Private equity giant KKR on Wednesday unveiled a strategic partnership with Indian electric commercial vehicle maker PMI Electro Mobility Solutions Private Ltd. and Allfleet in which KKR will plug up to $310 million to help grow Allfleet's electric bus platform and advance PMI Electro's manufacturing capabilities.
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KKR Plugs $310M Into Partnership With Indian E-Bus Biz

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Private equity giant KKR on Wednesday unveiled a strategic partnership with Indian electric commercial vehicle maker PMI Electro Mobility Solutions Private Ltd. and Allfleet in which KKR will plug up to $310 million to help grow Allfleet's electric bus platform and advance PMI Electro's manufacturing capabilities.

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BofA Faces Suit Over Alleged $328M Crypto Ponzi Scheme

By Emilie Ruscoe

Bank of America NA is the latest financial institution to face claims it aided and abetted a $328 million Ponzi scheme allegedly operated by the now-criminally charged CEO of cryptocurrency investment firm Goliath Ventures.

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Security Biz Xbow Valued At $1B Following $120M Fundraise

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Offensive security company Xbow on Wednesday revealed that it reached a $1 billion valuation after closing a $120 million Series C funding round.

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LITIGATION

Kyndryl Hid Cash Management Malpractice, Investor Claims

By Sydney Price

Information technology services company Kyndryl Holdings Inc. and a current and former executive were hit with a proposed shareholder class action accusing them of misleading investors with representations that the company had sufficient control over its cash management practices.

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NYU Tax Center Backs IRS In 2nd Circ. Limited Partner Fight

By Kat Lucero

An investment company's bid to restore a self-employment tax exemption for its limited partners improperly relies on state law to define their federal tax status, New York University's Tax Law Center told the Second Circuit in an amicus brief supporting the IRS.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

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Law School's Missed Lessons: The Human Element

Law school teaches you to quickly apply intellect and logic when handling a legal issue, but every fact pattern also involves a person, making the ability to balance expertise with empathy critical to the growth of relationships with clients, colleagues and adversaries, says Rachel Adcox at Adcox Strategies.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

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Texas Biz Court's Likely Role In Patent Fights Becoming Clear

By Dani Kass

The Texas Business Court has released its first opinion exploring when intellectual property can be used to create jurisdiction, and attorneys say the decision involving state trade secret law offers insight into when patent matters can be pursued there.

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Conn. Justices Won't Hear Ex-Alex Jones Atty's Ethics Case

By Andrea Keckley

The Connecticut Supreme Court will not hear a challenge to the two-week suspension of Alex Jones' former lawyer, leaving intact an intermediate Appellate Court decision affirming the pared-down punishment surrounding his law firm's handling of Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre victims' personal information.

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Calif. Bills Would Reform Litigation Funding, Client Recruiting

By Emily Sawicki

Two new bills introduced to the California Assembly this week seek to impose reforms on the state's legal industry, including adding mandatory disbarment for attorneys convicted of felony "capping" — or illegally paying for client recruitment — and blocking corporate litigation funders from influencing cases.

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Senator Unveils Draft AI Bill Intended To Wipe Out State Regs

By Hailey Konnath

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., on Wednesday released a draft of proposed legislation that would override a "patchwork" of state artificial intelligence regulations, touting the proposal as protecting "children, creators, conservatives and communities" and slamming the state regulations as hindering "AI innovation."

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Biotech Investor Blames Pierce Atwood For Messy Asset Sale

By Julie Manganis

A Ukrainian billionaire who was recently ordered to pay other investors in a failed genetic testing company more than $1.8 million in damages is blaming the Pierce Atwood LLP lawyers who advised him on what a court later found to be a "fundamentally unfair" forced asset sale.

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Powell Says He Won't Make Fed Exit While Facing DOJ Probe

By Jon Hill

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday that he will stay on as a board member of the central bank if he remains under U.S. Department of Justice investigation when his term as Fed chairman runs out this spring.

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Alamo Title Co.

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Bank of America Corp.

Consumer Attorneys of California

Exxon Mobil Corp.

HackerOne Inc.

International Business Machines Corp.

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Kyndryl Holdings Inc.

Los Angeles Times

New York University

Pathway Genomics Corp.

Sequoia Capital Operations LLC

Sirius Solutions LLLP

State Bar of California

Sumo Logic Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Alston & Bird

Axinn Veltrop

Carstens Allen

Downtown LA Law Group

Gibbs Mura

Jackson Walker LLP

Katten Muchin

Morgan Lewis

Pierce Atwood

Pratt & Flack

Saxena White

Silver Law Group

Skadden Arps

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Delaware Court of Chancery

Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission

Internal Revenue Service

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Texas Legislature

Texas Supreme Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Tax Court