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April 11, 2025
Tariff Reprieve Offers Little Comfort For Venture-Backed IPOs
President Donald Trump's move to pause most tariff threats is not reassuring venture-backed startups eyeing public listings, many of which will likely postpone initial public offerings for at least another quarter or until shaky market conditions stabilize, a new report concludes.
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April 11, 2025
Philly Dispensary's $24.5M Award Upheld In Fraud Suit
A Philadelphia state court judge stood by her decision to award $24.5 million to the co-owner of a medical marijuana company who alleged her partners defrauded her by convincing her to reduce her ownership stake in the company without telling her it was up for sale, noting the trial court wasn't empowered to modify a money calculation it didn't make.
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April 11, 2025
FTC Probing Valvoline's $625M Breeze Autocare Deal
Valvoline Inc. said Friday that the company and Greenbriar Equity Group LP have each received second requests from the Federal Trade Commission for Valvoline's proposed $625 million acquisition of Breeze Autocare from the middle market private equity firm.
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April 11, 2025
Goodwin-Led Lock 8 Clinches 3rd Fund With $182M In Tow
New York-based private equity shop Lock 8 Partners LLC, advised by Goodwin Procter LLP, on Friday announced that it closed its third lower middle market technology buyout fund after securing $182 million of investor commitments.
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April 11, 2025
Taxation With Representation: Norton Rose, Ropes & Gray
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Capri Holdings sells Versace to Prada, Woodside Energy sells a liquefied natural gas terminal stake to Stonepeak, crypto infrastructure firm Ripple acquires prime brokerage platform Hidden Road, and Bain Capital takes a stake in Lincoln Financial.
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April 11, 2025
Developer, Hedge Fund Settle Colo. Housing Project Dispute
A Colorado state judge permanently dismissed a real estate developer's suit alleging a hedge fund owner owed hundreds of thousands of dollars related to a Denver commercial housing project and misused grant funds, after the parties reached a settlement.
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April 11, 2025
Apollo Plugs $400M Into Joint Venture With Solar Company
Private equity giant Apollo, led by Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, on Friday announced plans to commit up to $400 million to a new joint venture partnership with commercial solar company Summit Ridge Energy LLC.
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April 10, 2025
Senate Confirms Meador To Fill 3rd GOP Seat AT FTC
The U.S. Senate voted along party lines Thursday to confirm Kressin Meador Powers LLC partner Mark Meador to the Federal Trade Commission, filling the agency's third Republican seat as the spots left by the recent firing of the commission's two Democrats remain vacant.
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April 10, 2025
Oracle Wins Bid To Keep Trade Secret Case Out Of Arbitration
Oracle doesn't have to arbitrate its trade secret case against a former employee accused of absconding to a rival with confidential information related to enterprise resource planning applications, after a California federal judge said Wednesday he signed a proprietary information contract that says such issues could be litigated in court.
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April 10, 2025
Chinese Tea Chain Serves Up IPO Plans In Rocky Market
Chinese teahouse company Chagee Holdings Ltd., represented by Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and underwriters' counsel Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, on Thursday unveiled plans for an estimated $396 million initial public offering, joining a volatile IPO market rocked by uncertainty over President Donald Trump's tariff policy.
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April 10, 2025
Amazon CEO, Bain Take Spotlight Amid Recent Rumors
Private equity firm Bain Capital agrees to purchase Sizzling Platter for $1 billion, SC Capital is eyeing British data center group Global Switch in a potential $5 billion deal, and Amazon CEO Andy Jassy addresses a rumored Amazon bid. Here, Law360 breaks down these and other rumor-related developments from the past week.
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April 10, 2025
Ex-PE Fund CEO Rejoins Legal Field As Nelson Mullins Partner
After spending over a decade serving as president and CEO of an international private equity fund, corporate partner Hendrik Jordaan has jumped back into the legal field, joining Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP's mergers and acquisitions practice in the firm's Denver office.
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April 10, 2025
Dechert Tax Pro Jumps To Whiteford In NY
Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLC has added an experienced transactional tax attorney from Dechert LLP as a partner to its practice in New York, the firm announced.
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April 10, 2025
Cooley-Led Drone Operator Launches Plans For $75M IPO
Drone systems developer Airo Group Holdings Inc. launched plans Thursday for an estimated $75 million initial public offering amid choppy market conditions, represented by Cooley LLP and underwriters' counsel Latham & Watkins LLP.
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April 10, 2025
Simpson Thacher-Led KSL Lands $1.44B In 2nd Tactical Fund
Alternative investment firm KSL Capital Partners LLC, advised by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, on Thursday announced that it clinched its second tactical opportunities fund with $1.44 billion in capital commitments.
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April 10, 2025
Blackstone Bolsters Warehouse Portfolio In $718M Texas Buy
Blackstone on Thursday announced it has agreed to buy a 6 million-square-foot portfolio of warehouse buildings in Dallas and Houston from Crow Holdings for $718 million in a bet on logistics during a time of market upheaval.
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April 09, 2025
OpenAI Countersues Musk For 'Relentless' Harassment
OpenAI on Wednesday lodged a countersuit to Elon Musk's lawsuit accusing the ChatGPT maker of abandoning its nonprofit mission, urging a California federal court to stop the billionaire from continuing an alleged "harassment campaign" aimed at impeding its success.
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April 09, 2025
'Evasive' Unions Told To List Fired Probationary Workers
The California federal judge who ordered the reinstatement of many fired probationary federal workers before the U.S. Supreme Court stayed his ruling on Wednesday ordered the public sector unions representing federal staffers to provide a list of their booted members, calling their claims that the information would be difficult to produce "evasive."
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April 09, 2025
Shopping App Founder Charged In $40M Fraud Scheme
New York federal prosecutors announced Wednesday that they've charged Nate Inc.'s founder with securities and wire fraud for allegedly claiming that his AI-powered automated shopping app streamlined checkout processes for online purchases without human involvement, while hiding that foreign workers were manually processing transactions and defrauding investors out of $40 million.
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April 09, 2025
Purported AI Co. Founder Gets 2½ Years For Fraud
The founder of a purported artificial intelligence video analysis startup will spend 2½ years in prison after pleading guilty to securities fraud in connection with government claims he lied to investors, including a venture capital fund and a university endowment fund, about his company's revenue and track record of securing investments.
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April 09, 2025
Judge Rejects Objections To $400M GPB Capital Payout Plan
A New York federal judge has approved a plan to distribute up to $400 million to investors defrauded by GPB Capital Holdings, rejecting objections from company insiders who argued the settlement was unfair because they could still face liability, finding that those concerns didn't outweigh the need to compensate defrauded victims.
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April 09, 2025
Senate Confirms Trump Pick Atkins To Lead A Leaner SEC
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Paul Atkins to be the next chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, clearing the way for an agency veteran and regulatory critic who is expected to slow the SEC's enforcement agenda and pursue smaller corporate penalties at a time when the agency is grappling with staff cuts and market turmoil.
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April 09, 2025
Ill. Senator Sought Bribe In 'Politics For Profit,' Feds Say
An Illinois state senator engaged in "politics for profit" as he solicited a bribe to limit a state study on automated traffic enforcement and then lied about his conduct to investigators, federal prosecutors told a jury Wednesday.
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April 09, 2025
Self-Driving Car Tech Co. Valued At $6B After Series E Round
Autonomous driving technology company Nuro Inc. on Wednesday revealed that it achieved a $6 billion valuation after completing its latest fundraising round with $106 million in tow.
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April 09, 2025
White & Case-Led EQT Inks Nearly $3B Health Deal With KKR
KKR & Co. has agreed to acquire Sweden's Karo Healthcare from EQT, marking the handover of a company that has quadrupled in sales over the past five years, the companies said Wednesday, in a deal worth up to a reported 2.6 billion euros ($2.85 billion).
Expert Analysis
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Navigating A Potpourri Of Possible Transparency Act Pitfalls
Despite the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's continued release of guidance for complying with the Corporate Transparency Act, its interpretation remains in flux, making it important for companies to understand potentially problematic areas of ambiguity in the practical application of the law, say attorneys at Sidley.
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A Preview Of AI Priorities Under The Next President
For the first time in a presidential election, both of the leading candidates and their parties have been vocal about artificial intelligence policy, offering clues on the future of regulation as AI continues to advance and congressional action continues to stall, say attorneys at Mintz.
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How Companies Are Approaching Insider Trading Policies
An analysis of insider trading policies recently disclosed by 49 S&P 500 companies under a new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule reveals that while specific provisions vary from company to company, certain common themes are emerging, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.
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How Methods Are Evolving In Textualist Interpretations
Textualists at the U.S. Supreme Court are increasingly considering new methods such as corpus linguistics and surveys to evaluate what a statute's text communicates to an ordinary reader, while lower courts even mull large language models like ChatGPT as supplements, says Kevin Tobia at Georgetown Law.
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Navigating New Enforcement Scrutiny Of 'AI Washing'
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent lawsuit against Joonko Diversity, its first public AI-focused enforcement action against a private company, underscores the importance of applying the same internal legal and compliance rigor to AI-related claims as other market-facing statements, say attorneys at Fried Frank.
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Increased Scrutiny Raises Int'l Real Estate Transaction Risks
Recently proposed regulations expanding the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States' oversight, a White House divestment order and state-level legislative efforts signal increasing scrutiny of real estate transactions that may trigger national security concerns, say Luciano Racco and Aleksis Fernández Caballero at Foley Hoag.
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How Fund Advisers Can Limit Election Year Pay-To-Play Risks
With Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz now the Democratic candidate for vice president, politically active investment advisers should take practical steps to avoid triggering strict pay-to-play rules that can lead to fund managers facing mutli-year timeouts from working with public funds after contributing to sitting officials, say attorneys at Dechert.
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FTC Focus: What Access To Patent Settlements Would Mean
Settling parties should adopt a series of practice tips, including specifying rationales to support specific terms, as the Federal Trade Commission seeks to expand its access to settlements before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, say Shannon McGowan and David Munkittrick at Proskauer.
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Why Attorneys Should Consider Community Leadership Roles
Volunteering and nonprofit board service are complementary to, but distinct from, traditional pro bono work, and taking on these community leadership roles can produce dividends for lawyers, their firms and the nonprofit causes they support, says Katie Beacham at Kilpatrick.
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9 Liability Management Tips As Debt Maturity Cliff Looms
As the debt maturity cliff swiftly approaches in this challenging environment, attorneys at Winston & Strawn highlight the top considerations for boards of directors and finance professionals to think about when structuring and executing liability management transactions, including reviewing capital structure, evaluating debt covenants, and more.
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Firms Must Offer A Trifecta Of Services In Post-Chevron World
After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision overturning Chevron deference, law firms will need to integrate litigation, lobbying and communications functions to keep up with the ramifications of the ruling and provide adequate counsel quickly, says Neil Hare at Dentons.
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5 Tips To Succeed In A Master Of Laws Program And Beyond
As lawyers and recent law school graduates begin their Master of Laws coursework across the country, they should keep a few pointers in mind to get the most out of their programs and kick-start successful careers in their practice areas, says Kelley Miller at Reed Smith.
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Series
Being An Opera Singer Made Me A Better Lawyer
My journey from the stage to the courtroom has shown that the skills I honed as an opera singer – punctuality, memorization, creativity and more – have all played a vital role in my success as an attorney, says Gerard D'Emilio at GableGotwals.
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How Law Firms Can Avoid 'Collaboration Drag'
Law firm decision making can be stifled by “collaboration drag” — characterized by too many pointless meetings, too much peer feedback and too little dissent — but a few strategies can help stakeholders improve decision-making processes and build consensus, says Steve Groom at Miles Mediation.
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Opinion
Litigation Funding Disclosure Key To Open, Impartial Process
Blanket investor and funding agreement disclosures should be required in all civil cases where the investor has a financial interest in the outcome in order to address issues ranging from potential conflicts of interest to national security concerns, says Bob Goodlatte, former U.S. House Representative for Virginia.