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Private Equity - October, 2024

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• JPMorgan To Pay $151M To Resolve SEC Disclosure Claims
• NY Court Urged To Reject 'Audacious' Shareholder Test Cases
• Instructure Sued In Del. For Books On $4.8B Take-Private Deal
• A Boeing Space Exit, $3B Hot Dogs And More Deal Rumors
• Conn. Judge OKs $10.4M Remedy For Securities Fraud Appeal
• Nixon Peabody Lands Norton Rose Real Estate Pros In LA
• How Judiciary Can Minimize AI Risks In Secondary Sources
• Vinson & Elkins To Open Denver Office With Plans To Expand
• Lowenstein Sandler Snags Another VC Pro From Boutique
• Playboy Gets PE Investment After Rejecting Takeover Bid
• The 2024 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard
• Firms' Hiring Strategies Are Evolving In Fight For Top Spot
• IFC Projects Must Do More On Emissions, Report Says
• Blank Rome Adds Commercial Real Estate Expert In DC
• Brookfield Scoops UK Wind Farms Assets In $2.3B Deal
• Kirkland Leads Berkshire Partners To $7.8B Fund Close
• AI-Focused SPAC Joins Pipeline With $200M IPO Filing
• KKR, ECP To Plug $50B Into Data Centers, Power Projects
• Cleary-Led UK Investor To Buy Data Security Biz For £169M
• Kirkland-Led Francisco Paying $1.1B For AdvancedMD
• Akin Gump Bolsters PE Team With Ex-Greenberg Traurig Atty
• How Attorneys Can Break Free From Career Enmeshment
• Argent Strikes Symbria ESOP Suit Settlement Deal
• Sham Getty Stock Offer Lands Investor 10-Month Prison Term
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Bradley Arant Banking Ace In Dallas
• Warren Pushes FTC Chair To Probe Oncology Acquisitions
• Burns & Levinson Atty Duo Latest To Join Blank Rome
• Short-Seller Implications Of 10th Circ.'s Overstock Decision
• M&A Rebounded As Equity Issuance, IPOs Faltered In Q3
• Front Office Sports Sued For Using Luxury Real Estate Photos
• Crescent Inks Oncology Merger With $200M In Private Funding
• PE-Owned Implant Maker Plagued By Lawsuits Hits Ch. 11
• Blackstone Brings In $22B Total For Direct Lending Platform
• Lawyers With Disabilities Are Seeking Equity, Not Pity
• Fostering Healthcare Industry Success With Joint Ventures
• Masimo Sues Founder Over Alleged 'Empty Voting' Scheme
• Ex-Atty Charged With $9.2M Commodities Ponzi Scheme
• Ex-Oracle Manager, Software Co. Face Trade Secrets Suit
• Creditors Get Ponzi Finding In Wash. Bankruptcy Trial
• 5 Firms Guide Nearly $10B Garda World Security Deal
• Attys Seek $48M Fees For Hooking $152M In Tuna Fixing Deals
• AbbVie Paying $1.4B For Alzheimer's-Focused Biotech
• Judicial Committee Best Venue For Litigation Funding Rules
• Gibson Dunn-Led Lone Star Exiting Chemicals Co. For $2.3B
• Crown Settles Customer Dispute To Close $924M Revance Buy
• SEC Wants PE Firm's 'Fishing Expedition' Claims Paused
• 'Starting Point' Algorithm Enough To Fix Prices, DOJ Says
• Glocal, UpHealth May Settle $115M Award Feud
• Skadden, Latham Steer Chinese Driverless Tech Startup's IPO
• Paris Apparel Co. Valued At €505M As Permira Takes Stake
• Frontier Urges Approval Of 'Highly Attractive' Verizon Deal
• Big Lots Inc. Gets OK For Oct. 30 Ch. 11 Asset Auction
• Self-Driving Car Co. Waymo Snags $5.6B In Series C Funding
• The Strategic Advantages Of Appointing A Law Firm CEO
• Kirkland-Led Nautic Closes Largest-Ever Fund At $4.5B
• Taxation With Representation: Davis Polk, Skadden, Kirkland
• Goodwin, Cooley Guide Septerna's Upsized $288M IPO
• FTC Official Doubts Election Will Deter Antitrust 'New Era'
• Truth Social SPAC Founder Wants $1M Award For Payout Suit
• Cooper Hefner's $100M Bid To Buy Playboy Brand Is Rejected
• Chancery Won't Block Dura Medic Merger Insurance Claims
• Katten, Hogan Lovells Guide Tampa Bay Lightning Stake Sale
• Willkie-Led Ingram Micro Rejoins Markets After $409M IPO
• Dems Urge HHS To Better Protect Wheelchair Users From PE
• Southwest Shakes Up Boardroom In Deal With Activist Elliott
• ConvergeOne Can't Ax Snubbed Creditors' Ch. 11 Plan Appeal
• Cigna, Frontier Renew Stalled Merger Bids, Plus Other Rumors
• Beekeeping Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• UK Probes Sonoco's $3.9B Bid For Eviosys
• Oakley Capital To Sell Dach Tutor Biz Stake To PE Firm
• Chancery Mulls Call To Toss $7B Focus Financial Merger Suit
• DOJ Bolsters Defense In Pork Price-Fixing Case, Cos. Say
• SEC's Peirce Calls For Compliance Advisory Committee
• PE-Backed Cheerleading Co. Sued Over Data Breach Failures
• Budding Lessons From Landmark Plant Seed Patent Battle
• Judge Says Ex-Steward Hospital Nurse Row Out Of His Hands
• Merck Bets More Than $1B On Yale Cancer Treatment Spinout
• Veteran Boies Schiller Atty Starts Next Chapter At Sterlington
• Where Harris, Trump Stand On Housing, Wall Street Landlords
• Ex-SEC Atty, Fintech GC Joins Stradling's Securities Team
• Foley & Lardner Adds Burr & Forman Corporate Duo In Fla.
• Kirkland Adds Freshfields Atty To Boost Private Credit Bench
• Top Frontier Investor Calls $20B Price Tag A 'Steal' For Verizon
• Chemical Co. GC Fires Back At Pregnancy Bias Claims In NJ
• AirAsia's Planned SPAC Merger Will Not Take Place
• UK Investor Patria Private Equity Sells Portfolio For £180M
• Activist Short Seller's Associate To Pay $1.8M In SEC Fraud Suit
• Legatum Exec Wins $8M Libel Trial Against D.C. Investigator
• Hertz Board Panel Takes Control Of Shareholder Buyback Suit
• Morgan Stanley Investment Management Clinches $2B Fund
• Day Trader Seeks Early Win In Verifone Insider Trading Suit
• Blakes, Wachtell Lead JM Smucker In $305M Cookie Biz Sale
• Anticipating Jarkesy's Effect On Bank Agency Enforcement
• Latham Leads Hyundai's Indian Biz On Record $3.3B IPO
• Legal Institutions Must Warn Against Phony Election Suits
• How Law Firms Get And Keep Elite Status
• The 2024 Prestige Leaders
• Akin-Led Mubadala Capital Wraps 4th Fund At $3.1B
• Real Estate Exec Guilty Of $77M WeWork Stock Fraud
• Kirkland Guides Wendel's $1.13B Bid For Monroe Capital Stake
• $77M WeWork Bid Was Fraud 'From Beginning To End,' Jury Told
• AI Software Developer Genesys Confidentially Files IPO
• V&E Helps EnCap Amass $5.25B For Latest Energy Fund
• Goodwin Steers Biotech Firm Septerna's Plans For $175M IPO
• Clifford Chance Continues NY Growth With O'Melveny Duo
• Potbelly Investor Urges Sandwich Chain To Explore A Sale
• How Cos. Can Build A Strong In-House Pro Bono Program
• Kirkland, Paul Weiss Build $859M Cybersecurity Biz Merger
• Debevoise-Led EQT Pool To Buy $14.5B Private School Biz
• Sanofi Sells Majority Stake In Opella To CD&R, French State
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Top Attys From 74 Firms
• Hong Kong Regulators Unveil Plans To Quicken IPOs
• Hogan Lovells Guides Buyer On San Diego Soccer Team Deal
• Home Canning Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Avoiding Merger Disputes Via Careful LLC Agreement Drafting
• 6 Firms Guide $1.1B Turkish-Kazakh E-Commerce Deal
• Verbose BigLaw Attys Irk Judge: 'Not Serving You Well'
• Class Status Sought For Sex Bias Suit Over Layoffs At X
• BCLP Corporate Ace Jumps To Barnes & Thornburg In LA
• O'Melveny Duo Includes Ex-Hogan Lovells Singapore Head
• Greenberg Traurig Helps BC Partners Shop 30 German Hotels
• Taxation With Representation: Baker, Simpson, Ropes
• CVS Health Replaces CEO Amid Reported Activist Pressure
• FTC Faces More Pressure To Block $16.5B Novo-Catalent Deal
• Trump Media Investors Get Prison For Insider Trading
• CFPB Sues Vocational School Lender Climb Credit, VC Backer
• Burford Again Loses Fight Against Meat Price-Fixing Deal
• Chinese Self-Driving Technology Firm Pony AI Files US IPO
• Paul Hastings Investment Funds Head Leaves After 18 Months
• $20B Verizon-Frontier Deal Faces Scrutiny, And Other Rumors
• PE-Backed Polish Retailer Zabka Rings Up $1.6B IPO
• Hogan Lovells, Ropes & Gray Lead $550M Coatings Biz Sale
• A&O Shearman Taps Governance Veteran To Co-Lead Practice
• Fuji Soft Founder Endorses Bain Capital Bid Over KKR
• FDIC's Foray Into Index Fund Rules Risks Regulatory Chaos
• EQT Exeter Buys Industrial Asset Near Seattle For $82M
• Randy Newman Sells Music Rights To Carlyle-Backed Litmus
• Polsinelli Hires McDermott Tax Counsel In DC
• Use The Right Kind Of Feedback To Help Gen Z Attorneys
• Simpson-Led Silver Lake Inks $1.7B Deal For Zuora
• Congress Can And Must Enact A Supreme Court Ethics Code
• Latham-Led Silicon Carbide Biz Lands $2.5B Of New Funding
• The Pop Culture Docket: Justice Lebovits On Gilbert And Sullivan
• PE Firm Trashed Exec To Avoid Payout In $98M Deal, Suit Says
• Enforcers Won't Challenge $3B Energy Deal, $5B Coal Tie-Up
• Two Circles Boosts 'Big 5' Sports Client Base With Kore Buy
• Skadden Drives Forest Road To Formula E Team Acquisition
• Investor Pushes 7-Eleven Parent To Consider Couche-Tard Bid
• PE Giants Bridgepoint, General Atlantic Invest In Kyriba Corp.
• Conn. Trader Pilfered $4.1M From Struggling Firm, SEC Says
• Exec's $77M WeWork Offer Was Stupid, Not Fraud, Jury Told
• 10th Circ. Won't Reboot Short Sellers' Suit Against Overstock
• Hedge Fund Urges Justices To Hear Swing-Trade Case
• Chancery Urged To Toss Smart & Final $1.1B Sale Challenge
• Investment Firm Says CNA Must Defend Competition Suits
• 4 Firms Steer Ownership Shakeup At 'Dune' Movie Maker
• Mich. Judge Unsure If PE Firm's Loan Broke Usury Law
• PE-Backed Ingram Micro Leads 2 IPOs Seeking $466M Total
• Willkie-Led Insight Partners Clinches $1.5B Continuation Fund
• Frontier May Be Worth 2 Times Verizon's Bid, Investor Warns
• Simpson Thacher, Milbank Guide $2B DataBank Equity Raise
• Law Firms Diverge As Anti-ESG Pushback Continues
• The 2024 Law360 Pulse Social Impact Leaders
• Paul Weiss Steers Apollo In $4.8B Direct Lending Fundraise
• Latham-Led TI Fluid To Back Apollo's Increased £1B Offer
• Permira Wraps $7.2B Deal For Squarespace Amid Litigation
• New Squarespace Suit Filed For Take-Private Docs
• M&A Dispute Triggers Could Shift Moving Into 2025
• Fintech-Focused Cohen SPAC Leads 2 IPOs Worth $250M
• HSR Amendments Intensify Merger Filing Burdens, Data Risk
• 6 Firms Guide IPO Trio From Biotech, Medical Device Cos.
• Kirkland, Skadden Compete Atop M&A Adviser League Tables
• Kramer Levin Formalizes Its Private Credit Practice
• Taxation With Representation: Davis Polk, Latham, Kirkland
• State Of The States' AI Legal Ethics Landscape
• Chancery OKs $9.5M Deal For Katapult SPAC Challenge
• Longtime Minnesota Twins Owners Put Team Up For Sale
• Making Sure Your Co. Isn't In The Next Section 13(f) Sweep
• Proskauer Adds Akin Knowledge Management Ace In NY
• Sen. Warren, Novo At Odds On Merits Of $16.5B Deal
• Pfizer Threatened To Sue Former Execs, Starboard Says
• Sports Tech Sees Threefold Increase In M&A Deal Values
• Hyundai Plans IPO For Indian Biz, Plus More Rumors
• Brazilian Firm Cites Market Conditions In Delaying US IPO
• Siguler Guff Snags Over $900M For Credit Opportunities Fund
• 8 Childhood Lessons That Can Help You Be A Better Attorney
• Kirkland-Led Brookfield's £557M Tritax Bid Beats Rival Offer
• Gensler Mum On Future As AI, Crypto Rules Await Action
• Spanish Baker Europastry Delays But Won't Give Up On IPO
• Duane Morris Adds Corporate, Banking Partner In New York
• Vinson-Led MCB Sweetens Bid For Whitestone REIT
• 7 Firms Lead Deal Forming Insurance, Asset Management Biz
• Ropes & Gray Leads PE-Backed KinderCare's $576M IPO
• 7-Eleven Parent Reveals Revised Couche-Tard Takeover Offer
• Switzerland OKs £5.4B Hargreaves Lansdown PE Takeover
• This Election, We Need To Talk About Court Process
• Genting Unit Used Bahamas Resort To Hide Fraud, Suit Says
• Jackson, Kagan Target Loper Bright In Ghost Gun Case
• Mass. Seeks Order Forcing Steward To Maintain Coverage
• Apollo Plugs $1.6B Into SCI Capital's Continuation Vehicle
• Honeywell To Spin Off Materials Biz Amid $9B Buying Spree
• Playing Diplomacy Makes Us Better Lawyers
• Renovus Capital Clinches 4th PE Fund With $875M In Tow
• Crowell & Moring Gets Corporate Atty From Kleinberg Kaplan
• Latham-Led Ares Paying $3.7B For Real Assets Manager GCP
• Legal Tech Co. EvenUp Valued At $1B After $135M Series D
• Activist Short Seller Blasts 'Preposterous' SEC Fraud Suit
• Attys Want $20M Fees For Netting $64M Tuna Price-Fixing Deal
• 5th Circ. Casts Doubt On SEC's Updated Short-Selling Rules
• Biotech, Medical Device Firms Prep Three IPOs Totaling $376M
• Kirkland-Led Shore Capital Lands Almost $2B Across 3 Funds
• Feds Seek Tape, Allege Witness Tampering In WeWork Case
• Alta Fox Latest Activist To Take Aim At Forward Air Corp.
• Mayer Brown Partner Returns To Hunton In DC
• Cravath Guides Vista In $3.4B Sporting Goods, Ammo Deal
• 3 Firms Advise $1B Blue Owl Buy Of Data Center Firm IPI
• Kirkland, Ropes Build $2B Take-Private Of Calif. Wine Maker
• 3 Firms Guide Apollo, Barnes Group On $3.6B Take-Private
• Top 5 Supreme Court Cases To Watch This Fall
• Milbank LLP Lands Departing SEC Enforcement Chief Grewal
• Chancery OKs Settlement, $3.5M Fee In PE Squeeze Suit
• Antitrust Groups Ask 9th Circ. To Revive Price-Fixing Suit
• Trump Media SPAC Dropped From $20M Insider-Trading Suit
• MLB's Storied History Runs Through The Bankruptcy Court
• Pool Equipment-Maker Sinks Shareholder Suit, For Now
• Chinese Courier, GOP-Focused Bank Ink IPOs Totaling $107M
• SPAC Scraps $238M Merger Plan With Debt Servicer
• Private Equity Firm Says Insurer Must Pay $2.8M Hack Claim
• Mental Health First Aid: A Brief Primer For Attorneys
• Massumi & Consoli Adds Ex-Morgan Lewis Attorney In DC
• Iger-Owned NWSL Club Fined $200K For Salary Cap Violations
• Taxation With Representation: Gibson Dunn, Weil, Simpson
• Inside The Top 5 PE Funds Of 2024's Third Quarter
• Kohl's Beats Investor Class Action Over Activist Bid, For Now
• Trump Media's COO Resigns As Stock Is Released To Investor
• Ex-Hedge Fund Star Won't Get Additional $14.4M
• 12 Lawyers Who Are The Future Of The Supreme Court Bar
• OpenAI Hits $157B 'Post-Money' Valuation After $6.6B Funding
• 8 Issues AI Firms May Encounter As M&A Action Accelerates
• Global M&A Hits Highest Q3 Dollar Volume Since 2021
• CVS Pushed To Unwind Aetna Megadeal, And Other Rumors
• King & Spalding RE Pro Rejoins Barnes & Thornburg In Dallas
• Collecting Art Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• DOJ Says Info Sharing Alone Can Violate Law In Pork Case
• Judge Nixes Alta Mesa Trustee's Clawback Suit
• Fried Frank, DLA Piper Steer Commercial REIT's $251M Listing
• Paul Weiss-Led Altor Nabs Majority Stake In CCM Hockey
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Arnold & Porter Antitrust Pro
• Crypto Fund Manager Bitwise Files Plans For XRP-Tied Fund
• Chinese Food Biz To Go Public Via $523M SPAC Merger
• M&A Vet Joins Debevoise In NY From Legal AI Co.
• Secret Service Failures Offer Lessons For Private Sector GCs
• SEC's Top Cop Departing After Record-Breaking Tenure
• Fried Frank's M&A Co-Head Views Rate Cuts, AI With Caution
• Darktrace Leaves London After $5B Bid By US Co. Completes
• Investors Get Another Extension For £253M Payments Co. Bid
• CFPB Warns On Collecting 'Invalid,' Unverified Medical Debt
• From AI To Enviro: The Top Biz Bills Calif. Gov. Inked Into Law
• 4 Firms Guide PE-Backed Polish Retailer's Expected $1.6B IPO
• Latham, Milbank Guide StandardAero's Upsized $1.4B IPO
• Davis Polk-Led Brazilian Lubricants Maker Eyes $400M IPO
• Willis Towers Watson Inks $632M Sale Of Tranzact To PE Firms
• Building US-Japan Relationships In The M&A Market
• Litigation Inspiration: Honoring Your Learned Profession
• Paul Weiss Adds Former Apollo GC As NY Corporate Partner
• Paul Weiss Guides OceanSound To $1.5B Sophomore Fund
• Latham Helps TJC Clinch 2nd Continuation Fund At $2.1B
• SEC Fines Marathon Asset Over Nonpublic Info Policies
• Latham Reps CPP Investments In $15B Equinix Data Center JV
• 4 Firms Guide Partners Group In €6.7B Sale Of German Biz