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January 28, 2025
'Right To Hug' Case In Michigan Draws ACLU Support
The American Civil Liberties Union and 15 other organizations urged a Michigan appeals court to hold that children have a right to in-person visits with their incarcerated parents, describing in a friend-of-the-court brief the long-lasting psychological effects of isolating child from parent.
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January 28, 2025
Bain Capital Seeks Surgery Partners Buyout At $3.3B Value
Tennessee-based short-stay surgical facility operator Surgery Partners Inc. disclosed Tuesday that its board received a nonbinding proposal the prior day from Bain Capital Private Equity LP that values the company at close to $3.3 billion.
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January 28, 2025
TravelPerk Hits $2.7B Valuation, Announces Yokoy Buy
Spanish business travel platform TravelPerk, advised by Allen Overy Shearman Sterling, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC and Lenz & Staehelin, on Tuesday announced that it hit a $2.7 billion valuation after closing its Series E funding round with $200 million of commitments, while also announcing its acquisition of European expense, invoice and card payment processing platform Yokoy.
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January 28, 2025
Paul Hastings, Cravath Lead Smithfield's Reduced $522M IPO
Shares of pork producer Smithfield Foods Inc., which has spun off from China's WH Group, began trading Tuesday after the company priced a downsized $522 million initial public offering below its initial range, with Paul Hastings LLP advising Smithfield in the offering and Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP representing its underwriters.
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January 28, 2025
4 Firms Look To Build $1B Sale Of Evergreen Theragnostics
Radiopharmaceutical-focused healthcare company Lantheus Holdings Inc. on Tuesday announced plans to buy Evergreen Theragnostics Inc. for up to $1 billion or more in a deal steered by four law firms.
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January 27, 2025
Radiology Co.'s Ex-Workers Win Class Cert. In ESOP Suit
A Colorado federal judge on Friday certified an ERISA class action accusing a radiology company and its trustee of overcharging its employee stock ownership plan for purchase of company stock.
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January 27, 2025
Perella Weinberg Had $47M Motive To Ax Partners, Judge Told
Counsel for former partners of investment banking firm Perella Weinberg on Monday signaled to a New York state trial judge that the firm had a financial motive to fire them and pointed to emails calling one a "destructive influence."
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January 27, 2025
Archegos CFO Gets 8 Years For $100M Stock Fraud Ploy
The former chief financial officer of defunct hedge fund Archegos on Monday was sentenced in New York federal court to eight years in prison for his role in a $100 billion scheme to manipulate the market and defraud banks.
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January 27, 2025
Obesity-Focused Metsera Leads Biotech Firms Eyeing IPOs
Obesity-focused drug developer Metsera launched plans on Monday for an estimated $275 million initial public offering, joined by kidney-disease focused Maze Therapeutics, both of which plan to tap the markets this week under combined guidance of four law firms.
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January 27, 2025
Drone Co., Media Biz And Tire-Maker Announce SPAC Mergers
Three overseas companies spanning industries from drones to fashion media and tire manufacturing announced plans on Monday to go public in the U.S. by merging with special purpose acquisition companies in deals projected to exceed $1.1 billion in value, guided by at least eight law firms.
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January 27, 2025
PureHealth Nabs Majority Stake In HHG In $2.3B Deal
Middle Eastern healthcare group PureHealth Holding PJSC on Monday announced plans to buy a majority stake in Freek and Cypriot healthcare provider Hellenic Healthcare Group in a deal that values HHG at $2.3 billion.
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January 27, 2025
Jimmie Johnson Takes Majority Stake In NASCAR Cup Team
Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson has become the majority owner in the Legacy Motor Club, a NASCAR Cup Series racing team, as part of a restructuring that includes a minority investment from Milbank-represented Knighthead Capital Management LLC, according to a Legacy MC statement Monday.
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January 27, 2025
Ancora Seeks To Make US Steel 'Great Again' With New Board
Ancora Holdings Group on Monday said it plans to make U.S. Steel "great again" by installing a new CEO and board at the company "committed to abandoning" the $14.9 billion proposed merger with Nippon Steel that was blocked by former President Joe Biden earlier this month.
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January 27, 2025
Swedish PE Group EQT To Buy Italian Warehouses For €230M
Private equity group EQT said Monday that its fund has agreed to acquire warehouses near Milan and Verona for €230 million ($241 million) from Italian asset manager Kryalos, as the Swedish company reacts to growing demand for logistics centers in Europe.
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January 24, 2025
Trump Media Says Presidential Shield Deflects Investors' Suit
President Donald Trump's social media company on Friday urged the Delaware Chancery Court to dismiss, or at least stay, a lawsuit brought by investors alleging that plans to take the platform public would cheat them out of their shares, arguing that a sitting president is shielded from civil litigation in state court.
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January 24, 2025
FDIC Wins Discovery Bid In SVB Fraud Coverage Row
A Chubb unit must give certain documents to Silicon Valley Bank's former parent SVB Financial Group regarding coverage for a fraud that SVB Financial said caused $73 million in losses, a North Carolina federal court ruled Friday, though relieving an excess insurer of doing the same.
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January 24, 2025
Amex GBT Faces Sept. Trial In DOJ Case Against $570M Deal
A New York federal judge set a September trial date Friday for the U.S. Department of Justice suit challenging American Express Global Business Travel Inc.'s planned $570 million purchase of CWT Holdings LLC, rejecting company assertions of "exigencies" necessitating a decision by June.
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January 24, 2025
Ex-Staffing Co. Execs Get Prison After Copping To $75M Fraud
A Manhattan federal judge sentenced two brothers who built the staffing firm Resource Employment Solutions to prison Friday after they admitted lying to two financial firms about their Florida company's finances in what prosecutors called a $75 million fraud conspiracy.
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January 24, 2025
10 AGs Target Major Banks Over DEI, ESG Initiatives
Major financial institutions in the United States, including Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan, could have made business decisions to follow political agendas, attorneys general from 10 states said, urging them to tackle a series of questions about their diversity and inclusion policies.
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January 24, 2025
Chinese Co. Buys Stake In Amp Maker Marshall In $1.2B Deal
Chinese private equity firm HongShan Capital Group has agreed to purchase a majority stake in the Marshall Group, in a deal that values the maker of guitar amplifiers and speaker cabinets at EU1.1 billion ($1.16 billion), Marshall said Friday.
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January 24, 2025
Taxation With Representation: Latham, Simpson Thacher
In this week's Taxation With Representation, a Brookfield private real estate fund acquires Divvy Homes' property portfolio and platform, Kantar Group proposes the sale of Kantar Media, and an Ares Management-led group buys a majority of Form Technologies Inc.'s common equity.
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January 24, 2025
'Secret Plot' Drove Perella Weinberg Split, Judge Hears
A New York state judge heard dueling claims of deception on Friday as counsel for investment banking firm Perella Weinberg and a group of former partners each accused the other of a "secret plot" that violated their partnership agreement, kicking off a trial centering on a sudden split in the firm a decade ago.
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January 24, 2025
Blackstone To Buy $1B Power Plant In Va. Data Center Mecca
Blackstone, advised by Kirkland & Ellis LLP, plans to purchase a natural gas power plant in Loudoun County, Virginia — a region known for having the biggest data center market in the world — for $1 billion from Latham & Watkins LLP-led Ares Management, according to a source familiar with the matter.
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January 24, 2025
Venture-Backed IPO Recovery Could Be Muted, Report Says
The expected recovery for venture-backed initial public offerings in 2025 will likely be muted, a capital markets research firm said Friday, given investors' persistent concerns about valuation and delayed interest rate cuts that may not happen until midyear.
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January 23, 2025
Davis Polk, Skadden Steer LNG Exporter's $1.8B IPO
Liquefied natural gas exporter Venture Global Inc. on Thursday priced an estimated $1.8 billion initial public offering within its downwardly revised range, represented by Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and underwriters counsel Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP.
Expert Analysis
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Replacing The Stigma Of Menopause With Law Firm Support
A large proportion of the workforce is forced to pull the brakes on their career aspirations because of the taboo surrounding menopause and a lack of consistent support, but law firms can initiate the cultural shift needed by formulating thoughtful workplace policies, says Barbara Hamilton-Bruce at Simmons & Simmons.
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Planning Law Firm Content Calendars: What, When, Where
During the slower month of August, law firms should begin working on their 2025 content calendars, planning out a content creation and distribution framework that aligns with the firm’s objectives and maintains audience engagement throughout the year, says Jessica Kaplan at Legally Penned.
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Series
Playing Golf Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Golf can positively affect your personal and professional life well beyond the final putt, and it’s helped enrich my legal practice by improving my ability to build lasting relationships, study and apply the rules, face adversity with grace, and maintain my mental and physical well-being, says Adam Kelly at Venable.
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Law Firms Should Move From Reactive To Proactive Marketing
Most law firm marketing and business development teams operate in silos, leading to an ad hoc, reactive approach, but shifting to a culture of proactive planning — beginning with comprehensive campaigns — can help firms effectively execute their broader business strategy, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.
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Tips For Revamping Patent Portfolio Strategy In AI Deal Era
Recent data suggests patents are significantly enhancing exit valuations, particularly with cutting-edge technologies like those powered by artificial intelligence, but it is necessary to do more than simply align patent strategy with business goals, says Keegan Caldwell at Caldwell Law.
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Opinion
The Big Issues A BigLaw Associates' Union Could Address
A BigLaw associates’ union could address a number of issues that have the potential to meaningfully improve working conditions, diversity and attorney well-being — from restructured billable hour requirements to origination credit allocation, return-to-office mandates and more, says Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea.
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Opinion
It's Time For A BigLaw Associates' Union
As BigLaw faces a steady stream of criticism about its employment policies and practices, an associates union could effect real change — and it could start with law students organizing around opposition to recent recruiting trends, says Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea.
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How Justices Upended The Administrative Procedure Act
In its recent Loper Bright, Corner Post and Jarkesy decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court fundamentally changed the Administrative Procedure Act in ways that undermine Congress and the executive branch, shift power to the judiciary, curtail public and business input, and create great uncertainty, say Alene Taber and Beth Hummer at Hanson Bridgett.
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Jarkesy May Thwart Consumer Agencies' Civil Penalty Power
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy not only implicates future SEC administrative adjudications, but those of other agencies that operate similarly — and may stymie regulators' efforts to levy civil monetary penalties in a range of consumer protection enforcement actions, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.
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Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, Is My Counterclaim Bound To Fall?
A Pennsylvania federal court’s recent dismissal of the defendants’ counterclaims in Morgan v. Noss should remind attorneys to avoid the temptation to repackage a claim’s facts and law into a mirror-image counterclaim, as this approach will often result in a waste of time and resources, says Matthew Selmasska at Kaufman Dolowich.
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Why The SEC Is Targeting Short-And-Distort Schemes
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent crackdown on the illegal practice of short-and-distort trades highlights the urgent need for public companies to adopt proactive measures, including pursuing private rights of action, say attorneys at Baker McKenzie.
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Series
Playing Dungeons & Dragons Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Playing Dungeons & Dragons – a tabletop role-playing game – helped pave the way for my legal career by providing me with foundational skills such as persuasion and team building, says Derrick Carman at Robins Kaplan.
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3 Leadership Practices For A More Supportive Firm Culture
Traditional leadership styles frequently amplify the inherent pressures of legal work, but a few simple, time-neutral strategies can strengthen the skills and confidence of employees and foster a more collaborative culture, while supporting individual growth and contribution to organizational goals, says Benjamin Grimes at BKG Leadership.
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E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Hyperlinked Documents
Recent rulings show that counsel should engage in early discussions with clients regarding the potential of hyperlinked documents in electronically stored information, which will allow for more deliberate negotiation of any agreements regarding the scope of discovery, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Loper Bright Limits Federal Agencies' Ability To Alter Course
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision to dismantle Chevron deference also effectively overrules its 2005 decision in National Cable & Telecommunications Association v. Brand X, greatly diminishing agencies' ability to change regulatory course from one administration to the next, says Steven Gordon at Holland & Knight.