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November 29, 2024
US Firm Gathers Support For £351M Bid For Loungers
U.S. investment firm Fortress Investment Group LLC said Friday that its takeover bid of approximately £350.50 million ($447 million) for British hospitality chain Loungers has won support from another shareholder.
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November 29, 2024
Kirkland-Led Apollo Biz Makes £1B Offer For Auto Parts Maker
TI Fluid Systems said Friday that it has agreed to accept a takeover offer of just over £1 billion ($1.27 billion) from a Canadian rival, ABC Technologies, in a transaction guided by three law firms — Kirkland, Paul Weiss and Latham.
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November 28, 2024
Jones Day-Led Loungers Backs £351M Fortress Takeover Bid
British hospitality chain Loungers said Thursday that it has agreed to accept a takeover offer of approximately £350.5 million ($444.5 million) from U.S. investment firm Fortress Investment Group LLC, which will remove the company from the London Stock Exchange.
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November 27, 2024
$83M Air Force Award Must Account For Merger, GAO Says
The U.S. Government Accountability Office says the Air Force must reconsider its award of an $83 million task order, saying the veteran-owned small business protesting the award possessed the requisite certification following a merger.
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November 27, 2024
FCC Refers T-Mobile, UScellular Deal To Team Telecom
The Federal Communications Commission has referred T-Mobile's anticipated $4.4 billion purchase of wireless operations from United States Cellular Corp. to the committee that vets foreign investment in the U.S. telecom market.
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November 27, 2024
Rentokil Hid Terminix Merger Issues, Pension Fund Alleges
A pension fund claims in a new proposed class action that pest control company Rentokil Initial PLC hid disruptions and challenges during its merger with Terminix Global Holdings Inc. to fully integrating the acquired business, negatively impacting Rentokil's revenue growth as a result.
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November 27, 2024
Yale Health Group Can Bolster Bid To Dodge $435M Sale Deal
Yale New Haven Health Services Corp. can add allegations to its complaint against Prospect Medical Holdings Inc. seeking to dodge a $435 million contract to buy a string of Connecticut hospitals and cite more examples of the seller's alleged breach of the deal, including $16 million in pension liens and ongoing regulatory investigations.
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November 27, 2024
Weil-Led Apse Capital Secures €350M For Continuation Fund
British private equity firm Apse Capital Ltd., led by Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, on Wednesday announced that it closed a €350 million ($370.1 million) continuation fund, which will be used to acquire three portfolio companies from one of the firm's other funds.
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November 27, 2024
Miner Sells Further $529M Of Shares In Platinum Unit
British multinational mining giant Anglo American PLC said Wednesday that it has raised 9.6 billion South African rand ($529 million) by selling approximately an additional 6% of its platinum producing subsidiary as part of a separation process.
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November 27, 2024
Chaotic But PE-Friendly Enviro Expected As Trump Returns
Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential election victory means that, for only the second time in U.S. history, a former president will make his way back to the White House after a four-year gap. Here, Law360 speaks to private equity attorneys from three separate firms about what they expect to see from Trump’s administration and the ramifications it might have on the industry.
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November 27, 2024
JD Sports Completes €520M Deal For French Footwear Biz
JD Sports Fashion PLC said Wednesday that it has finalized the €520 million ($546 million) acquisition of French footwear company Groupe Courir SAS, after the European Union addressed competition concerns.
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November 27, 2024
Banco BPM Rejects UniCredit's €10B Takeover Offer
Italian lender Banco BPM SpA has rebuffed a €10 billion ($10.5 billion) offer from its domestic rival UniCredit SpA, a move that would create the country's biggest bank, stating that the bid fails to reflect its profitability and prospects.
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November 26, 2024
Workers Say Kroger-Albertsons No-Poach Deal Hurt Wages
A Colorado grocery store employee has filed a putative class action accusing Kroger Co. and Albertsons Cos. Inc. of scheming to suppress workers' wages, alleging in a state court complaint that the grocers entered into an illegal "no-poach" agreement during a 2022 strike.
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November 26, 2024
HCA Hospital Sale On Hold Amid Antitrust Concerns
An Indiana healthcare system has withdrawn its application with the state health department for a planned purchase of a hospital from HCA Healthcare following concerns from the Federal Trade Commission, saying it needs more time to rework the application.
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November 26, 2024
GTCR Plugs $1.33B Into Software Testing Biz Tricentis
Software testing and engineering company Tricentis, advised by Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, on Tuesday revealed that it has reached an enterprise value of $4.5 billion following a $1.33 billion investment from Kirkland & Ellis LLP-led private equity giant GTCR.
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November 26, 2024
Pa. Nursing Home Eying Sale Seeks Fraud Sentencing Delay
The parent company for a troubled Western Pennsylvania nursing home asked a federal court to postpone a sentencing for defrauding state and federal healthcare programs so the company can keep trying to sell the facility, or at least relocate its residents over a longer period of time.
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November 26, 2024
Streaming Biz Brightcove Sold In $233M Go-Private Deal
Streaming technology company Brightcove Inc., advised by Goodwin Procter LLP, has agreed to go private and be bought by Latham & Watkins LLP-led software company Bending Spoons in an all-cash deal valued at around $233 million.
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November 26, 2024
Sidley-Steered Roche To Buy Biopharma Biz For Up To $1.5B
Swiss multinational Roche said Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire Poseida Therapeutics, a U.S. genetic engineering company, for up to $1.5 billion in cash to bolster the healthcare giant's range of blood cancer therapies.
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November 25, 2024
Judge Eyes Dec. Hearing To Sort Out Onion's Bid For Infowars
A Texas judge asked the Chapter 7 trustee in right-wing fabulist Alex Jones' bankruptcy to preserve the status quo until a sale hearing sometime in December that will determine whether the parent company of satirical news publisher The Onion was correctly chosen as the winning bidder in the auction for Jones' Infowars program.
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November 25, 2024
Lampert, Sears Stockholders Set Appraisal Share Faceoff
Delaware's Court of Chancery has teed up an argument on how to handle class member claims of former Sears Hometown and Outlet Stores Inc. stockholders whose share appraisal demand was torpedoed by the company's bankruptcy in 2022.
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November 25, 2024
Microsoft-Activision Atty Snubs $15M Class Fee In Del. Suit
An attorney for Microsoft Corp. and Activision Blizzard Inc. on Monday downplayed the benefits from an ongoing stockholder suit seeking $15 million for mid-case fixes to the two companies' $68.7 billion merger, saying the action's modest advantages should be weighed more as disclosure matters than a deal rescue.
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November 25, 2024
Greenberg Traurig Grows In Middle East With 2 From Clyde
Greenberg Traurig LLP said Monday that it is expanding its coverage in the Middle East with the addition of an international arbitration and litigation lawyer as well as a corporate lawyer with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, who were both hired away from Clyde & Co. LLP.
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November 25, 2024
Judge Bemoans 'Chaotic' Contracts In Jack Nicklaus IP Case
The New York state judge presiding over golf legend Jack Nicklaus' intellectual property lawsuit on Monday signaled he may not be able to untangle a set of contradictory contracts, which could lead to a trial over who can use the "Golden Bear's" name and likeness.
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November 25, 2024
Spirit's Cayman Units To Hit Ch. 11 As Airline Eyes Swift Reorg
Four Spirit Airlines subsidiaries in the Cayman Islands were expected to file for bankruptcy protection Monday and ask a New York federal court to join the company's main Chapter 11 case, a move that Spirit says will help keep the debtor on course to confirm a reorganization plan.
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November 25, 2024
FTC's Antitrust Case Against Meta Gets April Trial Date
A D.C. federal court has set an April 14 trial date for the Federal Trade Commission's antitrust case accusing Meta of monopolizing personal social networking through its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp.
Expert Analysis
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Series
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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Dissecting New Circuit Split Over SEC's Proxy Adviser Rule
The Sixth Circuit recently upheld the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's partial rescission of enhanced conflict-of-interest disclosure requirements for proxy voting advice businesses, creating a circuit split over broader questions concerning the standard for assessing the legality of agency actions in general, say attorneys at Cahill Gordon.
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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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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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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.
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Opinion
Judicial Committee Best Venue For Litigation Funding Rules
The Advisory Committee on Civil Rules' recent decision to consider developing a rule for litigation funding disclosure is a welcome development, ensuring that the result will be the product of a thorough, inclusive and deliberative process that appropriately balances all interests, says Stewart Ackerly at Statera Capital.
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The Strategic Advantages Of Appointing A Law Firm CEO
The impact on law firms of the recent CrowdStrike outage underscores that the business of law is no longer merely about providing supplemental support for legal practice — and helps explain why some law firms are appointing dedicated, full-time CEOs to navigate the challenges of the modern legal landscape, says Jennifer Johnson at Calibrate Strategies.
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Inside FTC's Decision To Exit Key Merger Review Labor Memo
Despite the Federal Trade Commission's recent withdrawal from a multiagency memorandum of understanding to step up enforcement of labor issues in merger investigations, the antitrust agencies aren't likely to give up their labor market focus, say attorneys at Stinson.
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Comments Show Need For Clarity On SBA Proposed Rule
The recent public comments period for the Small Business Administration's proposed rule on recertification and other regulations underscores the need for more precision, particularly on agreements in principle, which the SBA should address as it moves forward with this rulemaking, say attorneys at Covington.
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Series
Beekeeping Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The practice of patent law and beekeeping are not typically associated, but taking care of honeybees has enriched my legal practice by highlighting the importance of hands-on experience, continuous learning, mentorship and more, says David Longo at Oblon McClelland.