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November 08, 2024
Kustom Entertainment's $222M SPAC Merger Goes Kaput
Blank-check company Clover Leaf Capital is terminating its planned merger with live entertainment organizer Kustom Entertainment Inc., according to a Friday announcement.
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November 08, 2024
Experienced Dealmakers Lead 3 SPACs Raising $365M Total
Three special purpose acquisition companies began trading Friday after pricing initial public offerings that raised $365 million combined under guidance from four law firms, marking the latest sign that more SPACs, particularly those with prior deals under their belts, are willing to test an improving market.
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November 08, 2024
General Atlantic, Stripes Plug $825M Into Vuori Clothing Biz
Lifestyle performance brand Vuori on Friday revealed that it has secured an $825 million investment led by growth investors General Atlantic, advised by Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, and Stripes, bumping the brand's valuation to $5.5 billion.
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November 08, 2024
Katten Adds Private Credit Partner From Weil In NY
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP has added a former Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP banking and finance counsel, who joined the team in New York as a private credit partner.
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November 08, 2024
Apollo Gets Extension To Make £1B Offer For Auto-Parts Biz
Auto parts supplier TI Fluid Systems said Friday that Britain's mergers and acquisitions authority has granted a company backed by private equity giant Apollo more time to make it a firm offer worth approximately £995 million ($1.3 billion).
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November 07, 2024
JPMorgan Sues Adviser Who Jumped To Morgan Stanley
The broker-dealer arm of JPMorgan has accused a former Michigan-based employee of using its confidential information to lure its customers at her new job at Morgan Stanley's wealth management unit, including a half a dozen clients with nearly $12 million in combined assets who have already jumped ship from JPMorgan.
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November 07, 2024
Investors Accuse Truth Social SPAC's Ex-CEO Of Stock Theft
The former CEO of the special purpose acquisition company that combined with Donald Trump's Truth Social company has been accused of stealing millions of SPAC shares by funneling them to offshore shell entities and misappropriating investments to fund his "lavish" Miami lifestyle.
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November 07, 2024
LeBron Eyes Media Merger, AI Startup IPO, And More Rumors
Basketball star LeBron James wants to merge his TV and film production company with a British studio, while AI-focused startup CoreWeave has selected investment banks to manage an initial public offering planned for 2025, plus a women's clothing retailer and a generic-drug maker are planning a pair of listings that could revive Canada's dormant IPO market.
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November 07, 2024
Lynk Global Taps New Execs Amid Deal With A-Rod's SPAC
Lynk Global Inc., the satellite-to-phone business merging with the blank-check company of former New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez, on Thursday revealed that it has picked a new CEO and CFO while securing capital investments from shareholders.
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November 07, 2024
CMA Raises Concerns Over Amex GBT's $570M Buy Of Rival
The proposed $570 million acquisition by American Express Global Business Travel Inc., a corporate travel management company, of rival CWT Holdings LLC in the U.K. could "lead to reduced choice and quality" in Britain, the antitrust watchdog has warned.
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November 06, 2024
Trump's SEC Expected To See 'Dramatic' Enforcement Change
Former President Donald Trump's reelection means a notable shift in the types of cases the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is expected to bring, attorneys said Wednesday at a Washington, D.C., conference, while the agency's current top enforcer vowed business as usual for now as it carries on with its well over 1,500 investigations.
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November 06, 2024
Trump's Win Likely To Spur Deals For Capital Markets Attys
Former President Donald Trump's decisive win in Tuesday's presidential election will enable deals to proceed on a more certain basis, capital markets advisers said Wednesday, citing pent-up demand to restart capital raising after a long period of subdued activity.
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November 06, 2024
10th Circ. Backs Asset Freeze In Forex Exec's Latest Bid
A foreign exchange asset manager lost his bid to overturn a lower court's decision that froze his assets and ordered him to pay $510,000 in legal bills in a dispute with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, with a panel of the 10th Circuit finding it does not have jurisdiction to reverse the ruling.
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November 06, 2024
5 Firms Guide $4.6B Cencora-Retina Consultants Deal
Freshfields, Sidley Austin LLP and Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP are guiding Cencora Inc. on an agreement to acquire Retina Consultants of America from Webster Equity Partners for $4.6 billion in cash, Cencora said Wednesday.
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November 06, 2024
McGuireWoods-Led Teledyne Pays $710M For Defense Assets
Led by McGuireWoods LLP, Teledyne Technologies Inc. said Wednesday it will buy certain aerospace and defense electronics businesses from Excelitas Technologies Corp., guided by Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, for $710 million in cash.
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November 06, 2024
Kirkland Investment Funds Partner Joins Alston & Bird In NY
Alston & Bird LLP announced that a Kirkland & Ellis LLP investment funds attorney has joined the firm's New York office as a partner, which it said helps enhance its capabilities in areas such as fund formation and operational support.
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November 06, 2024
Nano Dimension Targeted By Activist Investor Murchinson
Nano Dimension shareholder Murchinson Ltd. has nominated two independent candidates to stand for election to the Israeli 3D printing company's board while slamming the current board for its inability to hold CEO Yoav Stern accountable, saying that it's time to address the company's "persistent undervaluation, improve its allocation of capital and fix a broken boardroom culture."
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November 06, 2024
Simpson, Clifford Chance Build $4B Blackstone Deal For REIT
Blackstone announced Wednesday it will pay $4 billion to acquire grocery store-focused real estate investment trust Retail Opportunities Investment Corp., in a deal built by respective legal advisers Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP and Clifford Chance US LLP.
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November 05, 2024
What Trump's Return Means For Bank Regulation: 5 Questions
With former President Donald Trump now projected to return to the White House, financial services attorneys are predicting the banking industry will see a sharp rightward turn at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and a much softer touch elsewhere in the federal regulatory arena.
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November 05, 2024
Trump's Win Expected To Pare Back Gensler's SEC Agenda
The reelection of President Donald Trump will bring with it many big changes to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including a new chair who could set a more crypto- and business-friendly policy that would translate into a downtick in rulemaking and enforcement cases in comparison to outgoing President Joe Biden.
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November 05, 2024
Trump Has Official Immunity. What About His Aides?
Whether the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on presidential immunity extends to subordinates who follow a president's orders has become a more pressing question in the wake of Donald Trump's projected election win, according to legal experts.
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November 05, 2024
How Trump Can Quash His Criminal Cases
Donald Trump's projected victory at the polls also translates to a win in the courts, as the second-term president will have the power to end both of his federal criminal cases. And the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on presidential immunity would shield him from any consequences for ordering his charges to be dismissed, experts say.
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November 05, 2024
An Early Look At Trump's Supreme Court Shortlist
With former President Donald Trump projected to win the 2024 presidential election and the Republicans' success in securing the U.S. Senate majority, Trump may now get the chance to appoint two more justices to the U.S. Supreme Court, cementing the court's conservative tilt for decades to come.
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November 05, 2024
GOP's Senate Win Hands Future Of The Judiciary To Trump
Republicans were projected to take back the White House and Senate and possibly the House early Wednesday, putting the GOP in position to back Donald Trump's agenda and his slate of young, conservative judicial nominees.
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November 05, 2024
The Firms With An Inside Track To A New Trump Admin
Law firms that have represented Donald Trump and the Republican Party on everything from personal legal woes to election-related lawsuits could see the risks of that work pay dividends as Trump is projected to secure a second term in office.
Expert Analysis
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Predicting Shareholder Activism Trends In New Trump Admin
While President-elect Donald Trump has promised tax policies, deregulation and lax antitrust enforcement — which all fuel shareholder activism — a closer look at his first administration's track record suggests that his second presidency might be a mixed bag for activist investors and companies alike, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Promoting Diversity In The Selection Of ADR Neutrals
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Choosing neutrals from diverse backgrounds is an important step in promoting inclusion in the legal profession, and it can enhance the legitimacy and public perception of alternative dispute resolution proceedings, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.
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Playing Ultimate Makes Us Better Lawyers
In addition to being fun, ultimate Frisbee has improved our legal careers by emphasizing the importance of professionalism, teamwork, perseverance, enthusiasm and vulnerability, say Arunabha Bhoumik and Adam Bernstein at Regeneron.
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E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On Metadata
Several recent rulings reflect the competing considerations that arise when parties dispute the form of production for electronically stored information, underscoring that counsel must carefully consider how to produce and request reasonably usable data, say attorneys at Sidley.
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The 3rd-Party Bankruptcy Release Landscape After Purdue
In its Purdue Pharma ruling prohibiting nonconsensual third-party releases, the U.S. Supreme Court did not comment on criteria to render a third-party release consensual, opening a debate in the bankruptcy courts on the permissibility of opt-out versus opt-in releases, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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Parsing SEC's Emerging Trend Of Section 204A Enforcement
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently settled with Sound Point Capital Management for violating Section 204A of the Investment Advisers Act, adding to a slew of charges against investment advisers that allegedly failed to safeguard material nonpublic information, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.
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A Look At Grewal's Record-Breaking Legacy After SEC Exit
Gurbir Grewal resigned as director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Enforcement last month after more than three years on the job, leaving behind a legacy marked by record numbers of penalties and enforcement actions, as well as mixed results in aggressive lawsuits against major crypto players, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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Striking A Balance Between AI Use And Attorney Well-Being
As the legal industry increasingly adopts generative artificial intelligence tools to boost efficiency, leaders must note the hidden costs of increased productivity, and work to protect attorneys’ well-being while unlocking AI’s full potential, says Ed Sohn at Factor.
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Empathy In Mediation Offers A Soft Landing For Disputes
Experiencing a crash-landing on a recent flight underscored to me how much difference empathy makes in times of crisis or stress, including during mediation, says Eydith Kaufman at Alternative Resolution Centers.
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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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Short-Seller Implications Of 10th Circ.'s Overstock Decision
The Tenth Circuit's Oct. 15 decision in Overstock Securities Litigation provides clarity on the pleading standard for a market manipulation claim under the Exchange Act, and suggests that short sellers might not be able to rely on the fraud-on-the-market presumption typically invoked by securities plaintiffs, say attorneys at Paul Weiss.
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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.