Lukoil Open To Offers Despite Deal With Carlyle

By Najiyya Budaly

Russian oil and gas heavyweight Lukoil said Thursday that it has agreed to sell its international assets to U.S. private equity giant Carlyle, but added that it is open to alternative offers.

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Jones Day Guides VSE Corp. On $2B Precision Aviation Deal

By Al Barbarino

Jones Day is advising aviation company VSE Corp. on an agreement to acquire Precision Aviation Group Inc. from Winston & Strawn LLP-led GenNx360 Capital Partners for up to $2.15 billion, the companies announced Thursday.

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3 Companies Begin Trading After Raising $1.3B In IPOs

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Satellite maker York Space Systems began trading publicly Thursday after raising $629 million in its upsized initial public offering, joining Brazilian digital banking platform PicPay and insurance platform Ethos Technologies, both of which also made their public debuts Thursday.

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Trump SPAC Fights Chancery's $25K Daily Sanction Ruling

By Katryna Perera

The blank check company that took Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. public last year says it has been "unfairly trapped in a procedural morass" after a Delaware Chancery Court magistrate held the company in contempt and ordered it to pay sanctions over its refusal to pay an over $2 million legal fee advancement bill.

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Zuora Investor Sues Over $1.7B Silver Lake Take-Private Deal

By Jeff Montgomery

An investor in software as service subscription software venture Zuora Inc. has opened a proposed class suit seeking damages in connection with Silver Lake Group's $1.7 billion take-private acquisition of the company, naming both Silver Lake and managing panther Joseph Osnoss and alleging breaches of fiduciary duty.

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Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2026 Editorial Boards

Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2026 editorial advisory boards.

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Inspire Medical Leaders Face Suit Over Apnea Device Rollout

By Emilie Ruscoe

Brass of Inspire Medical Systems Inc. face shareholder derivative claims they breached their fiduciary duties by concealing issues affecting the launch of the company's latest sleep apnea device, damaging investors after its trading prices fell 32% when the issues were disclosed.

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SpaceX Eyes IPO At $1.5 Trillion Value, Plus More Rumors

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Elon Musk's SpaceX is preparing plans to launch an initial public offering that would value it at a massive $1.5 trillion, Chevron is seeking better terms from Iraq before buying Russia's Lukoil assets, and cryptocurrency wallet Ledger is weighing a $4 billion U.S. IPO.

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Perkins Coie Adds McDermott Tax Partner In Chicago

By Jack Rodgers

Perkins Coie LLP has hired a former McDermott Will & Schulte LLP tax partner, who is joining the firm's private client services practice as a partner, to counsel family offices, fund sponsors and high net worth clients on structuring tax-advantaged and other funds, the firm recently announced.

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Series

Playing Tennis Makes Me A Better Lawyer

An instinct to turn pain into purpose meant frequent trips to the tennis court, where learning to move ahead one point at a time was a lesson that also applied to the steep learning curve of patent prosecution law, says Daniel Henry at Marshall Gerstein.

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From TikTok To The Courtroom, The Rise Of Lawfluencers

By Chris Villani

A growing group of legal influencers with huge followings say social media use is helping them expand their practices along with their brands and offering marketing lessons that even BigLaw can learn from.

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Ex-Worker Says Goldstein Offered Crypto, Gifts As IRS Probed

By Jared Foretek

A former employee at Thomas Goldstein's law firm who resigned after the Internal Revenue Service began investigating the firm said that the SCOTUSblog founder suddenly began offering her bitcoin, payment from case settlements and potential student loan relief after federal agents visited the office.

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Clemency Favors White Collar Offenders, New Study Shows

By Phillip Bantz

White collar criminal defendants are more likely than other types of offenders to receive presidential pardons, especially under the Trump administration, a new analysis of clemency actions shows, raising concerns about a system one expert called "broken."

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Attacks Haven't Killed Judiciary's AI Rule, May Strengthen It

By Jeff Overley

Federal judiciary advisers Thursday confronted the most extensive opposition yet in their campaign to ensure the reliability of evidence utilizing artificial intelligence, but the criticism appeared constructive, possibly upping the odds of a digital age addition to U.S. court rules.

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DOJ Awards $1M In First For Antitrust Whistleblower Program

By Rae Ann Varona

The U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division awarded a whistleblower $1 million for providing information that led to charges and a $3.28 million criminal fine against used-vehicle auction site EBlock, marking the first-ever award under a new antitrust whistleblower program, the DOJ announced Thursday.

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Crowell & Moring Loses DC Appeal In $30M COVID Rent Dispute

By Isaac Monterose

The District of Columbia Court of Appeals on Thursday ruled against Crowell & Moring LLP's appeal for its $30 million rent dispute with a D.C. office landlord that refused to grant a coronavirus-related rent abatement.

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Bondi Elevates Pa. US Atty Amid Appointments Scrutiny

By Matthew Santoni

The first assistant U.S. attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania is being retained and elevated to full U.S. attorney, Attorney General Pamela Bondi announced Thursday, though the appointment will have to remain temporary or he could face the same questions about his appointment as other top prosecutors in President Donald Trump's administration.

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