Apollo Global Management has agreed to pay €3 billion ($3.4 billion) for a minority stake in Bayer's long-acting reversible contraceptive business, according to a joint announcement Friday. 
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4 Firms Advise On $3.4B Apollo, Bayer Contraceptives Deal

By Al Barbarino

Apollo Global Management has agreed to pay €3 billion ($3.4 billion) for a minority stake in Bayer's long-acting reversible contraceptive business, according to a joint announcement Friday. 

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Housing Bill Becomes Law Without Trump's Backing

By Nate Beck

A bipartisan bill to promote more housing supply and limit Wall Street firms from investing in single-family homes became law Saturday by default after President Donald Trump withheld his signature but did not veto the measure.

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4 Firms Steer Chip Giant SK Hynix's Historic $26.5B IPO

By Isaac Monterose

South Korea-based memory semiconductor company SK Hynix Inc. rose in debut trading Friday after pricing a $26.5 billion initial public offering, the largest-ever foreign company listing in U.S. markets, guided by Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Paul Hastings LLP, Shin & Kim LLC and Kim & Chang.

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3 Firms Guide Asian Healthcare Co.'s $500M SPAC Deal

By Al Barbarino

HCC Healthcare Pte. plans to merge with Nasdaq-listed special purpose acquisition company RF Acquisition Corp. III in a business combination valuing HCC at about $500 million in equity value, with three firms advising.

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POLICY & REGULATION

Brief

White House Accuses Dems Of Sitting On SEC, CFTC Noms

By Jessica Corso

The White House claims that it is waiting on word from Senate Democrats before it can fill longstanding vacancies at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, saying it has asked for a list of names and one has not been provided.

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LITIGATION

Del. Justices Nix $16M Fee Award In SpaceX Investment Fight

By Katryna Perera

The Delaware Supreme Court on Friday erased a $16 million fee award stemming from a dispute over a fund manager's handling of a failed $50 million SpaceX investment, concluding that although the fund manager committed a limited breach of a "duty of candor," shifting all litigation expenses to him was unwarranted.

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Fugitive Trader's Wife Must Pay For Divorce Asset Fight

By Aaron Keller

The sanctioned wife of a fugitive Oak Management Corp. trader must pay more than $23,000 to offset expenses a receiver racked up while challenging a divorce agreement that could have siphoned money away from the victims of a $67 million fraud scheme, a Connecticut federal judge concluded on Friday.

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BANKRUPTCY

Judge Says $57M Asset Freeze Skips 8 In Chapter 7 Clawback

By Clara Geoghegan

A Connecticut federal judge clarified that her recent ruling putting a hold on $57.4 million in clawback litigation from the Chapter 7 trustee of pump manufacturer The Nash Engineering Co. does not apply to eight defendants who were not initially served notice of a prejudgment remedy motion.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

A New Regulatory Environment For PE In Calif. Healthcare

The California Office of Health Care Affordability's proposed revisions to its cost and market impact review regulations, amid broader state scrutiny of private equity-backed healthcare arrangements, represent a qualitative shift in California's regulatory posture toward institutional healthcare investment, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

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Roundup

The Most Talked-About Supreme Court Decisions Of 2026

This term, 11 U.S. Supreme Court decisions quickly became hot topics among Law360's guest writers.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Jackson Walker Settlements Over Judge Romance Get Greenlit

By Emma Cueto

A Texas bankruptcy judge has recommended approval of nine settlements regarding legal fees paid to Jackson Walker LLP connected to a former firm partner's romantic relationship with a then-bankruptcy judge, with the firm agreeing to pay $4.79 million in total, including $1.4 million to the estate of J.C. Penney.

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Trump-IRS Settlement Result Of Sham Suit, Judge Rules

By Jack McLoone

President Donald Trump's $10 billion suit against his own Internal Revenue Service and the resulting settlement deal lacked a legitimate controversy, given Trump's control over both the agency and the U.S. Department of Justice, a Florida district judge said Monday in an order barring Trump or others from citing the deal.

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Mass Tort Firms Hit With Suit Over AI Solicitation Calls

By Lynn LaRowe

A Michigan-based mass tort law firm and a pair of affiliate firms are violating federal and Texas state laws through an artificial intelligence-generated telemarketing campaign meant to solicit clients, according to a putative class action filed in Texas federal court.

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Blanche Hearing To Proceed After Graham's Death

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate Judiciary Committee will still hold the confirmation hearing for Todd Blanche's nomination to be attorney general on Wednesday, despite the death of committee member Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., over the weekend. 

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court last week handled disputes involving corporate control, post-closing competition, executive departures, arbitration awards and shareholder litigation.

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Senate Confirms SDTX Judge Pick Tied To Gun Group

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 46-44 Monday evening to confirm Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney Arthur "Rob" Jones as a U.S. district judge to serve on the Southern District of Texas bench.

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Judge Newman Won't Reopen High Court Suspension Battle

By Theresa Schliep

Federal Circuit Judge Pauline Newman did not ask the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider her bid to save a suit against her fellow judges for suspending her from the bench over her refusal to undergo medical tests.

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Wells Fargo's $50M Deal In Atty's Ponzi Scheme Gets 1st OK

By Gina Kim

Wells Fargo will pay $50 million to settle a proposed class action alleging it knowingly helped a Las Vegas attorney run a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme deceiving investor victims into fronting money for borrowers awaiting personal injury settlement payouts, according to a preliminary approval order issued in Nevada federal court.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

ACT Corp

AT&T Inc.

Air Products & Chemicals Inc.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.

Ankura Consulting Group LLC

Apollo Global Management LLC

Bayer AG

Boyer Co.

CRA International Inc.

Citigroup Inc.

Clario

Compass Lexecon LLC

Cox Communications Inc.

Deutsche Bank AG

Douglas Elliman Realty LLC

Fortrea Inc.

J.C. Penney Co. Inc.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

KPMG International

Korea Exchange

Learning Resources Inc.

LifePoint Health Inc.

Nasdaq Inc.

National Rifle Association of America

New Civil Liberties Alliance

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

SK Hynix Inc.

Saudi Arabian Oil Co.

Seadrill Limited

SentencingStats.com Inc.

Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Stage Stores Inc.

StoneTurn Group LLP

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

The Hain Celestial Group Inc.

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

Trump Organization Inc.

Verizon Communications Inc.

Versar, Inc

WSP Global Inc.

Wells Fargo & Co.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Abrams & Bayliss

Baker Botts

Barack Ferrazzano

Benesch

Brito PLLC

Brownstein Hyatt

CM Law LLP

Cleary Gottlieb

Colson Hicks

Crowell & Moring

DV Injury Law

Debevoise & Plimpton

Gibbs Mura

Girard Sharp

Harris Beach Murtha

Holland & Hart

Holland & Knight

Jackson Walker LLP

Javitch Law Office

Jenner & Block

K&L Gates

Katsky Korins

Kim & Chang

Kirkland & Ellis

Kopecky Schumacher

Lankler Siffert

Latham & Watkins

Levine Kellogg

Linklaters LLP

Mayer Brown

McCarter & English

McDermott Will & Schulte

McGuireWoods

NautaDutilh

Norton Rose

Patterson Belknap

Paul Hastings

Paul Weiss

Quintairos Prieto

Reed Smith

Rivero Mestre

Ropes & Gray

Ross Aronstam

Rusty Hardin

Shin & Kim

Sidley Austin

Skadden Arps

Snell & Wilmer

Squire Patton

Stinson LLP

Susman Godfrey

Venable LLP

Wiley Rein

Winget Spadafora

Winston Taylor

Zeisler & Zeisler

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives

California Attorney General's Office

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Delaware Court of Chancery

Executive Office of the President

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Federal Communications Commission

Internal Revenue Service

New York State Department of Health

U.S. Air Force

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

U.S. Department of Justice

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

U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

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

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Connecticut

United States District Court for the District of Nevada