FedEx and U.S. private equity firm Advent International said Wednesday that their approximately €7.8 billion ($8.9 billion) offer to acquire parcel locker business InPost has cleared all the necessary conditions required for the transaction.
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TOP NEWS

FedEx-Led €7.8B Acquisition Of InPost Wins Approvals

By Irene Madongo

FedEx and U.S. private equity firm Advent International said Wednesday that their approximately €7.8 billion ($8.9 billion) offer to acquire parcel locker business InPost has cleared all the necessary conditions required for the transaction.

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Bessemer Secures $5.75B In New Capital To Back Founders

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners on Wednesday revealed that it has raised $5.75 billion in new funding, which will be used to back companies "shaping" the artificial intelligence space.

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Curium Resets FTC Clock On $8B Lantheus Take-Private Deal

By Bryan Koenig

Private equity-backed radiopharmaceutical company Curium reset the clock for the Federal Trade Commission's 30-day review of its plan to acquire fellow radiopharmaceutical company Lantheus Holdings Inc. in an $8 billion take-private deal.

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LITIGATION

Vividion Investor Wants IP Suit Over $2B Bayer Deal Revived

By Jarek Rutz

CHP III LP urged the Delaware Supreme Court on Wednesday to revive its suit over allegedly diverted intellectual property in Vividion Therapeutics Inc.'s $2 billion sale to Bayer Corp., while the defendants argued the investor is trying to turn a corporate injury into a direct stockholder claim that did not survive the merger.

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Conn. Panel Seeks Info On Intervenor Standing In Setoff Case

By Danielle Ferguson

A Connecticut appellate court has asked for more information about whether intervenors challenging caps that could cut millions of dollars of benefits in a state-managed rehabilitation of PHL Variable Insurance Co. are actual policyholders who have standing to be involved in an appeal.

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DEALS & FINANCING

GoldenTree Plugs $482.5M Into Colorado Ski Resort Project

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Stockman Development LLC on Wednesday revealed that it secured $482.5 million in new funding from GoldenTree Asset Management to advance its residential and resort The Stockman, Auberge Collection project in Colorado.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Opinion

Calif. Bill Goes Too Far In Trying To Regulate Attorney AI Use

California’s first-in-the-nation act regulating how attorneys and arbitrators use generative artificial intelligence will likely soon become law, but read broadly, the provisions may dissuade lawyers from employing AI at all, thereby depriving them of key work tools, says Joshua Wurtzel at Schlam Stone.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Tarter Krinsky Data Breach May Have Affected Health Info

By Andrea Keckley

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP said in a letter this month that a data breach last year may have compromised protected health information the firm possessed due to its representation of an unnamed healthcare provider.

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'I'm Tired Of This': Judge Scolds Atty In Romantasy Suit

By Theresa Schliep

A New York federal judge has reprimanded counsel for a writer in a failed copyright infringement lawsuit over the "Crave" book series, insisting the plaintiff answer all questions in a deposition over attorney fees and writing that she was "tired of this" and "indeed being jerked around."

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Goldstein Not Leaving Prison Any Time Soon, 4th Circ. Rules

By Jeff Overley

The Fourth Circuit balked late Wednesday at freeing Tom Goldstein from prison as he fights felony convictions, and it rejected fast-track review of the renowned appellate advocate's trial, indicating he'll likely spend substantial time behind bars even if his appeal succeeds.

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Analysis

Newman's Roadblocks Guide Judicial Conduct Reform Bill

By Dani Kass

The Judicial Conduct and Disability Act has worked well in allowing the judicial branch to govern itself for nearly 50 years, but the ongoing suspension of Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman has exposed gaps that could be addressed with newly introduced legislation, attorneys say.

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Senate Confirms Abbott Aide To Texas Federal Bench

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 50-47, along party lines, on Wednesday to confirm Angela Colmenero, deputy chief of staff to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, to serve on the Southern District of Texas.

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Fed. Panel At Standstill Over ABA Law School Accreditor Role

By Emma Cueto

A key U.S. Department of Education committee deadlocked Wednesday over whether the American Bar Association council responsible for approving law schools should continue as a federally recognized accreditor, tabling the issue until Thursday after different proposals failed to win majority support.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Advent International Corp.

American Bar Association

Anthropic PBC

Bayer AG

Bessemer Venture Partners

Concord

Euronext Amsterdam NV

FedEx Corp.

Fort Point Capital

Getty Images Holdings Inc.

GoldenTree Asset Management LP

Lantheus Holdings Inc.

Microsoft Corp.

New Civil Liberties Alliance

OpenAI OpCo LLC

The Scripps Research Institute

Venture Management LLC

Vividion Therapeutics Inc.

Waymo LLC

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Cooley LLP

Doniger Burroughs

Federman & Sherwood

Fenwick & West

Heyman Enerio

Holland & Knight

Keker Van Nest & Peters

Klaris Law

Kowert Hood

Lowell & Associates

Morgan Lewis

Morris Nichols

O'Melveny & Myers

Oppenheim & Zebrak

Orrick Herrington

Reeder McCreary

Richards Layton

Schlam Stone

Seyfarth Shaw

Tarter Krinsky

Wilson Sonsini

Zeisler & Zeisler

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Attorney General's Office

Connecticut Attorney General's Office

Delaware Court of Chancery

European Commission

Federal Trade Commission

Judicial Conference of the United States

Texas Office of the Governor

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

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

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

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

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma