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Asset Management

  • July 24, 2025

    Life Sciences-Focused Venture Firm Wraps $290.2M Fund

    Australian life sciences-focused venture capital firm Brandon Capital on Thursday revealed that it closed its sixth fund with AU$439 million ($290.2 million) in tow.

  • July 24, 2025

    CapVest Seeks $11.7B Stake In Stada, Plus More Rumors

    British private equity firm CapVest Partners is looking to take a major stake in German drugmaker Stada Arzneimittel in a roughly $11.7 billion deal, Comedy Central's "South Park" creators have nabbed a $1.5 billion five-year streaming rights deal with Paramount, and ExxonMobil wants to explore deepwater blocks in Trinidad and Tobago for oil and gas. Here, Law360 breaks down these and other deal rumors from the past week.

  • July 24, 2025

    Bets On Atty's Lien Biz Lost Millions, Investor Tells Jury

    A seasoned investor told a Manhattan federal jury Thursday that he heavily backed a tax-lien fund controlled by a lawyer now accused of fraud, ultimately losing $2.9 million in supposedly low-risk bets where such losses were "not supposed to be possible."

  • July 24, 2025

    Holland & Knight Hires Longtime Choate Leader In Boston

    A financing and restructuring partner at Choate Hall & Stewart LLP, who spent nearly his entire career spanning more than 30 years with that firm and led its business department for almost two decades, has moved his practice to Holland & Knight's Boston office.

  • July 24, 2025

    Accelerant, McGraw Hill IPOs Raise Over $1.1B Combined

    Two private equity-backed companies, insurance marketplace Accelerant and education publishing giant McGraw Hill Inc., have joined the recent surge in initial public offerings, with both companies going public on Thursday after pricing IPOs that raised more than $1.1 billion total.

  • July 23, 2025

    FTC Wants PE Firm's Medical Device Coating Deal Put On Ice

    Private equity firm GTCR BC Holdings' $627 million merger with Surmodics will bring the previously fierce competition for medical device coatings to a grinding halt, the FTC says, which is all the more reason a federal court should block the deal while an agency challenge plays out.

  • July 23, 2025

    Tendit Accuses Ex-CEO Of Illegally Raising Rent Before Exit

    A facility services company sued its former CEO this week in Colorado state court, aiming to void a lease she created with her real estate business a day before resigning that increased the company's rent by more than $7,000 per month.

  • July 23, 2025

    Adviser Drops FINRA 5th Amendment Challenge

    A financial adviser has dropped his Fifth Amendment challenge against the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, following the regulator's arguments that it is not subject to constitutional requirements when carrying out its self-regulatory responsibilities.

  • July 23, 2025

    US Says It's Immune In Booz Allen Worker Tax Info Leak Suit

    A proposed class action seeking to hold the federal government and its contractor Booz Allen Hamilton responsible for a leak of thousands of wealthy people's tax returns, including President Donald Trump's, cannot move forward against the U.S., the government argued Wednesday, saying it's immune from the suit.

  • July 23, 2025

    CFTC Settles With Puerto Rico-Based Gas Futures Trader

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and a Puerto Rico-based natural gas futures trader on Wednesday announced that they had reached a settlement, ending the agency's suit alleging that the trader used nonpublic information to make profitable energy trades.

  • July 23, 2025

    Lockheed Cleared To Seek 4th Circ. Review In Annuity Fight

    A Maryland federal judge cleared Lockheed Martin to immediately appeal his decision declining to dismiss a suit claiming the company shirked federal benefits law by pushing $9 billion in pension funds into risky annuities, ruling the case's standing questions are fit for Fourth Circuit review.

  • July 23, 2025

    PE-Backed Consumer Data Giant NIQ Prices $1.1B IPO

    Private equity-backed consumer research services provider NIQ Global Intelligence began trading after pricing its initial public offering at $1.1 billion within its marketed range, one of two new listings to debut Wednesday.

  • July 22, 2025

    Investor Sanctioned For Ignoring Telecom Arbitration Award

    A New York federal judge has sanctioned an investor in telecommunications infrastructure firm Continental Towers LATAM Holdings Ltd. for ignoring an arbitral award issued in a bitter, yearslong dispute over control of the company, saying he hasn't done enough to vacate offending judgments in the British Virgin Islands.

  • July 22, 2025

    CME E-Trading Was Open Before Data Center, Jury Hears

    Chicago Mercantile Exchange members were using electronic trading connectivity tools alongside nonmembers and paying equal access fees for at least a decade before the exchange opened a data center that some members alleged violated their contractual floor exclusivity and access rights, an Illinois jury heard Tuesday.

  • July 22, 2025

    Judge Won't Stay Highland Ch. 11 Over Charity Fraud Probe

    A Texas bankruptcy judge has refused to stay the Chapter 11 case of Highland Capital LP in whole or in part, denying a pair of requests from the state of Texas and from a trust affiliated with ex-CEO James Dondero after finding the reason for their requests irrelevant to the case.

  • July 22, 2025

    Quantum Wants FTC To Lift Order On $5.2B Natural Gas Deal

    The Federal Trade Commission is asking for public feedback on a Quantum Energy Partners petition aiming to set aside a consent order the agency entered over a $5.2 billion deal that EQT Corp. struck with Quantum for oil and gas assets in Appalachia.

  • July 22, 2025

    House Panel Knocks EBSA Sharing Info With Workers' Attys

    House lawmakers on Tuesday criticized the U.S. Department of Labor's employee benefits subagency for sharing information from enforcement investigations with plaintiffs attorneys representing benefit plan participants, with some lawmakers calling on Congress to pass new legislation to curb the practice.

  • July 22, 2025

    Tax Software Co. Avalara, Universal Music Submit IPO Plans

    Avalara Inc. and music giant Universal Music Group NV have confidentially filed plans for initial public offerings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, marking the latest two companies to join the private-to-public pipeline.

  • July 22, 2025

    Native Groups Reject Trump's Call For Old Team Names

    Two Native American advocacy groups are condemning President Donald Trump's threat to kill a $3 billion plan for the new Washington Commanders stadium if the NFL team's former name isn't reinstated, saying Indigenous cultures are not past relics, mascots or forms of entertainment.

  • July 22, 2025

    BCLP Adds PE Transactions Pro From Golenbock Eiseman

    Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner announced the addition of a former Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP attorney to its corporate transactions practice Monday, touting her work in private equity-backed transactions.

  • July 22, 2025

    NetBrain Valued At $750M After Blackstone Investment

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP-led private equity giant Blackstone on Tuesday revealed that it is making a majority growth investment in network automation and artificial intelligence platform NetBrain Technologies, advised by McDermott Will & Emery LLP, in a deal that values the company at $750 million.

  • July 21, 2025

    Skechers Investor Loses Initial Bid To Block Take-Private Deal

    A California federal judge has refused to preliminarily block private equity firm 3G Capital from taking footwear giant Skechers private for $9.4 billion, finding that a pension plan that owns Skechers shares failed to show it would be irreparably harmed without the injunction.

  • July 21, 2025

    SEC Lifts FINRA Ban For Atty Accused Of Cheating On Exam

    A divided U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has lifted an industry ban placed on a former SEC enforcement attorney who was deemed by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to have cheated on a securities exam, finding there was no conclusive evidence of cheating.

  • July 21, 2025

    Stablecoin Treasury Co. To Go Public In $360M SPAC Deal

    A company intending to give investors exposure to the stable-value token Ethena intends to list on Nasdaq as StablecoinX Inc. via a special purpose acquisition deal that will take it public and provide $360 million to build a treasury of the stablecoin, making it one of at least three firms to tout the adoption of a crypto-focused treasury strategy on Monday.

  • July 21, 2025

    House GOP Would Cut SEC Funds, Curb Cyber Breach Rule

    House Republicans are seeking to cut the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's budget by 7% in the upcoming fiscal year, presenting a plan that could also undercut a Biden-era regulation requiring publicly traded companies to quickly report cybersecurity breaches.

Expert Analysis

  • How Law Firms Can Counteract The Loneliness Epidemic

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    The legal industry is facing an urgent epidemic of loneliness, affecting lawyer well-being, productivity, retention and profitability, and law firm leaders should take concrete steps to encourage the development of genuine workplace connections, says Michelle Gomez at Littler and Gwen Mellor Romans at Herald Talent.

  • What Remedies Under New Admin's SEC Could Look Like

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is likely to substantially narrow the remedies it pursues over the next few years, driven by the mounting challenges it faces in court, as well as the views of its incoming chair and fellow Republican commissioners on injunctions, penalties and disgorgement, say attorneys at Milbank.

  • 5 Keys To Building Stronger Attorney-Client Relationships

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    Attorneys are often focused on being seen as the expert, but bonding with clients and prospects by sharing a few key personal details provides the basis for a caring, trusted and profoundly deeper business relationship, says Deb Feder at Feder Development.

  • BlackRock Suit Highlights Antitrust Risks Of ESG

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    In Texas v. BlackRock, pending in Texas federal court, 13 state attorneys general are suing large institutional investors in the coal business, underscoring key reasons companies may want to alter their approach to developing and implementing policies related to environmental, social, and governance factors, especially if coordination with competitors is involved, say attorneys at Manatt.

  • Suggestions For CFTC Enforcement's New Leadership

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    The recent change in leadership at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission presents an opportunity to reflect on past practices and consider opportunities for improvement at the commission's Enforcement Division, including in observing precedent and providing greater enforcement transparency, say attorneys at Clifford Chance.

  • Series

    Racing Corvettes Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The skills I use when racing Corvettes have enhanced my legal practice in several ways, because driving, like practicing law, requires precision, awareness and a good set of brakes — complete with the wisdom to know how and when to use them, says Kat Mateo at Olshan Frome.

  • Opinion

    Attorneys Must Act Now To Protect Judicial Independence

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    Given the Trump administration's recent moves threatening the independence of the judiciary, including efforts to impeach judges who ruled against executive actions, lawyers must protect the rule of law and resist attempts to dilute the judicial branch’s authority, says attorney Bhavleen Sabharwal.

  • Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises

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    “No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.

  • A Closer Look At FDX's New Role As Banking Standard-Setter

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    Should the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau let ​​​​​​​stand the decision empowering Financial Data Exchange as an industry standard-setter, it will be a significant step toward broader financial data-sharing, but its success will depend on industry adoption, regulatory oversight and consumer confidence, say attorneys at Clark Hill.

  • Partially Faulting Airline For 401(k) ESG Focus Belies ERISA

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    A Texas federal court's recent finding that American Airlines breached its fiduciary duty of loyalty, but not of prudence, by letting its 401(k) pursue environmental, social and governance investments, misinterprets the Employee Retirement Income Security Act's standard of care, says Jeff Mamorsky, a Cohen & Buckmann partner and ERISA drafter.

  • Fund Names Rule FAQs Leave Some Interpretative Uncertainty

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    Although recently released FAQs clarify many specific points of the 2023 expansion to the Investment Company Act's fund names rule, important questions remain about how U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission staff will interpret other key terms when the end-of-year compliance date arrives, say attorneys at Dechert.

  • How Design Thinking Can Help Lawyers Find Purpose In Work

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    Lawyers everywhere are feeling overwhelmed amid mass government layoffs, increasing political instability and a justice system stretched to its limits — but a design-thinking framework can help attorneys navigate this uncertainty and find meaning in their work, say law professors at the University of Michigan.

  • 5 Major Crypto Developments From The Trump Admin So Far

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    The early weeks of the Trump administration have set the stage for a significant transformation in U.S. digital asset policy by prioritizing regulatory clarity, innovation and a shift away from enforcement-heavy tactics, but many of these changes will require congressional support and progress may be gradual, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

  • Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: February Lessons

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    In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses five federal appellate court class certification decisions and identifies practice tips from cases involving breach of life insurance contracts, constitutional violations of inmates and more.

  • Comparing 2 Pending Bills To Regulate Stablecoins

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    Alexandra Steinberg Barrage at Troutman analyzes the key similarities and differences between two payment stablecoin proposals currently pending in Congress — the STABLE and GENIUS acts — as both chambers are forming a working group to deliver a clear regulatory framework for digital assets and bipartisan agreement appears within reach.

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