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Latest News in Mergers & Acquisitions
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February 21, 2025
FTC's Holyoak Has Her Eyes On DeepSeek
Federal Trade Commission member Melissa Holyoak suggested Friday that DeepSeek, the Chinese artificial intelligence startup whose rise has roiled AI markets, could have competed unfairly if it really trained its model using ChatGPT in violation of OpenAI's policies, as has been suggested.
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February 21, 2025
B. Riley Founders, Board Sued In Del. Over Investment Losses
A B. Riley Financial Inc. stockholder has launched a derivative suit seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages for the company in Delaware's Court of Chancery, alleging director conflicts tied to investments in now-bankrupt holding company Franchise Group Inc., led by a longtime friend of a B. Riley co-founder.
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February 21, 2025
US Steel-Nippon Merger Should Not Have Been Blocked
The Biden administration's block of the U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel merger on national security grounds was unconstitutional overreach and needs to be overturned, with the harms remedied in federal court, says attorney Chuck Meyer.
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February 21, 2025
Off The Bench: White House Hosts PGA Tour-LIV Golf Summit
In this week's Off The Bench, the two former rival pro golf tours join the president to discuss their long-delayed combination, several NBA teams support a bid for the U.S. Supreme Court to keep copyright claims in check, and prosecutors charge Chilean nationals with robbing the homes of high-profile athletes.
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February 21, 2025
Biden-Era M&A Data Shows Continuity, Not Revolution
While the federal antitrust agencies under former President Joe Biden made broad claims about increasing merger enforcement activity, the data tells a different story, with key claims under Biden coming in at the lowest levels in decades, say attorneys at Covington.
Areas of Coverage
- TRANSACTIONS
- Mergers and acquisitions valued at $100MM or more
- Company spinoffs and splitups
- Transactions involving stakes of $100MM or more
- Hostile takeovers and leveraged buyouts
- Poison pill implementation
- Bankruptcy selloffs
- AGENCIES
- Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
- Federal Trade Commission
- U.S. Department of Justice
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Dodd-Frank Act
- International banking legislation and regulation
- ENFORCEMENT
- Merger reviews
- Second requests
- Challenges and divestitures
- LITIGATION
- Antitrust suits
- Bankruptcy proceedings
- Shareholder disputes
- Corporate governance fights
- Proxy battles and hostile takeover suits
- Poison pill challenges
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of mergers and acquisitions practices
Readership
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- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals