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January 07, 2025
6 Firms Guide $5.6B PE-Backed Deal For GFL Unit
Six law firms are guiding a deal disclosed Tuesday that will see funds managed by affiliates of Apollo and BC Partners purchase the environmental services business of GFL Environmental Inc. at an enterprise value of 8 billion Canadian dollars ($5.6 billion).
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January 07, 2025
London Software Co. Receives Two £315M Takeover Bids
Team Internet Group PLC said Tuesday that it has received two competing bids from investment managers TowerBrook and Verdane, which each value the internet services company at approximately £315 million ($394 million).
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January 07, 2025
PE Firm Lovell Minnick Invests In UK Consultancy Broadstone
Lovell Minnick said Tuesday that it has taken a stake in Broadstone, a British financial services consultancy, as the U.S. private equity firm eyes a slice of the growing advisory sector.
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January 06, 2025
Biden Signs DC Football Stadium Bill Into Law
President Joe Biden on Monday gave Washington, D.C., government control over a site that could become home to a new stadium for the NFL's Commanders.
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January 06, 2025
Proskauer Adds New Funds Partners In NY, DC
Proskauer Rose LLP announced Monday it has rung in the new year by adding two new partners to its private funds group, with the addition of a tax expert from Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP in New York and a regulatory specialist from the SEC in Washington, D.C.
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January 06, 2025
KKR Pushes Fuji Soft To Pursue Legal Action Against Bain
Private equity giant KKR called on the board of Fuji Soft on Monday to take legal action against Bain Capital amid a bidding war for the company between the two competing investors, arguing that Bain's unauthorized use of confidential information and breach of its nondisclosure agreement "significantly jeopardizes" the reputation of private equity funds in Japan.
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January 06, 2025
Paul Hastings, Cravath Steer Pork Giant Smithfield's IPO Filing
Pork producer Smithfield Foods Inc. on Monday submitted the year's first filing for an initial public offering, part of a spinoff from China's WH Group Ltd., represented by Paul Hastings LLP and underwriters' counsel Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP.
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January 06, 2025
Olshan Frome, Ellenoff Grossman Guide Gun Biz SPAC Deal
Online firearm retailer GrabAGun, advised by Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP, announced plans on Monday to go public through a $150 million merger with special purpose acquisition company Colombier II, led by Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP.
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January 06, 2025
More Investment Firms Fight Saba's Plans To Oust Boards
Another two investment companies listed on the London Stock Exchange warned shareholders on Monday against voting for proposals by Saba Capital Management LP to infiltrate their boards with its own nominees, calling the U.S. hedge fund's plans "opportunistic" and "self-serving."
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January 03, 2025
Cancer Drug Co. Revives Bid To Go Public Via Direct Listing
Brain cancer-focused drug developer NeOnc Technologies Holdings Inc. filed plans on Friday to go public through a direct listing, represented by Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP, as it pursues an alternative to an initial public offering after canceling a prior IPO attempt.
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January 03, 2025
PayPal's Minority Program Biased Against Asians, Suit Says
A lawsuit filed in New York federal court alleges that PayPal's $535 million investment program for Black- and minority-led businesses is racially biased against Asian Americans and violates federal civil rights laws.
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January 03, 2025
Food Delivery App Inks $80M Deal To End SPAC Merger Suit
Investors suing mobile food delivery and ride-hailing services operator Grab Holdings Ltd. have asked a New York federal judge to preliminarily approve an $80 million deal to settle claims that several sections of a proxy statement Grab filed with a special purpose acquisition company were false and misleading.
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January 03, 2025
Missed Deadline Bars Startup Investors' Conspiracy Claims
A three-year statute of limitations — missed by a little more than a month — dooms civil conspiracy claims in a lawsuit alleging that partners in a venture capital firm created "sham" independent contractor agreements with a firm controlled by one of its partners to charge "massive and inexplicable" fees, a Massachusetts judge has ruled.
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January 03, 2025
DE Shaw Rips Air Products' CEO Succession Plan Failure
Activist investment firm The D.E. Shaw Group on Friday slammed the board of directors of industrial gas supplier Air Products and Chemicals Inc., accusing it of failing to manage an effective CEO succession process, and called for a change in the board's composition and the retirement of the company's current CEO.
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January 03, 2025
Influencer Marketing Biz Later Buys Mavely In $250M Deal
Influencer marketing and social media management software services company Later on Friday announced plans to buy everyday influencer platform Mavely in a $250 million deal.
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January 03, 2025
PE Firm Permira To Buy Stake In Energy Adviser Westbridge
British investment company Permira Funds has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Westbridge Advisory, a European energy and sustainability consultancy for the real estate industry.
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January 02, 2025
A-Rod's SPAC Deal Seeks Extra Innings, Plus More IPOs Filed
The period between Christmas Eve and Jan. 1 wasn't completely quiet on the capital markets deals front, with A-Rod's special purpose acquisition company seeking an extension to complete its merger and several new IPOs being filed. Here, Law360 looks at the capital markets news from the holiday break.
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January 02, 2025
Interactive Brokers Fined $2.2M Over 'Free-Riding' Monitoring
Interactive Brokers LLC has agreed to pay $2.25 million to settle allegations from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority that the firm failed to detect millions of so-called free-riding transactions in customers' cash accounts.
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January 02, 2025
Del. Courts Gavel Out 2024 With Fox, Opioid Case Rulings
2024 went out with a flurry of rulings in Delaware's corporate and commercial law courts, while the new year saw a Chancery veteran become that court's first senior magistrate. Here's a quick roundup of the latest news in First State courts.
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January 02, 2025
4 Firms Build CA$169M Take-Private Of Quisitive Technology
Microsoft cloud and artificial intelligence solutions provider Quisitive Technology Solutions Inc. on Thursday announced that it has agreed to go private and be bought by private equity shop H.I.G. Capital in a CA$169.1 million ($117.1 million) deal built by four law firms.
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January 02, 2025
Food Service Tech Biz Buys PE-Owned Delaget In $132M Deal
Food service technology company Par Technology Corp. on Thursday announced plans to acquire restaurant analytics business Delaget LLC in a $132 million deal.
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January 01, 2025
High-Stakes Healthcare Court Battles To Watch In 2025
With pivotal health law cases on the docket in 2025, attorneys will be watching how the incoming Trump administration proceeds in ongoing litigation over abortion care, the Affordable Care Act and the Medicare drug price negotiation program.
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January 01, 2025
5 Energy Transactional Trends To Watch In 2025
A second Donald Trump presidency and a resulting shift in federal policy away from clean energy and toward fossil fuels will cloud the dealmaking environment for the energy industry, but attorneys believe the deal pace will remain brisk across the sector. Here are five transactional trends that are worth watching closely this year.
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January 01, 2025
Trump 2.0 Signals Shift Toward Capital Markets Deregulation
The arrival of a second Trump administration promising a business-friendly agenda, along with Republican majorities governing Congress and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, signals a decisive shift toward deregulation that observers expect will broadly impact capital markets in 2025 and beyond.
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January 01, 2025
IPO Outlook Brightens As More Companies Eye 2025 Listings
Capital markets attorneys are preparing to advise more companies toward initial public offerings in 2025, given evidence that a rising number of candidates are joining the pipeline in expectation of a long-awaited resurgence in new listings. Here, Law360 looks at what deals attorneys and market participants expect.
Expert Analysis
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Round-Canopy Parachuting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Similar to the practice of law, jumping from an in-flight airplane with nothing but training and a few yards of parachute silk is a demanding and stressful endeavor, and the experience has bolstered my legal practice by enhancing my focus, teamwork skills and sense of perspective, says Thomas Salerno at Stinson.
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SEC Settlement Holds Important Pay-To-Play Lessons
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s recent fine of an investment adviser, whose new hire made a campaign contribution within a crucial lookback period, is a seasonable reminder for public fund managers to ensure their processes thoroughly screen all associates for even minor violations of the SEC’s strict pay-to-play rule, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.
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Boeing Ruling Is A Cautionary Tale For Trade Secret Litigants
A Washington federal court’s recent ruling canceling a $72 million jury award against Boeing because Zunum Aero had failed to properly identify its trade secrets highlights the value of an early statement of alleged secrets, amended through discovery and used as a framework at trial, says Matthew D'Amore at Cornell.
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What To Expect From Calif. Bill Regulating PE In Healthcare
A California bill currently awaiting Gov. Gavin Newsom's approval, intended to increase oversight over private equity and hedge fund investments in healthcare, is emblematic of recent increased scrutiny of investments in the space, and may affect transactions and operations in California in a number of ways, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.
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Why Now Is The Time For Law Firms To Hire Lateral Partners
Partner and associate mobility data from the second quarter of this year suggest that there's never been a better time in recent years for law firms to hire lateral candidates, particularly experienced partners — though this necessitates an understanding of potential red flags, say Julie Henson and Greg Hamman at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.
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Considering Possible PR Risks Of Certain Legal Tactics
Disney and American Airlines recently abandoned certain litigation tactics in two lawsuits after fierce public backlash, illustrating why corporate counsel should consider the reputational implications of any legal strategy and partner with their communications teams to preempt public relations concerns, says Chris Gidez at G7 Reputation Advisory.
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It's No Longer Enough For Firms To Be Trusted Advisers
Amid fierce competition for business, the transactional “trusted adviser” paradigm from which most firms operate is no longer sufficient — they should instead aim to become trusted partners with their most valuable clients, says Stuart Maister at Strategic Narrative.
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7 Takeaways For Investment Advisers From FinCEN AML Rule
With a new FinCEN rule that will require covered investment advisers to implement anti-money laundering programs and comply with extra recordkeeping requirements by 2026, companies should begin planning necessary updates to their policies and procedures by focusing on seven of the rule’s key requirements, identified by attorneys at Simpson Thacher.
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Mitigating Risk In Net Asset Value Facility Bankruptcies
In times of economic turbulence, parties to bankruptcy proceedings that involve net asset value facilities can mitigate risk by understanding the purpose of the automatic stay, complications it can create for NAV facility lenders and options for relief, say attorneys at Mayer Brown.
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What VC Fund Settlement Means For DEI Grant Programs
An unexpected settlement in American Alliance for Equal Rights v. Fearless Fund, based on specific details of an Atlanta venture capital fund's challenged minority grant program, leaves the legal landscape wide open for organizations with similar programs supporting diversity, equity and inclusion to chart a path forward, say attorneys at Moore & Van Allen.
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Navigating A Potpourri Of Possible Transparency Act Pitfalls
Despite the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's continued release of guidance for complying with the Corporate Transparency Act, its interpretation remains in flux, making it important for companies to understand potentially problematic areas of ambiguity in the practical application of the law, say attorneys at Sidley.
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A Preview Of AI Priorities Under The Next President
For the first time in a presidential election, both of the leading candidates and their parties have been vocal about artificial intelligence policy, offering clues on the future of regulation as AI continues to advance and congressional action continues to stall, say attorneys at Mintz.
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How Companies Are Approaching Insider Trading Policies
An analysis of insider trading policies recently disclosed by 49 S&P 500 companies under a new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule reveals that while specific provisions vary from company to company, certain common themes are emerging, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.
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How Methods Are Evolving In Textualist Interpretations
Textualists at the U.S. Supreme Court are increasingly considering new methods such as corpus linguistics and surveys to evaluate what a statute's text communicates to an ordinary reader, while lower courts even mull large language models like ChatGPT as supplements, says Kevin Tobia at Georgetown Law.
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Navigating New Enforcement Scrutiny Of 'AI Washing'
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent lawsuit against Joonko Diversity, its first public AI-focused enforcement action against a private company, underscores the importance of applying the same internal legal and compliance rigor to AI-related claims as other market-facing statements, say attorneys at Fried Frank.