Analysis

State Of 2026 Energy Dealmaking: Midyear Report

By Keith Goldberg

The war in Iran is the most influential development that has shaped energy dealmaking so far in 2026, and that figures to still be the case in the second half of the year. Other factors include data center demands and tax credits. Here, attorneys outline to Law360 the trends that are defining energy transactions this year.

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5 Firms Guide As Oxylabs Lands $130M From Warburg Pincus

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Data infrastructure platform Oxylabs on Thursday revealed that it reached a $3.6 billion valuation after securing a $130 million investment from private equity shop Warburg Pincus in a deal steered by five law firms.

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Ropes & Gray, Goodwin Steer Sale Of Russell Investments

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Investment solutions provider Russell Investments, led by Goodwin Procter LLP, on Thursday announced that it has agreed to be bought by a consortium led by Ropes & Gray LLP-advised B Capital.

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5th Circ. Prods Highland-Affiliated Co. On Ex-CEO's 'Privity'

By Spencer Brewer

A Fifth Circuit panel pressed an entity related to Highland Capital to explain why a fraudulent transfer claim against Highland's former CEO should stand following a separate consent judgment, asking when the former chief executive ceased to be "in privity with Highland."

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Colombian Entrepreneur Cooked Books To Sell Co., Suit Says

By Sydney Price

Investment advisory firm Christofferson Robb & Co. has sued former Colombian presidential candidate Santiago Botero and several other entities, claiming they participated in a scheme to inflate the financial performance of Botero's failing loan servicing company that benefited the business executive, his family and friends.

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Brief

Workers Drop WARN Act Suit To Join Related Colo. Case

By Benjamin Morse

Two former employees dropped a proposed class action accusing a recently shuttered commercial facility services company of failing to warn workers before mass layoffs and facility closures, with the case expected to be consolidated with a related Colorado federal suit.

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Blue Origin's Valuation Soars To $130B, Plus More Rumors

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Blue Origin's valuation hit $130 billion after a $10 billion funding round; state lawyers are finalizing an antitrust lawsuit related to Paramount's planned takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery; and Fiserv is considering selling its payments infrastructure business to U.S. banking giants.

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Akerman Adds Holland & Knight Risk Atty In Miami

By Christine DeRosa

Akerman LLP has grown its transactional risk practice in Miami with the addition of an attorney from Holland & Knight LLP, the firm said Thursday.

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What Consent Decree Trends Mean For Deal Clearances

With merger remedies back on the table under the current administration, an analysis of recent Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice consent decrees reveals that prior approval and prior notice provisions are no longer a foregone conclusion, and companies may be able to negotiate narrowly tailored obligations, say attorneys at Weil.

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How Rated Note Feeders Help Insurers Tap Private Credit

With insurer investments comprising nearly a third of the private credit market, rated note feeders offer insurers a compelling way to access private credit yields through debt instruments by balancing key features of debt investment with the structural and economic profiles of private credit funds, say attorneys at Akin.

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Series

Bass Fishing Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Landing a trophy striped bass and closing a big deal both require cultivating the patience to finesse — not force — your way to desired outcomes, changing course when your old approach isn’t working and learning from the ones that got away, says Jon Ruiss at Alston & Bird.

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NY Courts Ban 'Smart' Glasses Over Secret Recording Abilities

By Lauren Berg

"Smart" glasses containing cameras and other recording devices will be banned from all state courts in New York beginning later this month, making it the apparent first in the nation to implement a statewide blanket ban on the wearable technology.

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Ex-Associate Says Jackson Lewis Pushed Her Out After Leave

By MJ Koo

A former associate attorney who was on the partnership track at Jackson Lewis PC has brought suit against the employment law firm in California state court, alleging that it refused to accommodate her temporary medical restrictions after she returned from leave and pressured her to accept a demotion or resign.

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Woodward Running DOJ Antitrust Division Alarms Observers

By Bryan Koenig

When Associate Attorney General Stanley E. Woodward Jr. quietly took over direct oversight late last month of the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, there was no formal announcement, no White House action or U.S. Senate consultation, and little to signal what lies ahead.

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Arizona Atty Faces Possible Sanctions Over Bogus Quotes

By Emily Sawicki

An Arizona federal judge is mulling fee sanctions against an attorney found to have included erroneous quotations in a brief she filed in her client's employment discrimination case, amid what he called her history of "improper litigation conduct" in the pending matter and previous cases.

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Photographers Group Rebuts Judiciary On Court Cameras

By Courtney Bublé

The National Press Photographers Association pushed back on the federal judiciary's claims that allowing cameras in courtrooms would be problematic.

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Chicago US Atty Faces Ill. Judge For Discussing Sealed Case

By Lauraann Wood

Chicago's U.S. attorney stood silent for nearly 30 minutes Thursday as an Illinois magistrate judge sternly criticized him for publicly discussing a gang-related kidnapping case before it was officially unsealed, though she stopped short of finding his conduct constituted a deliberate violation of court orders.

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Ex-Wis. Judge Appeals Conviction In ICE Obstruction Case

By Ganesh Setty

A former Wisconsin state judge convicted of obstructing immigration authorities trying to arrest a defendant after he appeared in her courtroom lodged an appeal before the Seventh Circuit on Thursday, after avoiding a prison sentence but being fined $5,000.

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Grassley Claims Smith's Team Mishandled Classified Docs

By Jack Karp

Individuals working in then-special counsel Jack Smith's office may have mishandled classified information while investigating President Donald Trump, according to messages obtained by the Senate Judiciary Committee, committee Chair Sen. Chuck Grassley has told the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Attys Win $2.5M Fee Award After $63K Native Bias Verdict

By Joyce Hanson

A South Dakota hotel must pay an Indigenous advocacy group about $2.5 million in attorney fees following a trial jury's $63,191 verdict in a civil rights case claiming the business discriminated against Native American tribe members based on race, a federal judge has ruled.

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