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April 30, 2025
Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
Enforcers opened high stakes court proceedings against Meta Platforms and Google for monopolization claims that could force the tech giants to sell pieces of the companies, while also moving ahead with several challenges and reviews of pending deals in other industries. Here, Law360 looks at the major merger review developments from April.
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April 30, 2025
Morgan Lewis Expands Tax Practice With Milbank Hire
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP added a former Milbank special counsel as a tax partner based in the firm's London office.
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April 30, 2025
Honeywell, Sourcing Co. End Scuffle Over Soured Supply Deal
Honeywell has dropped its lawsuit accusing a sourcing company of making up quality concerns to bail on a contract for medical-grade gloves, according to a notice filed in the North Carolina Business Court.
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April 30, 2025
Barclay Damon Continues Growth With Morrison Cohen Hire
Barclay Damon LLP is continuing the momentum its headcount growth made in 2024, announcing Tuesday that it has hired an employee benefits attorney from Morrison Cohen LLP in New York City.
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April 30, 2025
TWG Global, Mubadala Capital Ink Multibillion-Dollar Alliance
Holding company TWG Global and sovereign-backed asset manager Mubadala Capital, advised by Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, on Wednesday said that they have entered into a multibillion-dollar investment partnership that will allow both parties to better their investments across various sectors and asset classes.
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April 30, 2025
Novartis Buying Regulus In Up To $1.7B Kidney Drug Deal
Covington & Burling LLP-advised Novartis AG said Wednesday it has agreed to acquire Latham & Watkins LLP-guided Regulus Therapeutics Inc. for up to $1.7 billion in a deal that strengthens the Swiss pharmaceutical giant's kidney disease portfolio with a promising RNA-based therapy.
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April 29, 2025
Sports Illustrated Owner Ends TM Row With Former Publisher
Sports Illustrated's owner has agreed to permanently end its trademark dispute against its former publisher over claims that the publisher tore apart a long-standing licensing agreement while sabotaging the brand and holding hostage valuable intellectual property, according to a stipulation filed Tuesday in New York federal court.Â
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April 29, 2025
Judge Mulls If Google Could Still Vie To Be Default Search
A D.C. federal judge probed potential middle grounds Tuesday for how to give Google's search engine rivals a leg up against the company's monopoly, asking how to avoid a "duopoly" with Microsoft and if Google might be permitted to continue paying browsers and phonemakers for default placement.
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April 29, 2025
Perkins Coie Leads 2 SPAC Listings Raising $300M Combined
Two special-purpose acquisition companies, under similar leadership teams and represented by Perkins Coie LLP, began trading Tuesday after pricing initial public offerings that raised a combined $300 million.Â
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April 29, 2025
Meta Looks To Delete User Antitrust Claims Over Pay For Data
Meta urged a California federal court Monday to end antitrust claims from consumers alleging they should be paid for their data, saying flawed expert theories that doomed class certification also sink the entire case for the remaining individual plaintiffs.
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April 29, 2025
Chicken Joint Sticky's Gets $2M Sale After Turnaround Woes
Chicken restaurant Sticky's won a Delaware bankruptcy judge's tentative permission Tuesday to sign a contract to sell its assets to an investment fund for $2 million after surging poultry prices and New York City's congestion pricing program imperiled the company's Chapter 11 turnaround plan.
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April 29, 2025
Sullivan M&A Chief Sees Opportunities Amid Tariff Turmoil
After a rocky start to 2025, the mergers and acquisitions landscape is grappling with economic volatility, shifting trade policies and a complex regulatory environment. But even in a "choppy" market, there are always deals to be made, says Melissa Sawyer, global head of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP's M&A group and co-head of its corporate governance practice.
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April 29, 2025
Morgan Lewis' Dallas Office Head Moves To Haynes Boone
Haynes Boone has landed the former office managing partner of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP's Dallas office for its mergers and acquisitions practice group, the firm said in a Tuesday announcement.
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April 29, 2025
Florida, 20 Other States Back FTC Commissioner Firings
A group of 21 Republican-led states and the Arizona Legislature are backing President Donald Trump's firing of two Democratic Federal Trade Commission members, telling the D.C. federal judge hearing the commissioners' case that the president has absolute authority over the commission.
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April 29, 2025
Stonepeak Buying Stake In Spain's Repsol For $340M
Vinson & Elkins LLP-advised Stonepeak has agreed to purchase a 46.3% stake in Latham & Watkins LLP-advised Repsol's 777-megawatt solar and storage portfolio in the U.S. for $340 million, according to a Tuesday announcement.
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April 29, 2025
Bakkavor Completes China Exit, Eyes Greencore Acquisition
Supermarket supplier Bakkavor Group PLC said Tuesday that it will quit the Chinese market after it agreed to sell its remaining company in the country for 500 million Chinese yuan ($69 million), as it weighs a takeover by rival Greencore.
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April 28, 2025
Second Round Of Conn. Firm Windup Fight Sent To Arbitration
A Connecticut state court judge has paused a derivative lawsuit that an attorney filed against his onetime 50-50 law partner at Connecticut Trial Firm LLC, sending it instead to arbitration.
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April 28, 2025
Exec 'Can't Believe' X Offers Itself As Place For Friends
The Federal Trade Commission pressed executives and former leaders from X Corp., Strava, Pinterest and Reddit on Monday for all the things that distinguish their services from Meta Platforms Inc., painting Facebook and Instagram in D.C. federal court as effectively the only place to really connect with friends and family to show the social media giant's alleged monopoly.
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April 28, 2025
DOJ's Slater Outlines 'America First Antitrust' Priorities
The head of the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division said Monday that robust antitrust enforcement meshes with conservative principles, and the agency's priorities will be on pocketbook issues and protecting individual liberty online.
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April 28, 2025
DOJ Wants Live Nation Case Split Between Liability, Damages
The U.S. Department of Justice asked a New York federal court on Monday to split the case accusing Live Nation of quashing competition in the live entertainment industry by having a jury decide if the company violated antitrust law and the judge decide what remedies to impose.
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April 28, 2025
Tax Services Provider Andersen Files Confidential IPO Plans
Tax and legal services provider Andersen Group Inc. said Monday it confidentially filed for an initial public offering, marking a first step toward going public amid market volatility that has largely frozen IPOs in recent weeks.
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April 28, 2025
Google Claims Row Delays Dormify's Ch. 11 IP Asset Sale
A dispute over a $600,000 claim from Google led bankrupt dorm room furnishing retailer Dormify Inc. to delay approval of a sale of its intellectual property assets to Williams-Sonoma Inc. Monday to give the debtor time to resolve the conflict.
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April 28, 2025
'Shake & Bake': 4th Circ. Cites Ricky Bobby In NASCAR Ruling
The Fourth Circuit on Monday called back to the satirical cult classic "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" in finding the former owners of a NASCAR team must cover the cost of a settlement involving a bank lien on their charter after they sold it to new owners.
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April 28, 2025
Defense-Focused SPAC Kochav Files $220M IPO
Defense- and aerospace-focused special purpose acquisition company Kochav Defense Acquisition has revealed plans to raise up to $220 million in an initial public offering, looking to list on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol KCHVU.
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April 28, 2025
Nikola Seeks Court OK For $9M Climate-Credit Sale Process
Electric truck maker Nikola Corp. has asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to approve a sale process for environmental credits the company earned by selling zero-emission vehicles, saying it has secured an $8.97 million bid that will set a floor price for the assets.
Expert Analysis
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Takeaways From DOJ's Intervention On Pricing Algorithm Use
A recent U.S. Justice Department amicus brief arguing that a Nevada federal judge wrongly focused on the nonbinding aspect of software company Cendyn Group's pricing algorithm underscores the growing challenge of determining when, if ever, pricing algorithms are legal, say attorneys at Rule Garza.
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Equitable Mootness Insights From Greenlit Ch. 11 Plan Appeal
A Texas federal court recently allowed a challenge to ConvergeOne's Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan to proceed because it wouldn't disrupt the IT company's confirmed plan or harm creditors, reinforcing the importance of judicial restraint in applying equitable mootness where limited relief is possible, say attorneys at Parkins & Rubio.
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Litigation Inspiration: Reframing Document Review
For attorneys — new ones especially — there is much fulfillment to find in document review by reflecting on how important, interesting and pleasant it can be, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.
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Expect More State Scrutiny Of PE In Healthcare M&A
While a California bill that called for increased antitrust scrutiny of many healthcare private equity transactions was recently vetoed by the governor, state legislatures are likely to continue introducing similar laws, particularly if the Trump administration eases federal enforcement, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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3 Changes Community Banks Should Expect Under Trump
A second Trump administration promises a sea change for regional and community banks, including shifts in the regulatory environment, Community Reinvestment Act rules and the M&A landscape, say attorneys at Manatt.
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How CFIUS' Updated Framework Affects Global Investors
The recent change to the monitoring and enforcement regulations governing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States will broaden administrative practices around nonnotified transaction investigations, increase the scope of information demands from the committee and accelerate its ability to impose mitigation on parties, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.
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Service Providers Must Mitigate 'Secondary Target' Risks
A lawsuit recently filed in an Illinois federal court against marketing agency Publicis over its work for opioid manufacturers highlights an uptick in litigation against professional service providers hired by clients that engaged in alleged misconduct — so potential targets of such suits should be sure to conduct proper risk analysis and mitigation, say attorneys at Dechert.
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Opinion
FTC Actions In Oil Cases Go Against Its Own Rulemaking
Two recent Federal Trade Commission actions concerning the oil and gas industry appear to defy its own merger guidelines, with allegations that fall far short of the commission's own standard — raising serious questions about the agency's current approach, say attorneys at Clifford Chance.
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Series
Flying Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Achieving my childhood dream of flying airplanes made me a better lawyer — and a better person — because it taught me I can conquer difficult goals when I leave my comfort zone, focus on the demands of the moment and commit to honing my skills, says Ivy Cadle at Baker Donelson.
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Takeaways From Final Regulations For China Investment Ban
​The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s final rule banning U.S. investment in emerging Chinese technology clarifies some key requirements, includes additional exceptions for covered transactions and attempts to address concerns that the rule will put U.S. businesses at a competitive disadvantage, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.
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Series
Circus Arts Make Me A Better Lawyer
Performing circus arts has strengthened my ability to be more thoughtful, confident and grounded, all of which has enhanced my legal practice and allowed me to serve clients in a more meaningful way, says Bailey McGowan at Stinson.
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Recent Listeria Outbreaks Hold Key Compliance Lessons
Listeria outbreaks in ready-to-eat foods from Boar's Head and other companies, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Food and Drug Administration responses to these outbreaks, should be closely evaluated from an overall compliance and risk management perspective by food manufacturers, retailers and industry investors, say attorneys at Kirkland.
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3 Ways To Train Junior Lawyers In 30 Minutes Or Less
Today’s junior lawyers are experiencing a skills gap due to pandemic-era disruptions, but firms can help bring them up to speed by offering high-impact skill building content in bite-sized, interactive training sessions, say Stacey Schwartz at Katten, Diane Costigan at Winston & Strawn and Lauren Tierney at Freshfields.
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Expect Surging Oil And Gas Industry Under New Trump Admin
Throughout his recent campaign, President-elect Donald Trump promised increased oil and natural gas production and reduced reliance on renewables — and his administration will likely bring more oil and gas dealmaking, faster federal permitting and attempts to roll back incentives for green energy, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Opinion
The Right Kind Of Deregulation In Commercial Airline Industry
Similar to the economic deregulation that occurred more than four decades ago during the Carter administration, the incoming Trump administration should restore the very limited federal regulatory role in the economics of the airline industry, says former U.S. transportation secretary James Burnley at Venable.