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September 26, 2025
Trump Says Cook Can't Rely On 'Mantra' Of Fed Independence
The Trump administration Friday fired back at Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook's argument that the Fed's independence is at stake if the president is allowed to fire her, arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court that Cook invokes "the mantra of Federal Reserve independence" to impose removal protections Congress never enacted.
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September 26, 2025
Illumina And Grail Nix Investor Suit Over Failed Deal, For Now
Illumina and Grail on Friday defeated a proposed class action alleging they lied to investors who bought artificially inflated Illumina stock whose prices plunged following several purported disclosures, after a California federal judge said the investors hadn't adequately pled which disclosures corrected any alleged misstatements that caused their losses.
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September 26, 2025
Trump Media Seeks End To Merger Fee Fight After Arbitration
In the wake of a favorable arbitration award, counsel for Donald Trump's social media company told a New York state judge Friday that it would seek to bar further litigation in a fee dispute with a company that helped launch Truth Social in an $875 million merger.
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September 26, 2025
'American Exceptionalism' SPAC Leads 2 IPOs Totaling $550M
Two special purpose acquisition companies made their public debuts Friday after pricing initial public offerings at a combined $550 million, with plans to merge with companies in the artificial intelligence, digital assets, fintech, defense and decentralized finance sectors, among others.
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September 26, 2025
Operator Of NBA's Suns Says Doc Suit Is For Buyout Leverage
Phoenix Suns franchise operator Suns Legacy Holdings LLC has pushed back in Delaware Chancery Court against two minority owners seeking access to company records, responding that the demands are aimed at pressuring a higher-priced buyout from the NBA team's majority owner, Mat Ishbia.
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September 26, 2025
7 Firms Build GTCR's CA$3.3B Dentalcorp Take-Private
Canadian dental practice network Dentalcorp Holdings Ltd. on Friday revealed that it will become a private company following its acquisition by private equity giant GTCR in an all-cash deal that values the dental network at an enterprise value of roughly CA$3.3 billion ($2.4 billion) and was built by seven law firms.
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September 26, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Sanjeev Gupta’s Liberty OneSteel sue its collapsed former lender Greensill Capital, television personality Janice Dickinson hit ITV with a personal injury claim after falling over while appearing on “I’m a Celeb …”, and energy investor Blasket bring fresh litigation against Spain amid a row over a $416 million arbitration award. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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September 26, 2025
Permira Gets More Time To Make Offer For JTC
The U.K.'s merger authority has gifted British investment company Permira Advisers LLP an extra four weeks to make a firm offer for JTC PLC, the corporate adviser said Friday.
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September 26, 2025
A&O Shearman Guides Prosus' €1.1B Auto Marketplace Buy
Prosus NV said Friday that it has agreed to acquire French automobile marketplace La Centrale for €1.1 billion ($1.28 billion), marking the Dutch investor's entry into Western Europe and expanding its push into the region's major used-car sector.
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September 25, 2025
Trump Blesses Deal To Transfer TikTok To $14B US Co.
President Donald Trump Thursday signed an executive order greenlighting a proposed deal that transfers the majority of TikTok's U.S. operations to a new U.S.-based joint venture, saying that the divestiture adequately addresses national security concerns.
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September 25, 2025
$8.9B Deal For Health Tech R1 RCM Draws Del. Chancery Suit
Four stockholders of healthcare revenue management venture R1 RCM Inc. challenged the company's take-private deal in Delaware's Court of Chancery Thursday, alleging that the private equity and allies who won the $8.9 billion, November transaction lined up an unfairly low, $14.30 per share price.
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September 25, 2025
Mich. Judge Backs $778M Judgment Against Auto Parts Mogul
A Michigan federal judge on Thursday said Alter Domus LLC can pursue a judgment against a Detroit-area businessman's trust in a decades-old dispute over a guaranty agreement, renewing the more than $770 million award to the administrative agent after determining it properly took over the case from JPMorgan Chase.
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September 25, 2025
Oracle, Meta Mull $20B AI Deal, As Tech Rumors Abound
Oracle Corp. is said to be in discussions with Meta on a multiyear cloud computing deal worth a potential $20 billion, Reuters reported on Sept. 19. The report came just days before a bombshell announcement from Nvidia about its $100 billion staged investment in OpenAI.
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September 25, 2025
Trump SPAC Ex-CEO Wins $1.5M Legal Fee Advance In Del.
Saying the court was wary of second-guessing attorney judgment in legal fee advancement billings, a Delaware magistrate in chancery has rejected most challenges to $1.5 million in fee claims by a former CEO of Donald Trump-tied blank check company Digital World Acquisition Corp.
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September 25, 2025
Second 'Drugs Made In America' SPAC Raises $500M In IPO
Drugs Made In America Acquisition II, a special purpose acquisition company planning to target companies in the pharmaceutical industry, began trading publicly on Thursday after pricing a $500 million initial public offering, marking the largest SPAC listing of 2025.
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September 25, 2025
Kirkland-Led Ridgemont Secures Nearly $4B For 5th Fund
Kirkland & Ellis LLP-advised private equity shop Ridgemont Equity Partners on Thursday revealed that it wrapped fundraising on its fifth fund after receiving $3.975 billion of investor commitments.
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September 25, 2025
Oakley Capital Launches Euro Insurance Services Platform
Private equity company Oakley Capital said Thursday it has launched an insurance services platform to consolidate companies in southern Europe.
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September 25, 2025
TA Associates Affiliate Trims Stake In Eurowag, Raises £56M
An affiliate of private equity firm TA Associates Management LP has sold part of its stake in European payments provider Eurowag for approximately £56.1 million ($75.3 million), its bookrunner Peel Hunt LLP said Thursday.
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September 25, 2025
Freshfields, Fried Frank-Led Petershill To Exit London Listing
Goldman Sachs-owned private equity investor Petershill Partners PLC said on Thursday that it is planning to leave the London Stock Exchange and return up to $932 million of capital to shareholders to enhance its value, in a new blow to the bourse.
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September 25, 2025
Milbank Advises AI Biz Nscale On $1.1B Series B Funding
British AI infrastructure operator Nscale said Thursday that it has raised $1.1 billion from investors, including tech giant Nvidia, to expand its data centers.
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September 24, 2025
Skechers Investor Seeks Chancery Appraisal Of $9.4B Deal
A Skechers shareholder is asking the Delaware Chancery Court for an appraisal to determine the fairness of the $63-per-share buyout price of nearly 700,000 shares in the footwear company after its $9.4 billion take-private deal with 3G Capital.
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September 24, 2025
Defunct Tech Co.'s CEO Bilked Investors Of $120M, Feds Say
The founder of a defunct Canadian technology company faces criminal charges and a civil suit in California federal court by securities regulators on Wednesday stemming from a fraud scheme where he allegedly raised $120 million after providing investors with bogus financial statements that inflated the company's financial condition and performance.
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September 24, 2025
Kirkland, Willkie Steer IAS' $1.9B 'AI-First' Sale To Novacap
Integral Ad Science, a global digital media measurement and optimization company, said Wednesday that it has agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Novacap in an all-cash transaction valued at about $1.9 billion, with Kirkland & Ellis LLP advising IAS and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP guiding Novacap.
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September 24, 2025
FTC Merger Filing Overhaul Is Clear Overstep, Chamber Says
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other groups challenging the Federal Trade Commission's recent overhaul of its premerger reporting requirements told a Texas federal court the changes create an unnecessary burden for thousands of deals that raise no competition concerns.
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September 24, 2025
Merrill Lynch Accuses Ex-Staff, Schwab, Investor Of IP Theft
Merrill Lynch has filed a trade secrets lawsuit against a dozen former employees, Charles Schwab and Dynasty Financial Partners, alleging the defendants conspired to start a new independent financial advisory firm with Merrill's staff and confidential information.
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Power To The Paralegals: How And Why Training Must Evolve
Empowering paralegals through new models of education that emphasize digital fluency, interdisciplinary collaboration and human-centered lawyering could help solve workforce challenges and the justice gap — if firms, educators and policymakers get on board, say Kristine Custodio Suero and Kelli Radnothy.
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Playing Softball Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My time on the softball field has taught me lessons that also apply to success in legal work — on effective preparation, flexibility, communication and teamwork, says Sarah Abrams at Baleen Specialty.
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IPO Suit Reinforces Strict Section 11 Tracing Requirement
A California federal court's recent dismissal of an investor class action against Allbirds in connection with the company's initial public offering cites the U.S. Supreme Court's 2023 Slack v. Pirani decision, reinforcing the firm tracing requirement for Section 11 plaintiffs — even at the pleading stage, say attorneys at Paul Weiss.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Mastering Time Management
Law students typically have weeks or months to prepare for any given deadline, but the unpredictability of practicing in the real world means that lawyers must become time-management pros, ready to adapt to scheduling conflicts and unexpected assignments at any given moment, says David Thomas at Honigman.
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Calif. Bill May Shake Up Healthcare Investment Landscape
If signed by the governor, newly passed California legislation would significantly expand the Office of Health Care Affordability's oversight of private equity and hedge fund investments in healthcare companies and management services organizations, and raise several questions about companies' data confidentiality and filing burdens, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.
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How Hyperlinks Are Changing E-Discovery Responsibilities
A recent e-discovery dispute over hyperlinked data in Hubbard v. Crow shows how courts have increasingly broadened the definition of control to account for cloud-based evidence, and why organizations must rethink preservation practices to avoid spoliation risks, says Bree Murphy at Exterro.
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State False Claims Acts Can Help Curb Opioid Fund Fraud
State versions of the federal False Claims Act can play an important role in policing the misuse of opioid settlement funds, taking a cue from the U.S. Department of Justice’s handling of federal fraud cases involving pandemic relief funds, says Kenneth Levine at Stone & Magnanini.
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Revamped Opportunity Zones Can Aid Clean Energy Projects
The Qualified Opportunity Zone program, introduced in 2017 and reshaped in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, offers investors federal tax incentives for development in low-income communities — incentives that are especially meaningful for clean energy projects, where capital-intensive infrastructure and long-term planning are essential, say attorneys at Dentons.
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Atkins-Led SEC Continues Focus On Private Funds
Since the change in administration, there has overall been a more accommodative regulatory stance toward private funds, but a recent enforcement action suggests that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is not backing off from enforcement in the space completely, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.
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Writing Musicals Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My experiences with writing musicals and practicing law have shown that the building blocks for both endeavors are one and the same, because drama is necessary for the law to exist, says Addison O’Donnell at LOIS Law.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From Va. AUSA To Mid-Law
Returning to the firm where I began my career after seven years as an assistant U.S. attorney in Virginia has been complex, nuanced and rewarding, and I’ve learned that the pursuit of justice remains the constant, even as the mindset and client change, says Kristin Johnson at Woods Rogers.
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7 Document Review Concepts New Attorneys Need To Know
For new associates joining firms this fall, stepping into the world of e-discovery can feel like learning a new language, but understanding a handful of fundamentals — from coding layouts to metadata — can help attorneys become fluent in document review, says Ann Motl at Bowman and Brooke.
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Agentic AI Puts A New Twist On Attorney Ethics Obligations
As lawyers increasingly use autonomous artificial intelligence agents, disciplinary authorities must decide whether attorney responsibility for an AI-caused legal ethics violation is personal or supervisory, and firms must enact strong policies regarding agentic AI use and supervision, says Grace Wynn at HWG.
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Sweeping US Tax And Spending Bill May Bolster PE Returns
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act stands to benefit private equity sponsors and their investors as it alters existing law, including at the portfolio company level, making it crucial to reevaluate historic tax planning and optimize for the new tax regime, say attorneys at Paul Hastings.
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Being A Professional Wrestler Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Pursuing my childhood dream of being a professional wrestler has taught me important legal career lessons about communication, adaptability, oral advocacy and professionalism, says Christopher Freiberg at Midwest Disability.