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May 28, 2025
3 Firms Guide Acrisure On $1.1B Global Payments Unit Buy
Fintech company Acrisure said Wednesday it has agreed to acquire Heartland Payroll Solutions, the payroll and human capital management unit of Global Payments Inc., for $1.1 billion in cash, with three law firms providing legal counsel to Acrisure.
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May 28, 2025
DOJ Gets Some Discovery Seeking HPE-Juniper Witness Bias
A California federal magistrate judge granted the U.S. Department of Justice only limited discovery Tuesday as it looks for potential "bias" from an industry analyst Hewlett Packard Enterprise may call in defense of its planned $14 billion purchase of Juniper Networks Inc.
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May 28, 2025
SunCoke Energy Expanding With $325M Phoenix Global Buy
SunCoke Energy Inc. said Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire Phoenix Global, a privately held provider of metals and mining services, for $325 million on a cash-free, debt-free basis.
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May 28, 2025
DOJ Tells Justices American Airlines Can't Renew JetBlue Pact
The federal government told the U.S. Supreme Court that the First Circuit correctly determined that American Airlines failed to prove at trial that its codeshare agreement with JetBlue in Boston and New York had procompetitive benefits, and the carrier's attempt to revive the alliance is moot anyway.
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May 28, 2025
Singapore's Quadria Closes $1B-Plus Healthcare Fund
Singapore-based private equity firm Quadria Capital has closed its third healthcare fund at $1.07 billion, surpassing its $800 million target as it targets companies across Asia.
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May 28, 2025
Anesthesiology Co. Urges Dismissal Of Antitrust Class Action
U.S. Anesthesia Partners told a Houston judge that a patient leading a proposed class action accusing it of monopolizing the Texas anesthesia market doesn't have a valid claim because his insurance company chose how much he paid for services.
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May 28, 2025
Defense-Focused SPAC Leads Pair Of Listings Totaling $285M
Defense- and aerospace-focused Kochav Defense Acquisition Corp. began trading Wednesday after pricing a $220 million initial public offering, one of two special purpose acquisition companies to join a recovering market after raising $285 million combined.
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May 28, 2025
Checkpoint Pharma Sued For Docs On $355M Merger Plan
Stockholders of cancer drug developer Checkpoint Pharmaceuticals sued the company in Delaware's Chancery Court for documents on its proposed $355 million acquisition by India-based Sun Pharmaceuticals, alleging conflicts and lack of disclosures regarding the role played by Checkpoint's controlling investor, Fortress Biotech.
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May 28, 2025
In Volatile World, PE Attys Guide Complex Take-Private Deals
As rising geopolitical tensions and tariff uncertainty continue to rattle dealmaking markets, attorneys are guiding private equity firms and potential take-private targets through increasingly complex negotiations.
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May 28, 2025
Freshfields Gains New Tech M&A Leadership From Debevoise
Freshfields LLP announced Wednesday that it has hired a former Debevoise & Plimpton LLP attorney in San Francisco to co-lead its U.S. tech and life sciences mergers and acquisitions practice.
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May 28, 2025
Kirkland Hires 3 M&A Partners From Skadden
Kirkland & Ellis LLP announced Wednesday the addition of a three-partner mergers and acquisition team from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, among dozens of new hires made by the firm this week.
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May 28, 2025
Audacy Gig Squelched By Soros Fund, Radio Executive Says
A Connecticut radio executive who claims he played a key role in Soros Fund Management LLC's acquisition of Audacy Inc. is suing the fund and one of its leaders, saying he was boxed out of an alleged deal to become CEO or receive a 5% cut of the fund's profits.
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May 27, 2025
Kirkland, Cravath Steer WiseTech's $2.1B Merger With E2open
Kirkland & Ellis LLP advised cloud-based software platform E2open Parent Holdings Inc. in its $2.1 billion merger with logistics software provider WiseTech Global Ltd., which is being advised by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP, according to an announcement made Tuesday.
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May 27, 2025
Chancery Footnotes Raise Post-SB 21 Stir In Delaware
A Delaware vice chancellor has created a stir with expansive opinion footnotes pushing back on the state Supreme Court's rejection of a controller's liability to stockholders after rechartering a business in more board-friendly Nevada, close on the heels of a bitter legislative debate over reworking Delaware corporate law.
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May 27, 2025
Bankrupt 23andMe To Delist Stock After Regeneron Deal
Bankrupt genetic testing provider 23andMe Inc. said Tuesday it will delist its stock from the Nasdaq exchange, following Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s agreement last week to buy the defunct company.
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May 27, 2025
Judge Follows The Users And The Money In Meta's FTC Case
A D.C. federal judge on Tuesday looked for the right metrics to measure the effect that Meta Platforms Inc. has had on Instagram and WhatsApp in terms of users, growth and money spent buying the apps in deals the Federal Trade Commission says were designed to buy or bury the competition.
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May 27, 2025
DOJ Wants Google Docs Analyzing Potential Ad Tech Breakup
Enforcers are asking a Virginia federal court for access to Google documents analyzing a potential break up of the company's ad tech business, as the court considers what remedies to impose after finding Google monopolized key ad tech markets.
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May 27, 2025
Davis Polk-Led Stablecoin Giant Circle Eyes $600M IPO
Venture-backed stablecoin issuer Circle Internet Group Inc. on Tuesday launched plans for an estimated $600 million initial public offering, represented by Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and underwriters' counsel Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, rekindling its IPO after a tariff-related pause.
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May 27, 2025
Trump's Media Co. To Raise $2.5B For Bitcoin Purchase
Trump Media & Technology Group Corp., the parent company of President Donald Trump's social media platform, said Tuesday it plans to raise $2.5 billion from institutional investors to buy bitcoin to create what it is calling a bitcoin treasury.
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May 27, 2025
Morgan Lewis Guides NYC's $5B Equity Sale To Blackstone
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP has helped guide the New York City pension system's sale of $5 billion of private equity holdings to Blackstone Inc. in a transaction that the city says is one of the nation's largest ever pension-led secondary sales of its kind.
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May 27, 2025
Paris VC Firm Cathay Closes $1B AI Venture Capital Fund
Paris venture capital firm Cathay Innovation said Tuesday that it has closed a $1 billion fund focused on artificial intelligence investments.
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May 27, 2025
Nikola Creditors Ask To Examine Founder Over $100M Award
The creditors committee in Nikola Corp.'s Chapter 11 case has asked a Delaware bankruptcy court for permission to conduct discovery on the company's founder to investigate whether he is dissipating personal assets that should be used to satisfy a $100 million arbitration award owed to the debtor.
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May 27, 2025
Salesforce To Buy Informatica In $8B Deal Led By 4 Firms
Salesforce announced plans Tuesday to purchase cloud data management company Informatica in an $8 billion deal overseen by Latham & Watkins LLP, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, Fenwick & West LLP and Morrison & Foerster LLP.
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May 27, 2025
Eli Lilly Inks $1B Deal For Non-Opioid Pain-Drug Maker
Eli Lilly announced Tuesday that it has inked a potentially $1 billion deal to buy SiteOne Theraputics, giving the pharmaceutical giant access to a non-opiod pain medicine ready for phase 2 trials.
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May 27, 2025
Slaughter And May-Led Bain Invests £120M In UK Finance Biz
U.S. investment business Bain Capital has taken a stake worth nearly 30% in The Openwork Partnership for £120 million ($163 million) after winning backing from the City watchdog, the British financial adviser said Tuesday.
Expert Analysis
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New HSR Rules Augur A Deeper Antitrust Review By Agencies
After some initial uncertainty, the new Hart-Scott-Rodino Act rules did go into effect last month, and though their increased information requirements create greater initial burdens for merging parties, the rules should lead to greater certainty and predictability through a more efficient and effective review process, says Craig Malam at Edgeworth Economics.
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Why Acquirers Should Reevaluate Federal Contract Risk
Long thought of as a stable investment, the scale with which the Trump administration is attempting to eliminate federal contracts is unprecedented, and acquirer considerations should include the size and scope of all active and pending government contracts of target companies, say attorneys at Winston & Strawn.
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Opinion
SEC Defense Bar Should Pursue Sanctions Flexibility Now
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission defense bar has an opening under the new administration to propose flexible, tailored sanctions that can substantially remediate misconduct and prevent future wrongdoing instead of onerous penalties, which could set sanctions precedent for years to come, says Josh Hess at BCLP.
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7 Tips For Associates To Thrive In Hybrid Work Environments
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As the vast majority of law firms have embraced some type of hybrid work policy, associates should consider a few strategies to get the most out of both their in-person and remote workdays, says James Argionis at Cozen O’Connor.
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Series
Playing Beach Volleyball Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My commitment to beach volleyball has become integral to my performance as an attorney, with the sport continually reminding me that teamwork, perseverance, professionalism and stress management are essential to both undertakings, says Amy Drushal at Trenam.
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How Law Firms Can Counteract The Loneliness Epidemic
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.
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Opinion
DOJ's HPE-Juniper Challenge Is Not Rooted In Law
Legal precedents that date back as far as 1990 demonstrate that the U.S. Department of Justice's recent challenge to the proposed $14 billion merger between Hewlett Packard and Juniper is misplaced because no evidence of collusion or coordinated conduct exists, says Thomas Stratmann at George Mason University.
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5 Keys To Building Stronger Attorney-Client Relationships
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.
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How Rising Secondary Private Markets Affect Tech Disputes
The rise of secondaries is a natural by-product of growing and evolving private markets and, as such, we can expect their growth will continue, signaling an increase in the use of secondaries in damages as well as litigation revolving around secondaries themselves, says Farooq Javed at The Brattle Group.
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How The AI Antitrust Landscape Might Evolve Under Trump
The Trump administration's early actions around artificial intelligence and antitrust policy, along with statements from competition regulators, suggest that the AI competition landscape may see reduced scrutiny around acquisitions, but not an entirely hands-off enforcement approach, say attorneys at Hogan Lovells.
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Series
Racing Corvettes Makes Me A Better Lawyer
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.
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Bill Would Bring Welcome Clarity To Del. Corporate Law
A recently proposed bill in Delaware that would provide greater predictability for areas including director independence and controlling stockholders reflects prudential adjustments consistent with the state's long history of refining and modernizing its corporate law, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.
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Opinion
Attorneys Must Act Now To Protect Judicial Independence
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.
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Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises
“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.
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Del. Supreme Court TripAdvisor Ruling May Limit 'MFW Creep'
The Delaware Supreme Court's recent Maffei v. Palkon ruling regarding TripAdvisor's proposed reincorporation to Nevada potentially signals a turning point in the trend of expanding the protections from Kahn v. M&F Worldwide to other types of transactions, says Andrew J. Haile at Elon University.