Simpson Thacher-Led DigitalBridge Clinches $11.7B 3rd Fund

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Digital ecosystem-focused private equity shop DigitalBridge Group Inc., advised by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, revealed that it closed its third value-added digital infrastructure fund with $11.7 billion of total commitments.

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Brookfield Launches $100 Billion AI Infrastructure Program

By Nate Beck

Brookfield Asset Management said Wednesday it is working with Nvidia and the Kuwait Investment Authority on a program to acquire up to $100 billion worth of infrastructure assets supporting artificial intelligence technology.

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3 Firms Build $450M Blockfusion SPAC Merger

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Data center infrastructure company Blockfusion USA Inc. on Wednesday unveiled plans to go public by merging with special purpose acquisition company Blue Acquisition Corp. in a $450 million deal that was built by three law firms.

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Crypto Exchange Kraken Files Confidential IPO Plans

By Aislinn Keely

Crypto exchange Kraken said Wednesday that it has confidentially filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering, hot off an $800 million funding round.

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MVP: Proskauer's Michael Suppappola

By Tracey Read

Michael Suppappola steered the Proskauer Rose LLP team that represented the lead investor in Silver Lake's $13 billion purchase of Endeavor Group Holdings, in what the firm calls the largest private equity sponsor take-private deal in 10 years and the biggest ever in the media and entertainment sector, earning him a spot among the 2025 Law360 Private Equity MVPs.

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3 Firms Lead Churchill Capital's Latest $300M SPAC Filing

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Special purpose acquisition company Churchill Capital Corp. XI, the latest in a string of SPACs founded by former Citi executive Michael Klein, has launched plans to raise up to $300 million in its initial public offering built by three law firms.

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GTCR Wants FTC's In-House Merge Case Withdrawn Too

By Bryan Koenig

GTCR BC Holdings LLC wants the Federal Trade Commission to rethink its in-house challenge to a medical coatings supplier merger after an Illinois federal judge refused a temporary block and the FTC opted not to appeal that rejection.

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Med Co. Sellers Urge Del. Justices To Revive Suit

By Jeff Montgomery

An attorney for former investors in urgent care provider CityMD urged Delaware's Supreme Court on Wednesday to reverse a lower court's dismissal of claims they were coerced into giving up purported rights to the same consideration a private equity controller received in a 2021 merger.

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Bonus Spotlight

Law Firms Begin Upping The Ante For Associate Bonuses

By Tracey Read

Trial boutique Wilkinson Stekloff LLP is exceeding the year-end associate bonus scale set by Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP, announcing bonuses late Wednesday that are 150% of market.

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Analysis

Trump's Epstein Directive Puts SDNY Prosecutor In A 'Pickle'

By Phillip Bantz

Manhattan chief federal prosecutor Jay Clayton appears to have been backed into a "horrible" corner with a "no-win" outcome as a result of a directive from President Donald Trump and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate Jeffrey Epstein's ties to prominent Democrats, experts say.

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Comey Says DOJ's Conduct 'Shocks The Conscience'

By Hailey Konnath

James Comey on Thursday reiterated his request that the U.S. Department of Justice be forced to disclose all grand jury materials related to his indictment, noting the government has conceded that the grand jury never saw the operative indictment and saying the purported misconduct "shocks the conscience."

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NJ Panel Expands Scope Of Ex-Reed Smith Atty's Bias Claims

By Rose Krebs

A New Jersey appellate panel on Thursday ruled that a former Reed Smith LLP attorney is entitled to pursue more damages and obtain expanded wage data in her gender discrimination suit against the firm, saying a trial court incorrectly applied certain statutes when it limited the damages and data she could seek.

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X Corp. Ends $90M Fee Suit Against Wachtell

By James Mills

X Corp. has ended its California state lawsuit against Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz over $90 million in legal fees tied to the fight over Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter, according to a court filing.

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Analysis

Meta Loss Shows Time Not On Enforcers' Side In Tech Cases

By Bryan Koenig

Meta's triumph over a Federal Trade Commission antitrust case Tuesday hinged on a D.C. federal judge's finding that the company lacks a monopoly in the present day, highlighting some of the challenges of using slow-moving litigation to challenge fast-moving markets.

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Senate Panel OKs Miss. Judge, US Atty Nominees After Delay

By Courtney Bublé

After weeks of holdup, nominees for Mississippi federal courts and U.S. attorneys were voted out of committee on Thursday, following an impasse between Republican senators.

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Senate Passes Bill To Protect State Judges From Threats

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a bipartisan bill to beef up security for state and local judges.

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DOJ Antitrust Chief Says Agriculture A 'Top Priority'

By Matthew Perlman

The U.S. Department of Justice's top antitrust official said enforcers have already opened several investigations in the agriculture sector, including into meatpackers at the direction of President Donald Trump, and called the industry a "top priority" for the agency.

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