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June 25, 2026
Nuclear technology business NuCube Energy Inc., valued at $500 million, announced Thursday that it will become a publicly listed company through its merger with blank check company Launch Two Acquisition Corp., in a deal steered by Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP and Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP.
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June 25, 2026
A bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general have filed one of three amicus briefs urging the Ninth Circuit to fully preserve a preliminary injunction blocking Nexstar's purchase of Tegna, arguing the states challenging the deal have standing to sue and that only a broad block is appropriate.
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June 25, 2026
A proposed class action in Delaware Chancery Court alleges the founders and directors of insurance brokerage startup Newfront Insurance Holdings Inc. breached fiduciary duties by forcing employee shareholders to accept inferior merger consideration and restrictive employment conditions in the company's $1.05 billion sale to Willis Towers Watson PLC.
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June 25, 2026
Rural telecom carriers are going to keep disappearing if the Federal Communications Commission doesn't step in and provide more support for companies operating in rural areas, a trade group has said in the wake of Verizon's purchase of Carolina West.
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June 25, 2026
Paramount is preparing to divest its film distribution joint venture with Universal Pictures as part of an effort to appease European regulators, as the company looks to close its planned $110 billion of acquisition of Warner Bros. following U.S. approvals, according to a Reuters report. Among other notable reports, Abu Dhabi's MGX has raised nearly $50 billion for an AI-investment venture, apparel company Reformation is said to be preparing for an IPO, and the dating app Bumble may be mulling a sale.
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June 25, 2026
Property listing companies Zillow and Redfin urged a Virginia federal court not to presume that their $100 million partnership agreement, which is being challenged by the Federal Trade Commission and multiple states, is illegal before it holds an August trial for a consolidated antitrust suit.
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June 25, 2026
The Delaware Chancery Court on Thursday denied Albertsons Cos. Inc.'s bid to force The Kroger Co. to submit additional internal law firm communications in litigation over the companies' failed $24.6 billion merger, ruling that Kroger's waiver of attorney-client privilege does not extend to lawyers' brainstorming that was never communicated to the client.
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June 25, 2026
Germany's Merck has agreed to acquire Bio-Techne Corp. in an all-cash deal valuing the U.S.-based life sciences tools company at about $11.3 billion, including debt, the companies said Thursday.
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June 25, 2026
The head of Hogan Lovells' global mergers and acquisitions team is joining Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP's M&A team as a partner ahead of his former firm's combination with Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP.
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June 25, 2026
U.S. investment company Bain Capital will buy a majority stake in Volkswagen's marine and power engines subsidiary Everllence in a deal valued at €7.4 billion ($8.4 billion), the companies said Thursday.
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June 25, 2026
H.B. Fuller has agreed to acquire British wound care technology developer Advanced Medical Solutions for £715 million ($943 million) as the U.S. adhesives maker expands its medical business, the companies said on Thursday.
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June 25, 2026
The board of easyJet said Thursday that it has batted away a fourth approach from Castlelake LP for "substantially undervaluing" the budget airline at £4.9 billion ($6.5 billion), but said that it is open to "a more attractive proposal."
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June 24, 2026
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Wednesday granted interim approval of a $30 million Chapter 11 financing package for biotechnology company Sangamo Therapeutics Inc., funds that the debtor will use to support a sale process for its assets.
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June 24, 2026
The Delaware Chancery Court on Wednesday largely refused to dismiss a contract dispute between concessions provider Facilities Holdings LLC and venue operator ASM Global Parent LLC, finding it reasonably conceivable ASM Global secretly worked to derail contract extensions after being acquired.
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June 24, 2026
Agility Robotics said Wednesday it has agreed to go public through a merger with special purpose acquisition company Churchill Capital Corp XI, with Latham & Watkins LLP advising Agility and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP representing the SPAC on a deal valuing the humanoid robotics company at $2.5 billion.
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June 24, 2026
White & Case LLP said Wednesday it has hired the former co-leader of Goodwin Procter LLP's secondaries practice, who brings significant sponsor-side experience in complex, cross-border transactions.
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June 24, 2026
Qualcomm Inc. said Wednesday it has agreed to acquire software developer Modular Inc. in an all-stock transaction valued at more than $3.9 billion, as the chipmaker moves to expand its artificial intelligence software stack from connected devices into data center and cloud environments.
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June 24, 2026
Latham & Watkins LLP announced that it has hired a Ropes & Gray LLP attorney in New York, marking the second addition to its executive compensation, employment and benefits practice in the past month.
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June 24, 2026
Real estate investment trust Segro said Wednesday that it has rebuffed an unsolicited £12.6 billion ($16.6 billion) bid from Prologis, saying the approach was "opportunistically timed" as the U.S. company seeks access to the U.K. rival's data center business.
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June 23, 2026
Private equity firm Arctos Partners LP, a KKR unit, and its partners are working with the University of Tennessee, Knoxville on a mixed-use development that will include a private club, homes, a 24-story hotel and an entertainment area spanning 100,000 square feet, the companies announced Tuesday.
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June 23, 2026
The Federal Trade Commission has told the Fourth Circuit that a Virginia federal court messed up when it ruled in an antitrust suit against Johnson & Johnson that the company bringing the suit needed to show specific intent in order to prop up a monopolization claim over the immunosuppressive drug Stelara.
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June 23, 2026
Cox Communications and Charter Communications Inc. have asked the California Public Utilities Commission to kibosh a media advocacy group's petition seeking conditions on their $34.5 billion merger, but the media organization is asking the commission to ignore that request.
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June 23, 2026
The Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday questioned whether the U.S. Department of Transportation sufficiently analyzed the competitive effects of Delta Air Lines' joint venture with Aeromexico — or considered alternative conditions — before ordering the airlines to dismantle their nearly decade-long partnership.
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June 23, 2026
Live Nation Entertainment Inc. confirmed that the road to its controversial settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice went all the way to the White House in a New York federal court filing that leaves many questions unanswered about a deal Democrats have cast as corrupt and failed to mollify state enforcers.
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June 23, 2026
Delaware's Chancery Court on Tuesday approved a $29.5 million settlement ending a derivative suit that accused a private equity firm of structuring a transaction that benefited it at Chewy Inc.'s expense, noting an independent special litigation committee had uncovered potentially valuable claims and determined a settlement was the better path forward.