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December 11, 2024
Albertsons Sues Kroger In Chancery After Blocked Megadeal
Grocery giant Albertsons, in a Wednesday lawsuit in the Delaware Court of Chancery, said Kroger did not put forth its "best efforts" into getting their planned $24.6 billion megamerger cleared while also announcing official plans to nix the deal, moves that came just one day after two judges blocked the proposed acquisition.
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December 11, 2024
6 Firms Guide Nippon Life's $8.2B Resolution Life Acquisition
Japanese life insurer Nippon Life said Wednesday that it has agreed to buy the remaining 77% stake in holding group Resolution Life that it does not already own for $8.2 billion.
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December 10, 2024
Bristol-Myers Said To Renege On $450M Milestone Promise
Former security holders of a biotechnology company Bristol-Myers Squibb acquired in 2016 hauled the pharmaceutical giant into Delaware's Court of Chancery on Monday, accusing it of using "patent prosecution sleight of hand" to avoid paying up to $450 million in promised milestone payments related to an autoimmune disorder treatment.
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December 10, 2024
UpHealth Says Glocal Execs Stalling On $115M Award Suit
Digital health services company UpHealth has asked an Illinois federal judge to favor its efforts to pin down assets belonging to executives of Indian healthcare firm Glocal as it looks to enforce a $115 million arbitral award, saying the respondents are engaging in "obstructionist" conduct.
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December 10, 2024
Chancery Awards Ajamie $13M In Cell Partnership Fight
Boutique law firm Ajamie LLP has won a Delaware Court of Chancery ruling that clients in a more-than decade-long multi-site battle over dozens of AT&T cellphone partnerships owe Ajamie about $13 million in legal fees despite a court finding that a formal fee-sharing agreement is unenforceable.
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December 10, 2024
Trump Taps Ferguson As FTC Chief, Kressin Atty To GOP Seat
President-elect Donald Trump named current Federal Trade Commission member Andrew N. Ferguson to be its next chair Tuesday night while also picking Kressin Meador Powers LLC partner Mark Meador, a former deputy chief counsel to Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, to round out the FTC as its third Republican member.
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December 10, 2024
Nippon Life In Late Talks To Buy Resolution Life For $8.2B
Global insurer Resolution Life said Tuesday that it was in the "final stages of discussions" to sell the business to Nippon Life Insurance, reportedly for $8.2 billion.
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December 10, 2024
$24.6B Kroger-Albertsons Merger Blocked By 2 Judges
Kroger's planned $24.6 billion purchase of Albertsons suffered double whammy blows Tuesday, first from an Oregon federal judge who temporarily blocked the deal in a Federal Trade Commission challenge, and then from a Washington state judge who sided with the state's attorney general and issued a permanent, national block.
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December 10, 2024
Google, TPG To Help Steer $20B Clean Energy Investment
Google and an arm of private equity shop TPG that is focused on solutions to combat climate change revealed plans to partner with clean energy company Intersect Power to invest $20 billion in renewable power infrastructure by the end of the decade, with an initial plug of $800 million announced on Tuesday.
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December 10, 2024
Stellantis, CATL Invest Up To €4.1B For Battery Plant In Spain
Automaker Stellantis announced Tuesday that it has formed a joint venture with Chinese battery maker CATL that sees the two investing up to €4.1 billion ($4.3 billion) to help build a large-scale European lithium iron phosphate battery plant in Spain.
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December 10, 2024
Advent Says Chancery Rulings End Funeral Co. Suit
Private equity firm Advent International told a Boston federal judge that a heated fraud lawsuit tied to its sale of a Mexican funeral business must be dismissed due to rulings from a Delaware judge upholding agreements it entered with the buyer limiting claims related to the transaction.
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December 10, 2024
Kirkland, Davis Polk Drive Gen Digital's $1B MoneyLion Buy
Cybersecurity software company Gen Digital Inc., led by Kirkland & Ellis LLP, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP-advised personal finance platform MoneyLion Inc. for about $1 billion, the companies said Tuesday.
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December 10, 2024
Utah Beverage Canning Co. Seeks Sale In Ch. 11
A company that makes and fills beverage cans has filed for Chapter 11 protection in Utah bankruptcy court with $476 million in debt, saying COVID-19 caused delays in the opening of its Salt Lake City facility that left it with too little liquidity to continue.
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December 10, 2024
Remote Access Co. To Buy British Biz From Carlyle For $720M
German remote connectivity company TeamViewer said Tuesday that it has reached a deal with U.S. investment giant Carlyle Group Inc. to acquire London-based IT firm 1E at an enterprise value of $720 million, in a deal guided by White & Case LLP.
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December 09, 2024
Trump Media Investors Urge Stay Denial In Del. Suit
Investors in Donald Trump's social media website urged a Delaware Chancery Court to deny a temporary stay brought by the president-elect in order to let Florida litigation play out first, saying presidential immunity doesn't extend to unofficial acts, and the lawsuit can proceed against Trump's affiliates.
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December 09, 2024
Jones Says Waiver Gave Onion Unfair Edge In Infowars Auction
Lawyers for Alex Jones on Monday stepped up their criticism of satirical news outlet The Onion's bid to buy the conspiracy theorist's Infowars website, urging a Texas bankruptcy judge to block the deal and hand Infowars to a company operating a supplements website instead.
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December 09, 2024
Satellite Co. Sued In Del. For Docs After $450M Merger
Two stockholders of satellite venture Terran Orbital Corp. sued the business in Delaware's Court of Chancery Friday for access to company records, linking the demand to their investigation of events leading up to the company's $450 million, 25-cents-per-share sale to Lockheed Martin in October.
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December 09, 2024
Live Nation Denied Rehearing In 9th Circ. Arbitration Fight
The full Ninth Circuit has refused to reconsider an appellate panel's recent decision invalidating Live Nation and Ticketmaster's choice of a digital arbitration startup for consumer antitrust claims over allegedly exorbitant ticket prices.
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December 09, 2024
Facebook Execs Deny Email Breach Harm In Del. Hearing
Two former Facebook directors turned to "chutzpah" in answering a stockholder class call for sanctions against them for deleting uncounted emails regarding privacy violations and the Cambridge Analytica scandal, a stockholder attorney told a Delaware vice chancellor on Monday.
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December 09, 2024
Judge Eyes Far Less Trial Time In Meta Case Than FTC Wants
The Federal Trade Commission likely has to cram much more trial in much less time than it had planned after a D.C. federal judge suggested Monday that the agency's social media monopolization case against Meta Platforms Inc. can't go much past the first week of June 2025.
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December 09, 2024
NC Attorney General Cans Counterclaims In HCA Hospital Suit
North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein has immunity from counterclaims brought by HCA Healthcare in an enforcement suit centered on the for-profit health network's actions since purchasing an Asheville hospital five years ago, a state Business Court judge has ruled.
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December 09, 2024
TikTok Seeks Halt On Sale-Or-Ban Law For High Court Appeal
TikTok Inc. and its users are pressing the D.C. Circuit to put on hold the implementation of a law that is set to bar the platform from the U.S. market next month while they appeal a ruling backing the measure to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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December 09, 2024
Apollo, Santander Invest In $370M Infrastructure Portfolio
Private equity giant Apollo and commercial bank Santander on Monday unveiled plans to partner to invest in a $370 million portfolio of infrastructure credit.
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December 09, 2024
Barington And Thor Invest In Macy's, Push For New Direction
Barington Capital Group LP and Thor Equities LLC said Monday they've taken a position in Macy's as they pushed the storied retailer to make strategic changes to help "improve shareholder value," while Macy's acknowledged the development and disclosed it was being counseled by Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz on the matter.
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December 09, 2024
Paul Hastings, Paul Weiss Lead $6.7B Pactiv Evergreen Sale
Packaging products maker Novolex, advised by Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, on Monday announced that it will combine with food merchandising product manufacturer Pactiv Evergreen, led by Paul Hastings LLP, in a $6.7 billion take-private deal that is backed by private equity funds.
Expert Analysis
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Series
Being An Artist Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My work as an artist has highlighted how using creativity and precision together — qualities that are equally essential in both art and law — not only improves outcomes, but also leads to more innovative and thoughtful work, says Sarah La Pearl at Segal McCambridge.
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How Judiciary Can Minimize AI Risks In Secondary Sources
Because courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence and other safeguards do not address the risk of hallucinations in secondary source materials, the judiciary should consider enlisting legal publishers and database hosts to protect against AI-generated inaccuracies, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.
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How Attorneys Can Break Free From Career Enmeshment
Ambitious attorneys can sometimes experience career enmeshment — when your sense of self-worth becomes unhealthily tangled up in your legal vocation — but taking the time to discover and realign with your core personal values can help you recover your identity, says Janna Koretz at Azimuth Psychological.
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Lawyers With Disabilities Are Seeking Equity, Not Pity
Attorneys living with disabilities face extra challenges — including the need for special accommodations, the fear of stigmatization and the risk of being tokenized — but if given equitable opportunities, they can still rise to the top of their field, says Kate Reder Sheikh, a former attorney and legal recruiter at Major Lindsey & Africa.
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Fostering Healthcare Industry Success With Joint Ventures
As the healthcare industry continues to evolve, joint ventures remain a key strategy to unite health systems, private equity firms and physician practices in leveraging their collective strengths to foster innovation and improve patient care, say Carole Becker and Travis Jackson at McDermott.
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Opinion
Judicial Committee Best Venue For Litigation Funding Rules
The Advisory Committee on Civil Rules' recent decision to consider developing a rule for litigation funding disclosure is a welcome development, ensuring that the result will be the product of a thorough, inclusive and deliberative process that appropriately balances all interests, says Stewart Ackerly at Statera Capital.
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The Strategic Advantages Of Appointing A Law Firm CEO
The impact on law firms of the recent CrowdStrike outage underscores that the business of law is no longer merely about providing supplemental support for legal practice — and helps explain why some law firms are appointing dedicated, full-time CEOs to navigate the challenges of the modern legal landscape, says Jennifer Johnson at Calibrate Strategies.
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Inside FTC's Decision To Exit Key Merger Review Labor Memo
Despite the Federal Trade Commission's recent withdrawal from a multiagency memorandum of understanding to step up enforcement of labor issues in merger investigations, the antitrust agencies aren't likely to give up their labor market focus, say attorneys at Stinson.
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Comments Show Need For Clarity On SBA Proposed Rule
The recent public comments period for the Small Business Administration's proposed rule on recertification and other regulations underscores the need for more precision, particularly on agreements in principle, which the SBA should address as it moves forward with this rulemaking, say attorneys at Covington.
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Series
Beekeeping Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The practice of patent law and beekeeping are not typically associated, but taking care of honeybees has enriched my legal practice by highlighting the importance of hands-on experience, continuous learning, mentorship and more, says David Longo at Oblon McClelland.
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Election Unlikely To Overhaul Antitrust Enforcers' Labor Focus
Although the outcome of the presidential election may alter the course of antitrust enforcement in certain areas of the economy, scrutiny of labor markets by the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice is likely to remain largely unaffected — with one notable exception, say Jared Nagley and Joy Siu at Sheppard Mullin.
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Opinion
Legal Institutions Must Warn Against Phony Election Suits
With two weeks until the election, bar associations and courts have an urgent responsibility to warn lawyers about the consequences of filing unsubstantiated lawsuits claiming election fraud, says Elise Bean at the Carl Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy.
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How Cos. Can Build A Strong In-House Pro Bono Program
During this year’s pro bono celebration week, companies should consider some key pointers to grow and maintain a vibrant in-house program for attorneys to provide free legal services for the public good, says Mary Benton at Alston & Bird.
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Bristol-Myers Win Offers Lessons For Debt Security Holders
A New York federal judge's recent dismissal of a $6.4 billion lawsuit against Bristol-Myers Squibb, due to plaintiff UMB Bank's lack of standing, serves as an important reminder to debt security holders to obtain depositary proxies before pursuing litigation, say attorneys at Milbank.
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Series
Home Canning Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Making my own pickles and jams requires seeing a process through from start to finish, as does representing clients from the start of a dispute at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board through any appeals to the Federal Circuit, says attorney Kevin McNish.