7 Firms Advise EQT, Qiagen On $12.1B Take-Private Deal

By Hailey Konnath

A long list of firms — including Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, Linklaters LLP and Milbank LLP — are steering Sweden-based EQT Private Equity's $12.1 billion takeover of life sciences testing company Qiagen NV, according to a Wednesday announcement.

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Playground Cos. Delay Deal Pending FTC Trial Eyed For March

By Bryan Koenig

Playground equipment makers PlayPower and BCI Burke have agreed to hold off on consummating their merger pending a Federal Trade Commission antitrust trial in California federal court eyed for "no later than March 15, 2027."

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Pantheon Wraps $6B PE Secondaries Fund

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Private markets investor Pantheon revealed Wednesday that it clinched its latest private equity secondaries fund with $6 billion of capital commitments.

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Weil-Led US PE Firm To Buy Ashtead In £505M Deal

By Dawood Fakhir

Private equity firm Ember Infrastructure Management LP said Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire Ashtead Technology for approximately £505 million ($676.2 million) in a deal that will pull the undersea equipment rental company from the London Stock Exchange.

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VC Firm Vintage Raises $920M Of Fresh Capital

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Venture capital firm Vintage Investment Partners on Wednesday announced that its total assets under management grew to $4.8 billion after it raised $920 million in new capital.

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European Commission Clears £3.1B Acquisition Of Mitie

By Irene Madongo

Outsourcer Mitie Group confirmed Wednesday that the European Commission has approved its takeover by rival OCS Group in a cash transaction that values the company at £3.1 billion ($4.2 billion).

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Fund Manager Challenges Chancery's Congo Palm Oil Ruling

By Jarek Rutz

An investment fund manager and three affiliated entities urged the Delaware Supreme Court Wednesday to overturn a ruling that stripped them of interests in a Congolese palm oil business, arguing it handed fellow investor Kuramo Capital Management LLC an enormous windfall, while Kuramo defended the unusual remedy as necessary to protect its investment from the manager's misconduct.

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Fla. Judge Mulls Tossing Stock Fraud Indictment Over Delay

By David Minsky

A Florida federal judge on Wednesday declined to rule on whether to toss an indictment against a man accused of stock fraud conspiracy, saying the court should first weigh additional evidence that the government tried its best to prosecute the five-year-old case.

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Marex Says Developer Sank CME Ventures Investment Deal

By Celeste Bott

Financial services firm Marex Capital Markets and two of its executives have sued a British software developer in Illinois federal court, alleging the developer sabotaged a potential investment by CME Group's venture capital arm in Marex's options-trading platform by secretly accusing them of stealing trade secrets, committing fraud and violating exchange rules.

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Stiiizy Affiliate Sues Over Cannabis Shop Control

By Jonathan Capriel

A Stiiizy-affiliated investment company is asking a Los Angeles state court to declare it owes nothing to a minority owner of a San Francisco dispensary that finds itself in the red, according to a lawsuit that also accuses him of engaging in a power grab that could jeopardize the shop's cannabis license.

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Rural Virginia Broadband Co. Files Ch. 11 With $219M Debt

By Vince Sullivan

A provider of broadband, wireless and telephone services to customers in rural Virginia and North Carolina filed for Chapter 11 protection Wednesday in Norfolk, Virginia, saying it owes $219 million to lenders and has a $92 million offer in hand for the purchase of its assets.

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The Law360 Pulse Leaderboard: A Look At The Top Firms

By Rachel Reimer

What makes a firm stand out in the ever-changing legal landscape? Here's a peek at the 2026 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard — the firms that can demonstrate excellence on measures of prestige and the reach and capability of their legal practice.

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Watchdog Can Pursue Jackson Walker Fees, Judge Says

By Clara Geoghegan

The U.S. Trustee's Office has standing to pursue millions of dollars in fees paid to Jackson Walker LLP in cases assigned to a judge who was in an undisclosed romantic relationship with one of the firm's ex-partners, a Texas bankruptcy court has concluded.

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6th Circ.'s Sutton Floats Class Action Limits At Judiciary Panel

By Jeff Overley

An influential federal judge is proposing new restrictions on class actions that aim to broadly block government policies, judiciary advisers heard at a Wednesday gathering, which also explored transparency ideas affecting legal finance and hard-to-access court records in the red-hot realm of immigration litigation.

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Ex-Employee Of Seyfarth Client Drops Suit Over Data Breach

By Craig Clough

A Texas woman who filed a proposed class action against Seyfarth Shaw LLP over a data breach voluntarily dropped the claims Tuesday without prejudice, according to a filing in Illinois federal court. 

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DOJ Moves To Remove Minn. Judges From Immigration Cases

By Britain Eakin

A top U.S. Department of Justice official has moved to disqualify two Minnesota federal judges from immigration cases, arguing that interviews they gave to The New York Times about the Trump administration's immigration enforcement efforts suggest they can't be impartial.

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FBI Says Fired Agents Acted In Politicized Manner

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

Lawyers for the government argued in a Washington, D.C., federal court Wednesday that an unfair firing suit from two former FBI agents should be tossed because they worked in a politicized manner on the "Arctic Frost" investigation into President Donald Trump's attempts to overturn his 2020 election loss.

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Sen. Blackburn Clears Path For Trump's Tenn. Court Nominee

By Courtney Bublé

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., has returned her blue slip for a judicial nominee for the Eastern District of Tennessee after an apparent delay.

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​​​​​​​Mamdani Taps Top Judicial Adviser Amid New Ethics Reforms

By Andrea Keckley

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Tuesday that he has appointed a lawyer from the New York University School of Law's Brennan Center for Justice to lead his judicial advisory committee as the mayor's office unveils new reforms to the city's judicial selection process.

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McCarter Beats Estate's Bid To Start $9.75M Interest Clock

By Brian Steele

A Connecticut state court judge has blocked a mall developer's family from filing a formal offer to settle a malpractice suit against McCarter & English LLP for $9.75 million, standing by a November 2025 decision to pause the case while similar litigation proceeds to trial.

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