Private Equity

  • November 14, 2025

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

    This past week in London has seen Freeths face a professional negligence claim from a Scottish car dealership, Rolls-Royce sue logistics giant Kuehne + Nagel, and a team of Oberon Investments Group investment managers sued by their former employer.  

  • November 14, 2025

    Bavarian Nordic Chair Quits After Failed $3.1B Takeover Bid

    The chair of Bavarian Nordic has departed his job after the Danish vaccine developer failed to persuade shareholders to vote for a $3.1 billion takeover by private equity firms Nordic Capital and Permira.

  • November 13, 2025

    7th Circ. Judge Questions Pilgrim's Chicken Price-Fix Win

    A Seventh Circuit judge seemed skeptical Thursday that a brief email acceptance and an unsigned agreement are enough to say Pilgrim's Pride had definitively settled chicken and other protein price-fixing claims with Sysco before a Burford Capital LLC unit picked them up to continue litigating.

  • November 13, 2025

    As Backlogged SEC Reopens, Attys Jostle To 'Get In Line'

    Thousands of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission employees who were sent home last month finally returned to their offices Thursday, and experts say it will likely take at least a month for them to catch up with a backlog of casework and submissions for initial public offerings.

  • November 13, 2025

    Trump To Pardon UK Billionaire Lewis For Insider Trading

    President Donald Trump has agreed to pardon 88-year-old British billionaire Joseph Lewis, who was sentenced to three years of probation for feeding nonpublic stock tips to his girlfriend and private-jet pilots.

  • November 13, 2025

    San Diego Padres Eye Sale As Ownership Suit Unfolds

    Major League Baseball's San Diego Padres announced Thursday that they are exploring selling the franchise, while a court battle for control of the organization marches on with the widow of the team's former owner.

  • November 13, 2025

    Clean Energy Cos. Tap Private Cash To Beat Tax Credit Clock

    Clean energy developers are increasingly looking to privately held investors to ensure they can do enough work to keep their projects fully eligible for tax credits that start phasing out next year, energy development attorneys told Law360.

  • November 13, 2025

    EngageSmart Deal 'Screams' Disclosure Failures, Atty Says

    The record surrounding payment venture EngageSmart Inc.'s $4 billion take-private sale to affiliates of Vista Equity Partners LLC "screams" transparency shortfalls on the part of company directors and others, an attorney for stockholders who challenged the deal in Delaware's Court of Chancery told a vice chancellor on Thursday.

  • November 13, 2025

    Fenwick, WilmerHale Steer $285M Mersana Take-Private Deal

    Pediatric cancer-focused biopharmaceutical company Day One Biopharmaceuticals, led by Fenwick & West LLP, announced plans Thursday to acquire clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company Mersana Therapeutics Inc., advised by WilmerHale, in a take-private deal worth up to $285 million.

  • November 13, 2025

    FTC Fails To Block Doctors' Testimony In $945M Merger Case

    A D.C. federal judge refused Thursday to bar a pair of outside doctors and consultants from vouching for Edwards Lifesciences Corp.'s planned JenaValve Technology Inc. acquisition, preferring to let the Federal Trade Commission contest their testimony in cross-examination and saying from the bench that he'll "make some popcorn."

  • November 13, 2025

    Chaos Industries Secures $510M To Boost Defense Tech

    Defense technology company Chaos Industries said Thursday it has raised $510 million in new funding led by Valor Equity Partners, with participation from existing backers 8VC and Accel, at a valuation of $4.5 billion.

  • November 13, 2025

    Advent GC Returns To Ropes & Gray To Co-Lead PCT Practice

    Ropes & Gray LLP announced Thursday that an attorney who left its ranks a few years ago for private equity firm Advent International Corp. is set to return to the firm at the beginning of December as the co-leader of its global private capital transactions practice.

  • November 13, 2025

    Silvergate Bank Parent Gets OK For Ch. 11 Plan

    A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved the Chapter 11 plan of the parent company of failed cryptocurrency-focused Silvergate Bank after hearing the company had resolved all objections to the proposal.

  • November 13, 2025

    AI Coding Biz Valued At $29.3B After $2.3B Funding Round

    Artificial intelligence development platform Cursor on Thursday revealed that its valuation had soared to $29.3 billion after it wrapped its latest funding round with $2.3 billion in investor commitments.

  • November 13, 2025

    C3 AI Considers Sale After CEO Departs, Plus More Rumors

    Artificial intelligence software provider C3 AI is exploring a sale after its founder and CEO stepped down earlier this year, British telecommunications provider SCG weighs a potential sale at a $1.07 billion valuation, and U.K.-based fintech company Iwoca is in talks about a sale that could value it at $1.34 billion.

  • November 12, 2025

    Ex-Aerotech Workers Push For Class Cert. In ESOP Suit

    Former Aerotech Inc. employees who have accused the motion control solutions company of mismanaging its employee stock ownership plan urged a Pennsylvania federal court Wednesday to certify a class of plan beneficiaries and participants, saying they easily satisfied requirements for class certification.

  • November 12, 2025

    Pork Buyers Fight Bid To Pause Price-Fixing Case For Appeal

    Pork buyers told a Minnesota federal judge not to hit pause on their price-fixing case while Agri Stats Inc. and major producers push the Eighth Circuit to force the judge's recusal over a law clerk's previous work on a related case.

  • November 12, 2025

    McDermott Exploring Selling Stake To Private Equity

    McDermott Will & Schulte on Wednesday acknowledged it is fielding interest from private equity investors, a development that underscores how some of the legal industry's largest players are considering moving to a nontraditional business model.

  • November 12, 2025

    General Counsel AI Raises $60M Series B At $555M Valuation

    General Counsel AI Inc., a legal artificial intelligence platform for in-house counsel, announced on Wednesday a $60 million Series B funding round that values the company at $555 million.

  • November 12, 2025

    Former Twitter Exec Can't Pursue State Claims During Appeal

    Twitter's former chief marketing officer can't move forward with the state law claims in her $20 million severance suit while the company asks the Ninth Circuit to kick the allegations to arbitration, a California federal judge ruled, rejecting her argument that the company's appeal is a waste of time.

  • November 12, 2025

    6 Firms Steer $1.8B Self-Driving Truck SPAC Merger

    Swedish self-driving truck company Einride announced Wednesday it is planning to go public in the U.S. by merging with a special purpose acquisition company, in a $1.8 billion deal guided by six law firms.

  • November 10, 2025

    Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attorneys From 76 Firms

    The attorneys chosen as Law360's 2025 MVPs have distinguished themselves from their peers by securing significant achievements in high-stakes litigation, complex global matters and record-breaking deals.

  • November 10, 2025

    Judge Wary Of Bid To Nix SVB Expert In $73M Coverage Row

    A U.S. magistrate judge seemed skeptical of an insurer's bid to exclude a witness proffered as a policy expert on financial institution bonds, repeatedly asking Berkley Regional Insurance Co.'s counsel in a Monday hearing why the expert's experience — or lack thereof — should disqualify him.

  • November 10, 2025

    Tyson's $85M Deal Gets Initial OK In Pork Price-Fixing Case

    A Minnesota federal judge has granted preliminary approval for an $85 million settlement resolving consumers' claims against Tyson Foods Inc. in antitrust litigation that accused pork producers of conspiring with a benchmarking company to inflate pork prices by limiting supply in the U.S. market.

  • November 10, 2025

    GTCR's $627M Medical Coatings Acquisition Can Get Moving

    GTCR BC Holdings LLC can continue with its plan to acquire the nation's leading medical coatings supplier and merge it with the nation's second leading provider while federal regulators challenge the transaction in-house, an Illinois federal judge said Monday, refusing to halt the deal.

Expert Analysis

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    SEC Arbitration Shift Is At Odds With Fraud Deterrence

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent statement allowing the use of mandatory arbitration by new publicly traded companies could result in higher legal costs, while removing the powerful deterrent impact of public lawsuits that have helped make the U.S. securities markets a model of transparency and fairness, say attorneys at Labaton Keller.

  • Protecting Sensitive Court Filings After Recent Cyber Breach

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    In the wake of a recent cyberattack on federal courts' Case Management/Electronic Case Files system, civil litigants should consider seeking enhanced protections for sensitive materials filed under seal to mitigate the risk of unauthorized exposure, say attorneys at Redgrave.

  • Gauging SEC Short-Sale Rules' Future After 5th Circ. Remand

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    Though the Fifth Circuit recently remanded to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission two Biden-era rules requiring disclosure of securities lending and short-sale activity in order to consider the rules' cumulative economic impact, it's possible they will get reproposed, meaning compliance timelines could change, says Scott Budlong at Barnes & Thornburg.

  • Series

    Judging Figure Skating Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Judging figure skating competitions helps me hone the focus, decisiveness and ability to process complex real-time information I need in court, but more importantly, it makes me reengage with a community and my identity outside of law, which, paradoxically, always brings me back to work feeling restored, says Megan Raymond at Groombridge Wu.

  • What Ethics Rules Say On Atty Discipline For Online Speech

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    Though law firms are free to discipline employees for their online commentary about Charlie Kirk or other social media activity, saying crude or insensitive things on the internet generally doesn’t subject attorneys to professional discipline under the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, says Stacie H. Rosenzweig at Halling & Cayo.

  • Balancing The Risks And Rewards Of Private Equity In 401(k)s

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    The recent executive order directing government agencies to consider encouraging private equity and other alternative investments in 401(k) plans does not change the fundamental fiduciary calculus or reduce risk, as success with private investments will depend on careful analysis of both participant demand and fiduciary obligations, say attorneys at Jenner & Block.

  • 2 Rulings Highlight IRS' Uncertain Civil Fraud Penalty Powers

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    Conflicting decisions from the U.S. Tax Court and the Northern District of Texas that hinge on whether the IRS can administratively assert civil fraud penalties since the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2024 decision in SEC v. Jarkesy provide both opportunities and potential pitfalls for taxpayers, says Michael Landman at Bird Marella.

  • Junior Attys Must Beware Of 5 Common Legal Brief Mistakes

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    Junior law firm associates must be careful to avoid five common pitfalls when drafting legal briefs — from including every possible argument to not developing a theme — to build the reputation of a sought-after litigator, says James Argionis at Cozen O'Connor.

  • Series

    Power To The Paralegals: How And Why Training Must Evolve

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    Empowering paralegals through new models of education that emphasize digital fluency, interdisciplinary collaboration and human-centered lawyering could help solve workforce challenges and the justice gap — if firms, educators and policymakers get on board, say Kristine Custodio Suero and Kelli Radnothy.

  • Series

    Playing Softball Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My time on the softball field has taught me lessons that also apply to success in legal work — on effective preparation, flexibility, communication and teamwork, says Sarah Abrams at Baleen Specialty.

  • IPO Suit Reinforces Strict Section 11 Tracing Requirement

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    A California federal court's recent dismissal of an investor class action against Allbirds in connection with the company's initial public offering cites the U.S. Supreme Court's 2023 Slack v. Pirani decision, reinforcing the firm tracing requirement for Section 11 plaintiffs — even at the pleading stage, say attorneys at Paul Weiss.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Mastering Time Management

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    Law students typically have weeks or months to prepare for any given deadline, but the unpredictability of practicing in the real world means that lawyers must become time-management pros, ready to adapt to scheduling conflicts and unexpected assignments at any given moment, says David Thomas at Honigman.

  • Calif. Bill May Shake Up Healthcare Investment Landscape

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    If signed by the governor, newly passed California legislation would significantly expand the Office of Health Care Affordability's oversight of private equity and hedge fund investments in healthcare companies and management services organizations, and raise several questions about companies' data confidentiality and filing burdens, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

  • How Hyperlinks Are Changing E-Discovery Responsibilities

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    A recent e-discovery dispute over hyperlinked data in Hubbard v. Crow shows how courts have increasingly broadened the definition of control to account for cloud-based evidence, and why organizations must rethink preservation practices to avoid spoliation risks, says Bree Murphy at Exterro.

  • State False Claims Acts Can Help Curb Opioid Fund Fraud

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    State versions of the federal False Claims Act can play an important role in policing the misuse of opioid settlement funds, taking a cue from the U.S. Department of Justice’s handling of federal fraud cases involving pandemic relief funds, says Kenneth Levine at Stone & Magnanini.

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