A Detroit pension fund is challenging the $9.4 billion take-private sale of Skechers U.S.A. Inc. to 3G Capital in Delaware Chancery Court, alleging the footwear company's controlling stockholders engineered an unfair deal that favored themselves at the expense of minority investors.
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Skechers Controllers Accused Of Unfair $9.4B 3G Buyout

By Jarek Rutz

A Detroit pension fund is challenging the $9.4 billion take-private sale of Skechers U.S.A. Inc. to 3G Capital in Delaware Chancery Court, alleging the footwear company's controlling stockholders engineered an unfair deal that favored themselves at the expense of minority investors.

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Sands Capital Wraps $1.1B Global Innovation Fund

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Private equity shop Sands Capital revealed on Tuesday that it closed its third innovation fund after securing $1.1 billion of investor commitments.

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Victory Bolsters Janus Henderson Bid As Willkie Advises

By Al Barbarino

Victory Capital Holdings urged Janus Henderson Group on Tuesday to engage on a revised takeover proposal that boosts the cash portion of its bid while trimming the stock component, a move that Victory said provides greater value certainty to Janus and its shareholders.

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Drug Developer GNQ To Go Public Via $500M SPAC Deal

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Techbio company GNQ Insilico has announced plans to go public by merging with special-purpose acquisition company IB Acquisition Corp. in a deal that values it at $500 million and was built by four law firms.

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Gradient Wraps $220M AI-Focused Venture Fund

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

San Francisco-based venture capital firm Gradient on Tuesday announced that it wrapped its latest flagship seed fund after securing $220 million in investor commitments.

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POLICY & REGULATION

SIFMA, Other Orgs Weigh In On SEC's 'Small Entity' Proposal

By Jessica Corso

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association is urging the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to increase its oversight of investment advisers should it move forward with a plan to categorize more mutual funds and advisers as small entities, saying the current playing field disadvantages broker-dealers.

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LITIGATION

OpenAI, Musk Can't Argue Over Wealth In $38M Fraud Trial

By Dorothy Atkins

A California federal judge laid out the ground rules for an upcoming April jury trial on Elon Musk's claims OpenAI duped him into donating $38 million, barring evidence regarding the "wealth or lack thereof of any party," unless the dispute reaches the punitive damages stage, which the judge called "unlikely."

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Mich. Judge Denies SEC Win On Crowdfund Fraud, Urges Deal

By Melanie Dorsey

A Michigan federal judge Tuesday shot down the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's bid for summary judgment against a man the agency accused of orchestrating a $2 million cannabis crowdfunding fraud, finding the case might be better suited for settlement talks.

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BlackRock, State Street Want GOP States' ESG Suit Pared

By Bryan Koenig

BlackRock and State Street have asked a Texas federal judge to significantly winnow antitrust claims from Republican state attorneys general accusing the asset managers of driving up coal prices, arguing that claims based on electricity buyers are too far removed from coal.

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4th Circ. Seems Leery Of Plant Closure Suit Against PE Firm

By Kellie Mejdrich

The Fourth Circuit was skeptical Tuesday of ex-workers' bid to revive a proposed class action accusing a private equity firm of violating federal laws when it abruptly shut down a manufacturing plant, hinting that dropping the firm from a prior suit over the closure may preclude their case.

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PEOPLE

Reed Smith Launches In Boston With 12 Attys From 7 Firms

By Tracey Read

Reed Smith LLP has launched its first office in Boston with 12 lawyers from White & Case, Goodwin Procter, McDermott Will & Schulte, Morrison Foerster, Kirkland & Ellis, Weil Gotshal & Manges and K&L Gates, the firm announced Tuesday.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

How DExit, Mandatory Arbitration Could Alter IPO Outlook

As companies continue to leave Delaware and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission begins allowing companies to implement mandatory arbitration provisions, these developments could have a major impact on the initial public offering, securities class action, and directors and officers insurance landscapes, says Walker Newell at Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Industry Leaders Grapple With BigLaw Recruiting 'Chaos'

By Aebra Coe

Many large law firms hit elite law school campuses last September to begin recruiting first-year students for their 2027 summer associate job openings, in what panelists at a New York City Bar Association event Tuesday described as a dysfunctional system unhelpful to both law students and law firms.

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Latham Hires Desmarais IP Partner In DC

By Jack Rodgers

Latham & Wakins LLP has hired a Desmarais LLP partner in D.C., who helped represent GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals in an ongoing infringement suit against Moderna Inc., the firm announced Tuesday.

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Health Litigator Rejoins Holland & Knight From In-House Role

By Madison Arnold

A former Holland & Knight LLP attorney has returned to the firm in Jacksonville, Florida, after a 10-year stint in-house at Florida Blue, a subsidiary of GuideWell Mutual Holding Corp.

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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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Brief

Prior Counsel In Settled EBay Harassment Case Eyes Payment

By Julie Manganis

An attorney who previously represented a Massachusetts couple in a harassment lawsuit against eBay and three former executives has asked a federal judge to hold off on entering a dismissal in the now-settled case until she receives assurances she will be paid.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

3G Capital

American Bar Association

Anthropic PBC

Arch Resources Inc.

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

BlackRock Inc.

Consumer Attorneys of California

Databricks Inc.

DoorDash Inc.

Federal Bar Association

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc.

Florida Blue

Fordham University

Garrison Investment Group LP

George Washington University

Google LLC

GuideWell Mutual Holding Corp.

Hamilton Lane Inc.

Human Genome Sciences, Inc.

Janus Henderson Group PLC

Lamps Plus Inc.

LinkedIn Corp.

Los Angeles Times

Make-A-Wish Foundation of America

Managed Funds Association

Microsoft Corp.

Moderna Inc.

NVIDIA Corp.

Nasdaq Inc.

New York City Bar Association

New York University

OpenAI OpCo LLC

Peabody Energy Corp.

Pfizer Inc.

SIFMA

State Bar of California

State Street Corp.

The Vanguard Group Inc.

Trian Fund Management LP

Writer

Zion Oil & Gas Inc.

eBay Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Anderson & Kreiger

ArentFox Schiff

Barnes & Thornburg

Buzbee Law Firm

Cassels Brock

Cooch & Taylor

Cooley LLP

Cooper & Kirk

Covington & Burling

Dechert LLP

Dentons

Desmarais LLP

Diller Law

Downtown LA Law Group

Finkelstein & Partners

Finkelstein Blankinship

Gibson Dunn

Goodwin Procter

Holland & Knight

Hueston Hennigan

K&L Gates

Kirkland & Ellis

Levi & Korsinsky

Lowell & Associates

Martin G. Weinberg PC

McDermott Will & Schulte

MoloLamken

Morrison & Foerster

Reed Smith

Rimon PC

Ropes & Gray

Scalli Murphy Law

Sidley Austin

Skadden Arps

Toberoff & Associates

Troutman

Vinson & Elkins

Wachtell Lipton

Weil Gotshal

White & Case

Willkie Farr

WilmerHale

Wilson Sonsini

Winston & Strawn

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Colorado Supreme Court

Delaware Court of Chancery

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Supreme Court