Bass Berry, Foley Hoag Guide $272M AstroNova Take-Private

By Al Barbarino

Bass Berry & Sims PLC is advising Arcline Investment Management on a $272 million deal to take Foley Hoag LLP-advised aerospace and industrial printing company AstroNova Inc. private, the companies said Wednesday. 

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3 Firms Guide Quantum Tech Co. EigenQ's $3B SPAC Merger

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Quantum technology company EigenQ Inc., advised by Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP, on Wednesday unveiled plans to go public by merging with Greenberg Traurig LLP-led special purpose acquisition company Silicon Valley Acquisition Corp. in a deal that values the business at $3 billion.

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Paul Weiss-Led Data Center Operator Csquare Files IPO Plans

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Data center operator CSquare Inc. has filed plans with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for its initial public offering, steered by Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP and Latham & Watkins LLP.

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Apple Device Software Co. Investor Sues Over Sale Records

By Jarek Rutz

A former stockholder of Jamf Holding Corp. has sued in Delaware Chancery Court seeking access to company records tied to the software company's $13.05-per-share sale to private equity firm Francisco Partners, arguing the documents are needed to investigate whether conflicts of interest tainted the deal process.

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Capital Firm Boss Says Conn. Court Must Nix $10.4M Remedy

By Brian Steele

The co-founder of a capital firm wants a Connecticut state judge to lift an order that allows for a hold on $10.36 million worth of his assets in favor of an investment bank that accused him of involvement in a securities fraud scheme, noting that the underlying verdict was overturned on appeal.

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Opinion

Rule Of Law Requires Gov't Engagement With Bar, Not Retreat

A federal agency's absence from national and local bar conferences, most recently illustrated by the U.S. Department of Justice's withdrawal from a New York City Bar Association white collar conference, disserves the bar, the government lawyers themselves and, ultimately, the administration of justice, says Muhammad Faridi at Linklaters.

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Full Fed. Circ. To Hear Immigration Judges' Firing Challenge

By Ganesh Setty

The Federal Circuit on Wednesday agreed to conduct en banc review over the firing of two immigration judges, after the Merit Systems Protection Board ruled that they constituted inferior officers who are subject to at-will removal by the president.

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No Discipline For DOJ Atty's 'Lapse Of Judgment' In ICE Case

By Emily Sawicki

A Rhode Island federal prosecutor who knowingly withheld information about a detainee's criminal history at the behest of immigration enforcement, leading to an "unfounded attack" against a federal judge by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement following the detainee's release, violated his duty of candor but will not face discipline, the district's chief judge determined.

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Trump Halts Clayton Director Hearing Over Blue-Slip Dispute

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump directed Jay Clayton, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, not to appear for his confirmation hearing Wednesday on his nomination to be director of national intelligence, in part over a blue-slip issue.

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Maya Kowalski Sues Ex-Atty Over Fees, Funding Loan

By Carolina Bolado

Maya Kowalski, the subject of the Netflix documentary "Take Care of Maya," filed a malpractice suit against her former attorney on Wednesday, accusing him of charging excessive fees and improperly orchestrating an advance funding loan after winning a $213 million judgment.

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Sanctioned IP Atty Tells Fed. Circ. 'Integrity' On The Line

By Elliot Weld

An attorney who was sanctioned in a trade dress infringement case due to what a judge said were his repeated misrepresentations has asked the Federal Circuit to lift the penalties against him and his client, saying his "professional and personal integrity, and my family, depends on it."

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Bosch Receives First DOJ Declination Under New Policy

By Sarah Jarvis

German technology company Bosch on Wednesday became the first company to avoid criminal prosecution under a new U.S. Department of Justice enforcement policy after it cooperated with the federal government and agreed to pay $36 million to settle allegations it improperly exported technology products to sanctioned Chinese company Huawei.

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DOJ's Pot Shift Leaves Key Questions For Cannabis Industry

By Sam Reisman

The Trump administration's recent moves to relax federal restrictions on marijuana through the administrative process will have unclear ramifications for all industry players unless Congress steps in to rewrite cannabis law, attorneys heard Wednesday.

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