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September 19, 2025
IG Group To Buy Aussie Cryptocurrency Exchange For $117M
IG Group said Friday that it has agreed to acquire Australian cryptocurrency exchange Independent Reserve for 178 million Australian dollars ($117 million), marking the global fintech company's entry into cryptocurrency markets in Asia Pacific.
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September 18, 2025
Delaware Judge Calls For Civility After 'Annus Horribilis'
In a rare postscript to her bench ruling this week, a Delaware vice chancellor lamented what she observed as a breakdown in the state bar's civility and mutual respect over the past "annus horribilis," comments that have since drawn cautious support and resonance with several in the First State's legal community.
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September 18, 2025
Kong Toy Owners Blame Each Other For Deal Breach
After more than three weeks, the co-owners of dog toy maker Kong Co. LLC ended their bench trial over violated company agreements with closing arguments Thursday, with one side claiming they were being forced out while the other arguing they were being ripped off.
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September 18, 2025
Philip Morris Gets Swedish Match Deal Case Stubbed Out
A Virginia federal court tossed a proposed class action on Thursday from consumers accusing Philip Morris of violating antitrust law by purchasing Swedish Match rather than competing in the U.S. market for nicotine pouches with its own product, after finding the claims were based on conjecture instead of facts.
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September 18, 2025
Atlassian To Buy DX For $1B In AI Productivity Push
Collaboration software company Atlassian announced Thursday it agreed to buy DX, a developer intelligence firm, for about $1 billion, in a deal that Atlassian said will help large enterprises gauge the impact of artificial intelligence on engineering productivity.
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September 18, 2025
Nvidia Investing $5B In Intel, Launches AI Chip Alliance
Nvidia Corp. said Thursday it will join forces with Intel Corp. to develop custom chips for data centers and personal computers, kicking off the collaboration with a planned $5 billion investment in Intel stock.
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September 18, 2025
Nelson Mullins Adds Jones Day Corporate Pro In Atlanta
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has brought a Jones Day partner into its Atlanta office, bolstering its corporate practice with an attorney with experience in C-suite roles and as general counsel for companies, the firm said Thursday.
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September 18, 2025
Montreal-Based Corp. Atty Moves To Akerman's NY Office
Akerman LLP has announced that a former Quebec-based partner at the Canadian business law firm Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP is returning to New York to join its corporate practice group.
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September 18, 2025
Willkie, King & Spalding Lead $675M Sale Of Concrete Biz
Commercial Metals Co., led by Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, on Thursday announced that it has agreed to buy concrete solutions provider Concrete Pipe & Precast LLC from King & Spalding LLP-advised Eagle Corp. and ECPP in a $675 million deal.
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September 18, 2025
Skadden-Led Radian Acquires Underwriting Biz In $1.7B Deal
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP-advised Radian Group unveiled plans on Thursday to buy specialty insurer Inigo Ltd., which provides underwriting services through Lloyd's Syndicate 1301, in a $1.7 billion "primarily" all-cash deal.
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September 18, 2025
Group Of US Investors To Buy TikTok, Plus More Rumors
A consortium of big-name buyers including Oracle, Silver Lake and Andreessen Horowitz are rumored to be taking a majority stake in TikTok after a long search to find the app a U.S. owner; Paramount Skydance is reportedly ready to make an offer for Warner Bros. Discovery; and private equity shop CVC is close to inking a $1.5 billion deal to acquire web-hosting provider Namecheap. Here, Law360 breaks down these and other deal rumors from the past week.
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September 18, 2025
Sidley-Led Roche To Buy US Pharma Biz For $3.5B
Swiss pharmaceutical behemoth Roche Holding AG said Thursday that it has agreed to acquire U.S.-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company 89bio Inc. for up to approximately $3.5 billion to boost its portfolio in treatments for cardiovascular, renal and metabolic diseases.
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September 18, 2025
Investor EQT Wraps Up Deal For Majority Stake In Energy Biz
Swedish investment firm EQT said Thursday that it has completed its acquisition of a majority stake in natural gas producer Waga, paving the way for a full takeover of the business.
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September 17, 2025
Chancery Mulls Limited Discovery In $8.7B Cerevel Sale Suit
A Delaware vice chancellor said Wednesday he is considering denial of a motion to dismiss as well as limited plaintiff discovery in a suit accusing Cerevel Therapeutics Holdings Inc. insiders of lining up a secondary stock sale ahead of the biopharma's disclosure of a proposed $8.7 billion sale to AbbVie.
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September 17, 2025
Chancery Approves $30M Match.com Spinoff Suit Settlement
A Delaware vice chancellor approved a $30 million mediated settlement Wednesday to resolve a five-year dispute over the fairness of Match.com's 2019 reverse spinoff from Barry Diller-controlled IAC/Interactive, with stockholder attorneys taking home $6.9 million.
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September 17, 2025
ADNOC-Led Group Abandons $18.7B Bid For Santos
A consortium led by a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company said Wednesday it has abandoned a roughly $18.7 billion non-binding takeover lobbed at global energy company Santos Ltd. back in June.
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September 17, 2025
FTC Sends White House List Of Regulations For Deletion
The Federal Trade Commission provided the White House with a report on Wednesday recommending that more than 125 regulations from agencies across the federal government be modified or deleted because they create barriers to competition.
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September 17, 2025
Spencer Fane Adds Corporate, RE Attys In The Midwest
Spencer Fane LLP announced the addition of two new attorneys in the Midwest this week — a partner joining its corporate and business transactions group and a counsel joining its real estate group.
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September 17, 2025
3 Firms Advise On I Squared's $800M Entek Stake Purchase
I Squared Capital announced Wednesday it has agreed to acquire a majority equity interest in battery separator maker Entek for $800 million, as part of a partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy, in a deal steered by three law firms.
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September 17, 2025
Sky-High AI Valuations Are Reshaping Dealmaking Playbook
The latest financing for Anthropic underscores how difficult it has become to dismiss sky-high valuations backing AI as froth, and shows how such numbers could reshape acquisition and exit strategies while exposing investors to heightened legal and financial risks.
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September 17, 2025
Yale Health System Settles $435M Hospital Sale Suit
Yale New Haven Health Services Corp., Connecticut's largest hospital system, has reached a settlement in principle with bankrupt Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. that would resolve a $435 million contract dispute over the sale of several hospitals in the state.
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September 17, 2025
Skadden, Latham Guide $1.6B Paramount Real Estate Deal
Real estate investment trust Paramount Group will be sold to asset manager Rithm Capital Corp. for about $1.6 billion, with Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP advising Rithm and Latham & Watkins LLP representing Paramount, the companies said Sept. 17.
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September 16, 2025
Alamos Gold Ends $1B Turkey Dispute With $470M Deal
Canadian mining company Alamos Gold has agreed to end its $1 billion claim against Turkey after the country nixed its permit for a lucrative gold mining project, once a deal to sell its Turkish subsidiary to a unit of Turkish conglomerate Nurol Holding is completed.
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September 16, 2025
FTC Ends Director Overlap In Healthcare Space
The Federal Trade Commission said three members of Sevita Health's board of directors resigned after enforcers flagged an overlap with the board of a competing provider of specialty healthcare for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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September 16, 2025
Latham, Cooley Lead Ticket Sales Giant StubHub's $800M IPO
StubHub, an online ticket reseller backed by private equity and venture capital firms, is set to hit the public markets Wednesday after pricing an $800 million initial public offering within its targeted range.
Expert Analysis
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Recent Complex Global Deals Reveal Regulatory Trends
An analysis of six complex global deals that were completed or abandoned in the last year suggests that, while such deals continue to face significant and lengthy scrutiny across the U.S, U.K. and European Union, the path to closing may have eased slightly compared to recent years, say attorneys at Weil.
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Series
Adapting To Private Practice: From US Attorney To BigLaw
When I transitioned to private practice after government service — most recently as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia — I learned there are more similarities between the two jobs than many realize, with both disciplines requiring resourcefulness, zealous advocacy and foresight, says Zach Terwilliger at V&E.
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Opportunity Zone Revamp Could Improve The Program
If adopted, the budget bill's new iteration of the opportunity zone program could renew, refine and enhance the effectiveness and accountability of the original program by including structural reforms, expanded eligibility rules and incentives for rural investment, say attorneys at Pillsbury.
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The Ins And Outs Of Consensual Judicial References
As parties consider the possibility of judicial reference to resolve complex disputes, it is critical to understand how the process works, why it's gaining traction, and why carefully crafted agreements make all the difference, say attorneys at Pillsbury.
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Opinion
The BigLaw Settlements Are About Risk, Not Profit
The nine Am Law 100 firms that settled with the Trump administration likely did so because of the personal risk faced by equity partners in today's billion‑dollar national practices, enabled by an ethics rule primed for modernization, says Adam Forest at Scale.
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Del. Dispatch: A Look At Indemnification Notice Provisions
The Delaware Supreme Court's recent decision in Thompson Street Capital Partners v. Sonova U.S. Hearing Instruments serves as a reminder that noncompliance with contractual requirements for an indemnification claim notice may result in forfeiture of the indemnification right, depending on both the agreement language and the circumstances, say attorneys at Fried Frank.
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Buyer Beware Of Restrictive Covenants In Delaware
Based on recent Delaware Chancery Court opinions rejecting restricted covenants contained in agreements in the sale-of-business context, businesses need to craft narrowly tailored restrictions that have legitimate interests, say attorneys at Saul Ewing.
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ESOP Ruling Clarifies Trustees' Role In 3rd-Party Sales
An Illinois federal court's dismissal of a class action related to an employee stock ownership plan in Rush v. GreatBanc demystifies the trustee's role in a sale transaction to a third party by providing commentary on the prudent process and considerations for trustees to weigh before approving a sale, says Katelyn Harrell at BCLP.
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Google Ad Tech Ruling Creates Antitrust Uncertainty
A Virginia federal court’s recent decision in the Justice Department’s ad tech antitrust case against Google includes two unusual aspects in that it narrowly construed U.S. Supreme Court precedent when rejecting Google's two-sided market argument, and it found the company liable for unlawful tying, say attorneys at Ballard Spahr.
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Series
Brazilian Jiujitsu Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Competing in Brazilian jiujitsu – often against opponents who are much larger and younger than me – has allowed me to develop a handful of useful skills that foster the resilience and adaptability necessary for a successful legal career, says Tina Dorr of Barnes & Thornburg.
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Opportunities And Challenges For The Texas Stock Exchange
While the new Texas Stock Exchange could be an interesting alternative to the NYSE and the Nasdaq due to the state’s robust economy and the TXSE’s high-profile leadership and publicity opportunities for listings, its success as a national securities exchange may hinge on resolving questions about its regulatory and cost advantages, say attorneys at Norton Rose.
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Pace Of Early Terminations Suggests Greater M&A Scrutiny
The nascent return of early termination under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act shows a more limited use than before its 2021 suspension under the Biden administration's Federal Trade Commission, suggesting deeper scrutiny of mergers and acquisitions across the board, says Michael Wise at Squire Patton.
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Review Risk Is Increasing For Foreign Real Estate Developers
Federal and state government efforts have been expanding oversight of foreign investment in U.S. real estate, necessitating careful assessment of risk and of the benefits of notifying the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, say attorneys at Troutman.
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Series
Power To The Paralegals: An Untapped Source For Biz Roles
Law firms looking to recruit legal business talent should consider turning to paralegals, who practice several key skills every day that prepare them to thrive in marketing and client development roles, says Vanessa Torres at Lowenstein Sandler.
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The Legal Risks Of US Restrictions On Investments In China
The second Trump administration has continued to embrace a more restrictive economic policy toward China, including an ongoing review of further restrictions on the flow of U.S. capital to China, so early planning and enhanced diligence can reduce exposure to the challenges resulting from further restrictions, say attorneys at Cleary.