Mergers & Acquisitions

  • October 04, 2024

    Judge Says Live Nation Case Runs Deeper Than Merger Pact

    In refusing to transfer the government's monopolization case against Live Nation, a New York federal judge said the settlement allowing the company's 2010 merger with Ticketmaster dealt only with potential problems that existed at the time and has no bearing on the new claims.

  • October 04, 2024

    SPAC Scraps $238M Merger Plan With Debt Servicer

    Special purpose acquisition company Everest Consolidator Acquisition Corp. has canceled its merger plans with consumer debt service Unifund Financial Technologies, saying there were breaches in the merger agreement that made closing impossible.

  • October 04, 2024

    Repeat Fraudster Guilty Of Scamming Ex-NBA Players

    A Manhattan federal jury on Friday convicted a Georgia businessman and recidivist fraudster of conning former NBA players Dwight Howard and Chandler Parsons out of $8 million through the use of forged documents and other lies.

  • October 04, 2024

    Massumi & Consoli Adds Ex-Morgan Lewis Attorney In DC

    An attorney with more than two decades of experience representing clients in transactions in the healthcare industry moved her practice this week to Massumi & Consoli's Washington, D.C., office after more than 13 years with Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP.

  • October 04, 2024

    Experian To Acquire Brazil's ClearSale For $350M

    Credit ratings agency Experian PLC said Friday that it has agreed to acquire Brazil-based digital fraud prevention company ClearSale SA for 1.90 billion Brazilian real ($350 million) to complement its existing identity and fraud business in the South American country.

  • October 04, 2024

    Taxation With Representation: Gibson Dunn, Weil, Simpson

    In this week's Taxation with Representation, DirectTV buys EchoStar's video business for $10 billion, Marsh McLennan inks a $7.75 billion deal for McGriff Insurance, and PepsiCo closes a $1.2 billion deal to purchase Siete Foods.

  • October 04, 2024

    Thyssenkrupp, Tata Lose Fight Against EU Joint Venture Veto

    Europe's highest court ruled Friday that the European Commission was right to block plans by Thyssenkrupp and Tata Steel to jointly acquire a steel products venture under the antitrust rules of the bloc.

  • October 04, 2024

    4 Firms Guide On $1.7B Coeur-SilverCrest Metals Merger

    Chicago-based Coeur Mining Inc. said Friday it has agreed to buy Canada's SilverCrest Metals Inc. in an all-stock deal worth $1.7 billion, in a transaction steered by four law firms that will create a global silver mining leader with the addition of SilverCrest's key Mexico assets.

  • October 03, 2024

    Trump Media's COO Resigns As Stock Is Released To Investor

    The parent of Donald Trump's social media platform had a busy Thursday, announcing that its chief operating officer has resigned and separately disclosing that it released nearly 800,000 shares to a backer of the vehicle that took Trump's entity public in connection with a court order.

  • October 03, 2024

    Del. Vice Chancellor Slams Fee Terms In Advancement Case

    A Delaware vice chancellor balked Thursday at "success fee" terms in a fee advancement case that she suggested made the clients a "human shield" in litigation over attorney expenses in connection with a New Jersey legal malpractice case.

  • October 03, 2024

    Calif. AG Sues AHMC Healthcare To Resume ER Services

    California Attorney General Rob Bonta has sued AHMC Healthcare in state court for allegedly suspending critical lifesaving services at its San Mateo County facilities for purported cosmetic repairs from storm damage and other renovations, which has inundated other hospitals in the community and forced patients to travel further for care.

  • October 03, 2024

    3rd Circ. Backs Added Payout For Late Royal Bank CEO

    The Third Circuit on Thursday backed a lower court's decision that Royal Bank of America's retirement plan must add another $368,000 onto the roughly $4 million lump-sum payment already given to the financial institution's late former chief executive officer, calling the plan's arguments it need not pay that amount "nonsensical."

  • October 03, 2024

    Citibank Blunders May Warrant Breakup, Warren Tells OCC

    Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., urged the acting head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on Thursday to impose growth restrictions on Citibank for becoming "too big to manage" and committing various blunders over the years, saying breaking up the fourth-largest bank in the U.S. may be appropriate if conditions don't improve.

  • October 03, 2024

    12 Lawyers Who Are The Future Of The Supreme Court Bar

    One attorney hasn't lost a single U.S. Supreme Court case she's argued, or even a single justice's vote. One attorney is perhaps "the preeminent SCOTUS advocate." And one may soon become U.S. solicitor general, despite acknowledging there are "judges out there who don't like me." All three are among a dozen lawyers in the vanguard of the Supreme Court bar's next generation, poised to follow in the footsteps of the bar's current icons.

  • October 03, 2024

    Global M&A Hits Highest Q3 Dollar Volume Since 2021

    The total value of global mergers and acquisitions in the third quarter of 2024 notched its highest level since the same period in 2021, and it was also the strongest quarter so far this year, according to data provided by Dealogic. 

  • October 03, 2024

    Hecla Avoids Investor Suit Over $462M Gold Mine Buy

    A gold mining operation secured the permanent dismissal of an investor suit alleging that $462 million in new mines the company bought in Nevada that were supposed to be lucrative turned out to be duds, with a New York federal judge finding the investors failed to plead any actionable false or misleading statements.

  • October 03, 2024

    Sens. Question If Payouts Taint Execs' Push For US Steel Deal

    Two U.S. senators wrote to U.S. Steel's president and CEO on Wednesday seeking guarantees that a $72 million "golden parachute" deal wasn't driving the executive's willingness to support a $14.1 billion merger with Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel.

  • October 03, 2024

    CVS Pushed To Unwind Aetna Megadeal, And Other Rumors

    CVS is exploring strategic options that could break up the business, Kleenex's owner explores a sale at a potential $4 billion value, and Ares is in talks to buy 10% of the Miami Dolphins’ parent. Here, Law360 breaks down these and other notable deal rumors from the past week.

  • October 03, 2024

    King & Spalding RE Pro Rejoins Barnes & Thornburg In Dallas

    Barnes & Thornburg LLP announced that a former partner has rejoined the firm's real estate department from King & Spalding LLP, adding that the returning attorney's practice centers on commercial real estate and real estate finance.

  • October 03, 2024

    Chancery Tosses Barry Diller From Match.com Class Suit

    Media mogul Barry Diller escaped for a second time a Delaware Court of Chancery stockholder challenge to Match.com's $30 billion reverse spinoff from IAC Interactive, in a post-U.S. Supreme Court remand decision that also kept alive related, previously dismissed claims against five allegedly Diller-loyal "dual fiduciaries."

  • October 03, 2024

    Cole Schotz Adds Potter Anderson Corporate Partner In Del.

    Cole Schotz PC has added a corporate member with 16 years of Delaware-focused corporate advisory and transactional experience.

  • October 02, 2024

    Kroger Partner Denies At Trial It Will Flip Acquired Stores

    The grocery wholesaler set to take on hundreds of stores if Kroger's $25 billion merger with Albertsons goes through defended its ability to meet the challenge Wednesday, with its CEO and a potential executive testifying in parallel proceedings in Colorado and Washington state.

  • October 02, 2024

    Paul Weiss-Led Altor Nabs Majority Stake In CCM Hockey

    Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP-led Altor Equity Partners on Wednesday announced that its Altor Fund VI has nabbed a "significant majority" stake in hockey stick maker CCM Hockey.

  • October 02, 2024

    Chinese Food Biz To Go Public Via $523M SPAC Merger

    Blank-check company Iron Horse Acquisition Corp., advised by Lucosky Brookman LLP, on Wednesday announced that it has agreed to merge with and take public China Food Investment in a deal valued at $523 million.

  • October 02, 2024

    M&A Vet Joins Debevoise In NY From Legal AI Co.

    Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has boosted its New York office with a veteran mergers and acquisitions attorney who recently worked as chief product officer at legal-focused artificial intelligence company Harvey.

Expert Analysis

  • What's New In Kentucky's Financial Services Overhaul

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    Kentucky's H.B. 726 will go into effect in July and brings with it some significant restructuring to the Kentucky Financial Services Code, including changes to mortgage loan license fees and repeals of provisions relating to installment term loans and savings associations, say attorneys at Frost Brown.

  • How Attys Can Avoid Pitfalls When Withdrawing From A Case

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    The Trump campaign's recent scuffle over its bid to replace its counsel in a pregnancy retaliation suit offers a chance to remind attorneys that many troubles inherent in withdrawing from a case can be mitigated or entirely avoided by communicating with clients openly and frequently, says Christopher Konneker at Orsinger Nelson.

  • Using A Children's Book Approach In Firm Marketing Content

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    From “The Giving Tree” to “Where the Wild Things Are,” most children’s books are easy to remember because they use simple words and numbers to tell stories with a human impact — a formula law firms should emulate in their marketing content to stay front of mind for potential clients, says Seema Desai Maglio at The Found Word.

  • FTC Noncompete Rule Risks A Wave Of State AG Actions

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    The Federal Trade Commission's final rule language banning noncompetes may contribute to a waterfall enforcement effect in which state attorneys general deploy their broad authority to treat noncompetes as separate and independent violations, say Ryan Strasser and Carson Cox at Troutman Pepper.

  • What Transactional Attys Must Know About Texas Biz Courts

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    As Texas prepares to launch its new business courts, transactional attorneys — especially those involved in commercial, securities and internal governance matters — should keep several issues in mind when considering use of the state's business court system to facilitate deals and settle disputes, say attorneys at Katten.

  • A Comparison Of FDIC, OCC Proposed Merger Approaches

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    Max Bonici and Connor Webb at Venable take a closer look at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's respective bank merger proposals and highlight certain common themes and important differences, in light of regulators continually rethinking their approaches to bank mergers.

  • Series

    Being An EMT Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    While some of my experiences as an emergency medical technician have been unusually painful and searing, the skills I’ve learned — such as triage, empathy and preparedness — are just as useful in my work as a restructuring lawyer, says Marshall Huebner at Davis Polk.

  • The Opportunities, Risks And Rewards Of AI Acquisitions

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    As artificial intelligence acquisitions become an increasing area of focus for investors and technology buyers, entities should pay special attention to target identification, due diligence and more when structuring and executing a transaction with a company that has an AI-centric business model, say attorneys at Foley & Lardner.

  • Tiny Tweaks To Bank Merger Forms May Have Big Impact

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    The impact of proposed changes to the Federal Reserve Board's and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s bank merger review forms would be significant, resulting in hundreds of additional burden hours for bank merger applicants and signaling a further shift by the prudential bank regulators toward more rigorous scrutiny of mergers, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • 4 Takeaways From Biden's Crypto Mining Divestment Order

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    A May 13 executive order prohibiting the acquisition of real estate by a foreign investor on national security grounds — an enforcement first — shows the importance of understanding how the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States might profile cross-border transactions, even those that are non-notified, say attorneys at Kirkland.

  • Exploring An Alternative Model Of Litigation Finance

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    A new model of litigation finance, most aptly described as insurance-backed litigation funding, differs from traditional funding in two key ways, and the process of securing it involves three primary steps, say Bob Koneck, Christopher Le Neve Foster and Richard Butters at Atlantic Global Risk LLC.

  • Del. Dispatch: Chancery's Evolving Approach To Caremark

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    Though Caremark claims are historically the least likely corporate claims to lead to liability, such cases have been met in recent years with increased judicial receptivity — but the Delaware Court of Chancery still expressly discourages the reflexive filing of Caremark claims following corporate mishaps, say attorneys at Fried Frank.

  • Series

    Teaching Yoga Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Being a yoga instructor has helped me develop my confidence and authenticity, as well as stress management and people skills — all of which have crossed over into my career as an attorney, says Laura Gongaware at Clyde & Co.

  • A Vision For Economic Clerkships In The Legal System

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    As courts handle increasingly complex damages analyses involving vast amounts of data, an economic clerkship program — integrating early-career economists into the judicial system — could improve legal outcomes and provide essential training to clerks, say Mona Birjandi at Data for Decisions and Matt Farber at Secretariat.

  • Standardizing Early Case Appraisal In Securities Class Actions

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    While an initial economic assessment of securities class action litigation is far too often not undertaken, it's an important step in planning the defense strategy that can provide counsel, clients and insurers with a much clearer view of the case, and can be simplified through standardized analyses, says Assen Koev at SCA iPortal.

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