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February 25, 2025
SEC Is Asked For Background On Fugitive Trader's Death Docs
A Connecticut federal judge has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission for more information about its investigation into what appears to be a forged death certificate for a fugitive trader who fled to India nearly a decade ago.
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February 25, 2025
Tampa Bay Rays To Return $200K In Alleged Ponzi Proceeds
A Georgia federal judge on Tuesday approved a settlement in which the Tampa Bay Rays have agreed to relinquish $200,000 the baseball team received for marketing services as part of an alleged Ponzi scheme.
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February 25, 2025
SEC's Small Biz Panel Seeks Relief For Venture Funds
A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission advisory group is recommending the agency ease rules to allow qualifying venture funds to attract more investors without registering with the SEC, hoping to bolster capital available to small businesses.
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February 25, 2025
Nelson Mullins Brings On Corporate Ace From Fla. Boutique
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP announced Tuesday that it has deepened its real estate and corporate capabilities with a new partner in its Boca Raton, Florida, office from Kapp Morrison LLP.
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February 25, 2025
Perkins Coie Adds 3 Greenberg Traurig M&A, PE Pros In Texas
Perkins Coie LLP announced Tuesday that it had strengthened its mergers and acquisitions and private equity practices with three Greenberg Traurig lawyers who have come aboard as partners in Dallas and Austin.
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February 25, 2025
Kirkland-Led Thoma Bravo Snags €1.8B For 1st Europe Fund
Software-focused private equity shop Thoma Bravo, advised by Kirkland & Ellis LLP, on Tuesday announced that it closed its first European-focused fund after securing €1.8 billion ($1.89 billion) from investors.
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February 24, 2025
SEC Could Loosen Income Limits On Startup Investments
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's acting chairman said Monday that the agency is looking at a number of changes aimed at freeing up capital for investment, including the possibility of allowing lower- and middle-income Americans to invest in private, early-stage companies.
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February 24, 2025
'Varsity Blues' Suit Against USC An 'Uphill Battle,' Judge Says
A Los Angeles judge said Monday that while a private equity investor's fraud suit against USC over his prosecution in the "Varsity Blues" case will likely make it past the pleading stage, he will later face an "uphill battle" given how much time has passed since the high-profile college admissions scandal.
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February 24, 2025
CVC Sells Stake In India Hospital Chain To KKR For $400M
Private equity shop CVC on Monday announced that it has agreed to sell its majority stake in Indian oncology hospital chain Healthcare Global Enterprises to Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP-advised KKR for $400 million.
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February 24, 2025
Trump Media Seeks Shareholder Approval To Leave Delaware
The owner of Donald Trump's social media platform plans to hold a shareholder vote in April asking investors whether it should move its legal address to Florida, potentially joining a growing number of companies reincorporating outside of Delaware.
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February 24, 2025
Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Proskauer
Proskauer Rose LLP worked with Ares Management Corp. on its largest-ever private credit fundraise and advised StepStone Group on the formation of its $3.3 billion venture capital secondaries fund, among other achievements, earning the firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Fund Formation Groups of the Year.
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February 24, 2025
NinjaOne Valued At $5B After $500M Series C Funding
Automated endpoint management company NinjaOne on Monday revealed that it hit a $5 billion valuation after raising $500 million in Series C extension funds, which will be used to drive research and development efforts among other goals.
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February 24, 2025
Blackstone Paying $5.65B For US Marina Servicing Giant
Blackstone has agreed to acquire Dallas-based Safe Harbor Marinas, the largest marina and superyacht servicing business in the U.S., from Sun Communities Inc. for $5.65 billion, the companies said Monday.
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February 24, 2025
Skadden, Ropes & Gray Advising On 23andMe Buyout Bid
The CEO of 23andMe has teamed up with private equity firm New Mountain Capital on an offer to purchase and take the genetic testing company private at an equity value of approximately $74.7 million, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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February 24, 2025
4 Firms Advise On Apollo's $1.5B Bridge Investment Buy
Apollo Global Management said Monday it has agreed to buy Bridge Investment Group Holdings Inc., a Salt Lake City, Utah-based real estate investment manager, in a $1.5 billion deal steered by four law firms, as Apollo looks to expand its real estate equity and credit offerings.
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February 24, 2025
Just Eat Gets €4.1B Offer From Dutch Investor To Go Private
Global investment group Prosus said Monday that it will buy Just Eat Takeaway.com in a €4.1 billion ($4.3 billion) take-private deal to tap into the European food delivery market.
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February 24, 2025
Skadden Leads Brookfield To Buy Renewables Biz For $1.7B
National Grid said on Monday that it has agreed to sell its green subsidiary in the U.S. to Brookfield for $1.74 billion as the Canadian asset manager ups its stake in the rapidly growing renewables sector.
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February 21, 2025
Crypto Mining Machine Co. Bgin Blockchain Files $50M IPO
Cryptocurrency mining company Bgin Blockchain Ltd. filed for an initial public offering Friday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that is expected to raise $50 million, represented by Hunter Taubman Fischer & Li LLC and underwriters counsel Robinson & Cole LLP.
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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
Aerotech Can't Escape Workers' ESOP Investment Suit
A Pennsylvania federal judge refused to toss a proposed class action from participants in a motion control technology company's employee stock ownership plan who alleged mismanagement, finding allegations that the company's low-risk investment strategy violated federal benefits law could proceed to discovery.
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February 21, 2025
WilmerHale Corporate Ace Joins DLA Piper In California
DLA Piper has added a former WilmerHale attorney to strengthen its corporate practice, including bolstering its service to clients in the life sciences and healthcare industries.
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February 21, 2025
Barry Manilow Bids To Kick Hipgnosis Claim To LA Court
Singer-songwriter Barry Manilow called for a London court on Friday to toss part of a claim by U.K.-based intellectual-property investment fund Hipgnosis SFH 1 Ltd. that Manilow failed to pay it royalties, arguing that the claim should be heard in Los Angeles.
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February 21, 2025
Fund Formation Group Of The Year: Weil
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP guided Brookfield Asset Management in securing a record-shattering $30 billion private infrastructure fund, and assisted Crow Holdings in closing the largest real estate private equity fund of 2024's first quarter at $3.1 billion, earning the law firm a spot among the 2024 Law360 Fund Formation Groups of the Year.
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February 21, 2025
Trump Media Board Plans M&A Expansion Fund
Trump Media and Technology Group Corp., the operator of President Donald Trump's social media platform Truth Social, said Friday that its board has voted to authorize the creation of an acquisition fund that will focus on potential mergers and acquisitions across tech, finance and other sectors.
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February 21, 2025
Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, V&E, Cravath, Dechert
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Diamondback Energy buys Midland Basin assets from another oil and natural gas company, GTCR closes its second strategic growth fund, Light & Wonder Inc. buys Grover Gaming's assets, and Barings acquires Artemis Real Estate Partners.
Expert Analysis
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5 Evolving Concerns For Family Offices In 2025
Complex regulatory changes and emerging operational risks will force family offices to stay on their toes in 2025, with timely action particularly necessary to address several tax and reporting developments that may affect their investments and business operations, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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2024 Was A Banner Year For Shareholder Activism
Shareholder activism campaigns in 2024 continued at an elevated pace globally, with activist investors exploiting valuation gaps and pushing aggressively for corporate governance reforms, including the ouster of many companies' chief executives, a trend that could continue once President-elect Donald Trump takes office, say attorneys at Sidley.
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7 Ways 2nd Trump Administration May Affect Partner Hiring
President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House will likely have a number of downstream effects on partner hiring in the legal industry, from accelerated hiring timelines to increased vetting of prospective employees, say recruiters at Macrae.
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E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Custodian Selection
Several recent rulings make clear that the proportionality of additional proposed custodians will depend on whether the custodians have unique relevant documents, and producing parties should consider whether information already in the record will show that they have relevant documents that otherwise might not be produced, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Impact Of Successful Challenges To SEC's Rulemaking Ability
In 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission faced significant legal challenges to its aggressive rulemaking agenda as several of its rules were vacated by the Fifth Circuit, which could hinder the SEC's ability to enact rules extending beyond express statutory authority in the future, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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Series
Exercising On My Peloton Bike Makes Me A Better Lawyer
While I originally came to the Peloton bike for exercise, one cycling instructor’s teachings have come to serve as a road map for practicing law thoughtfully and mindfully, which has opened opportunities for growth and change in my career, says Andrea Kirshenbaum at Littler.
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Predicting What's Next For SEC By Looking At Past Dissents
While Paul Atkins' nomination to be the next chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has taken center stage, an analysis of Republican Commissioners Hester Peirce and Mark Uyeda's past votes and dissents provides a preview of where enforcement may shift in the new administration, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.
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Exploring Venue Strategy For Trump-Era Regulatory Litigation
Litigation will likely play a prominent role in shaping policy outcomes during the second Trump administration, and stakeholders have several tools at their disposal to steer regulatory litigation toward more favorable venues, say attorneys at Covington.
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Opinion
3 New Year's Resolutions For Antitrust Agencies To Consider
James Fredricks at Skadden rings in 2025 with his wish list for the federal antitrust agencies, starting with a provision for a presumptive safe harbor for information sharing.
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New Year, New Risks: 8 Top Cyber Issues For Finance In 2025
As financial institutions forge ahead in 2025, they must strike a delicate balance between embracing technological innovation and guarding against its darker threats, which this year could include everything from supply chain vulnerabilities to deepfakes, say attorneys at Baker Donelson.
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8 Trends And Predictions Following PE's Late 2024 Surge
Private equity will remain at the forefront of value creation in 2025, and anticipated market trends include sponsors' desire to return capital to investors and a more business-friendly tack by the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, say attorneys at Weil.
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Series
Playing Esports Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Competing in a global esports tournament at Wimbledon last year not only fulfilled my childhood dream, but also sharpened skills that are essential to my day job, including strategic thinking, confidence and networking, says AJ Schuyler at Jackson Lewis.
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Lessons From The SEC's 2024 Crackdown On AI Washing
AI washing was the subject of increased scrutiny from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in 2024 following a surge in the commercial adoption of generative artificial intelligence technologies in 2023, highlighting the importance of transparency, accuracy and accountability when communicating about AI, say attorneys at Perkins Coie.
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An Associate's Guide To Career Development In 2025
As the new year begins, associates at all levels should consider establishing career metrics, fostering key relationships and employing other specific strategies to help move through the complexities of the legal profession with confidence and emerge as trailblazers, say EJ Stern and Amanda George at Fractional Law Firm.
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5 Antitrust Issues For In-House Counsel In 2025
Attorneys at Squire Patton evaluate the top areas where U.S. antitrust policy is likely to change in the next 12 months, including major challenges to the Federal Trade Commission's authority that could reshape enforcement.