The antitrust authority said Tuesday it is seeking initial views on whether Finnish lift engineering giant Kone's planned €29.4 billion ($33.7 billion) acquisition of TK Elevator GmbH could harm competition in the U.K.
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CMA Seeks Views On Kone's €29.4B Deal For German Rival

By Najiyya Budaly

The antitrust authority said Tuesday it is seeking initial views on whether Finnish lift engineering giant Kone's planned €29.4 billion ($33.7 billion) acquisition of TK Elevator GmbH could harm competition in the U.K.

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Healthcare PE Firm Sues Real Estate PE Firm Over 'Ironleaf' TM

By Isaac Monterose

Healthcare technology-focused private equity firm Ironleaf Capital LP is accusing real estate private equity firm Ironleaf Equity Partners LLC in Washington federal court of infringing its "Ironleaf" and "Ironleaf Capital" trademarks by being a similarly named private equity firm.

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Data Center Power Provider Accelevation Eyes $660M IPO

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Data center power provider Accelevation Holdings on Tuesday outlined a price range for an estimated $660 million initial public offering steered by Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP.

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DEALS & FINANCING

Rentokil To Sell Lake Management Arm To Bain For $230M

By Joel Poultney

Global pest control company Rentokil said Tuesday it has agreed to sell its lake and pond management division to U.S. asset manager Bain Capital for $230 million.

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Healthcare AI Biz Valued At $900M After $100M Series C Round

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Healthcare-focused artificial intelligence company Heidi on Tuesday revealed that it has reached a $900 million valuation after raising $100 million in its latest funding round.

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LITIGATION

Juul Buyers Defend Antitrust Classes At 9th Circ.

By Matthew Perlman

Juul buyers are defending the certification of several classes in a case over tobacco giant Altria's past investment in the e-cigarette company, telling the Ninth Circuit it does not matter if they purchased different quantities on different terms or live in different states.

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Yale, Biohaven Seek $23M Atty Fee After Trade Secrets Win

By Aaron Keller

Yale University and Biohaven Therapeutics Ltd. have requested attorney fees topping $23.1 million, plus $2 million each in exemplary damages, after winning a $4 million trial verdict, though both entities are also seeking a new trial to readdress damages on trade secrets and contract breach claims.

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PEOPLE

Paul Weiss Lands Weil Private Equity Co-Head In NY

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP has hired a team of transactional lawyers, including the co-head of Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's private equity practice, the firm announced on Tuesday.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Cooley Adds GOP Hill Veteran To Congressional Probes Group

By Alison Knezevich

Cooley LLP announced Wednesday it has brought on a veteran Capitol Hill attorney as it continues to grow its congressional investigations practice launched in 2024.

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Tarter Krinsky Data Breach May Have Affected Health Info

By Andrea Keckley

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP said in a letter this month that a data breach last year may have compromised protected health information the firm possessed due to its representation of an unnamed healthcare provider.

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Offit Kurman Names President To Succeed Longtime Chair

By Emily Johnson

Offit Kurman Attorneys At Law has selected its president to succeed the only chairman in the firm's nearly four-decade history, turning to a 22-year firm veteran who helped start its litigation department, the firm announced on Wednesday.

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Fed. Panel At Standstill Over ABA Law School Accreditor Role

By Emma Cueto

A key U.S. Department of Education committee deadlocked Wednesday over whether the American Bar Association council responsible for approving law schools should continue as a federally recognized accreditor, tabling the issue until Thursday after different proposals failed to win majority support.

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NY Judge Dismisses States' DOGE Treasury Data Access Suit

By Rae Ann Varona

A New York federal judge Wednesday tossed several states' lawsuit that challenged Department of Government Efficiency staff access to U.S. Department of the Treasury data, saying DOGE's dissolution rendered the states' access claims moot and that they failed to allege that any federal funding due to them was ultimately canceled.

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Senate Confirms Abbott Aide To Texas Federal Bench

By Courtney Bublé

The Senate voted 50-47, along party lines, on Wednesday to confirm Angela Colmenero, deputy chief of staff to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, to serve on the Southern District of Texas.

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FTC Backs Proposed Education Dept. Accreditation Reforms

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

The Federal Trade Commission has endorsed the U.S. Department of Education's proposal to expand higher education accreditation options and promote competition among accreditation agencies.

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Rubin Rudman To Expand In Boston Office Relocation

By Nate Beck

Rubin Rudman said Wednesday that it has signed a 15-year lease in Tishman Speyer's One Federal Street building for a 2028 move to expand its footprint and exit its decadelong office tenancy at 53 State Street in Boston, Massachusetts.

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LinkedIn Corp.

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

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Obie

Olympus Partners LP

RA Capital Management

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Rentokil Initial PLC

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

Therapeutics Inc.

Tishman Speyer Properties LP

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Yale University

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

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Cera LLP

Cleary Gottlieb

Cooley LLP

Cravath Swaine

Dain Torpy

Farnan LLP

Federman & Sherwood

Focal PLLC

Freshfields

Greenberg Traurig

Hannes Snellman

Hecker Fink

K&L Gates

Kaplan Fox

Kellogg Hansen

Kirkland & Ellis

McDermott Will & Schulte

Morris James

Neal & McDevitt

Offit Kurman

Orrick Herrington

Paul Weiss

Potter Anderson

Radice Law Firm

Ropes & Gray

Roschier Attorneys

Rubin Rudman

Seyfarth Shaw

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Skadden Arps

Sullivan & Cromwell

Susman Godfrey

Tarter Krinsky

Weil Gotshal

Wilkinson Stekloff

Williams & Connolly

Wilson Sonsini

Wolf Haldenstein

Zwerling Schachter

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

California Attorney General's Office

Competition and Markets Authority

Federal Trade Commission

House Committee on Energy and Commerce

New York Attorney General's Office

Texas Office of the Governor

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

U.S. Department of Education

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Treasury

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

U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

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

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

US Office of Management and Budget