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Latest News in Private Equity

  • February 21, 2025

    Crypto Mining Machine Co. Bgin Blockchain Files $50M IPO

    Cryptocurrency mining company Bgin Blockchain Ltd. filed for an initial public offering Friday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that is expected to raise $50 million, represented by Hunter Taubman Fischer & Li LLC and underwriters counsel Robinson & Cole LLP.

  • February 21, 2025

    B. Riley Founders, Board Sued In Del. Over Investment Losses

    A B. Riley Financial Inc. stockholder has launched a derivative suit seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in damages for the company in Delaware's Court of Chancery, alleging director conflicts tied to investments in now-bankrupt holding company Franchise Group Inc., led by a longtime friend of a B. Riley co-founder.

  • February 21, 2025

    Aerotech Can't Escape Workers' ESOP Investment Suit

    A Pennsylvania federal judge refused to toss a proposed class action from participants in a motion control technology company's employee stock ownership plan who alleged mismanagement, finding allegations that the company's low-risk investment strategy violated federal benefits law could proceed to discovery.

  • February 21, 2025

    WilmerHale Corporate Ace Joins DLA Piper In California

    DLA Piper has added a former WilmerHale attorney to strengthen its corporate practice, including bolstering its service to clients in the life sciences and healthcare industries.

  • February 21, 2025

    Barry Manilow Bids To Kick Hipgnosis Claim To LA Court

    Singer-songwriter Barry Manilow called for a London court on Friday to toss part of a claim by U.K.-based intellectual-property investment fund Hipgnosis SFH 1 Ltd. that Manilow failed to pay it royalties, arguing that the claim should be heard in Los Angeles.

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