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October 23, 2025
Warner Bros. Rejects $60B Paramount Bid, And More Rumors
Warner Bros. Discovery's board reportedly rejected a nearly $60 billion offer from Paramount Skydance, but a deal could still materialize after Warner Bros.' board launched a formal review of strategic alternatives. Among other recent reports, Anthropic and Google are said to be in talks for a potential multibillion-dollar cloud deal, and the private equity owner of Octus is preparing for a sale that could value the financial news company at more than $4 billion.
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October 23, 2025
2 AI-Focused SPACs Plan To Raise Combined $575M In IPOs
Two artificial intelligence-focused special purpose acquisition companies have filed plans with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to raise up to a combined $575 million in their initial public offerings.
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October 23, 2025
Clifford Chance-Led Swiss Biz To Sell Logistics Co. For $1.1B
Swiss investment firm Partners Group said Thursday that it has agreed to sell its minority stake in Apex Logistics to Kuehne+Nagel for 886 million Swiss francs ($1.1 billion).
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October 23, 2025
Barclays, JP Morgan Take 20% Stake In LSEG's Post Trade Biz
The London Stock Exchange Group said Thursday that it has sold a 20% stake in Post Trade Solutions to a group of 11 banks, including Barclays, J.P. Morgan and Citi, for £170 million ($227 million), in a deal that will allow it to bag more of the profits from its separate SwapClear business.
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October 22, 2025
Phillips 66 Can't Undo $805M Trade Secrets Trial Loss
Phillips 66 can't get a new trial after its $805 million loss on claims it stole startup Propel Fuels' intellectual property during due diligence for an acquisition, a California state judge has ruled, saying the jury's findings, including malicious misconduct, are well-supported.
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October 22, 2025
Bristol-Myers $450M Payment Dispute Heads To Arbitration
A judge sitting for Delaware's Court of Chancery has sent to arbitration allegations from shareholders of a small biotechnology company acquired by Bristol-Myers Squibb that the pharmaceutical giant used trickery to avoid paying up to $450 million in milestone payments.
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October 22, 2025
Tesla Claims Texas Charter Trumps Sweeping Claims In Del.
Attorneys for Tesla, its principals and Elon Musk told Delaware's chancellor on Tuesday that the company's widely trumpeted corporate charter move from Delaware to Texas should doom a Court of Chancery consolidated stockholder suit challenging a string of actions by the company and Musk.
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October 22, 2025
Farmers' Ohio Deal Is Latest Amid Banking M&A Surge
Farmers National Banc Corp. said Wednesday it has agreed to purchase Middlefield Banc Corp. for $299 million, amid a record-breaking run for banking deals that experts tell Law360 is being fueled by more favorable regulatory dynamics and years of pent-up demand.
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October 22, 2025
Paul Weiss, Sullivan & Cromwell Assist Koch Deal With Giants
Billionaire philanthropist Julia Koch and her family, advised by Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, have become minority shareholders in the National Football League's New York Giants, advised by Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, in a deal approved by NFL owners Wednesday at their fall meeting in New York.
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October 22, 2025
Presidential Firing Limits Fight Builds At High Court
The ousted U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board chair has encouraged the U.S. Supreme Court to include a caveat for "legislative courts" if it overturns precedent that empowers Congress to limit the president's authority to fire certain agency officials, but opponents of independent agencies want a clean break from the status quo.
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October 22, 2025
3 Firms Guide DraftKings Deal To Enter Prediction Markets
Betting platform DraftKings has entered the prediction markets with its acquisition of Railbird Technologies Inc., but it will not yet offer prediction wagering on sporting events, instead initially focusing on finance, culture and entertainment, according to a company announcement.
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October 22, 2025
5 Firms Guide $2.1B Alkermes-Avadel Sleep Medicine Deal
Dublin-based Alkermes PLC has agreed to buy Avadel Pharmaceuticals PLC, a fellow Irish drugmaker focused on sleep medicine, in an all-cash deal valuing Avadel at about $2.1 billion, the companies said on Wednesday.
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October 22, 2025
Crypto Exchange FalconX Snags ETP Provider 21shares
Digital asset brokerage FalconX on Wednesday unveiled plans to buy cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds and products provider 21shares, a move that comes just over a month after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission eased listing standards for crypto ETPs.
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October 22, 2025
NC Biz Court Bulletin: COVID Coverage, A Suspect Signature
The North Carolina Business Court has rounded the corner into fall with insurance disputes over COVID-19 coverage at a chain of outlet malls and the theft of over $900,000 in legal THC reportedly stolen from a warehouse in the Southwest.
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October 22, 2025
A&O-Led Ipsen To Buy Blood Cancer Research Biz For €1B
Global biopharmaceutical company Ipsen said Wednesday that it will acquire a biotechnology company, ImCheck Therapeutics, from a consortium of French, European and U.S. investors for up to €1 billion ($1.16 billion) to boost the portfolio of its cancer treatments.
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October 22, 2025
BasePoint Gets More Time For £523M Bid For UK Credit Biz
The U.K.'s merger authority has given U.S. specialist finance group BasePoint even more time to make a £523 million ($696 million) offer for International Personal Finance, the British credit provider said Wednesday.
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October 21, 2025
GE Vernova To Pay $5.3B For Remaining Half Of Prolec Stake
General Electric Co.'s spinoff electric power business, GE Vernova, announced Tuesday that it will acquire the remaining half of its grid equipment joint venture from Mexico's Xignux for nearly $5.3 billion, saying the deal will boost the growth of its electrification segment amidst growing electricity demand.
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October 21, 2025
FTC's Holyoak Thinks US Enforcers Should Stick To US Law
Federal Trade Commission member Melissa Holyoak suggested Tuesday that the Republican-led agency is unlikely to nudge its international peers to block mergers on its behalf, as it was accused of doing previously.
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October 21, 2025
SilverRock Approved For $65M Sale Of Calif. Resort Project
Bankrupt real estate development firm SilverRock Development Co. LLC received approval Tuesday from a Delaware judge for the $65 million sale of its resort project assets to affiliates of Turnbridge Equities, with the court overruling objections tied to an existing ground lease on the property.
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October 21, 2025
Willkie-Led Cloud Data Biz Veeam Buys Securiti AI For $1.73B
Private equity-backed information technology company Veeam Software, advised by Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, on Tuesday unveiled plans to acquire data privacy management software company Securiti AI in a $1.73 billion deal.
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October 21, 2025
Coinbase Pays $375M For Echo Amid 'Full-Stack' Crypto Push
Coinbase said Tuesday it has acquired blockchain fundraising platform Echo for approximately $375 million, as the cryptocurrency giant makes its latest push to create a "full-stack" solution for crypto investors.
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October 21, 2025
Beauty Exec Wants $40M Set-Aside After $1B L'Oreal Sale
The former president of a Connecticut beauty brand that L'Oreal bought for around $1 billion wants the company to secure $40 million in case she wins her lawsuit claiming she is owed a much bigger slice of the proceeds.
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October 21, 2025
Chamber Survey Says Overhaul Doubled Merger Filing Burden
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Monday released the results of a small survey indicating that an overhaul of U.S. merger notification requirements, which it's challenging in court, has created a dramatic increase in the time spent by outside counsel and the costs associated with preparing transaction paperwork.
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October 21, 2025
5 Firms Steer $2.62B Sale Of CenterPoint's Ohio Biz
National Fuel Gas Co. on Tuesday announced plans to buy CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp.'s Ohio natural gas utility business, in a $2.62 billion deal that was built by five law firms.
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October 21, 2025
PE Giants Ink $18.3B Deal For Hologic Amid Megadeal Blitz
Hologic Inc. said Tuesday it will be acquired by a private equity consortium in a deal valuing the Wachtell-advised medical technology company around $18.3 billion, marking one of the largest leveraged healthcare buyouts in recent years.
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UK Enforcers Say Cargo Equipment Deal Raises Concerns
The planned merger of Finnish cargo handling equipment outfits Cargotec Corp. and Konecranes PLC faces increasing scrutiny across the globe, as U.K. enforcers raised concerns about competition for a number of different products for port services.
Expert Analysis
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Series
Writing Novels Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Writing my debut novel taught me to appreciate the value of critique and to never give up, no matter how long or tedious the journey, providing me with valuable skills that I now emphasize in my practice, says Daniel Buzzetta at BakerHostetler.
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SEC's No-Action Relief Could Dramatically Alter Retail Voting
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently cleared the way for ExxonMobil to institute a novel change in retail shareholder voting that could greatly increase voter turnout, granting no-action relief that represents an effective and meaningful step toward modernizing the shareholder voting process and the much-needed democratization of retail investors, say attorneys at Cozen.
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SDNY OpenAI Order Clarifies Preservation Standards For AI
The Southern District of New York’s recent order in the OpenAI copyright infringement litigation, denying discovery of The New York Times' artificial intelligence technology use, clarifies that traditional preservation benchmarks apply to AI content, relieving organizations from using a “keep everything” approach, says Philip Favro at Favro Law.
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What's At Stake In Justices' Merits Hearing Of FTC Firing
In December, the U.S. Supreme Court will review President Donald Trump's firing of Democratic Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter, a decision that will implicate a 90-year-old precedent and, depending on its breadth, could have profound implications for presidential authority over independent agencies, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.
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6 Shifts In Trump Tax Law May Lend A Hand To M&A Strategy
Changes in the Trump administration's recent One Big Beautiful Bill Act stand to create a more favorable environment for mergers and acquisitions, including full bonus depreciation and an expanded code section, say attorneys at K&L Gates.
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Hermes Bags Antitrust Win That Clarifies Luxury Tying Claims
A California federal court recently found that absent actual harm to competition in the market for ancillary products, Hermes may make access to the Birkin bag contingent on other purchases, establishing that selective sales tactics and scarcity do not automatically violate U.S. antitrust law, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.
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Opinion
High Court, Not A Single Justice, Should Decide On Recusal
As public trust in the U.S. Supreme Court continues to decline, the court should adopt a collegial framework in which all justices decide questions of recusal together — a reform that respects both judicial independence and due process for litigants, say Michael Broyde at Emory University and Hayden Hall at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
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Series
Traveling Solo Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Traveling by myself has taught me to assess risk, understand tone and stay calm in high-pressure situations, which are not only useful life skills, but the foundation of how I support my clients, says Lacey Gutierrez at Group Five Legal.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Client Service
Law school teaches you how to interpret the law, but it doesn't teach you some of the key ways to keeping clients satisfied, lessons that I've learned in the most unexpected of places: a book on how to be a butler, says Gregory Ramos at Armstrong Teasdale.
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US-German M&A Hits Its Stride Despite Economic Headwinds
Against expectations, dealmakers in both the U.S. and Germany are actively seeking investment opportunities in each other's markets, with 2025 shaping up to be the strongest year in recent memory, say attorneys at White & Case.
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How Trump Admin. Is Shifting Biden's Antitrust Merger Enforcement
Antitrust enforcement trends under the Trump administration have included a moderation in the agencies' approach to merger enforcement as compared to enforcers compared to the prior administration, but dealmakers should still expect aggressive enforcement when the agencies believe consumers will be harmed and they expect to win in court, say attorneys at Rule Garza.
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Opinion
Ending Quarterly Reporting Would Erode Investor Protection
President Donald Trump recently called for an end to the long-standing practice of corporate quarterly reporting, but doing so would reduce transparency, create information asymmetries, provide more opportunities for corporate fraud and risk increased stock price volatility, while not meaningfully increasing long-term investments, say attorneys at Bleichmar Fonti.
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Series
Adapting To Private Practice: 3 Tips On Finding The Right Job
After 23 years as a state and federal prosecutor, when I contemplated moving to a law firm, practicing solo or going in-house, I found there's a critical first step — deep self-reflection on what you truly want to do and where your strengths lie, says Rachael Jones at McKool Smith.
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Series
Painting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Painting trains me to see both the fine detail and the whole composition at once, enabling me to identify friction points while keeping sight of a client's bigger vision, but the most significant lesson I've brought to my legal work has been the value of originality, says Jana Gouchev at Gouchev Law.
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What's At Stake At High Court For Presidential Removal Power
Two pending U.S. Supreme Court cases —Trump v. Slaughter and Trump v. Cook — raise fundamental questions about the constitutional separation of powers, threaten the 90-year-old precedent of Humphrey's Executor v. U.S. and will determine the president's authority to control independent federal agencies, says Kolya Glick at Arnold & Porter.