Sidley, Skadden Aid $2.3B Sale Of Medical Imaging Biz

By Dawood Fakhir

Private equity firm Hg said Friday that it has agreed to sell medical imaging software company Intelerad to GE Healthcare for $2.3 billion deal as it seeks to enhance its cloud-enabled and artificial intelligence capabilities.

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Hall Chadwick SPAC Begins Trading After $180M IPO

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Special purpose acquisition company Hall Chadwick Acquisition Corp. made its public debut on the Nasdaq on Friday after raising $180 million in its initial public offering built by three law firms, joining a wave of special purpose acquisition companies to go public in recent weeks.

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SPAC Veterans Back Infinite Eagle's Filing For $300M IPO

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Infinite Eagle Acquisition, the 10th blank check company led by Jeff Sagansky and Harry Sloan, has filed plans to raise up to $300 million in its initial public offering.

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MVP: Simpson Thacher's Mark Myott

By Hannah Albarazi

Mark Myott, a partner in Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's mergers and acquisition practice, guided private equity clients through some of the most high-profile deals this past year, including Silver Lake's $13 billion take-private acquisition of the global sports and entertainment company Endeavor, earning him a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Private Equity MVPs.

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BNY Mellon Cleared By Jury Of Unjust Enrichment Claim

By Elliot Weld

A New York federal jury has cleared Bank of New York Mellon of allegations of unjust enrichment from a contractor who claimed his investment valuation model had been misappropriated.

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Escrow Agent Accused Of $4.6M 'Insider Payoff' In NC Sale

By Matthew Santoni

Stewart Title Guaranty Co. facilitated the unauthorized sale of a financially struggling luxury apartment complex and then handed a $4.6 million "insider" payout to one of the operating owners, according to a lawsuit by a real estate investment trust that claims it was cut out of the decision process.

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Brief

Conn. Banking Chief Says Private School Fraud Topped $5.1M

By Aaron Keller

Putnam Science Academy, a private high school in Northeastern Connecticut, owes an additional investor money in what is alleged to have been an affinity fraud scheme that topped $5.1 million, according to an amended order by the state banking commissioner.

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DLA Piper Adds Fenwick Emerging Growth, VC Expert In LA

By James Mills

DLA Piper is boosting its corporate team, bringing in a Fenwick & West LLP venture capital ace as a partner in its Los Angeles office.

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Brief

Taft Adds Ex-Perkins PE Atty To Growing Chicago Office

By Andrea Keckley

Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP announced Wednesday that its fast-growing Chicago office has gained a former Perkins Coie LLP attorney who represents private equity funds, portfolio companies and family-owned enterprises.

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From Bank Loans To Private Credit: Tips For Making The Shift

The relationship between private credit and syndicated bank deals will evolve as the private market continues to grow, introducing new challenges for borrowers comparing financing options, particularly pertaining to loan documentation and working capital, say attorneys at Haynes Boone.

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Opinion

Despite Deputy AG Remarks, DOJ Can't Sideline DC Bar

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche’s recent suggestion that the D.C. Bar would be prevented from reviewing misconduct complaints about U.S. Department of Justice attorneys runs contrary to federal statutes, local rules and decades of case law, and sends the troubling message that federal prosecutors are subject to different rules, say attorneys at HWG.

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Bonus Spotlight

5 BigLaw Firms Match Prevailing Year-End, Special Bonuses

By Anna Sanders

BigLaw continues to dole out extra cash for attorneys just in time for the holidays, with five more firms matching the year-end and special bonuses previously announced by their peers.

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Feds' Claim Against Judge Weighing Trans Troops Ban Tossed

By Lauren Berg

The D.C. Circuit's chief judge tossed the U.S. Department of Justice's misconduct complaint against the federal judge overseeing litigation challenging the Trump administration's ban on transgender troops serving in the military, saying judicial misconduct proceedings are not the appropriate avenue to address concerns about a judge's impartiality.

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Comey, James Defeat Charges Over Halligan's Appointment

By Ryan Boysen

A federal judge on Monday dismissed the headline-grabbing indictments of former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, finding the controversial prosecutor handling both cases was not properly appointed.

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Calif. Personal Injury Law Firm Sued Over Ransomware Attack

By Gina Kim

A former Adamson Ahdoot LLP client lodged a proposed class action in California state court on Friday over a Nov. 3 ransomware attack, alleging the law firm failed to protect his personal information despite touting on its website that it follows industry standards to do so.

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Feature

Prep, Panic & Poise: Inside An Associate's First Oral Argument

By Jeff Overley

Fraser M. Holmes followed a long professional path to a Texas court's lectern. He'd been a baseball blogger, travel writer and social studies teacher before appellate law beckoned. After years of toil, a milestone moment — his first oral argument — finally arrived, but as justices took the bench, his heart sank: "Oh, my God. I think I've just forgotten my entire argument."

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Google Calls Rumble's Recusal Bid Irrelevant To Its Appeal

By Andrea Keckley

Google is urging the Ninth Circuit to disregard concerns Rumble has raised about the trial judge's relationship with the tech giant's litigation vice president, saying Friday that the information is irrelevant to the YouTube rival's appeal of the court's ruling that its antitrust lawsuit was filed too late.

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Oversight Chair Seeks USPTO Briefing On Litigation Funding

By Courtney Bublé

U.S. Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, is seeking a briefing by the end of the month from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on third-party litigation funding and reforms the agency is working on.

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8th Circ. Won't Force Judge's Recusal In Pork Price-Fixing Case

By Matthew Perlman

The Eighth Circuit has denied a mandamus petition from Agri Stats Inc. and major pork producers who are seeking a Minnesota federal judge's recusal in price-fixing litigation based on a law clerk's previous work on a related case.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court last week delivered a packed mix of fraud allegations, merger fallout, corporate-governance reforms and jurisdictional fights, while a new academic report ignited debate over attorney fee awards in Delaware's influential corporate forum.

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