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December 14, 2018
Neiman Marcus Accuses Marble Ridge Of Smear Campaign
Neiman Marcus Group Inc. filed counterclaims in Texas state court Friday against Marble Ridge Master Fund LP and its adviser, disputing the lawsuit the hedge fund lobbed earlier in the week and saying it has “waged a public campaign” against the luxury fashion retailer in an effort to extort value from it.
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December 14, 2018
Ex-Apollo Exec Can't Gag His Former Atty In SEC Probe
A New York federal judge on Thursday overruled objections to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's questioning of a former attorney for an ex-Apollo Management LP executive who stands accused of defrauding fund clients, saying there’s been no showing of common interest privilege.
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December 14, 2018
David's Bridal Creditors Slam Evercore’s $13M Ch. 11 Fee
Creditors of bankrupt David’s Bridal Inc. called for a 50 percent cut to a proposed $13.1 million Delaware Chapter 11 retention fee for investment banker Evercore Group LLC on Friday, citing “double dipping” and other allegedly nonstandard fee calculations.
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December 14, 2018
Covington & Burling Steers Merck's €2B Animal Tech Biz Buy
New Jersey-based Merck & Co. Inc. said on Friday that it has agreed to buy all outstanding shares of privately-held animal intelligence technology group Antelliq Group for €2.1 billion ($2.4 billion) and assume its debt in a deal that was guided by Covington & Burling LLP.
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December 14, 2018
Deals Rumor Mill: Sprint, McAfee, Bankia
A U.S. national security panel is reportedly expected to OK a Sprint-T-Mobile merger, Intel Corp. and TPG Capital are in talks to sell McAfee to Thoma Bravo, and Bankia is close to offloading €3 billion ($3.4 billion) worth of bad loans and repossessed property.
Areas of Coverage
- TRANSACTIONS
- Private equity deals valued at $50MM or more
- Venture capital investments of $25MM or more
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Capital investments, including mezzanine and growth capital deals
- Joint ventures involving private equity firms
- Hostile takeovers and leveraged buyouts
- Distressed investment deals
- AGENCIES
- U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- Federal Trade Commission
- Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
- Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
- U.S. Department of Justice
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- International competition and securities regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Dodd-Frank Act
- Delaware corporate law
- Antitrust and consumer protection controls
- Private equity industry lobbying
- International banking legislation and regulation
- ENFORCEMENT
- Merger reviews
- Second requests
- Challenges and divestitures
- Litigation
- Antitrust suits
- Shareholder disputes
- Corporate governance fights
- Poison pill challenges
- Hostile takeover disputes
- Privacy and consumer protection suits
- Bankruptcy proceedings involving private equity stakeholders
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of private equity practices
Readership
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- Executives and attorneys in the private equity industry
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- 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.
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