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July 28, 2025
Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
A Delaware vice chancellor last week sent several coordinated derivative suits seeking millions of dollars in damages from AT&T to trial and also chose a boutique firm to lead a potential "blockbuster" suit challenging a take-private deal of a sports and entertainment group after "heated" attacks between competing counsel.
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July 28, 2025
Space Tech Startup Firefly Launches Plans For $599M IPO
Private equity-backed space and defense technology company Firefly Aerospace on Monday announced terms for its initial public offering, with plans to raise approximately $599 million.
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July 28, 2025
KKR Plugs AU$500M Into Australian Renewable Energy Biz
Private equity giant KKR on Monday said that it has agreed to invest AU$500 million ($326.3 million) into Australian renewable energy company CleanPeak Energy to help it grow its distributed energy platform.
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July 28, 2025
Freshfields, White & Case, Sidley Guide $3B Vaccine Biz Buy
Private equity firms Nordic Capital and Permira said Monday they will buy Bavarian Nordic for 19 billion Danish kroner ($3 billion) in cash to turn the vaccine developer into a global heavyweight as a private company.
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July 25, 2025
3 Firms Guide Canadian REIT's $410M IPO
Go Residential Real Estate Investment Trust began trading Friday after the newly created Canadian REIT priced a $410 million initial public offering at $15 per trust unit.
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July 25, 2025
Texas PE Firm Claims 'Lone Star' Rival Stole Its Name, Logos
A private equity firm that manages the Lone Star Funds hit an upstart rival called Lone Star Capital with a trademark infringement lawsuit in Texas federal court Thursday, accusing the firm of intentionally ripping off its trademarks and logos amid its aggressive marketing blitz in an effort to dupe investors.
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July 25, 2025
Latham-Led Strategy Raises $2.5B To Acquire More Bitcoin
Entrepreneur Michael Saylor's Strategy Inc., advised by Latham & Watkins LLP, on Friday priced yet another preferred stock offering that raised $2.5 billion in order to acquire bitcoin, a move that comes as the company has been ramping up its capital-raising efforts to stockpile the flagship cryptocurrency.
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July 25, 2025
Feds Sell Fugitive Trader's $7M Mansion Decade After Charges
Massachusetts federal prosecutors said Friday that they have sold a $7.5 million mansion that belonged to a fugitive trader who was charged in 2015 with funneling $67 million in assets from his employer to himself.
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July 25, 2025
Latham, Sidley Advise Deal In $5B Power Infrastructure Push
Latham & Watkins LLP and Sidley Austin LLP advised ArcLight Capital Partners' acquisition of power developer and manager Advanced Power in an investment that could grow to more than $5 billion over the next five years based on AI and data center infrastructure demand.
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July 25, 2025
Fried Frank M&A Leader Sees Silver Lining Amid Uncertainties
After nearly a decade as co-head of Fried Frank's M&A and private equity practice, seasoned corporate attorney Steve Epstein has learned how to roll with the punches — and the current market has delivered plenty.
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July 25, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen the owner of a £6 million ($8 million) mansion once rented by Adele sue real estate consultants Strutt & Parker, Romanian-Australian mining investor Vasile Frank Timis bring a claim against reputation and privacy firm Schillings, and a Chinese businessman bring a legal action against his former lawyer over an alleged £12.5 million mortgage fraud.
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July 25, 2025
What To Watch As Attys Brace For 401(k) Private Equity Order
Benefits and asset management attorneys are anticipating an executive order from President Donald Trump aimed at expanding access to private equity investments in 401(k) plans, a potential move that's stoking excitement about added investment options and concerns about legal risks. Here are four things on experts' minds as they wait to see if the order materializes.
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July 25, 2025
A-Rod's $800M SPAC Merger With Lynk Global Is Scrapped
Satellite-to-phone business Lynk Global and special purpose acquisition company Slam Corp., which is backed by retired baseball slugger Alex Rodriguez, on Friday told regulators that they have mutually agreed to nix their $800 million merger that would have seen Lynk Global hit the public markets.
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July 25, 2025
Greenberg Traurig Hires Ex-Taft Public Finance Attorney
Greenberg Traurig LLP announced Thursday that it has added a former Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP attorney with a history of public service at both the state and federal levels to its public finance and infrastructure practice.
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July 25, 2025
Taxation With Representation: Weil, Freshfields, Linklaters
In this week's Taxation With Representation, CC Capital and One Investment Management acquire Insignia Financial Ltd., catering giant Compass Group PLC acquires Dutch food and hospitality company Vermaat Groep BV, drugmaker Sanofi acquires biotech company Vicebio, and The Ether Machine launches as a public company.
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July 25, 2025
Shoulder Innovations Primes $100M IPO Amid Medtech Surge
Venture-backed commercial-stage medical technology company Shoulder Innovations has launched plans for an estimated $100 million initial public offering, marking the latest in a string of medical technology companies making their public debuts over the past months.
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July 25, 2025
Crypto Group Appoints Ex-Legal Chief, Willkie Alum As CEO
A Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP alum will become the Crypto Council for Innovation's permanent leader after serving as acting CEO since December and previously serving as chief legal and policy officer.
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July 24, 2025
Founder Accuses Execs, Kevin O'Leary Of Patent Forgery
The founder of an agriculture technology company has sued the company she created, several of its executives and Kevin O'Leary of "Shark Tank" in Colorado federal court, alleging the defendants stole her company and intellectual property.
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July 24, 2025
Trump Ally's Fund Firm Sues Powell Over Meeting Secrecy
An investment firm led by a supporter of President Donald Trump sued Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and several members of the Federal Open Market Committee on Thursday, demanding public access to monetary policy meetings, saying that for the last 50 years, the committee has illegally held every one of its meetings behind closed doors.
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July 24, 2025
Waste Management Unit Sues PE Fund Over Eviction Threat
A Waste Management Inc. subsidiary accused its private equity fund landlord in Colorado state court of wrongfully threatening the company with eviction from its local large waste recycling facility in north Denver.
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July 24, 2025
DC Council Sets Vote On Revised Commanders Stadium Deal
The Washington, D.C., City Council will vote next Friday, Aug. 1, on a revised version of the proposal to build a stadium for the Washington Commanders at the site of its previous stadium, Council Chair Phil Mendelson announced Thursday.
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July 24, 2025
EU Probes If KKR Gave 'Incorrect Or Misleading' Merger Info
European Union antitrust enforcers announced an investigation Thursday into whether KKR & Co. Inc. provided "incorrect or misleading information" as part of the review of its $23.7 billion acquisition of NetCo that received unconditional approval last year.
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July 24, 2025
Life Sciences-Focused Venture Firm Wraps $290.2M Fund
Australian life sciences-focused venture capital firm Brandon Capital on Thursday revealed that it closed its sixth fund with AU$439 million ($290.2 million) in tow.
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July 24, 2025
CapVest Seeks $11.7B Stake In Stada, Plus More Rumors
British private equity firm CapVest Partners is looking to take a major stake in German drugmaker Stada Arzneimittel in a roughly $11.7 billion deal, Comedy Central's "South Park" creators have nabbed a $1.5 billion five-year streaming rights deal with Paramount, and ExxonMobil wants to explore deepwater blocks in Trinidad and Tobago for oil and gas. Here, Law360 breaks down these and other deal rumors from the past week.
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July 24, 2025
Alston & Bird Expands West Coast Reach With LA Funds Atty
Alston & Bird LLP has hired a former Greenberg Traurig LLP shareholder with in-house investment firm experience as an investment funds partner in Los Angeles.
Expert Analysis
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BlackRock Suit Highlights Antitrust Risks Of ESG
In Texas v. BlackRock, pending in Texas federal court, 13 state attorneys general are suing large institutional investors in the coal business, underscoring key reasons companies may want to alter their approach to developing and implementing policies related to environmental, social, and governance factors, especially if coordination with competitors is involved, say attorneys at Manatt.
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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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Suggestions For CFTC Enforcement's New Leadership
The recent change in leadership at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission presents an opportunity to reflect on past practices and consider opportunities for improvement at the commission's Enforcement Division, including in observing precedent and providing greater enforcement transparency, say attorneys at Clifford Chance.
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Assessing PE Risk After Mass. False Claims Act Amendments
A law recently passed in Massachusetts amends the commonwealth's False Claims Act by dramatically expanding potential liability for private equity firms and investors, underscoring the importance of robust diligence and risk assessments for private equity firms conducting transactions in the commonwealth, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.
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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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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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Fund Names Rule FAQs Leave Some Interpretative Uncertainty
Although recently released FAQs clarify many specific points of the 2023 expansion to the Investment Company Act's fund names rule, important questions remain about how U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission staff will interpret other key terms when the end-of-year compliance date arrives, say attorneys at Dechert.
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How Design Thinking Can Help Lawyers Find Purpose In Work
Lawyers everywhere are feeling overwhelmed amid mass government layoffs, increasing political instability and a justice system stretched to its limits — but a design-thinking framework can help attorneys navigate this uncertainty and find meaning in their work, say law professors at the University of Michigan.
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Competitive Weightlifting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The parallels between the core principles required for competitive weightlifting and practicing law have helped me to excel in both endeavors, with each holding important lessons about discipline, dedication, drive and failure, says Damien Bielli at VF Law.
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How Private Securities Suits Complement SEC Enforcement
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement is vital to the healthy functioning of markets, but government enforcement alone is not enough to ensure meaningful monetary recoveries for investor losses due to securities law violations, say attorneys at Bernstein Litowitz.
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Opinion
Inconsistent Injury-In-Fact Rules Hinder Federal Practice
A recent Third Circuit decision, contradicting a previous ruling about whether consumers of contaminated products have suffered an injury in fact, illustrates the deep confusion this U.S. Supreme Court standard creates among federal judges and practitioners, who deserve a simpler method of determining which cases have federal standing, says Eric Dwoskin at Dwoskin Wasdin.
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In-House Counsel Pointers For Preserving Atty-Client Privilege
Several recent rulings illustrate the challenges in-house counsel can face when attempting to preserve attorney-client privilege, but a few best practices can help safeguard communications and effectively assert the privilege in an increasingly scrutinized corporate environment, says Daniel Garrie at Law & Forensics.
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Takeaways From CFTC's Private Fund Rule Amendments
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's recently adopted amendments to Rule 4.7 of the Commodity Exchange Act ensure that investors in the complex derivatives markets receive relevant and comprehensive information, and further align suitability criteria for investors in private funds, says Rita Molesworth at Willkie.
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Collecting Rare Books Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My collection of rare books includes several written or owned by prominent lawyers from early U.S. history, and immersing myself in their stories helps me feel a deeper connection to my legal practice and its purpose, says Douglas Brown at Manatt Health.