4 Firms Guide Blackstone, EQT's $6.6B Spanish Recycler Deal

By Najiyya Budaly

Blackstone and EQT AB said Thursday that they will buy Spanish recycling company Urbaser from Platinum Equity LLC for $6.6 billion as they seek to cash in on the growing industrial waste management sector.

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Deutsche Börse To Buy PE Firm's Data Biz Stake For €1.1B

By Tom Fish

Deutsche Börse Group said it has agreed to buy the remaining 20% minority stake held by global private equity firm General Atlantic in Iss Stoxx, which provides data, analytics and indexes, for €1.1 billion ($1.3 billion).

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Union Capital Clinches $450M 4th Fund

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Kirkland & Ellis LLP-advised Union Capital Associates on Thursday revealed that it wrapped fundraising for its fourth fund after securing $450 million from investors.

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Simpson Thacher, Davis Polk Steer SoftBank-Backed IPO

By Lauren Berg

SoftBank Group Corp.-backed Japanese mobile payment service PayPay Corp., represented by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, on Thursday filed paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering, the underwriters of which are represented by Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP.

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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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SEC's Atkins Rejects Top Dem's Crypto Corruption Claims

By Jessica Corso

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins on Thursday pushed back on claims his agency dropped against cryptocurrency firms as a political favor to President Donald Trump, telling Senate Democrats a "changed attitude" by the commission led to the dismissals.

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Top SEC Enforcer Sees Fewer Cases Over Common Violations

By Sarah Jarvis

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement chief says she is confident that many violations of federal securities laws concerning requirements for reporting, recordkeeping and internal accounting should not result in agency enforcement actions.

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Elliott Takes Stake In Stock Exchange Group, More Rumors

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Activist investor Elliott Management has taken a sizable stake in the London Stock Exchange Group as it faces underperformance, payments company giant Stripe is planning a tender offer that could value it at $140 billion, and private equity firm Hellman & Friedman is looking to buy payments firm Bill Holdings.

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Colo. Appeals Panel Backs Ex-Director's $3.36M Jury Award

By Zach Dupont

A Colorado appellate court panel affirmed on Thursday a $3.36 million jury verdict in favor of a natural gas marketing company ex-trading director, but denied him the $10 million in statutory penalties he sought, saying an earlier version of the Colorado Wage Claim Act applied.

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Navigating New Risks Amid Altered Foreign Issuer Landscape

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's potential rulemaking to redefine who qualifies as a foreign private issuer will shape securities regulation and enforcement for decades, affecting not only FPIs and U.S. investors but also the U.S.' position in global capital markets, says Elisha Kobre at Sheppard.

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Series

Trail Running Makes Me A Better Lawyer

Navigating the muddy, root-filled path of trail marathons and ultramarathons provides fertile training ground for my high-stakes fractional general counsel work, teaching me to slow down my mind when the terrain shifts, sharpen my focus and trust my training, says Eric Proos at Next Era Legal.

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Roundup

UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Laura Stewart Liberty

This past week in London has seen a former U.S. defense contractor convicted of tax evasion face legal action, French football club Olympique Lyonnais sued following a $97 million ruling against its owner John Textor, consulting giant Kroll targeted by a South African airline, and H&M hit with a claim alleging it copied protected sunglasses designs. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Kevin Penton

WilmerHale and Gillam & Smith LLP lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions, after a Texas federal jury cleared Apple of infringement claims over patents covering 4G wireless technology, in a case that previously led to jury verdicts of $506 million and $300 million.

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Brief

Indiana AG Declines Intervention In Posner Wage Suit

By Emily Sawicki

Indiana's attorney general has declined to intervene in a pro se plaintiff's suit seeking to revive $170,000 in wage claims against retired Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner, finding the case did not pose a "substantial" constitutional challenge to a state statute mandating that delayed contracts must be written and signed to be enforced.

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Louisiana Atty Takes Responsibility For AI Usage Snafu

By Christine DeRosa

After facing the threat of sanctions alongside three of his co-counsel, a Louisiana attorney told a federal judge that he was solely responsible for an error-riddled brief written with the assistance of artificial intelligence. 

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GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Sue Reisinger

Taking heat from Republican senators over not notifying members of Congress about subpoenas for their phone records, Verizon's general counsel has pledged that in the future, the company will fight gag orders requiring it to keep silent. And taking heat from shareholders and colleagues over her ties to Jeffrey Epstein, Goldman Sachs' chief legal officer has agreed to leave the firm in June.

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Colorado Atty Delayed Filing, Gave Faulty Advice, Suit Says

By Rachel Konieczny

A Colorado attorney waited nearly five years to file a lawsuit on behalf of two clients and provided faulty advice, the former clients alleged Thursday in a malpractice lawsuit in state court.

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