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May 16, 2025
Rite Aid Announces Deals To Transfer Pharmacy Assets
Rite Aid Corp. has entered into sale and transition agreements subject to approval from a New Jersey bankruptcy judge that would see pharmacy assets and services transition to new operators, according to an announcement from the company.
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May 16, 2025
PHP Ups Takeover Offer For Assura To £1.7B
Real estate investment manager Primary Health Properties PLC on Friday announced an increased proposal to acquire property manager Assura in a cash and stock deal valued at approximately £1.7 billion ($2.25 billion).
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May 16, 2025
Canadian Geothermal Co. STS Hits Ch. 15 With Sale Plan
Toronto-based geothermal energy company STS Renewables Ltd. and affiliates have filed for Chapter 15 protection in Delaware bankruptcy court seeking recognition of a Canadian insolvency proceeding designed to help the company sell its assets.
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May 16, 2025
Cullen And Dykman Adds Golenbock Eiseman Tax Partner
Cullen and Dykman LLP has hired a former Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP partner who joins the firm's New York Corporate Department to continue her work focused on tax and transactional matters.
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May 16, 2025
Taxation With Representation: Blakes, Davies, Goodmans
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Charter Communications Inc. merges with Cox Communications, Hub International Ltd. boosts its valuation after securing an investment, Pan American Silver Corp. acquires Mag Silver Corp. and Robinhood buys WonderFi.
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May 16, 2025
Cooley, Goodwin Build BioMarin's $270M Inozyme Buy
Biotechnology company BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., advised by Cooley LLP, on Friday announced plans to buy clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company Inozyme Pharma Inc., led by Goodwin Procter LLP, in a $270 million all-cash deal.
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May 16, 2025
UK Biotech Biz Issues Shares To Fund £5M Canadian Buy
Biotech company Solvonis said Friday that it has issued more than 1.5 billion of its shares to raise part of the approximately £5 million ($6.6 million) needed for the acquisition of Canadian rival Awakn Life Sciences Corp.
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May 16, 2025
Shell Affiliate Sells Trinidad Assets To Touchstone For $28M
An affiliate of oil giant Shell has offloaded its assets in Trinidad in a $28.4 million deal with Touchstone Exploration Inc., the Canadian energy business said Friday, to add at least four active natural gas wells to expand its portfolio on the island.
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May 16, 2025
Wachtell, Latham Steer $34.5B Charter, Cox Cable Mega Deal
Charter Communications Inc. said Friday it has agreed to acquire Cox Communications in a $34.5 billion deal that would create a dominant force in U.S. broadband, mobile and video services — and will test the Trump administration's role in reshaping telecom competition.
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May 16, 2025
EU 'Champions' Ambitions Could Cause Antitrust Friction
Plans by the European Commission to amend merger guidance to help create "European champions" that could compete with technology and industrial heavyweights in the U.S. and China might cause tension among member state authorities hoping to protect antitrust ideals.
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May 16, 2025
Investor Pulls De La Rue Bid Amid Competing Offer
Two investors, Pension SuperFund and Disruptive Capital, have pulled their bid of approximately £260 million for De La Rue after the banknotes maker backed a rival £263 million offer from U.S. investment firm Atlas Holdings LLC.
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May 16, 2025
US Auto Parts Maker Eyes London Listing After £1.2B UK Deal
American Axle said Friday that it is planning a secondary listing in the U.K. after it takes over automotive group Dowlais, which trades in London, in a £1.16 billion ($1.5 billion) deal, appeasing shareholders across the Atlantic.
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May 15, 2025
Vistra To Expand Gas Power Plant Portfolio With $1.9B Buy
Power generation company Vistra Corp., advised by Latham & Watkins and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, announced Thursday it agreed to buy seven natural gas power plants for $1.9 billion from Lotus Infrastructure Partners, which is being advised in the deal by King & Spalding and Eversheds Sutherland.
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May 15, 2025
Taylor Swift Fans Get Final Shot At Ticketmaster Antitrust Suit
A California federal judge said Thursday he will give hundreds of Taylor Swift fans one more opportunity to amend a complaint against Ticketmaster alleging antitrust violations related to ticket sales for the pop superstar's Eras tour, but stressed it will be the last amendment he will allow.
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May 15, 2025
TikTok's Friends Features 'Set Off Alarm Bells' At Facebook
The head of Facebook echoed the testimony of other Meta Platforms Inc. executives who've described TikTok as their chief competitor on Thursday, pushing back against Federal Trade Commission monopolization claims by arguing in D.C. federal court that both social media giants have responded to competition from the other.
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May 15, 2025
Ex-CEO Cops To Conspiracy Charge In $212M Fraud Case
A New Jersey-based former CEO of a medical billing company has pled guilty to conspiring to commit securities fraud in connection with government claims he was part of a $212.5 million scheme to inflate the value of his company to defraud potential investors in a go-private transaction.
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May 15, 2025
Live Nation's Atty Fails To 'Move The Needle' In Discovery Bid
A California federal judge appeared likely Thursday to stick with his tentative ruling that Live Nation's ticketing rivals can protect documents they say could facilitate the very conduct at issue in an antitrust case, telling an attorney for the company his arguments did not "move the needle."
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May 15, 2025
Consumer Bid To Block Capital One-Discover Deal Falters
A California federal judge Wednesday rejected a group of consumers' last-minute bid to delay Capital One Financial Corp.'s impending purchase of Discover Financial Services, unpersuaded that the deal poses serious enough potential antitrust concerns to support a preliminary injunction.
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May 15, 2025
Greenberg Traurig, Loeb Guiding $1.7B Acuren, NV5 Deal
Acuren Corp. said Thursday it will acquire NV5 Global Inc. in a cash-and-stock deal worth about $1.7 billion, combining two companies that serve key roles in infrastructure and industrial markets.
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May 15, 2025
FTC Chair Says Staffing Cuts Needed After Hiring Spree
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson told lawmakers on Thursday that the previous administration hired too many agency staffers and said he is looking to reduce the workforce by around 16% while trying to avoid layoffs.
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May 15, 2025
Senior Living Co. Pleads For Proxy Fight Win After CEO Exit
Brookdale Senior Living, the largest U.S. senior living operator, urged shareholders Thursday to reject a proxy contest brought by an affiliate of activist investor Ortelius Advisors, claiming the fund hasn't offered a new strategy for the company despite its criticism.
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May 15, 2025
AI Startup Perplexity Seeks $14B Valuation, And More Rumors
Perplexity is in talks for a new funding round that would value the artificial intelligence startup at $14 billion, OpenAI is reworking a multibillion-dollar agreement with Microsoft Corp. in order to free up its plans for an initial public offering, and Dutch power grid operator TenneT is considering selling a stake in its German division for up to $13 billion.
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May 15, 2025
Covington Atty To Help With Squarespace Appraisal Discovery
A Delaware vice chancellor has appointed a Covington & Burling LLP attorney to help sort through discovery issues in an action Glazer Capital LLC-managed funds have filed to determine the fair value of their Squarespace Inc. shares.
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May 15, 2025
Entrata Hits $4.3B Valuation After $200M Blackstone Plug
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC-advised Entrata, an operating system for multifamily housing communities, revealed on Thursday that it reached a $4.3 billion valuation after securing a $200 million minority investment from private equity giant Blackstone, led by Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP.
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May 15, 2025
Wachtell-Led Dick's Making $2.4B Bet On Foot Locker
Dick's Sporting Goods Inc. said Thursday it has agreed to buy Foot Locker Inc. for about $2.4 billion, as the Pittsburgh-based retailer wagers that its operational playbook can breathe new life into the shrinking footwear chain.
Expert Analysis
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Adventure Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Photographing nature everywhere from Siberia to Cuba and Iceland to Rwanda provides me with a constant reminder to refresh, refocus and rethink the legal issues that my clients face, says Richard Birmingham at Davis Wright.
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How Views On Healthcare Price Transparency Are Changing
Regulators' attitudes toward price transparency regulation have shifted over the past several years in ways that may seem contradictory, and research into detailed rate information published by hospitals and health plans has yielded mixed results, says Matthew List at Charles River Associates.
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The 5 Most Important Bid Protest Decisions Of 2024
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Court of Federal Claims and the Government Accountability Office issued five noteworthy bid protest decisions in 2024 that will likely have a continuing impact on questions concerning standing, timeliness, corporate transactions and more, say attorneys at Bradley Arant.
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5 Ways To Create Effective Mock Assignments For Associates
In order to effectively develop associates’ critical thinking skills, firms should design mock assignments that contain a few key ingredients, from messy fact patterns to actionable feedback, says Abdi Shayesteh at AltaClaro.
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Overseas Investment Rule Calls For Compliance Caution
Investors should be leery of who and what they are investing in now that the federal outbound investment regime, effective Jan. 2, has extended the governement's regulatory reach to businesses and parties not previously subject to trade restrictions, says Thaddeus McBride at Bass Berry.
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Recent Suits Show Antitrust Agencies' Focus On HSR Review
The U.S. Department of Justice's suit this month against KKR for inaccurate and incomplete premerger filings, along with other recent cases, highlights the agency's increasing scrutiny of Hart-Scott-Rodino Act compliance for private equity firms, say attorneys at Willkie.
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The 7th Circ.'s Top 10 Civil Opinions Of 2024
Attorneys at Jenner & Block examine the most significant decisions issued by the Seventh Circuit in 2024, and explain how they may affect issues related to mass arbitration, consumer fraud, class certification and more.
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Mentorship Resolutions For The New Year
Attorneys tend to focus on personal achievements or career milestones when they set yearly goals, but one important area often gets overlooked in this process — mentoring relationships, which are some of the most effective tools for professional growth, say Kelly Galligan at Rutan & Tucker and Andra Greene at Phillips ADR.
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PE Strategies To Manage Adjacent Portfolio Firm Conflicts
A variety of tools can mitigate potential risk for a private equity director sitting on the board of directors of multiple companies, including the disclosure of potential conflicts in fundraising documents to help mitigate risk under the securities laws, says Michael Kendall at Goodwin.
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Coaching Little League Makes Me A Better Lawyer
While coaching poorly played Little League Baseball early in the morning doesn't sound like a good time, I love it — and the experience has taught me valuable lessons about imperfection, compassion and acceptance that have helped me grow as a person and as a lawyer, says Alex Barnett at DiCello Levitt.
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5 Litigation Funding Trends To Note In 2025
Lawyers and their clients must be prepared to navigate an evolving litigation funding market in 2025, made more complicated by a new administration and the increasing overall cost of litigation, says Jeffery Lula at GLS Capital.
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How FTC Sent A $5.6M Warning Against Jumping The Gun
The Federal Trade Commission's recent record $5.6 million "gun jumping" action against Verdun Oil, for allegedly exerting control over EP Energy before the mandatory waiting period under U.S. antitrust law expired, warns companies that they must continue to operate independently during review, say attorneys at Ballard Spahr.
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Rethinking Litigation Risk And What It Really Means To Win
Attorneys have a tendency to overestimate litigation risk before summary judgment and underestimate risk after it, but an eight-stage litigation framework can clarify risk at different points and help litigators reassess what true success looks like in any particular case, says Joshua Libling at Arcadia Finance.
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Mass Arbitration Procedures After Faulty Live Nation Ruling
Despite the Ninth Circuit's flawed reasoning in Heckman v. Live Nation, the exceptional allegations of collusive conduct shouldn't be read to restrict arbitration providers that have adopted good faith procedures to ensure that consumer mass arbitrations can be efficiently resolved on the merits, says Collin Vierra at Eimer Stahl.
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Forecasting The Future Of The FTC Post-Inauguration
The incoming Federal Trade Commission leadership's agenda, which is expected to be in sharp contrast with the Biden administration's enforcement posture, will be noticeable right away in the first few weeks of the Trump administration, say attorneys at Cooley.