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Private Equity - July, 2023

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• Korean Professor's AI Co. Says Text Program Infringes Patent
• NC Judge Nixes Worker's 'Left Field' Theories Against PE Firm
• Colo. Food Co. Fired VP Before Shares Could Vest, Suit Says
• Real Estate Rumors: Signature Bank, Ash Shah, Rhino Capital
• Farallon Pulls $650M For 4th Real Estate Fund
• 5 Firms Win Record $266.7M Fee From $1B Dell Settlement
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Ex-SVB Atty Rejoins Simpson Thacher As Partner In New York
• 4 Firms Guide €1B Sale Of Controlling Stake In MedTech Biz
• Zooz Power To Go Public Via SPAC Merger
• Chancery Axes Inovalon Investor Suit Over $7.3B Deal
• CVC's Glendower Capital Clinches $5.8B Secondaries Fund
• 3 Firms Lead Francisco Partners, TPG In $6.5B New Relic Buy
• Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Michael Chao
• Willkie Helps Wendel Sell EU Packaging Biz For €1.1B
• Calif. Trading Instructor Cops To $2M Investment Fraud In NC
• BNP Paribas, Morningstar Latest To Reveal Chat App Scrutiny
• Don't Miss It: Kirkland, Simpson Thacher Lead Week's Deals
• Panel Chides Mich. Judge For 'Unjustified Ire' In Probate Case
• When Investment Banks Can Sell Real Estate In Calif.
• Merger Guidelines' Broad Tack Ignores Recent Precedent
• Supreme Court Urged To Reverse SEC's Civil Penalty Win
• EQT Fund To Take Majority Stake In India Fertility Chain
• Goodwin Adds Ex-Cooley Private Funds Attys In Boston
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Simpson Thacher
• Rising Star: Davis Polk's Darren Schweiger
• Skadden Steers Air France-KLM In Talks To Raise €1.5B
• Florida Man Raised $35M In Fake Investment Plan, SEC Says
• Jones Day, Kirkland Build $960M Sale Of Insulation Biz
• FTX Customers Say Crypto Banks Helped SBF Steal $8B
• IP Trial To Proceed Over $900M Claim Against Lordstown
• Real Estate Rumors: JPMorgan, Related, Carlyle
• Mallory Gives Plaintiffs A Better Shot At Justice
• European PE Firm Snags €4B For 8th Flagship Fund
• Conn. Firm Wants Early Win In $2.7M Loan Fraud Suit
• Rising Star: Debevoise's Emily Huang
• Feds Ask To Halt JP Morgan's $175M Frank Buyout Suit
• Autism Treatment Center Gets OK For $48.5M Sale, Ch. 11 Plan
• Polsinelli Adds Investment Funds Shareholder In Nashville
• FERC Order Affirms Increased Scrutiny Of Investor-Utility Ties
• Fruit Farm Investor Sues Over Management After $560M Deal
• These Firms Have The Most Diverse Equity Partnerships
• Rising Star: Gibson Dunn's Kristen Poole
• UK Billionaire Lewis Denies Insider Trading, Gets $300M Bond
• 2nd Circ. Partly Renews Fatburger's Fraud Suit In Failed Loan
• Leon Black Accused Of Raping Autistic Teen At Epstein Home
• Banc Of California, PacWest Ink Tie-Up Steered By 4 Firms
• Wyden Presses Leon Black To Disclose Epstein's Tax Advice
• Benefytt Creditors Raise Concerns Over Ch. 11 Releases
• Cannabinoid Co. Wins Most Claims In Purchase Contract Suit
• NC Judge Narrows $2.7M Loan Fraud Suit Against Law Firm
• 2 Firms Guide Comvest Partners In Raising $2B Credit Fund
• Law360's Diversity Snapshot: What You Need To Know
• To Survive Scrutiny, Banks Should Craft Careful D&O Policies
• Parent Cleared Of 'Varsity Blues' Rap Wants His $1M Back
• France's Thales To Buy US Cybersecurity Biz In $3.6B Deal
• Financer Says It Was Duped Into $13M Inventory Investment
• Investors Say Pot Farm's Del. Case Is Rehash Of Calif. Claims
• CVC Capital Unit Demands A Warhol To Enforce $142M Award
• Burford Continues Push For Sysco Sub In Chicken Price Suit
• Winston & Strawn Adds Ex-Weil Transactions Pro In Dallas
• 4 Firms Build $639M Sale Of Sculptor Capital Management
• Courts Can Overturn Deficient State Regulations, Too
• 3 Firms Build Public Storage's $2.2B Simply Self Storage Buy
• SoftwareOne Rejects Bain's Revised $3.6B Buyout Offer
• Founder Sues VC Investors Over Control Of Supplements Co.
• SEC Fines Adviser Monroe Capital $1M Over SPAC Conflicts
• Rocket Co. Astra Shareholder's Del. Suit Cleared To Launch
• PE Fund Manager Settles Investor Shortchanging Claims
• Stinson Adds Corporate Finance Partners In DC, NYC
• PE Firm Sues Pay Tech Co. Bolt Financial Founder In Del.
• Blackstone's 5 Biggest Bets As Firm Tops $1T In Assets
• Ropes & Gray Adds Kirkland Funds Partner In DC
• Biggest Washington Decisions: A 2023 Midyear Report
• 2 Firms Guide KKR's $1.3B Take-Private Buy Of Chase Corp.
• Tales From The Trenches Of Remote Depositions
• Trump-Related SPAC To Pay SEC $18M Over Truth Social Bid
• Employer Groups, Insurers Fight For 'No Surprises' Law
• No-Show Pot Exec Owes Couple $50K After Dinner Party Dupe
• Snyder Fined $60M As $6B Commanders Sale Gets Owners' Nod
• Kirkland Leads European PE Firm In $668M Debut Fund
• March Trial Set For Trump Media Co. Insider Trading Case
• Deals Rumor Mill: Ramsay Sime Darby, THL, Roivant
• Circ. Split May Have Big Effect On SEC Disgorgement Remedy
• HighVista's Abrdn Private Biz Buy Boosts Assets To $9B
• What's New In The DOJ-FTC Proposed Merger Guidelines
• Sidley Adds Weil Antitrust Partner In DC
• CVC Capital Clinches €26B Europe-Americas Fund
• AMC Stock Split Fight Shapes Del. Corporate Law Overhaul
• Bain Capital Closes $1.15B Inaugural Insurance Fund
• Feinstein Says Trustees Won't Give Money For Medical Bills
• TPG To Pay $1.4B For Nextech As Part Of Health Care IT Push
• Israeli Beauty Company Prices Upsized $424M IPO
• Winston & Strawn Adds PE Pro From California Boutique
• Investment Tech Platform Anduin Raises $15.6M Series B
• More Deals Would Face Gov't Lawsuits Under Draft Guidelines
• Court Sinks Short-Seller's Defamation Suit In Texas
• Judge Won't Enforce $145M Award Against Chinese Ex-Exec
• WaPo Wants Out Of $3.8B Trump Defamation Suit
• EJF Capital Raises $470M For Litigation Finance Fund
• Vice Bankruptcy Ruling Shows Contract Assignment Issues
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• AT&T Calls Black-Owned PE Firm's Race Bias Suit 'Offensive'
• Latham-Led Ares To Buy Asia's $3.8B Crescent Point Capital
• Anderson Kill Taps Boutique Leader For Corporate Practice
• Investors Tell Chancery Katapult SPAC Defenses Won't Fly
• Westlake Village BioPartners Launches $450M Fund
• Israeli Beauty Co. Ups Price Range For Planned US IPO
• Cleary, Goodwin Steer $455M Sale Of FM:Systems
• Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Deborah Gruen
• Willkie Guides PE Co. To Buy UK Asset Manager For £470M
• Judge Slams Ex-Frank Exec's Bid To Exit JPMorgan's Suit
• 2 Firms Steer ESG-Focused SPAC's $300M Public Debut
• Nerve Stimulator Co. Again Beats Investor Suit Over $78M IPO
• Post-Pandemic Hospitality Trends To Watch At Midyear 2023
• EPA Unlocks $20B For Community Climate Projects
• Cantor Fitzgerald To Pay SEC $1.4M Over Reporting Failures
• 3 Firms Steer Upsized Biotech IPOs Raising $385M Combined
• Oppenheimer Profited Off $120M Ponzi Scheme, Investors Say
• Level Up Lawyers' Business Development With Gamification
• 8 Firms Guide Goldman Sachs's $1.7B Deal For Kahoot
• Dentons Adds 2 K&L Gates Partners To Venture Tech Practice
• Skadden Steers Air France-KLM To Raise €500M From Apollo
• Rising Star: Cooley's Jimmy Matteucci
• Republican AGs Warn CEOs About Bias After Harvard Ruling
• REIT Makes Competing Bid For Fellow Mortgage Trust
• Wealth Mgmt. Co. Sued 4x In Del. For $7B CD&R Merger Info
• Quarles 'Very Convinced' Fed's Stress Tests Are Illegally Run
• Chancery Denies New Trial On 'Phantom Equity' Sale Concern
• Khan Denies FTC Is 'Harassing' Musk, Losing On Purpose
• Better World SPAC To Liquidate After Calling Off Merger
• Surf Air Mobility Pushes Direct Listing Date To July 27
• Mallory Ruling Leaves Personal Jurisdiction Deeply Unsettled
• Womble Bond Combines With Calif. Business Law Boutique
• Chicken Cos. Object To Sysco-Burford Swap In Price-Fix Suits
• Ropes & Gray Brings On Former Covington Litigator In LA
• Deals Rumor Mill: AXA SA, Syngenta, Bain Capital
• Rising Star: Debevoise's Sally Bergmann
• Adviser Attacks SEC's Liquidity Rule In Bid To Escape Suit
• Seattle Real Estate Broker Says Attorneys Botched Arbitration
• What Constitutes A Sale Of 'All' Company Assets In Del.
• 'Varsity Blues' Jurist Bows Out Of Sentencing Fund Founder
• PowerSchool To Buy School Messaging Biz In $300M Deal
• Despite Economic Ambiguity, Restructuring Still Strong In '23
• Barnes & Thornburg Adds Corporate Finance Partner In NY
• Milbank Adds Ex-Dechert Private Equity Co-Head In Duo Hire
• Boxed Gets OK For IP Sale, Liquidation Plan Vote
• PE Firm Welsh Carson Nabs $5B For Its Largest-Ever Fund
• Singapore's Quadria Selling FV Hospital Stake For $381M
• Asia-Focused SPAC Begins Trading After $60M IPO
• 5 Ways Firms Can Rethink Office Design In A Hybrid World
• Rising Star: Paul Weiss' Conrad Van Loggerenberg
• Coal Ash Co. Investor Sues In Del. For Details On Sale Plan
• WaPo Wants Trump Media's $3.8B Suit Moved To Fed. Court
• Energy Deals Gathered Steam In First Half Of 2023
• Antares' $6B Debt Vehicle Leads Pack Of 4 Illinois PE Funds
• 4 Firms Guide Nuclear Fission Startup's $850M SPAC Merger
• Bar Score Is Best Hiring Metric Post-Affirmative Action
• DWF Deal May Not Be The Death Knell Of Law Firm Listings
• Kirkland-Led PE Firm Secures $7.8B Across 2 Funds
• Payments Biz Begins Trading In London
• Burford Affiliate Fights To Sub For Sysco In Price-Fixing Suits
• Judge Stalls Tech Founder's $28M Suit Against JPMorgan
• SVB Parent Demands FDIC Fork Over $1.9B Account Funds
• Dye & Durham Loses Appeal Of Blocked Spin-Off Plan
• Long Ridge Equity Partners Closes Fund IV At $730 Million
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Rising Star: Akin's Jonathan Ross
• Israel's Oddity Tech Leads 3 IPOs That Could Net $625M Total
• Holland & Knight Grows Gaming Practice With DLA Piper Pro
• Davis Polk, Paul Hastings Lead TPG's $2.45B Forcepoint Buy
• DWF In Talks To Go Private With Sale To PE Firm
• Twitter Rips Wachtell's $90M Fee Battling Musk To Close Sale
• KnowBe4 Shareholders In Talks To Resolve Del. Merger Suits
• Venture-Backed Startups Cinch Belts To Survive Lean Times
• Beacon Roofing Will Buy Back $804.5M In Stock From PE Firm
• 5 Strategies For Restructuring Underperforming CRE Loans
• Starboard Urges Energy Co. Algonquin To Sell Renewables Biz
• Ghosting In BigLaw: How To Come Back From Lack Of Feedback
• Cannabis Company Cronos Group Mulls Sale Inquiries
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell Lipton, Gibson Dunn
• SolarWinds' Charter Dooms Texas Investor's Data Breach Suit
• 'Endless Briefing' On Fees Irks Conn. Judge In Contract Suit
• Deals Rumor Mill: Saudi Sports, Credit Suisse, Shein IPO
• Andretti-Backed SPAC Inks Letter Of Intent With AI Biz
• Jones Day Brings On Stroock Real Estate Pro In LA
• FloSports Hit With Shareholder Suit In Chancery
• Thermo Fisher Pays $912M For Ropes-Led Health Data Co.
• Insight Partners Clinches $118M Vision Capital Fund
• Raine Group Secures $760M For Fourth Growth Equity Fund
• Vedder Price Adds Ex-MetLife Associate GC To DC Practice
• FIS Selling Worldpay Stake To PE Firm GTCR In $18.5B Deal
• 2 Firms Guide Man Group On $183M Bid For Varagon Capital
• Wrigley Heir, Cannabis Co. Must Face $25M Investor Suit
• Investors Say Fla. Bank Converted Shares To Benefit PE Firms
• FTC Drops Case Over Altria's Unwound Juul Investment
• Hedge Fund's Suit Aims To Stop Scrutiny, Developer Says
• Wellful Buys Jenny Craig Brand, To Revive Later This Year
• Lone Star Wants $216M Win Enforced Against S. Korea
• Patterson-UTI Inks More Than $370M Deal For Drill Bit Maker
• Steps To Success For Senior Associates
• Wesco Aircraft Asks To Retain Quinn Emanuel In Ch. 11
• 3 Firms Lead Mars In Deal To Buy Kevin's Natural Foods
• Duke To Sell Distributed Generation Biz To PE Firm For $364M
• North American PE Firm Secures $4B For Third Fund
• American Equity Accepts Brookfield's $4.3B Takeover Offer
• Can M&A Bounce Back After Dismal First Half Of 2023?
• Inside The Largest PE Funds To Close In 2023's First Half
• Trump-Linked SPAC Inks $18M Proposed Deal With SEC
• 3 Takeaways From The Supreme Court's Session
• Law360 Podcasts Untangle A Week Of Blockbuster Rulings
• The Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court Term
• The Sharpest Dissents From The Supreme Court Term
• Jackson Debuts As Chattiest Justice
• Chancery Says Neither Side Wins In Failed E-Scooter Deal
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Legal Profession Must Do More For Lawyers With Disabilities
• Pfizer, Seagen Merger Tops Largest M&A Deals Of 2023
• The Supreme Court Can't Fix The SEC's In-House Court Issue
• Breaking Down The Vote: The High Court Term In Review
• The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court
• OMERS, Dutch Pension To Buy Energy Co. Kenter
• 'Varsity Blues' Dad Rips 'Desperate' Gov't Bid To Keep Judge