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April 22, 2025
BlackRock Funds Drop Claims In Valeant Stock Suit
Dozens of BlackRock funds have dropped their claims in multidistrict securities litigation that accused a Bausch Health Cos. Inc. predecessor and others of a market manipulation scheme that caused a stock plummet, according to an order signed Tuesday by a New Jersey federal judge.
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April 22, 2025
Del. Suit Alleges Execs Eroded Value Of Texas Auto Repair Biz
Two investors from Florida and Canada overhauled their Delaware state court derivative shareholder lawsuit alleging gross mismanagement against executives of a Texas auto repair technology business, saying a private equity firm helped them drain the company's value and prevent it from being sold in order to artificially inflate its worth.
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April 22, 2025
DOJ Wants Time During 9th Circ. Vegas Room Rate Arguments
The U.S. Department of Justice has asked to participate in the Ninth Circuit argument for an appeal from Las Vegas casino-hotel guests accusing the operators of using software to inflate room rates, the first algorithmic price-fixing case to reach an appeals court.
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April 22, 2025
Venture Guides Clinches Second Fund With $262.5M In Tow
Cooley LLP-led Venture Guides, a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage infrastructure software companies, on Tuesday revealed that it clinched its second fund after securing $262.5 million of investor commitments.
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April 22, 2025
Court Appoints Monitor In SEC's $1B PE Fraud Case
A Florida federal judge has appointed a founding partner of a Florida law firm to serve as a monitor in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's suit against a private equity firm it says defrauded investors in a $1 billion fund focused on real estate and small business funding.
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April 22, 2025
Del. Justices Order Matterport CEO Cash-Out Recalculation
Delaware's Supreme Court reversed and ordered a recalculation Tuesday for a $79 million Court of Chancery ruling on additional damages and interest due a former CEO of 3D building imaging company Matterport Inc. who challenged his $80 million cash-out in a 2021 go-public sale.
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April 22, 2025
Nuclear Startup To Go Public Through $475M SPAC Deal
Nuclear startup Terra Innovatum said Tuesday it plans to go public at a valuation of $475 million by merging with special purpose acquisition company GSR III Acquisition Corp., joining several industry peers to go public through a SPAC deal.
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April 22, 2025
Willkie Adds Baker Botts Private Equity Experts In Dallas
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP is expanding its Texas transactional team, announcing Tuesday it is bringing on a pair of Baker Botts LLP private equity whizzes as partners in its year-old Dallas office.
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April 22, 2025
3 Firms Build $7B Moss Adams, Baker Tilly Merger
Advisory and tax giant Baker Tilly and accounting and wealth management firm Moss Adams LLP have announced plans to merge in a $7 billion deal built by three law firms, in a move the parties say will create the sixth-largest advisory CPA firm in the country.
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April 22, 2025
GCM Grosvenor Wraps $1.3B Infrastructure Advantage Fund
Private equity giant GCM Grosvenor on Tuesday announced that it successfully clinched its second infrastructure advantage fund after securing $1.3 billion of investor commitments.
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April 22, 2025
Generali Launches Secondaries Fund With Partners Group
Italian asset management group Generali Investments said Tuesday that it has launched a new investment fund in partnership with Swiss-based global private equity firm Partners Group AG.
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April 22, 2025
Simpson Thacher-Led KKR Bids $1.2B For Sweden's Biotage
Private equity giant KKR said Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire Swedish life sciences company Biotage AB in an approximately 11.6 billion Swedish krona ($1.2 billion) deal guided by Roschier Advokatbyrå AB, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and Advokatfirman Vinge.
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April 22, 2025
Mayer Brown, Kirkland Steer $10.6B Boeing Tech Asset Sale
Boeing said Tuesday it has agreed to sell portions of its digital aviation solutions business to software-focused private equity investor Thoma Bravo in a $10.55 billion all-cash transaction steered by Mayer Brown LLP and Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
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April 21, 2025
Trump Media Exec Seeks Penalties In 'Frivolous' Hacking Suit
A board director for President Donald Trump's social media company and his associate urged a Florida federal court to impose sanctions in a "frivolous" lawsuit alleging they hacked a cloud server to steal documents used to oust the former CEO, saying their accusers can't show what information was allegedly taken.
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April 21, 2025
Sports Exec, Cynosure Group Team Up For $1.2B Sports Fund
Private equity shop The Cynosure Group and Dave Checketts, the former owner of the NBA's Utah Jazz, on Monday unveiled a partnership that includes launching a new sports-focused private equity fund, with plans to target $1.2 billion in commitments.
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April 21, 2025
Unions Score Block On Orders To Fire Probationary Workers
A California federal judge blocked the Office of Personnel Management from ordering federal agencies to fire probationary employees and stopped several agencies from heeding its directives, but he declined to order them to rehire the workers they've already let go.
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April 21, 2025
3 Firms Guide Brazilian Energy Producer's $155M SPAC Deal
Brazilian oil refiner PX Energy on Monday agreed to merge with special purpose acquisition company Papaya Growth Opportunity Corp. I in a deal that will take PX public in the United States at an estimated $155 million value, guided by three law firms.
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April 21, 2025
Electra Secures $115M In Funding For Ultra Short Aircraft
Aerospace company Electra.aero Inc. on Monday announced that it has clinched its Series B funding round after securing $115 million from investors, which will help the company enter its preproduction and certification phase of the "first-ever" Ultra Short aircraft.
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April 21, 2025
Navis Capital Partners Clinches $230M Next Generation Fund
Southeast Asian private equity shop Navis Capital Partners said Monday it wrapped its latest fund with $230 million in total commitments.
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April 18, 2025
Latham-Led Vacasa Sticks With Casago, Rejects $131M Bid
Latham & Watkins LLP-advised Vacasa said Friday that its board has rejected a revised acquisition bid from Davidson Kempner Capital Management, indicating that price alone wasn't enough to result in a superior deal to the company's existing agreement with Casago.
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April 18, 2025
Castlelake, Invictus Partner For $2B Residential Loan Venture
Global alternative investment manager Castlelake LP announced that it has formed a partnership with alternative credit asset manager Invictus Capital Partners to invest up to $2 billion in newly originated residential mortgages.
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April 18, 2025
KKR Blasts 'Draconian' DOJ Suit Over Alleged Filing Errors
In a motion to dismiss a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit that could carry $650 million in penalties, private equity giant KKR accused the government of pursuing "draconian, unconstitutional and unprecedented penalties" over what it called "immaterial ... purported errors" in routine merger filings.
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April 18, 2025
Taxation With Representation: Davis Polk, Simpson Thacher
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Global Payments Inc. buys Worldpay from GTCR and FIS, Intel Corp. sells a stake in its Altera business to Silver Lake, KKR acquires OSTTRA from S&P Global and CME Group, and Canada's Capital Power Corp. nabs two U.S. natural gas power plants.
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April 18, 2025
Alston & Bird Bolsters NY Office With Ex-Sheppard Mullin Atty
Alston & Bird LLP continued to bolster its corporate practice and New York office, announcing Thursday the hiring of a private equity partner formerly with Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP.
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April 18, 2025
5 Takeaways From Texas Stock Exchange's SEC Filing
The newly formed Texas Stock Exchange LLC is proposing rules that largely resemble those of the New York heavyweights it seeks to challenge, along with some notable differences, leaving questions on how the exchange will distinguish itself. Here are five takeaways from TXSE's securities filing.
Expert Analysis
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Group Running Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The combination of physical fitness and community connection derived from running with a group of business leaders has, among other things, helped me to stay grounded, improve my communication skills, and develop a deeper empathy for clients and colleagues, says Jessica Shpall Rosen at Greenwald Doherty.
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Strategies For Home Equity Investment Providers In 2025
The home equity investment product market is thriving even amid consumer concerns, regulatory scrutiny and conflicting court decisions, setting the stage for a promising but challenging environment for providers in 2025, say attorneys at Sheppard Mullin.
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Opinion
6 Changes I Would Make If I Ran A Law School
Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner identifies several key issues plaguing law schools and discusses potential solutions, such as opting out of the rankings game and mandating courses in basic writing skills.
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From Football To Pickleball, Sports Investing Evolved In 2024
The NFL's decision to allow private-equity investments in football franchises capped off a transformative year in U.S. sports that also included landmark PE transactions in emerging sports ranging from women's soccer to pickleball, say attorneys at Weil.
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Firms Still Have The Edge In Lateral Hiring, But Buyer Beware
Partner mobility data suggests that the third quarter of this year continued to be a buyer’s market, with the average candidate demanding less compensation for a larger book of business — but moving into the fourth quarter, firms should slow down their hiring process to minimize risks, say officers at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.
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Preparing For The New Restrictions On Investment Into China
In light of a new regulatory program governing U.S. investments in China-related technology companies of national security concern, investors should keep several considerations in mind, including the rules' effect on existing and new investments, compliance hurdles, and penalties for noncompliance ahead of the rules' January implementation, say attorneys at Gunderson Dettmer.
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Think Like A Lawyer: 1 Type Of Case Complexity Stands Out
In contrast to some cases that appear complex due to voluminous evidence or esoteric subject matter, a different kind of complexity involves tangled legal and factual questions, each with a range of possible outcomes, which require a “sliding scale” approach instead of syllogistic reasoning, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.
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Back To The Future? Antitrust Enforcement Under Trump 2.0
While the transition to the second Trump administration's antitrust policy should be accompanied by less uncertainty, we're unlikely to get a full sense of the true focus and tenor of competition enforcement under Trump 2.0 before late next year, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.
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FTX Exec's Sentencing Shows Pros And Cons Of Cooperation
The sentencing of former FTX tech deputy Gary Wang, whose cooperation netted him a rare outcome of no prison time, offers critical takeaways for attorneys and clients navigating the burgeoning world of crypto-related prosecutions, says Andrew Meck at Whiteford.
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SEC Custody Rule Creates Crypto Compliance Conundrum
While the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's application of the custody rule may be a good faith attempt to enhance consumer protections for client assets, it doesn't appreciate the unique characteristics of crypto-assets, forcing advisers to choose between pursuing their clients' objectives and complying with the rule, say attorneys at Willkie.
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Think Like A Lawyer: Note 3 Simple Types Of Legal Complexity
Cases can appear complex for several reasons — due to the number of issues, the volume of factual and evidentiary sources, and the sophistication of those sources — but the same basic technique can help lawyers tame their arguments into a simple and persuasive message, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.
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Gardening Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Beyond its practical and therapeutic benefits, gardening has bolstered important attributes that also apply to my litigation practice, including persistence, patience, grit and authenticity, says Christopher Viceconte at Gibbons.
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SEC Prioritized Enforcement Sweeps As Cases Slowed In '24
Following three consecutive years of increasing activity, fiscal year 2024 marked the lowest number of cases the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has brought since Gary Gensler assumed office in April 2021, buttressed by some familiar enforcement sweeps, say attorneys at Covington.
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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.