Merck & Co. said Wednesday it will acquire clinical-stage oncology company Terns Pharmaceuticals Inc. for $53 per share in cash, giving the deal an equity value of $6.7 billion.
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Covington, Freshfields Advise On $6.7B Merck Oncology Deal

By Al Barbarino

Merck & Co. said Wednesday it will acquire clinical-stage oncology company Terns Pharmaceuticals Inc. for $53 per share in cash, giving the deal an equity value of $6.7 billion.

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3 Canadian Law Firms Steer $6.5B Boralex PE Buyout

By Al Barbarino

Brookfield Asset Management and La Caisse have agreed to acquire all of Boralex Inc.'s outstanding shares in a deal that gives the Canadian renewable power producer an enterprise value of CA$9 billion, or about $6.5 billion, according to a deal announcement Wednesday. 

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Diageo To Sell Indian Cricket Team To Blackstone For $1.8B

By Najiyya Budaly

Guinness owner Diageo PLC said Wednesday that it is selling Indian cricket champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru to a consortium including Blackstone for 166.6 billion Indian rupees ($1.77 billion).

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Analysis

Tax-Credit Cliff Sparks M&A Rush For Clean Energy

By Keith Goldberg

The looming July cutoff to maintain eligibility for clean electricity investment and production tax credits is sparking a dealmaking spree as smaller developers who are unable to meet the deadline begin looking to sell projects to deeper-pocketed players who can.

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Split Del. High Court Affirms Paramount Merger Docs Ruling

By Hailey Konnath

In a split decision, the Delaware Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed with a lower court's finding that news articles containing anonymous sourcing were reliable enough to support investors' demands for records pertaining to Paramount Global's merger with Skydance Media.

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POLICY

After Overhaul Nixed, FTC, DOJ Mull New Merger Rulemaking

By Bryan Koenig

The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice are not giving up on attempting to overhaul the "insufficient" half-century-old merger notification form after its replacement was just struck down by a Texas federal judge, with the agencies now seeking public comment as they mull "a new rulemaking process."

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Colo. AG Says States Must Guard Rule Of Law In Antitrust

By Matthew Perlman

Colorado Attorney General Philip J. Weiser said on Wednesday that state enforcers need to uphold the rule of law when it comes to antitrust enforcement because the U.S. Department of Justice is allowing lobbyists to influence outcomes.

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MERGER REVIEW

Nexstar Says No Harm On The Horizon From $6.2B Tegna Deal

By Nadia Dreid

Nexstar and Tegna have come out swinging against a "last-minute, unfounded" attempt by eight states to block the companies from continuing to co-mingle their businesses following their $6.2 billion television station merger after receiving the go-ahead from the Federal Communications Commission.

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Conn. Regulators Approve $2.4B Eversource Water Co. Sale

By Aaron Keller

Connecticut's Public Utilities Regulatory Authority on Wednesday approved the transfer of Eversource subsidiary Aquarion Co. to a new public water authority created by the state Legislature, subject to several conditions, while admitting the $2.35 billion price tag placed the deal "on the knife's edge of a public interest finding."

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S. Korea, Elliott Dispute Over Samsung Merger Set To Restart

By Caroline Simson

South Korea's Ministry of Justice said Wednesday it is preparing for U.S. hedge fund Elliott Associates to resubmit its claim accusing the government of interfering in an $8 billion merger between two Samsung affiliates in 2015, weeks after a London court set aside a previous award in the dispute.

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LITIGATION

Insurer Need Not Cover Parkinson's Drug Antitrust Dispute

By Gianna Ferrarin

An insurer does not owe coverage in an antitrust suit accusing a pharmaceutical company of suppressing generic versions of the Parkinson's treatment Apokyn, a Maryland federal judge ruled, finding the dispute does not involve "securities claims" covered under the insurer's policy.

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Oak View Exec Tells Jury Of Deal To Hype Ticketmaster

By Stewart Bishop

The CEO of Oak View Group told a Manhattan federal jury Wednesday that his company didn't inform other venue owners that it was being paid to "advocate" for them to use Ticketmaster as a vendor for ticketing services, but said he still would recommend the Live Nation subsidiary anyway since it's the best in the business.

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CAPITAL MARKETS

Arxis Files IPO As More Defense Firms Seek Public Listings

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Military electronics and components maker Arxis has filed plans for an initial public offering, marking the second military technology company to launch plans for a public debut this week as more aerospace and military companies seek the public markets.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

How Iran War Might Reshape Proxy Contests This Year

The Iran war may function as a short-term poison pill for proxy contests, not because it strengthens corporate defenses, but because it increases the risks associated with activist commitments, say attorneys at Sidley.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Law Firm Ransomware Attacks On Rise, Report Says

By Allison Grande

Cyberattacks targeting law firms jumped in 2025, according to a new BakerHostetler report, which also highlighted recent spikes across a wide range of sectors in ransomware payments and class action lawsuits stemming from these incidents. 

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Warren Grills Fed's Ex-BigLaw Supervision Chief On Conflicts

By Lauren Berg

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., on Wednesday asked former Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP veteran Randall Guynn, a recent addition to the Federal Reserve, to explain how he is dealing with potential conflicts of interest stemming from his previous role chairing the BigLaw firm's financial institutions group.

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Winston & Strawn Wants Hunter Biden To Respond In Fee Row

By Lynn LaRowe

Winston & Strawn LLP has asked the D.C. Superior Court to force Hunter Biden to fully respond to interrogatories in its lawsuit against the former president's son over unpaid legal bills, after Biden conducted an incomplete "hand search" of documents at issue.

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MyPillow CEO's Attys Face New Sanctions Over Latest Errors

By Lauren Berg

Two attorneys for MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell and his media company are in hot water once again as a Colorado federal judge on Wednesday ordered them to explain why they shouldn't be sanctioned for citation errors, after she previously sanctioned them for errors produced by generative artificial intelligence.

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Fla. Appeals Panel Turns Poetic In Warning About AI Misuse

By Madison Arnold

A Florida state appeals court on Wednesday admonished a pro se litigant for using AI-hallucinated case citations in his ultimately unsuccessful appeal of a lower court ruling enforcing a settlement agreement with an investment company, with the panel citing an AI-generated limerick to get its point across.

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Ramey, EscapeX Ask Justices To Review Sanctions Challenge

By Adam Lidgett

EscapeX IP and its attorney William Ramey III want the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Federal Circuit's decision backing $255,000 in fees and sanctions for what a California federal judge found to be a frivolous patent suit against Google.

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Analysis

ICE Builds Out Detention Centers, And The Suits Pile Up

By Grace Dixon

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's surging need for detention space — fueled by increased funding and a rapid escalation in enforcement activity — has sparked litigation from local lawmakers and advocacy groups concerned by the agency's full-throttle approach and perceived disregard for surrounding communities.

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Trade Court Nom Regrets Past Tweets Critical Of GOP Sens.

By Courtney Bublé

Kara Westercamp, associate counsel to the president, who was nominated for the U.S. Court of International Trade, said Wednesday she regretted her past social media posts critical of Republican senators.

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Official Says DOJ Watching Essential Patent Antitrust Cases

By Ryan Davis

A U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division official said Wednesday the agency is closely monitoring antitrust disputes over standard essential patents, aiming to ensure that proper analyses of market power are undertaken and that most patent suits are exempted from causing antitrust liability.

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DOJ Agrees To Settle Flynn's Fla. Suit Over False Prosecution

By David Minsky

Retired Army general Michael Flynn reached a financial settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday in his Florida federal lawsuit claiming he was wrongly prosecuted for allegedly lying to the FBI during its investigation into whether Donald Trump coordinated with Russia during the 2016 election.

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LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

A&O Shearman

AZB & Partners

Baker & Hostetler

Binnall Law Group

Cain & Skarnulis

Coburn & Greenbaum

Covington & Burling

Cravath Swaine

Davies Ward

Davis Polk

Elliott & Associates

Foley Hoag

Freshfields

Gibson Dunn

Husch Blackwell

Kessler Topaz

Latham & Watkins

McCarthy Tetrault

McDermott Will & Schulte

Morris Nichols

Morrison & Foerster

Nelson Mullins

Perkins Coie

Prickett Jones

Ramey LLP

Ropes & Gray

Saxe Doernberger

Schwed Kahle

Sidley Austin

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Skadden Arps

Slaughter and May

Stikeman Elliott

Werner Ahari

Winston & Strawn

COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Aditya Birla Management Corp. Pvt. Ltd.

American Bar Association

American Civil Liberties Union

Apple Inc.

Aquarion Water Co. Inc.

Arcline Investment Management LP

Bank of America Corp.

BlackRock Inc.

Block Inc.

Boralex Inc.

Brookfield Asset Management Ltd.

Caisse de Depot et placement du Quebec

Center for Biological Diversity Inc.

Center for Strategic and International Studies

Cidara Therapeutics Inc.

Citigroup Inc.

DaVita Inc.

Deutsche Bank AG

Diageo India

Diageo PLC

Earthjustice

Elliott Investment Management LP

Eversource Energy

George Washington University

Google LLC

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

InterDigital Inc.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Juniper Networks Inc.

Kaman Corp.

LinkedIn Corp.

Live Nation Entertainment Inc.

Marriott International Inc.

Merck & Co. Inc.

Morgan Stanley

Nasdaq Inc.

National Amusements Inc

Netlist Inc.

Nexstar Media Group Inc.

Old Republic Insurance Co.

Paramount Global

Phillips 66

Samsung C&T

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

Sirius XM Radio Inc.

Skydance Media LLC

South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority Inc.

State Bar of Wisconsin

Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc.

TMX Group Ltd.

Tegna Inc.

Terns Pharmaceuticals Inc.

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

Twitter Inc.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

Virginia State Bar

Walmart Inc.

Wells Fargo & Co.

YouTube Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Colorado Attorney General's Office

Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

Competition Commission of India

Connecticut General Assembly

Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority

Defense Intelligence Agency

Delaware Court of Chancery

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Communications Commission

Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission

Food and Drug Administration

Internal Revenue Service

International Trade Commission

Maryland Attorney General's Office

National Security Agency

Permanent Court of Arbitration

State of Maryland

State of Michigan

State of Rhode Island Office of the General Treasurer

U.S. Coast Guard

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

UK Ministry of Justice

United States District Court for the District of Colorado

United States District Court for the District of Montana

United States District Court for the District of the Virgin Islands