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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Judiciary Cites AI Deepfakes In Opposing Courtroom Cameras

By Courtney Bublé

Two bipartisan bills to bring cameras into federal courtrooms advanced Thursday, but the policymaking body for the federal judiciary continues to oppose them and raised the issue of deepfakes in the age of artificial intelligence.

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NJ Tax Court Protects Taxpayer Methodology Ahead Of Trial

By Jaqueline McCool

A New Jersey tenant appealing the property tax assessment of a legacy data center is not required to provide the township with a detailed methodology of its assessment challenge prior to the case's trial, the state Tax Court ruled.

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Trump Lawyer Advances In Senate Judiciary Noms Vote

By Courtney Bublé

The nomination of Matthew Schwartz to be a judge on the Second Circuit advanced out of committee Thursday.

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

General counsel may cringe at the news, but their chief financial officers will rejoice over a new study that shows the average spending by legal departments dropped to a six-year low in 2026. And two in-house Cigna lawyers are at the center of a finding of "improperly asserted privilege" over key company documents related to a payment lawsuit brought by three labs.

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Gibson Dunn Hires Ropes & Gray Health Regulatory Atty In DC

By Jack Rodgers

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP has hired a former Ropes & Gray LLP partner who works on a myriad of health regulatory and drug pricing matters, advising pharmaceutical manufacturers, investors and other entities on those issues, the firm announced Thursday.

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Calif. Moves On Proposal To Allow Legal Aid By Nonlawyers

By Lynn LaRowe

The California Supreme Court has directed the state bar to solicit public comments on a proposed community justice worker program that would allow nonlawyers to provide limited legal assistance under the supervision of qualified legal aid organizations, according to a Thursday announcement.

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Analysis

Law Students Undeterred Under Trump's Immigration Climate

By Britain Eakin

In a climate where immigration lawyers are coming under the Trump administration’s scrutiny to tamp down on asylum fraud, law students are being ignited to enter the workforce early and rectify the injustices they see.

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'Mortified' Atty Takes Blame For Fake Quotes In Taco TM Fight

By Ivan Moreno

A Connecticut attorney facing possible sanctions over fake case quotations in a taco restaurant trademark fight told a federal judge Thursday that he takes "full and unqualified responsibility" for the flawed filings, saying he is "mortified" and acknowledging that his verification process for AI-assisted legal work fell far short.

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Ford Says 'Lemon Law' Firm Faked Bills Using Overseas Staff

By Linda Chiem

Ford Motor Co. on Thursday accused California personal injury firm Quill & Arrow LLP of defrauding it out of more than $25 million in high-priced legal bills for work actually handled by virtual assistants overseas and non-lawyers in scores of product liability cases against the automaker.

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Israeli Atty Gets 15 Months For Role In Ponzi Scheme

By George Woolston

An Israeli attorney whose participation in a fraud scheme led by convicted Ponzi schemer Eliyahu "Eli" Weinstein gave the plan an "air of legitimacy" was sentenced on Thursday to one year and three months in federal prison.

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