Bezos-Backed Group Inks $7B Deal For Liverpool FC Stake

By Al Barbarino

Fenway Sports Group announced Friday that it has agreed to sell a minority stake in Liverpool Football Club to an investor consortium that includes a sports investment fund backed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, in a deal that values the team at more than $7 billion. 

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Analysis

$1.3B Airtable Deal Highlights Software M&A Revival

By Al Barbarino

Italian software company Bending Spoons' plan to buy Airtable is highlighting a surge in software industry consolidation following a sharp reset in private market valuations, as artificial intelligence adds another layer of pressure on companies to sell.

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Fla. Judge Rejects PE Investors' Bid To Block Asset Sale

By Isaac Monterose

A Florida federal judge on Friday rejected a proposed class of private equity investors' emergency request to lift a mandated stay on their $150 million fraud suit and won't hand down a temporary restraining order that would've prevented the sale of infrastructure assets to major homebuilder D.R. Horton.

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Promethean, Emerging Launch $300M Hospitality Tech Fund

By Nathan Hale

Hospitality investment and operating platform Emerging Fund Management LLC and private equity firm Promethean Investments LLP announced Friday that they are teaming up as equal co-sponsors of a fund focused on technology underlying hospitality and experiential entertainment.

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Freshfields-Led Property Co. To Sell Valuation Biz Hometrack

By Tom Fish

Property portal owner ZPG Ltd. said Friday that it has agreed to sell its data and analytics business Hometrack to private equity firm Providence Equity Partners, as the U.K. group focuses on its other businesses.

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Roundup

Taxation With Representation: Miller Thomson, Bennett Jones

By Zak Kostro

In this week's Taxation With Representation, GO Residential Real Estate Investment Trust and a consortium of buyers acquire H&R Real Estate Investment Trust, insurance exchange Accelerant goes private in a deal with Thoma Bravo, and Goldman Sachs acquires NEOS Investments.

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Orrick Hires New Global Capital Markets Head From Kirkland

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has hired a new global head of capital markets from Kirkland & Ellis LLP and is bringing on another capital markets partner from the firm later this month.

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How To Approach Rising Foreign Direct Investment Hurdles

Attorneys advising on cross-border transactions need to take a practical but risk-aware approach as U.S.-led deals are encountering longer and more intrusive foreign direct investment reviews, say attorneys at Wilson Sonsini.

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Are your summer associates prepared for a legal career?

How does your firm shape the summer associate experience and mentor new talent? Invite your summer associates to share their perspectives in this year’s Law360 Pulse Summer Associates Survey.

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Analysis

Can Texas, Nevada Replicate Delaware's Corporate Edge?

By Jarek Rutz

Texas and Nevada have spent the past few years rewriting corporate laws and building specialized business courts in an effort to challenge Delaware's long-standing dominance as the preferred home for U.S. companies. While a handful of high-profile corporations have already made the move, corporate law experts say creating another Delaware will require far more than new statutes and judges.

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Immigration Judge Says Anti-DEI Bias Led To Her Ousting

By Elaine Briseño

A Black immigration judge has sued the U.S. Department of Justice for discrimination, alleging her firing was related to anti-DEI sentiments at the agency that overwhelmingly targeted older, nonwhite women.

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White House, BigLaw Atty Picked For Tenn. Federal Bench

By Jack Karp

President Donald Trump announced Friday that he is nominating a White House attorney and former BigLaw associate to serve as a Tennessee federal judge.

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Holland & Knight Loses Bid To Escape GWG Fraud Suit

By Emily Sawicki

Holland & Knight LLP must face adversary claims in Houston bankruptcy court after a Texas federal judge found the trustee for bankrupt life insurance bond seller GWG Holdings Inc. had made a plausible case that the firm and one of its attorneys engaged in a racketeering conspiracy with its ex-chairman.

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Law Student's Race Bias Claim Survives In Kirk Discipline Suit

By Matt Perez

A Texas federal judge on Friday allowed a former Texas Tech law student to proceed with her claim that the university board was discriminatory in disciplining her over comments she made allegedly celebrating the death of Charlie Kirk because non-Black students who spoke about the assassination weren't investigated.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Megan Norcott

The past week in London has seen newly signed Real Madrid footballer Yan Diomandé sued over access to his image rights, Nigel Farage and Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice accuse the NCA of leaking confidential financial information, and a right-wing American journalist hit The Guardian with a libel claim. 

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Boeing has won dismissal of a Delaware suit brought by pension funds accusing its board of putting profits before safety. And in-house counsel helped pick Latham & Watkins as the leader on an annual list of client service all-stars.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

Baker Botts LLP and King & Spalding LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after the Ninth Circuit enforced an over $2 billion arbitral award issued to a satellite communications company, ruling that the legal concept of an optimal venue for a case doesn't apply in matters concerning the enforcement of international arbitral awards.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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