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Private Equity - June, 2023

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• Litigation Finance Firm Wants Ex-Atty Firing Suit Tossed
• Texas Home Decor Wholesaler Confirms Ch. 11 Plan
• LIV-PGA Tour Deal, NFL Crackdown Highlight 1st Half Of 2023
• Once-Dreary IPO Outlook Brightens For Second Half Of 2023
• Force Pressure Control Cancels Planned $240M SPAC Merger
• Chancery OKs Requested $300K Fee In Telepathy Labs Suit
• KKR Ups Circor Bid To Stave Off Arcline
• Appellate Funding Disclosure: No Mandate Is Right Choice
• Asset Buyers Have Upper Hand Amid PE Market Lull
• Don't Miss It: Cooley, Jones Day Lead Week's Hot Deals
• Deal Rumor Mill: TRP Energy, Purell, Group Black
• How NY Law Affects Scrutiny Of Health Care PE Transactions
• Case Law Is Mixed On D&O Coverage For Gov't Investigations
• Using Agreements To Cover Gaps In Hydrogen Storage Regs
• Funeral Services Provider Taps Sidley For Strategic Review
• Boeing's Bad Faith Deal Suit Will Move Forward, Judge Says
• SVB Financial Approved For Ch. 11 Sale Of Securities Arm
• COVID Drug Maker Tevogen To Go Public Via SPAC At $1.2B
• Savers Value Leads Trio Of IPOs Raising $867M Combined
• Eli Lilly To Buy Mass. Biopharmaceutical Biz For Up To $300M
• Serial Fraudster Cops To Posing As Lawyers In Epstein Scam
• What To Know About FTC's Merger Filing Proposal
• Authentic Brands Secures $500M Investment To Fuel Growth
• 3 Charged With Insider Trading On Trump Media Co. Deal
• Feds Drop 'Varsity Blues' Charges After 1st Circ. Setback
• Burford, Sysco Agree To Drop Litigation Funding Suits
• 'Shocking' Merger Filing Overhaul Could Increase Costs 10x
• Foxconn Pokes Back At Lordstown's Del. Ch. 11 Grievances
• SPAC Proponents Fear Regulatory Uncertainty Casts Pall
• Financial Cos. At Risk In Feds' Off-Channel Messaging Sweep
• Gibson Dunn Adds DLA Piper Investment Funds Atty In LA
• Morgan Lewis Brings On Winston & Strawn M&A Pros In Calif.
• 2 SPAC Mergers In Trouble After Alleged Contract Breaches
• Blackwells Wants Change After Telecom Co.'s Shares Freefall
• Arcline Tops KKR's $1.7B Deal For Circor In Surprise Bid
• Simpson Thacher-Led PE Firm Closes $825M Real Estate Fund
• Superpriority Row Ensnares Home Decor Wholesaler's Ch. 11
• Hotel Mismanagement Coverage Suit Axed For Wrong Plaintiff
• FTC Proposes Dramatic Overhaul Of Merger Filings
• AI Surveillance Company To Merge With Byte SPAC For $225M
• High Court Asked To Rein In SEC's 'Eye-Popping' Penalties
• Paratek Investor To Withhold Board Votes, Citing Concerns
• Brookfield Offers $4.3B To Buy American Equity Investment
• Investor Cries Foul Over Stock Price In $5.2B Arconic Sale
• KKR Ups Cash Deal For Industrial Valve Maker Circor To $1.7B
• Furnace Parts Maker Hits Back At £268M Offer For 20% Stake
• Lordstown Motors Hits Ch. 11, Launches Suit Against Foxconn
• PE Firm Reaches Partial Deal In Suit Against Construction Co.
• BMO Harris Sees Ponzi Verdict Stick, Hit $1B With Interest
• Ride-Share Biz Fails To Knock Out Rival's Patent At PTAB
• Dechert, Shearman Rep On MedTech's $370M SPAC Merger
• Grayscale Says Conn. Can't Host Suit Over 'False' ETF Ads
• Ryan Reynolds And Rob McElhenney Invest In Alpine F1 Team
• As Interest Rates Rise, So Do Liability Management Deals
• How Attys Can Avoid Exposing Their Firms To Cyberattacks
• Ares Management Snags $3.5B Portfolio From PacWest
• Databricks To Buy Generative AI Platform MosaicML For $1.3B
• A Need To Be Big: US Law Firms Kept Foot On Gas In 2022
• 10 Years Of The 10 Biggest US Firms
• The Law360 400: Tracking The Largest US Law Firms
• Paul Weiss Guides IBM In $4.6B Apptio Purchase
• Texas Justices Rule Investors Not Liable For TPC Explosion
• Mich. Justices Say Usury Clauses Can't Save Illegal Loans
• Cloud Services Firm Cancels SPAC Merger After Trading Halt
• Adani Raises $213M With EdgeConneX For India Data Centers
• Foreign Investment In Real Estate Is Getting More Complicated
• Virginia 'Rocket Docket' Slowdown Is Likely A Blip
• Kirkland, Katten Build $520M Entertainment Biz SPAC Merger
• Akerman Adds Transactional Tax Partner From Harter Secrest
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Kirkland, Fenwick
• Texas Justices Find ERCOT Immune In Winter Storm Suits
• White & Case Steers Eni's $4.9B Neptune Energy Buyout
• Surf Air Mobility Sets July 11 For Direct Listing Debut
• Top SEC Atty Pushes Back On GOP Claims Of Stalling Probes
• Vice Media Accepts $350M Purchase Offer From Lender Group
• Deals Rumor Mill: Adobe, Amazon, NBA's Washington Wizards
• SPAC Merger Values California Plastics Co. At $365M
• Sterlington Taps Lowenstein Sandler Atty For Web3 Practice
• Home Equity Option Contracts Appear Ripe For Rating
• Restaurant Company, General Counsel Found In Contempt
• Boxed Reaches Deal Over Winston & Strawn SPAC Work
• Activist FCM Pledges To Keep Fighting Despite Proxy Loss
• Robinhood To Pay $95M For San Francisco Fintech Firm X1
• Lender Buys $10B Mortgage Portfolio From Village Capital
• Latham-Led Stone-Goff Partners Nabs $175M For 4th Fund
• SEC Orders Adviser To Pay $1.5M Fine In Excessive Fees Case
• Psychedelic Co. Wins Proxy Victory Against Activist FCM
• Ancestry.com Tells 7th Circ. Privacy Claims Must Be Arbitrated
• Broadcast Deal Parties, Beware In-House FCC Hearings
• Block, Friedman, Kaskela Tapped For Chancery StoneMor Suit
• Fox Rothschild's NY Office Adds Commercial Litigator
• NFL Rules, Legal Issues Extending Commanders Sale Process
• 'Varsity Blues' Reversal May Inform Conspiracy Defenses
• Chancery Says Investor Deserves Fee For Telepathy Labs Suit
• Brown Rudnick Adds VC Partner In NY From Fox Rothschild
• Intel Selling 20% Of IMS Business To Bain For $860M
• Clean Energy Biz Secures $1B Investment From Blackstone
• Shareholder CHP Will Vote For £615M EQT, Alfa Deal
• Wall Street-Backed Crypto Exchange EDX Opens For Business
• Carvana, Founders Defend Vote-Inflating Provision In Del. Suit
• Feds Say Ex-Goldman Exec Lied At Insider Trading Trial
• 3 Companies Eye IPOs Totaling $926M As Market Gains Steam
• Investors Seek OK To Notice Of $2.9M Pot Co. Stock Drop Deal
• 5 Management Tips To Keep Law Firm Merger Talks Moving
• NJ Panel Upholds Insurers' Dental Practice Coverage Win
• Chancery Mulls 'Lesser Evil' For StoneMor Class Suit Lead
• Neptune Taking Coupons.com Parent Private In $430M Deal
• Civitas Enters Permian Basin In $4.7B Deal With NGP Affiliates
• Activist Investor Urges Avon To Review Strategic Alternatives
• NiSource Selling NIPSCO Stake To Blackstone For $2.15B
• Law360 Names 2023's Top Attorneys Under 40
• Cava's Scorching Debut Could Help Thaw A Frozen IPO Market
• Auto Mogul Is Trying To 'Gum Up' Trust Suit, Mich. Judge Says
• 4 Firms Guide Recycling Tech Co.'s $300M SPAC Merger
• Chancery Sends Some Mobile App Co. SPAC Claims To Trial
• Colo. Pot Consultancy Says Ex-COO Began Smear Campaign
• SEC Agenda Indicates A Blistering Rulemaking Pace
• RumbleOn Ends Proxy Fight With Reorganization, Interim CEO
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Recent Bills Show Congress' Growing Maturity On Cannabis
• Watson Farley Adds International Corporate Partner In NY
• Don't Miss It: McDermott, Latham Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Investor Calls Gambling Co. Entain's Proposed Buy 'Illogical'
• 4 Firms Assist As Michael Jordan Sells Stake In NBA's Hornets
• PIMCO To Pay SEC $9M Over Unwaived Fees, Disclosures
• Bank Agencies' 3rd-Party Risk Guidance: 6 Things To Know
• Del. Judge Tosses $7.2B Deal Clawback Suit In Samson Ch. 11
• Chamber Urges 9th Circ. To Uphold End To Intel ERISA Suit
• 3AC Reps Want Globetrotting Co-Founder Held In Contempt
• 3 Firms Build $1.5B Sale Of Delaware Basin Assets
• Battery Tech Firm Cancels SPAC Merger As More Deals Fail
• 2 Firms Build $800M SPAC Deal For Fintech Co. New Quantum
• PE Firm Lone Star Buys Fluid Technologies Biz In $520M Deal
• Reed Smith Continues Partner Hires With Investment Pro
• Kirkland, Gibson Dunn Lead $5.4B Patterson-UTI, NexTier Deal
• Deals Rumor Mill: PGA Tour-LIV, Broadcom, Bazooka Candy
• Goodwin-Led TA Associates Snags $16.5B For 15th PE Fund
• SoftwareOne Snubs $3.2B Bain Capital Bid As Too Low
• $250M Share Redemption Is All-Or-Nothing Deal, NY Panel Says
• Marketer Of Defense Startup Says Feds' Claim Is 'Farfetched'
• Simpson Thacher-Led Cava Prices $318M IPO Above Range
• SPAC Extends Merger Deadline Amid Harsh Market Conditions
• TotalEnergies, NextDecade To Develop Texas LNG Project
• Rethinking In-Office Attendance For Associate Retention
• Chancery OKs $35M Coty Deal, $11M Award For Class Attys
• 2 Firms Lead Entertainment-Focused SPAC's $100M Offering
• 3 Firms Guide Entain's £750M Purchase Of Polish Rival
• Kazakhstan Can't Revive Suit Over $506M Oil Investor Award
• Bumble's ID-Based Shares OK Under Del. Law, App Says
• Vice Media Gets OK For $60M Ch. 11 Loan After Creditor Deal
• NHL's Senators Selling 90% Stake In Reported $1B Deal
• Cooley, Latham Steer Turnstone Biologics' $86M IPO Filing
• Practice Tips For Structuring Corporate Venture Capital Deals
• Loeb & Loeb Adds 2 Corporate Attys From Holland & Knight
• SEC Form PF Amendments Show Private Fund Adviser Focus
• 4 Firms Drive SPAC Merger For Auto Software Co. LeddarTech
• Latham, Weil Lead $300M Investment In TV Advertising Biz
• Simpson Thacher Acquires M&A Lawyer From Paul Weiss
• GrowthCurve Capital Clinches $1.4B Inaugural Fund
• Latham-Led Bunge Inks $18B Deal For Fellow Grain Co. Viterra
• Skadden, Cravath Lead Duke Energy $2.8B Renewables Sale
• X-Energy Nuclear Co. Lowers SPAC Deal Value To $1.8B
• Restaurant Chain Cava Raises IPO Price Range To $289M
• Oppenheimer Sues Cybersecurity Co. Over $12M Unpaid Bill
• Del. Chancellor Denies XL Fleet Class SPAC Suit Dismissal
• No Proof Calif. Pot Co. Belongs To Ex-Manager, Owner Says
• Icahn's Persistence On Illumina Pays Off With Series Of Wins
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• CBD Co. Charlotte's Web Co-Founders Seek Board Shake-Up
• 7 Firms Guide UK SPAC's $1B Acquisition Of Brazilian Miners
• Murdaugh Trials Offer Law Firms Fraud Prevention Reminders
• Ingersoll To Buy Roots Biz From Chart Industries For $300M
• Autism Treatment Co. Files For Ch. 11 With Plan For Sale
• DLA Piper Litigator Jumps To Arnold & Porter In Houston
• PE Firm Antin To Buy Energy Biz For €866M
• Nasdaq Buying Adenza From Thoma Bravo In $10.5B Deal
• Mich. Judge Trims SEC Crowdfunding Fraud Claims
• Ascensus Tells 1st Circ. Competitor's Fraud Claims Lack Proof
• EU Says It Has Issues With Booking.com's €1.6B ETraveli Deal
• GOP Senator Revives Bill Demanding More SPAC Disclosures
• AstraZeneca, Quell Make Collaboration Deal Worth Up To $2B
• Lordstown Intends To Sue Foxconn Over Investment Battle
• Software Biz Alfa Financial Receives £615M Offer From EQT
• Lucky Bucks Gambling Biz Hits Ch. 11 With $610M Debt
• Payments Biz Network Receives £2.2B Linklaters-Led Offer
• Maxar's $36.5M Investor Deal Over $2.4B Merger Nears OK
• SEC Alert Flags Adviser Testimonials, Ratings In Marketing
• Blackpoint Cyber Secures $190M Investment From Bain, Accel
• FTC Mulling Juul-Altria Settlement Offer Staffers Oppose
• Climate Investor Announces Close Of $1.5B Inaugural Fund
• Simpson Thacher Brings In Two To Co-Lead Alt. Capital Group
• Toshiba Board Supports JIP's Multibillion-Dollar Takeover Bid
• SciPlay Explores $422M Takeover Offer From Majority Owner
• Deals Rumor Mill: Rubrik, Manchester United, Luz Saude
• Chindata Forms Committee To Consider Bain Takeover Bid
• Indoor Produce-Grower Opens Ch. 11 In Delaware
• 2nd Circ. Backs Ex-PE Pro's Sentence In Tribal Bond Scam
• Harvest Capital Top Brass Must Face Unfair Merger Claims
• Firm Tips For Helping New Lawyers Succeed Post-Pandemic
• Health Care-Focused PE Firm Snags $779M For 4th Fund
• Atty's Work Brings Music To Growth-Hungry Investors' Ears
• SPAC Extends Merger Timeline After Investors Redeem $11M
• Freshfields Snags Weil Finance Pro In NY Office
• Del. Justices Uphold Dismissal Of Twitter Deal Battle
• Bain Lobs $2.9B Bid At Chindata And Ups Estia Health Offer
• Growing EU Scrutiny Increases Hurdles For Foreign Investors
• Investor Says Software Co. Created Crisis To Force PE Buy
• Fla. Foreign Real Estate Law Brings Broad Investment Risks
• Prepping Your Business Ahead Of Affirmative Action Ruling
• Sequoia Capital Splitting Into 3 Independent Businesses
• House Passes Bills Expanding 'Accredited Investor' Eligibility
• Asia Media Co. TNL Mediagene Inks $275M SPAC Deal
• Foley Hoag Adds Cannabis Law Pro To NY Office
• 'Varsity Blues' Prosecutors Won't Fight 1st Circ. Reversals
• 3 Firms Build $462M Sale Of Paratek Pharmaceuticals
• JPML Won't Centralize Cases In Cheer Abuse Litigation
• Mindbody Wants To Whittle Damages In Row Over $1.9B Merger
• High Court Ruling Bolsters Viability Of Direct Listings
• Mediterranean Restaurant Chain Cava Launches $274.4M IPO
• How REITs Can Prep For SEC's Repurchase Disclosure Rules
• Tackling Judge-Shopping Concerns While Honoring Localism
• PE Firm, Pharma Cos. Fight £31M Fine For Colluding Over Drug
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• 3 Firms Lead CERo Therapeutics $145M SPAC Merger
• Surf Air Mobility Files Plans To Go Public Via Direct Listing
• Renewable Energy SPAC Lands $500M Merger Led By 2 Firms
• 2 Firms Steer $740M Sale Of MB Aerospace To Barnes Group
• KKR To Buy Industrial Valve Maker Circor For $1.6B
• HPS Investment Clinches $10B Senior Lending Fund
• Biden Taps SEC, CFTC Republican Members For Full Terms
• FCC Says Yes To Windstream Bid For Majority Foreign Interest
• 2nd Circ. Perplexed At Lack Of Recusal In Platinum Case
• TDS Investor Dissatisfied With Company's Poor Performance
• Surge In Secondary Offerings Raises Hopes For IPO Rebound
• Is SEC's Universal Proxy Rule Living Up To The Hype?
• How Attorneys Can Help Combat Anti-Asian Hate
• Trian Co-Founder Steps Down, Shakes Up Firm Leadership
• SEC Database Breach Was Broader Than Initially Revealed
• 2 Firms Lead Kustom Entertainment's $222M SPAC Merger
• Lithium Extraction Biz To Merge With SPAC At $225M Value
• Congress Needs To Enact A Federal Anti-SLAPP Statute
• Warren-Led Bank Clawback Bill Draws More GOP Support
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Aircraft Supply Chain Co. Incora Hits Ch. 11 With $3.1B Debt
• Brian Davis Drops Suit Against BofA Over Commanders Bid
• Activist Rallies After Losing Board Battle With 7-Eleven Parent
• Real Estate Rumors: BofA, Sotheby's, Angelo Gordon
• Mortgage Lender Can't Duck Suit Over Rival's Trade Secrets
• Another KKR-Backed Health Care Co. Files For Ch. 11
• Baker Botts Adds Energy Private Equity Pro In Houston
• Indian Green Energy Biz Receives $360M In Equity Funding
• Deals Rumor Mill: Warner Bros., Carlyle Group, WE Soda
• LivaNova Hits Back In €21M Suit Over Heart Biz Acquisition