal for Cornerstone Building Brands in 2022 secured a $45 million settlement Thursday, in a case that once saw a Delaware vice chancellor blast as "farcical" the two companies' early, alleged attempts to camouflage price negotiations to get around a standstill agreement.
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May 29, 2025
'Dr. Cash' Gets 3 Years For Bilking Elderly Fund Investors
A recidivist fraudster nicknamed "Dr. Cash" was sentenced in Manhattan federal court Thursday to three years in prison, after he admitted to defrauding clients who poured $4.8 million into his purported "Chairman's Fund."
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May 29, 2025
Lindberg Can't Skirt $122M Contempt Order, NC Panel Told
Insurance companies that convicted billionaire Greg Lindberg allegedly bled dry told the North Carolina Court of Appeals not to let him duck a $122 million contempt order, saying he didn't even show up for the hearing and has done nothing since to purge his contempt.
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May 29, 2025
High Court Pauses 5th Circ.'s Highland Ch. 11 Liability Ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday allowed bankrupt hedge fund Highland Capital to continue shielding certain key parties in its Chapter 11 case from liability while the debtor appeals a Fifth Circuit decision striking down those protections.
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May 29, 2025
Digital Health Startup Omada Launches Plans For $150M IPO
San Francisco-based virtual healthcare provider Omada Health on Thursday filed plans with U.S. regulators for a $150 million initial public offering, the proceeds of which will be used for general corporate purposes.
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May 29, 2025
Foley & Lardner-Led Five Elms Lands $1.1B For 6th Fund
Five Elms Capital, advised by Foley & Lardner LLP, has clinched its sixth fund after securing $1.1 billion in committed capital, marking the largest fundraise in the software-focused growth equity firm's history.
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May 29, 2025
Clifford Chance Hires Investment Funds Partner From Kirkland
Clifford Chance LLP announced Tuesday the hiring of a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP for its funds and investment management practice in the U.S., a month after Kirkland picked up an investment funds partner from Clifford Chance.
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May 29, 2025
Japan's NTT Docomo Launches Offer Valuing Bank At $5.1B
NTT Docomo, the mobile unit of Japanese telecom giant Nippon Telegraph & Telephone, on Thursday announced a tender offer to acquire shares of SBI Sumishin Net Bank Ltd., valuing the online bank at approximately 739 billion yen ($5.1 billion).
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May 29, 2025
Fla. Panel Affirms Atty Conflict DQ In Construction Dispute
In a one-word opinion, Florida's Third District Court of Appeal affirmed a trial court's decision to disqualify a plaintiff's attorney in a long-running construction ownership dispute after finding he briefly represented the defendant's surety company in a related matter.
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May 29, 2025
Ex-Goldman Partner, Star Witness In 1MDB Trial, Gets 2 Years
Former Goldman Sachs partner and star 1MDB prosecution witness Tim Leissner was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison for his role in a global conspiracy to siphon more than $2.7 billion for bribes and kickbacks from the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund in order to facilitate Goldman-backed bond deals.
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May 29, 2025
Shein Eyes HK Listing After London Snag, Plus More Rumors
Fast-fashion retailer Shein intends to list in Hong Kong after its plans to go public in London fell apart, messaging app Telegram is set to raised $1.7 billion through an upsized bond offering, while Elon Musk's Neuralink Corp. raised $600 million in a deal that values the brain-implant startup at $9 billion.
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May 29, 2025
Senate Committee Sets June Hearing For Trump's EBSA Pick
The Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will hold a hearing in early June on President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration, according to a news release Thursday.Â
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May 28, 2025
Brookfield Wins Bid To Vacate Lima's Document Application
A New York federal judge has nixed discovery orders against global investment manager Brookfield sought by the Peruvian city of Lima as the city fights arbitral awards worth about $200 million based on alleged corruption, ruling the city can't prove it is an aggrieved party.
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May 28, 2025
FBI Misled Court In Russia Sanctions Probe, Judge Rules
Federal prosecutors cannot use certain evidence to prove charges that a Russian bank executive dodged sanctions because an FBI agent "recklessly omitted material facts" from the related warrant application, a New York federal judge ruled.
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May 28, 2025
Highland Wants High Court To Preserve Ch. 11 Liability Shield
Defunct hedge fund Highland Capital Management has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to keep its Chapter 11 plan in place while it appeals a reversal from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, saying it needs to keep its fiduciaries protected lest its former CEO mire them in litigation.
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May 28, 2025
1st Circ. Revives Hedge Fund Priest's SEC Fee Bid
A Greek Orthodox priest and hedge fund founder who partially defeated an SEC suit at trial will have his request the agency pay his attorney fees reconsidered following a First Circuit ruling that a lower court should consider the gap between the SEC's requested relief and the relief it obtained.
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May 28, 2025
Sens. Urge Treasury To Rescind Ownership Reporting Rule
A bipartisan duo from the Senate Finance Committee has urged Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to fully implement the Corporate Transparency Act, criticizing an interim final rule that exempts domestic businesses from contested reporting regulations.
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May 28, 2025
DOL Tells 5th Circ. It Will Craft New ESG Rule For 401(k) Plans
The U.S. Department of Labor told the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday that it will launch new rulemaking and move "as expeditiously as possible" to replace Biden administration regulations on whether fiduciaries can consider issues like climate change and social justice when choosing retirement plan investments.
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May 28, 2025
Ohio Exec Pleads Guilty In Ponzi Scheme Investigation
A Toledo, Ohio, investment firm executive has copped to a role in a purported Ponzi scheme that Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said bilked investors out of $72 million.
Expert Analysis
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An Unrestrained, Bright-Eyed View Of Legal AI's Future
Todd Itami at Covington offers a bright-eyed, laughing-all-the-way, skydive look at what the legal industry could look like after an artificial intelligence revolution, which he believes may happen much sooner and more dramatically than we expect.
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Ban On Reputation Risk May Help Bank Enforcement Defense
The Comptroller of the Currency and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s recent commitment to stop examining banks for reputation risk could help defendants in enforcement actions challenge unfavorable assessments and support defendants' arguments for lower civil money penalties, says Brendan Clegg at Luse Gorman.
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Tracking The Evolution In Litigation Finance
Despite continued innovation, litigation finance remains an immature market with borrowers recieving significantly different terms as lenders learn to value cases, which firms need a strong handle on to ensure lending terms do not overwhelm collateral value, says Robert Wilkins at Lightfoot Franklin.
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Series
Volunteer Firefighting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
While practicing corporate law and firefighting may appear incongruous, the latter benefits my legal career by reminding me of the importance of humility, perspective and education, says Nicholas Passaro at Ford.
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Limit On SEC Enforcement Authority May Mean Fewer Actions
Following a recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission final rule revoking the Enforcement Division director's long-standing authority to issue formal investigation orders, it's clear the division is headed for a new era of limited autonomy, marked by a significantly slower pace of SEC investigations, say attorneys at Ballard Spahr.
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5 Ways Banking Has Changed In 5 Years Since COVID
Since the start of the pandemic five years ago, technology, convenience and shifting expectations have transformed compliance for the financial services industry in several key ways, from the shrinking role of the traditional bank branch to the rise of fintech and mobile payments, says Christopher Pippett at Fox Rothschild.
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E-Discovery Quarterly: The Perils Of Digital Data Protocols
Though stipulated protocols governing the treatment of electronically stored information in litigation are meant to streamline discovery, recent disputes demonstrate that certain missteps in the process can lead to significant inefficiencies, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Preparing For Corporate Work
Law school often doesn't cover the business strategy, financial fluency and negotiation skills needed for a successful corporate or transactional law practice, but there are practical ways to gain relevant experience and achieve the mindset shifts critical to a thriving career in this space, says Dakota Forsyth at Olshan Frome.
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OCC Patriot Bank Order Spotlights AML Issues For Managers
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's focus on payments and prepaid card program managers in its recent consent order with Patriot Bank is noteworthy and shows regulators are unlikely to back down on enforcement related to Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.
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A Cold War-Era History Lesson On Due Process
The landmark Harry Bridges case from the mid-20th century Red Scare offers important insights on why lawyers must be free of government reprisal, no matter who their client is, says Peter Afrasiabi at One LLP.
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Series
Improv Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Improv keeps me grounded and connected to what matters most, including in my legal career where it has helped me to maintain a balance between being analytical, precise and professional, and creative, authentic and open-minded, says Justine Gottshall at InfoLawGroup.
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How BigLaw Executive Orders May Affect Smaller Firms
Because of the types of cases they take on, solo practitioners, small law firms and public interest attorneys may find themselves more dramatically affected by the collective impact of recent government action involving the legal industry than even the BigLaw firms named in the executive orders, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.
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Opinion
Lawsuits Shouldn't Be Shadow Assets For Foreign Capital
Third-party litigation financing amplifies inefficiencies from litigation and facilitates national exposure to foreign influence in the U.S. justice system, so full disclosure of financing arrangements should be required as a matter of institutional integrity, says Roland Eisenhuth at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.
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How To Accelerate Your Post-Attorney Career Transition
Professionals seeking to transition to nonattorney careers may encounter skepticism as nontraditional candidates, but there are opportunities for thought leadership and to leverage speaking and writing to accelerate a post-attorney career transition, say Janet Falk at Falk Communications and Evgeny Efremkin at Toronto Metropolitan University.
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How Tariffs May Affect Proxy Contests This Season
While global tariffs imposed by the Trump administration will certainly chill at least some activity this proxy season, and make defending contests significantly easier, there will likely be many new activist investments once there is more economic certainty, meaning more proxy fights this fall, say attorneys at Sidley.