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Private Equity - August, 2024

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• Chancery Prunes $2.1M From Atty Fee Bid In Sculptor Merger
• Alvarez & Marsal Appoints Tax Experts As Managing Directors
• Manilow Says IP Biz Didn't Deliver 'Copacabana' TikTok Trend
• Favre Cites Palin-NYT In Push To Reverse Defamation Ruling
• Off The Bench: NFL Lets PE In, Ex-NBA Pro Denies Agent Deal
• Fla. Judge Won't Block Sale Of 18M Truth Social Co. Shares
• Being An Opera Singer Made Me A Better Lawyer
• Why The NFL Finally Let Private Equity Onto The Playing Field
• Cancer Detection Co. Valued At $375M In SPAC Merger
• Fall IPO Pickup Could Be A Prelude For 2025 Recovery
• SEC Says PE Firm Ran $3.3M Real Estate Investment Scam
• Ex-SPAC Agrees To Face 'Springing Penalty' In SEC Case
• DLA Piper Steers Tech-Focused SPAC GigCapital's Latest IPO
• Coding Platform Hits Unicorn Status After $150M Fundraise
• How Law Firms Can Avoid 'Collaboration Drag'
• Deals Rumor Mill: Ackman IPO, Covestro Takeover, Trinitech
• 4 Firms Guide VivoPower Subsidiary's $904M SPAC Merger
• Kirkland Guiding Oneok On $5.9B Energy Infrastructure Deals
• Cooley, Latham Steer Defense Co.'s $80M VC Funding Round
• Businessman Can't Force $1B Gramercy Suit Into Arbitration
• High Court Told Tyvaso Row Petition Based On 'False' Premise
• The NFL-Approved PE Firms That Can Now Invest In Teams
• Greenberg Traurig Builds PE Team With Kirkland Hires
• Litigation Funding Disclosure Key To Open, Impartial Process
• Latham Leads Entertainment-Focused SPAC's $150M Offering
• John Wood To Sell Siemens JV And US Biz For $165M
• Electric Jet Co. Grounds Investor Suit Over SPAC Disclosures
• Del. Court Nixes Trump Media Contempt Bid In Share Suit
• SL Green Tries To Sink Fraudulent Property Transfer Suit
• 4 Firms Build Sixth Street's $250M Industrial REIT Investment
• NFL To Allow PE Ownership, Joining Pro Sports League Peers
• Nasdaq Seeks SEC's Green Light To Launch Bitcoin Options
• Winston & Strawn Hires Morgan Lewis Healthcare Partner
• Cribl Valued At $3.5B After $319M Series E Funding Round
• 3 Firms Build $314M Events.com SPAC Merger
• Duane Morris Hires Ex-Dickinson Wright Fintech Expert
• Willkie-Led LS Power Secures $2.7B For Latest Fund
• What NFL Draft Picks Have In Common With Lateral Law Hires
• Bronfman Scraps Paramount Bid, Paving Way For Skydance
• SEC Fines Sound Point $1.8M Over Nonpublic Info Oversight
• Biotech Investor Sues In Chancery Over Alleged IP Diversions
• Tech-Focused VC Firm Nabs $1.1B For 6th Flagship Fund
• Weil Adds Ex-Kirkland, Massumi + Consoli PE Pro In Calif.
• Kirkland-Led CenterOak Clinches 3rd Fund With $1.1B In Tow
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Replacing The Stigma Of Menopause With Law Firm Support
• McKesson Inks $2.49B Deal For Cancer-Focused Biz
• Paul Hastings Recruits Executive Comp Atty From Kirkland
• Justices Urged To Tackle Arbitral 'Manifest Disregard' Split
• Cypriot Cos. Say Serbia Must Face $32M Real Estate Claim
• PE Fund Says SEC Is Overstepping With 'Fishing Expedition'
• Hong Kong Relaxes Listing Rules For Tech Startups, SPACs
• Ill. Cheer Parents Can Join $82.5M Antitrust Varsity Brand Deal
• Split 9th Circ. Says Ponzi Schemes Don't Need Proof Of Intent
• Canada Mining Biz Seeks US Listing Via $589M SPAC Merger
• SPAC Investors Ask Full 9th Circ. To Rethink Lucid Merger
• Covington-Led Getinge Pays $477M For Organ Transplant Biz
• Planning Law Firm Content Calendars: What, When, Where
• 2 Biotech Firms File Plans To Go Public As IPO Pipeline Grows
• Kirkland, Paul Weiss Guide $250M Investment In TickPick
• New SEC Rule Provides Break To Smaller Venture Funds
• King & Spalding Grows New York Real Estate Group
• Deals Rumor Mill: Saudi Fund, Disney-Reliance, Repligen
• Playing Golf Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Mining Firm USA Rare Earth Inks $870M SPAC Merger
• Latham-Led Carlyle Scooping Auto Parts Distributor For $1.5B
• Paramount Board Vets $6B Bronfman Bid, Cravath Counsels
• UK Data Security Biz Gets £157M Offer From PE Firm
• NC Biz Court Bulletin: Wrinkle In Textile Family's $17M Fight
• Cyber Tech Biz Sued In Del. After Thoma Bravo-Backed Merger
• Holland & Knight Lands McDermott Corporate Pro In Miami
• 3 Firms Guide $950M Delaware Basin Gas Treatment Deal
• Law Firms Should Move From Reactive To Proactive Marketing
• Zomato Inks $244M Deal For Paytm Entertainment Tickets Biz
• Alleged WeWork Fraudster Fires Dickinson Wright Before Trial
• Paul Weiss Hires TDR Capital's GC For Private Equity Team
• PE Firm's £432M Deal Wins UK Security Clearance
• Ex-Goldman Analyst's Stepbro Ducks Prison For Inside Trades
• Steward Health, Landlord Spar Over Ch. 11 Hospital Sales
• Forward Air Investor Urges Co. To Evaluate Sale Options
• Insider Trading Won't Impact Pilot's Tax Sentencing Guidelines
• Ex-Execs Defend $59.7M Transfer Amid Asbestos Suits
• Burford Fights Order Backing Chicken Price-Fixing Settlement
• Tips For Revamping Patent Portfolio Strategy In AI Deal Era
• Ex-Kirkland PE Partner Joins Freshfields In Silicon Valley
• A Deep Dive Into Law360 Pulse's 2024 Women In Law Report
• These Firms Have The Most Women In Equity Partnerships
• The Big Issues A BigLaw Associates' Union Could Address
• Kirkland-Led Dermody Closes $1B Real Estate-Focused Fund
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• EU OKs CMS-Led Aareal Bank To Sell Unit To TPG For €3.9B
• BCLP Biz Litigator Jumps To Faegre Drinker In Chicago
• Baker McKenzie Steers Swiss Components Biz On €264M Buy
• TPG Dumped Opioid Co. On 'Unsuspecting' Endo, Suit Says
• Chancery Resets Del. Hearing In Masimo-Politan Proxy Battle
• AI Platform AMC Corp. To Go Public Via $175M SPAC Merger
• Jadex Sells Temperature-Controlled Packaging Biz For $137M
• It's Time For A BigLaw Associates' Union
• A&O Shearman Hires Ex-Morgan Stanley Exec In New York
• Paul Weiss Adds A&O Shearman Derivatives Pro As Partner
• 7-Eleven Parent Confirms Canadian Takeover Offer
• Icahn Settles With SEC Over Company-Betting Loan Claims
• How Justices Upended The Administrative Procedure Act
• Trump Media Sued In Del. After New Fla. Share-Sale Challenge
• 5th Circ. Tosses Appeal In FTC's Anesthesia Antitrust Case
• Avantor Sells Clinical Services Biz To PE Shop In $650M Deal
• EQT Buys PropertyGuru In $1.1B Deal Driven By 3 Firms
• PE Firm's SpaceX Suit Belongs In Delaware, HK Co. Says
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Taxation With Representation: Cleary, Kirkland, Skadden
• HarbourVest Raises $18.5B Across 2 Secondary Funds
• Connecticut Litigation Highlights Of 2024: A Midyear Report
• FanDuel Co-Founders Add Scottish Claims To Suit Over Sale
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Platinum Investors' Ch. 7 Challenge
• Conn. Couple, Cos. Clash In Waterfront Access Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Paramount, Blackstone, Starbucks
• Jarkesy May Thwart Consumer Agencies' Civil Penalty Power
• Cooley Steers $1.6B Sale Of PE-Backed Campus Tech Co.
• Delaware Judge Sends Tracking Tech IP Dispute To California
• Lockheed Martin Buys Satellite Maker In $450M Deal
• Carrier Wraps Strategic Exit Plan With $3B Sale Of Fire Units
• PE-Backed Green Energy Biz To Buy £68M Stake In Gas Plant
• Synopsys Escapes Exclusivity Breach Suit At Chancery
• Tuna Price-Fixing Deal Comes With A Catch: $26M In Fish
• Top Stories From Real Estate's Latest Quarterly Updates
• Class Split Disrupts Hearing On $8.7M Sears Suit Settlement
• Del. Justices Affirm $266M Atty Fee Award In Dell Class Suit
• Boeing Scraps Electric Jet Co.'s $72M Trade Secrets Trial Win
• Proskauer-Led PE Firm Closes $800M Tech Fund
• Future Claim Question Clouds Chancery Trampoline Park Deal
• EU OKs Siemens' $3.8B Sale Of Innomotics To PE Firm KPS
• EliseAI Becomes 'Unicorn' After Latest $75M Fundraise
• Squarespace Shareholder Opposes $6.9B Go-Private Deal
• Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, Is My Counterclaim Bound To Fall?
• Skadden, Davis Polk Guide $2.1B US Food Service Deal
• Brewers Owner Implicated In Fight Over Stolen Beach Sand
• Anesthesia Co. Says FTC Lacks Authority To Bring 'Rollup' Suit
• FDIC Looks To Dodge Suit Over First Republic Bank's Rent
• Tar Sands Firm Strikes SPAC Merger With Integrated Rail
• FTC Makes 2nd Request In Review Of Medical Device Co. Deal
• Baker Botts-Led Drilling Firm Joins September's IPO Pipeline
• Why The SEC Is Targeting Short-And-Distort Schemes
• Paul Weiss-Led CPP Injects $843M Into Tallgrass Energy
• Australia's Orora Rejects $2.2B Lone Star Buyout Bid
• Playing Dungeons & Dragons Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• 3 Firms Drive $3.8B Carlyle-Baxter Kidney Care Deal
• PE Firms Aim To Escape RICO Suit Over Inadequate Claims
• Skadden Reps WSP In $1.8B Buy Of Power Engineers
• Asian Streaming Platform Plans US Listing Via SPAC Merger
• Akin Continues Private Capital Growth With Kirkland Atty
• King & Spalding Adds Freshfields M&A Ace In Silicon Valley
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Rising Star: Weil's Brian Parness
• 3 Firms Rep As Crown Buys Revance In $924M Deal
• Blink Fitness Hits Ch. 11 In Delaware With $280M Debt
• Biotech Firms Mull Acquisition Offers Amid Shaky IPO Climate
• Healthcare-Focused SPAC Voyager Nets $220M IPO
• Colo. Judge Rejects Hedge Fund's Bid To Toss Developer Suit
• Kraft-Heinz Investor Can't Revive Del. Insider Trading Suit
• Frat House Ponzi Schemer Must Pay $65K In SEC Suit
• Croke Fairchild Adds Ex-Chicago Transactions Lead
• Investor Can't Drop Fraud Suit Against Crowdfunding CEO
• 3 Leadership Practices For A More Supportive Firm Culture
• Rising Star: Davis Polk's Jack Orford
• Hargreaves Lansdown Agrees To £5.4B CVC Takeover Offer
• SPAC Investors Can't Sue Lucid Over Merger, 9th Circ. Says
• Wash. Firm, Atty Say Rehashed $20M Con Claims Can't Stick
• SEC Wins Jurisdiction Over German As Sanction For Default
• VC, PE Firm Says Chinese Co. Cost $150M SpaceX Investment
• Apollo Stockholder Suit Held Until Del. Justices Hear Moelis
• Kirkland-Led Valor Raises $3.4B Across 3 PE Funds
• Monroe, Triad Team Up In $300M Collab To Buy Rental Loans
• Deals Rumor Mill: Roche, Thoma Bravo, Klarna
• Rising Star: Kirkland's Keri Schick Norton
• E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Hyperlinked Documents
• KKR Plans $4B Buyout Of Japan's Fuji Soft
• Blackstone Buys Majority Stake In Renewable-Focused Firm
• Fund Seeks Forced Sale Of Long-Stalled Baltimore Project
• Lender Says Mogul's Privacy Concerns Stymying Trial Prep
• Loper Bright Limits Federal Agencies' Ability To Alter Course
• Kirkland-Led SPAC Raises $350M To Pursue Energy Targets
• Davis Polk, Cooley Lead $1.5B Sale Of PetIQ
• Rising Star: Debevoise & Plimpton's Ryan T. Rafferty
• 2nd Circ. Case Reinforces Need For Advance Notice Bylaws
• Emerging Company Duo Join Pillsbury In Austin, Houston
• PE Firm Gets Extension To Make £253M Bid For Payments Co.
• KKR To Buy Majority Stake In Ad Group FGS In $775M Deal
• 3 Firms Guide AI-Focused Semiconductor Maker's SPAC Deal
• 6 Firms Lead Chinese AI Chipmaker's $133M Hong Kong IPO
• Life Sciences Credit Firm Symbiotic Launches With $600M
• Teaching Scuba Diving Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Funko Settles Derivative Litigation In Delaware, California
• AI Security Biz Sets Sights On IPO After $5.1B Valuation
• Simpson Thacher Pilots Stonepeak's $3B Opportunities Fund
• Aztec Fund Files For Ch. 11 With $100M In Liabilities
• Ex-Barnes & Thornburg, Apollo Atty Joins Perkins Coie
• Rising Star: Skadden's George Gray
• Gibson Dunn Guiding Veritas On $2.45B Cloud Banking Buy
• Paul Hastings Gains Tax Pro In Dallas From McDermott
• Inari Agriculture Can't Sink Patent Case Over Corn Seed
• Lawyers Can Take Action To Honor The Voting Rights Act
• PE Firms Should Prepare For Increased False Claims Scrutiny
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Freshfields, Wachtell Guide $925M CVC, Mallinckrodt Deal
• Rising Star: Dechert's Sam Whittaker
• AI Biz Hits $2.8B Valuation After Latest Funding Round
• PE Firms Carlyle, Quantum Ink $3B Deal For US Power Co.
• 3 Firms Guide $1.75B Thoughtworks-Apax Deal, Stock Soars
• Corporate Battles Thrust Activist Investing Into The Spotlight
• Chancery Won't Force Open Paramount's Books On Skydance
• SDNY Brass Looks To Future After String Of Courthouse Wins
• Ares Sees Single-Best Fundraising Quarter In Firm History
• Real Estate Recap: Grants Pass, Population Data, CMBS Risk
• Ex-Loeb Tax Atty Latest Addition To Kilpatrick's NY Team
• SEC Narrows Its Rulemaking Focus As Election Looms
• Ex-CFO Of Embattled PE Firm Sues In Del. For Legal Fees
• A Day In The In-House Life: Block CLO Talks Problem-Solving
• Banking Vet Still Has Work To Do As Paul Weiss M&A Head
• More 'Equitable' Banking? This Ex-Biden Official Has A Plan
• GPB Capital Execs Convicted Of Fraud For $1.8B Scheme
• Lewis Brisbois Slams RICO Claims Alleging 'Sham' Suits
• Sidley Launches New San Diego Office With Five Partners
• Goodwin Procter Reps Behrman Unit In $475M Sale To ITT
• Latham, Ellenoff Rank Among Top Firms For July IPOs
• AI-Focused Chipmaker Cerebras Confidentially Files IPO Plans
• EU Approves $18B Grain Deal With Asset Sales
• Weil-Led Goldman Sachs Plugs $440M Into Power Biz
• Deals Rumor Mill: BNP Paribas, Blackstone, Honeywell
• Brookfield Buys Thermal Management Biz In $1.7B Deal
• Mass. Could Be New Front In The Battle Over Jury Trial Right