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Mergers & Acquisitions

  • May 15, 2025

    Covington Atty To Help With Squarespace Appraisal Discovery

    A Delaware vice chancellor has appointed a Covington & Burling LLP attorney to help sort through discovery issues in an action Glazer Capital LLC-managed funds have filed to determine the fair value of their Squarespace Inc. shares.

  • May 15, 2025

    Entrata Hits $4.3B Valuation After $200M Blackstone Plug

    Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC-advised Entrata, an operating system for multifamily housing communities, revealed on Thursday that it reached a $4.3 billion valuation after securing a $200 million minority investment from private equity giant Blackstone, led by Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP.

  • May 15, 2025

    Wachtell-Led Dick's Making $2.4B Bet On Foot Locker

    Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. said Thursday it has agreed to buy Foot Locker Inc. for about $2.4 billion, as the Pittsburgh-based retailer wagers that its operational playbook can breathe new life into the shrinking footwear chain.

  • May 15, 2025

    Greencore Set To Devour UK Meal Maker Bakkavor For £1.2B

    Irish sandwich maker Greencore said Thursday that it will gobble up ready-to-eat meals producer Bakkavor Group PLC in a cash and share takeover worth approximately £1.2 billion ($1.6 billion) to create a U.K. convenience food giant.

  • May 14, 2025

    Connecting With Friends Becoming 'Secondary,' FB Head Says

    The head of Facebook acknowledged in D.C. federal court Wednesday that Meta Platforms Inc.'s original application remains focused heavily on sharing with friends, but, despite Federal Trade Commission claims it's monopolized that business, said social media has evolved so much that those connections are no longer the platform's "main character."

  • May 14, 2025

    Judge Hints At Shielding Docs Of Live Nation Competitors

    The California federal judge overseeing claims from concertgoers accusing Live Nation of violating antitrust law is likely to grant a request from ticketing rivals to protect documents the rivals say could facilitate the very conduct at issue in the case.

  • May 14, 2025

    Abbott Signs Bill Codifying Immunity For Corporate Execs

    Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday signed into state law a corporate reform bill that codifies the "business judgment rule," which provides immunity for corporate directors from personal liability for company decisions.

  • May 14, 2025

    Ex-Citi Exec Klein's Latest SPAC Raises Upsized $360M IPO

    Special purpose acquisition company Churchill Capital Corp. X began publicly trading on Tuesday after announcing plans to raise $360 million in its initial public offering.

  • May 14, 2025

    Novo Nordisk, Septerna Ink Up To $2.2B Obesity Drug Deal

    Denmark's Novo Nordisk said Wednesday it has signed a drug development deal worth up to $2.2 billion with U.S.-based Septerna, part of its continued push to expand treatments for obesity, Type 2 diabetes and related diseases.

  • May 14, 2025

    Skadden-Led Crypto Platform EToro Prices Upsized $620M IPO

    Crypto-friendly trading platform eToro Group Ltd. soared in debut trading Wednesday after it priced an upsized $620 million initial public offering above its range, guided by Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP in an offering that enlisted four law firms total.

  • May 14, 2025

    Sidley-Led Evri To Merge With DHL Unit In The UK

    Evri said Wednesday that it has agreed to merge with the U.K. e-commerce unit of global delivery heavyweight DHL to form a giant postal logistics service in Britain in a deal guided by Sidley and Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP.

  • May 14, 2025

    Databricks Buying Cloud Database Co. Neon In $1B Deal

    Databricks said Wednesday it has agreed to acquire Neon, a startup offering a serverless version of the open-source Postgres database system, in a roughly $1 billion deal, as it expands its platform to better serve developers and artificial intelligence workloads.

  • May 14, 2025

    NY AG Says Capital One Denied Millions In Account Interest

    New York's attorney general on Wednesday sued Capital One in New York federal court, alleging the bank deprived online savings customers of millions of dollars in interest, a case that echoes a lawsuit the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently abandoned.

  • May 14, 2025

    Aviva's £3.7B Deal To Buy Direct Line Gets UK Investigation

    Britain's antitrust watchdog said Wednesday that it is investigating Aviva's proposed £3.7 billion ($4.9 billion) cash and stock acquisition of rival insurer Direct Line, saying it has concerns about competition.

  • May 14, 2025

    Cleary Guides GSK's $2B Buy Of Liver Disease Drug

    Pharmaceutical giant GSK PLC said Wednesday that it plans to buy a drug for treating liver disease for up to $2 billion from Boston Pharmaceuticals in the U.S. to boost its hepatology supply.

  • May 13, 2025

    FTC Remains Concerned With Merger 'Underenforcement'

    A Federal Trade Commission official emphasized Tuesday that Trump administration merger enforcers are worried about taking insufficient action against tie-ups, as they stand by Biden-era guidelines meant to enshrine a more aggressive tack against corporate concentration.

  • May 13, 2025

    Hooters Can Tap Full $40M DIP In Chapter 11

    Restaurant chain Hooters can tap the last $30 million of its $40 million Chapter 11 debtor-in-possession loan after it agreed to escrow disputed royalty revenue to quell a creditor's objection during a Tuesday hearing in a Texas bankruptcy court.

  • May 13, 2025

    Ski Resort Owner Offers Alternative Fixes After Antitrust Loss

    A New York ski resort operator is offering alternative remedies for a state court to consider after it found the owner violated antitrust law by acquiring a rival ski operation and shutting it down, despite a call from enforcers for a sale of the property to another operator.

  • May 13, 2025

    WNBA's Connecticut Sun Put Up For Sale By Mohegan Tribe

    The WNBA's Connecticut Sun, owned by a subsidiary of the Mohegan Tribe of southern Connecticut, are exploring a sale, Law360 has confirmed.

  • May 13, 2025

    Grocery Giants Fight Washington's 'Redundant' $32.4M Fee Bid

    Kroger and Albertsons are fighting a bid by Washington's attorney general to recover a record $32.4 million in legal fees for winning a lawsuit to block a $24.6 billion merger of the grocery giants, saying that the state's "go-it-alone" litigation was unnecessary and wasteful because of parallel antitrust action by the Federal Trade Commission.

  • May 13, 2025

    Senate Dems Say Paramount Deal Needs Full FCC Vote

    Two Democratic senators called Tuesday for a full Federal Communications Commission vote on the tie-up of Paramount and Skydance Media to avoid even the "appearance of impropriety" from the deal gaining approval amid President Donald Trump's suit against Paramount's CBS.

  • May 13, 2025

    NBA's Trail Blazers Tap Hogan Lovells For New Sale

    The National Basketball Association's Portland Trail Blazers will be sold by the estate of the late Paul G. Allen, with Hogan Lovells retained to lead the process, the team announced Tuesday afternoon.

  • May 13, 2025

    Former J&J, Moderna Exec Joins Goodwin Procter In Boston

    Goodwin Procter is continuing to grow its resources in the life sciences practice with the recent addition to the Boston office of an attorney who has gone back to private practice after more than seven years as an in-house counsel for Johnson & Johnson and Moderna.

  • May 13, 2025

    FTC To Keep Focus On Key Sectors, Address Personal Liberty

    The head of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition said Tuesday the agency will remain focused on healthcare, technology and labor issues as enforcers also work to ensure corporate power does not infringe on personal liberties.

  • May 13, 2025

    4 Firms Build Robinhood's $178.9M Canadian Crypto Buy

    Financial services giant Robinhood on Tuesday unveiled plans to acquire Canadian cryptocurrency platform WonderFi Technologies in a CA$250 million ($179 million) take-private deal built by four law firms.

Expert Analysis

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    Adventure Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Photographing nature everywhere from Siberia to Cuba and Iceland to Rwanda provides me with a constant reminder to refresh, refocus and rethink the legal issues that my clients face, says Richard Birmingham at Davis Wright.

  • How Views On Healthcare Price Transparency Are Changing

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    Regulators' attitudes toward price transparency regulation have shifted over the past several years in ways that may seem contradictory, and research into detailed rate information published by hospitals and health plans has yielded mixed results, says Matthew List at Charles River Associates.

  • The 5 Most Important Bid Protest Decisions Of 2024

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    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Court of Federal Claims and the Government Accountability Office issued five noteworthy bid protest decisions in 2024 that will likely have a continuing impact on questions concerning standing, timeliness, corporate transactions and more, say attorneys at Bradley Arant.

  • 5 Ways To Create Effective Mock Assignments For Associates

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    In order to effectively develop associates’ critical thinking skills, firms should design mock assignments that contain a few key ingredients, from messy fact patterns to actionable feedback, says Abdi Shayesteh at AltaClaro.

  • Overseas Investment Rule Calls For Compliance Caution

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    Investors should be leery of who and what they are investing in now that the federal outbound investment regime, effective Jan. 2, has extended the governement's regulatory reach to businesses and parties not previously subject to trade restrictions, says Thaddeus McBride at Bass Berry.

  • Recent Suits Show Antitrust Agencies' Focus On HSR Review

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    The U.S. Department of Justice's suit this month against KKR for inaccurate and incomplete premerger filings, along with other recent cases, highlights the agency's increasing scrutiny of Hart-Scott-Rodino Act compliance for private equity firms, say attorneys at Willkie.

  • The 7th Circ.'s Top 10 Civil Opinions Of 2024

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    Attorneys at Jenner & Block examine the most significant decisions issued by the Seventh Circuit in 2024, and explain how they may affect issues related to mass arbitration, consumer fraud, class certification and more.

  • Mentorship Resolutions For The New Year

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    Attorneys tend to focus on personal achievements or career milestones when they set yearly goals, but one important area often gets overlooked in this process — mentoring relationships, which are some of the most effective tools for professional growth, say Kelly Galligan at Rutan & Tucker and Andra Greene at Phillips ADR.

  • PE Strategies To Manage Adjacent Portfolio Firm Conflicts

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    A variety of tools can mitigate potential risk for a private equity director sitting on the board of directors of multiple companies, including the disclosure of potential conflicts in fundraising documents to help mitigate risk under the securities laws, says Michael Kendall at Goodwin.

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    Coaching Little League Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    While coaching poorly played Little League Baseball early in the morning doesn't sound like a good time, I love it — and the experience has taught me valuable lessons about imperfection, compassion and acceptance that have helped me grow as a person and as a lawyer, says Alex Barnett at DiCello Levitt.

  • 5 Litigation Funding Trends To Note In 2025

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    Lawyers and their clients must be prepared to navigate an evolving litigation funding market in 2025, made more complicated by a new administration and the increasing overall cost of litigation, says Jeffery Lula at GLS Capital.

  • How FTC Sent A $5.6M Warning Against Jumping The Gun

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    The Federal Trade Commission's recent record $5.6 million "gun jumping" action against Verdun Oil, for allegedly exerting control over EP Energy before the mandatory waiting period under U.S. antitrust law expired, warns companies that they must continue to operate independently during review, say attorneys at Ballard Spahr.

  • Rethinking Litigation Risk And What It Really Means To Win

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    Attorneys have a tendency to overestimate litigation risk before summary judgment and underestimate risk after it, but an eight-stage litigation framework can clarify risk at different points and help litigators reassess what true success looks like in any particular case, says Joshua Libling at Arcadia Finance.

  • Mass Arbitration Procedures After Faulty Live Nation Ruling

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    Despite the Ninth Circuit's flawed reasoning in Heckman v. Live Nation, the exceptional allegations of collusive conduct shouldn't be read to restrict arbitration providers that have adopted good faith procedures to ensure that consumer mass arbitrations can be efficiently resolved on the merits, says Collin Vierra at Eimer Stahl.

  • Forecasting The Future Of The FTC Post-Inauguration

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    The incoming Federal Trade Commission leadership's agenda, which is expected to be in sharp contrast with the Biden administration's enforcement posture, will be noticeable right away in the first few weeks of the Trump administration, say attorneys at Cooley.

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