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February 17, 2026
Some antitrust practitioners see vindication in last week's Texas federal court decision throwing out the Federal Trade Commission's premerger reporting overhaul, saying it gives credence to arguments that U.S. antitrust enforcers were trying to plug holes in merger review where there were none.
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February 17, 2026
The American Federation of Teachers and American Association of University Professors on Tuesday urged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate statements made by Apollo Global Management concerning the private equity firm's alleged ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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February 17, 2026
Investors have urged a Washington federal judge not to toss their suit accusing Columbia Bank of keeping a real estate investment firm's $230 million Ponzi scheme afloat by maintaining the enterprise's accounts even when evidence of fraud surfaced, arguing there is ample factual evidence showing that the bank knew about the scheme and assisted in it.
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February 17, 2026
Xerox, represented by Kirkland & Ellis LLP, announced Tuesday that it has created an intellectual property licensing joint venture with global alternative asset management firm TPG, advised by Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, to strengthen the workplace technology company's balance sheet.
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February 17, 2026
Cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence disputes continued their slow weave into Delaware Court of Chancery and state Supreme Court dockets last week, with jurists and litigants grappling over how — or if — the courts' old-school equity jurisdiction and fiduciary duty hooks apply to new kinds of deals.
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February 17, 2026
McGuireWoods LLP is expanding its transactional team, announcing Tuesday that it is bringing in a Sidley Austin LLP private equity expert as a partner in its Los Angeles office.
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February 17, 2026
Portland General Electric Company and Manulife Investment Management have paid $1.9 billion to obtain electrical provider PacifiCorp's Washington state assets in a cash deal guided by Latham & Watkins LLP, Baker Botts LLP, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
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February 17, 2026
President Donald Trump's son, Eric Trump, is among a group of investors backing a $1.5 billion merger between Florida real estate company JFB Construction Holdings and Israeli drone-maker Xtend that would take the latter company public.
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February 17, 2026
Last year, the fund formation team at Ropes & Gray LLP helped private equity giant TPG Inc. close a $3 billion credit-focused continuation fund, guided another major private equity player, Bain Capital, in securing $5.7 billion from investors for its second global special situations fund and aided a unit of the Carlyle Group in raising $20 billion for its latest secondary fund, landing it a spot among the 2025 Law360 Fund Formation Groups of the Year.
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February 17, 2026
A certified class of participants in a barbecue company's employee stock ownership program is seeking assurance that a $15 million settlement among the U.S. Department of Labor, the company's executives and the ESOP's caretaker won't affect a coming trial on the matter.
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February 17, 2026
Warner Bros. Discovery said Tuesday it has rejected an acquisition proposal from Paramount Skydance but will engage in further talks to determine whether the bidder can submit a binding offer that tops WBD's agreed merger with Netflix.
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February 17, 2026
Latham & Watkins LLP advised Kinterra Capital Corp., a Canadian private equity firm focused on critical materials and related infrastructure, on its Tuesday close of an oversubscribed $950 million fund.
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February 16, 2026
Asset manager M&G Investments said Monday that private equity giant CVC has acquired $1.1 billion of its North America-focused investment portfolio in a secondary transaction.
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February 13, 2026
After a Texas federal judge struck down a major overhaul of premerger reporting requirements, the Federal Trade Commission said Friday it would keep its options open for continuing the legal fight while also assailing the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the plaintiff in the case, as a "left-wing" organization.
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February 13, 2026
Reed Smith LLP has hired a former WilmerHale attorney who specializes in corporate and securities matters as a global corporate group partner in Denver for the firm's business and finance department.
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February 13, 2026
More than two decades after an investment group led by the Grousbeck family acquired the Boston Celtics for $360 million, the family focused on stewardship as much as economics as they sought a buyer worthy of the storied franchise. In an interview with Law360, David Silverman, a Cooley LLP mergers and acquisitions partner who was part of the team representing the family, described how those goals were achieved through a multistep transaction that commanded a valuation of up to $7.3 billion.
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February 13, 2026
Special purpose acquisition company Aura FAT Projects Acquisition Corp., advised by The Loev Law Firm PC, has entered into a binding letter of intent to merge with Australian coal miner Dalmore Holdings Pty Ltd., led by Duane Morris LLP, in a deal that would result in the combined company being publicly traded in the U.S.
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February 13, 2026
Cloud-based financial services provider Clear Street has postponed its initial public offering due to market conditions, a move that comes just a day after the company significantly reduced its planned offering size.
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February 13, 2026
In this week's Taxation With Representation, offshore drilling contractor Transocean Ltd. acquires rival Valaris Ltd., historic British fund manager Schroders agrees to a cash takeover by U.S. asset manager Nuveen, and a consortium that includes U.S. private equity firm Advent International LP and FedEx Corp. buy Polish parcel locker company InPost.
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February 12, 2026
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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February 12, 2026
The Federal Trade Commission hasn't shown the costs on merging companies outweigh the claimed benefits of dramatically increasing the amount of information that must be provided upfront when giving notice of a transaction, a Texas federal judge said Thursday, throwing out the commission's overhaul of premerger reporting requirements.
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February 12, 2026
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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February 12, 2026
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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February 12, 2026
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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February 12, 2026
Kirkland & Ellis LLP-advised Union Capital Associates on Thursday revealed that it wrapped fundraising for its fourth fund after securing $450 million from investors.