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Mergers & Acquisitions

  • August 19, 2025

    Live Nation Customers Seek Antitrust Class Certification

    Consumers accusing Live Nation of monopolizing the live entertainment industry are asking to certify a class in California federal court covering millions of concertgoers who have allegedly been overcharged for tickets since the concert promotion giant's 2010 merger with Ticketmaster.

  • August 19, 2025

    Prospect Medical Says Yale Deal Is Top Offer For Hospitals

    Hospital operator Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. has asked to assume a $435 million pre-bankruptcy agreement to sell its three Connecticut hospitals to Yale New Haven Health Services Corp., arguing it contains the "highest possible recovery" for its creditors.

  • August 19, 2025

    Chinese Co. Looks To Enforce $217M Salmon Farming Award

    Chinese agribusiness Joyvio Group Co. Ltd. is asking a Florida federal court to enforce a $217 million arbitral award it won following its nearly $1 billion purchase of a Chilean salmon farming business, after it emerged that the previous owners had deliberately inflated production capacity to drive up the price.

  • August 19, 2025

    Sunnova's $118M Sale Can Proceed Despite Bank's Protest

    A Texas bankruptcy judge Tuesday declined to undo a $118 million sale of almost all the assets of solar panel business Sunnova Energy International Inc., rejecting a St. Louis-area bank's argument that the debtor failed to disclose that nondebtor assets would be part of the transaction.

  • August 19, 2025

    MoFo-Led Industrial REIT Receives $1B PE Takeover Offer

    Plymouth Industrial REIT Inc., advised by Morrison Foerster LLP, said Tuesday it is reviewing a roughly $1 billion takeover offer from Sixth Street Partners, a private equity firm that has invested in the real estate investment trust since at least last year.

  • August 19, 2025

    5 Firms Build $6.2B Nexstar, Tegna Media Mega-Merger

    Broadcast television giant Nexstar Media Group Inc. on Tuesday unveiled plans to buy fellow broadcast digital media company Tegna Inc. in an all-cash deal that was built by five law firms and is valued at $6.2 billion.

  • August 19, 2025

    Anglo American Seeks Arbitration Over Failed $3.8B Mine Deal

    British mining company Anglo American PLC said Tuesday that it will begin arbitration proceedings against Peabody Energy after the U.S. mining company pulled out of a $3.78 billion deal to buy mines in Australia producing steel-making coal.

  • August 19, 2025

    Black Hills, NorthWestern Merge In $15.4B All-Stock Deal

    Utility company Black Hills Corp., advised by Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, on Tuesday announced plans to merge with Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP-advised energy and infrastructure company NorthWestern Energy Group Inc. in an all-stock deal with a combined enterprise value of $15.4 billion.

  • August 18, 2025

    Colo. AG Blasts FCC's T-Mobile, Skydance Approvals

    Colorado's top law enforcer has said he's unhappy with the way the federal government has ushered through major telecom and media mergers after only locking down concessions on diversity, hiring and news coverage.

  • August 18, 2025

    Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

    Executives and board members of Cencora Corp. tentatively settled a stockholder derivative suit for $111.25 million, VectoIQ board members reached a $6.3 million deal on stockholder claims over electric carmaker Nikola's prospects, and class attorneys who secured a $50 million derivative suit settlement saw their proposed 25% attorney fee cut by almost half. Here's the latest from the Delaware Chancery Court.

  • August 18, 2025

    Fired DOJ Antitrust Deputy Warns Of Lobbyist Influence

    The former top deputy for the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, Roger P. Alford, defended the agency's leadership Monday while calling out a pair of senior officials and warning of the influence that lobbyists are wielding over merger reviews and other issues.

  • August 18, 2025

    Litigation Funder Burford Eyes Investments In US Law Firms

    Burford Capital LLC, the world's largest litigation funder, is eyeing an investment model to put money directly in U.S. law firms after years of investing in U.S. lawsuits, its chief development officer told Law360 Pulse.

  • August 18, 2025

    Whiteford Taylor Must Face Wire Fraud Malpractice Suit

    A Maryland federal judge has declined to toss the majority of a malpractice and gross negligence suit brought by the founder of a construction company who accused his former business partners and their shared counsel of being partially to blame for hackers stealing his $4 million share of proceeds from the sale of their business.

  • August 18, 2025

    5 Firms Guide Soho House $2.7B Take-Private Deal With MCR

    Soho House & Co. Inc. announced Monday that it has inked a take-private deal with hotel operator MCR that values the company at $2.7 billion.

  • August 18, 2025

    Weil Lands Kirkland Executive Compensation Pro In LA

    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP is expanding its West Coast team, announcing Monday it is bringing in a Kirkland & Ellis LLP executive benefits expert as a partner in its year-old Los Angeles office.

  • August 18, 2025

    L&G, Federated Hermes Create £4.7B Property Fund

    Legal & General said on Monday that it has merged its property fund with that of U.S. investment manager Federated Hermes Ltd. to create an enlarged U.K. unit valued at £4.7 billion ($6.4 billion).

  • August 15, 2025

    NJ Watchdog Fights File Disclosure In Hospital Antitrust Suit

    The New Jersey State Commission of Investigation on Thursday challenged a federal judge's refusal to protect investigative materials that RWJBarnabas Health Inc. wants to subpoena as it defends an antitrust suit by CarePoint Health Systems Inc., arguing the ruling violates precedent giving such records the same secrecy protections as grand jury materials.

  • August 15, 2025

    Schwab Defends Antitrust Settlement From Iowa AG Objection

    The Charles Schwab Corp. has pushed back on objections raised by the Iowa attorney general and others to an investor class action settlement over its merger with TD Ameritrade, saying its plan to implement an antitrust compliance program, among other things, "offers real value to the class." 

  • August 15, 2025

    Advent Eyes U-Blox Takeover At Potential $1.2B Valuation

    Swiss semiconductor company U-blox Holding confirmed Friday that it is in negotiations with private equity firm Advent International for a potential takeover, after earlier reports revealed that the potential deal could value the company at around $1.2 billion. 

  • August 15, 2025

    Twitter Investor Cites New Del. Backing For Musk Suit Reboot

    A Twitter investor who lost a suit for damages after selling his shares when Elon Musk briefly balked at closing on his buyout of the social media giant has asked Delaware's Court of Chancery to reconsider, citing an agency document that purportedly contradicts Musk's defenses.

  • August 15, 2025

    Kirkland Guides Latest Purchase For PE-Backed Pet Food Co.

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP is advising Inspired Pet Nutrition on another pet food acquisition as the U.K.-based company enters exclusive negotiations to purchase Ultra Premium Direct, a French online pet food retailer, from private equity firm Eurazeo.

  • August 15, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Cooley, Sullivan

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, the NBA signs off on the sale of the Boston Celtics, Gildan Activewear acquires HanesBrands, private equity shop Advent International buys insurance software firm Sapiens, and financial software provider MeridianLink goes private via its acquisition by Centerbridge Partners.

  • August 15, 2025

    Yellow Corp. Seeks OK For $16M In Real Estate Sales

    Trucking company Yellow Corp. asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to approve the sale of three of its remaining truck depots for a total of just over $16 million.

  • August 15, 2025

    PE Biz Says £184M Bid For Energy Adviser On Track

    U.S. private equity shop HGGC said Friday that its £183.6 million ($249 million) bid to buy Inspired PLC is now legally and contractually clear to continue, after enough shareholders of the energy and sustainability consultant accepted the offer.

  • August 14, 2025

    Cadwalader Corporate Head Exits To McDermott After 40 Years

    Ira Schacter, a senior partner at Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP, is leaving the firm after 40 years to lead a new section of newly merged McDermott Will & Schulte's transactions practice that will counsel clients where private equity, insurance and financial services matters meet, McDermott confirmed Thursday.

Expert Analysis

  • How Proxy Advisory Firms Are Approaching AI And DEI

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    Institutional Shareholder Services' and Glass Lewis' annual updates to their proxy voting guidelines reflect some of the biggest issues of the day, including artificial intelligence and DEI, and companies should parse these changes carefully, say attorneys at Cahill Gordon.

  • An Unrestrained, Bright-Eyed View Of Legal AI's Future

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    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.

  • Tracking The Evolution In Litigation Finance

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    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.

  • Keys To Regulatory Diligence In Life Sciences Transactions

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    Conducting effective regulatory due diligence for life sciences deals requires careful review of a target company's activities, and separate sets of considerations for commercial and pipeline products, says Anna Zhao at GunnerCooke.

  • Series

    Volunteer Firefighting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    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.

  • Calif. Antitrust Laws May Turn More Zealous Than US Regs

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    California is poised in the next 18 months to significantly expand its antitrust laws, broadening the scope of liability and creating a premerger review process that could be more expansive than review under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, say attorneys at Munger Tolles.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: The Perils Of Digital Data Protocols

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    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.

  • A Look At M&A Trends In An Uncertain Deal Environment

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    Dealmakers are adopting more cautious and deliberate merger and acquisition practices, such as earnout agreements, joint ventures and strategic partnerships that mitigate risk and bridge valuation gaps, amid the slower pace so far in 2025, says Louis Lehot at Foley & Lardner.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Preparing For Corporate Work

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    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.

  • FTC Focus: Synthetic Data Yields Antitrust Considerations

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    Attorneys at Proskauer explore the burgeoning world of synthetic data, the antitrust implications involved, the Federal Trade Commission's role in regulating this space and practical takeaways from these emerging issues.

  • Opinion

    Slater Heralds Return To US Antitrust Norms, Innovation

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    Under recently confirmed Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater, the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice can fulfill President Donald Trump's objective to reestablish American economic dominance on the global stage while remaining faithful to antitrust's core principles, says Ediberto Roman at the Florida International University College of Law.

  • A Cold War-Era History Lesson On Due Process

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    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.

  • Series

    Improv Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    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.

  • How BigLaw Executive Orders May Affect Smaller Firms

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    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.

  • 4th Circ. Health Data Ruling Opens Door To State Law Claims

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    In Real Time Medical v. PointClickCare, the Fourth Circuit recently clarified that state law claims can rest in part on violations of a federal law that prohibits electronic health information blocking, expanding legal risks for health IT companies and potentially creating exposure to a range of competitive implications, say attorneys at BCLP.

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