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Private Equity - August, 2025

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• SEC Enters New Enforcement Era With Unlikely Leader
• OpenAI Denied Discovery On Musk's Buy Offer, Meta's Role
• Calif. AG Puts Conditions On $24B Walgreens Deal
• Quinn Emanuel, Nano Dimension Debate $30M Fee Spat Venue
• Advice For 1st-Gen Lawyers Entering The Legal Profession
• Sterlington Continues Corporate Growth With WilmerHale Atty
• Taxation With Representation: White & Case, Paul Weiss
• Connexa Sports, JuCoin Launch $500M Digital Asset Platform
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Kirkland, Skadden Advise On $1.8B DuPont-Arclin Deal
• White & Case-Led JTC Rejects Fund Manager Permira's Offer
• Ex-Fugees Rapper Ordered To Pay $6.5M In Loan Dispute
• Guardian Capital Goes Private In $1.67B Deal With Desjardins
• Justices Asked To Limit Private Investment Fund Suits
• 'Bitcoin Infrastructure' SPAC Files Plans To Raise $200M
• ByteDance Buyback To Bring $330B Value, And More Rumors
• Proskauer Adds Another Structured Credit Atty From Dechert
• Structuring Noncompetes In License And Collaboration Deals
• Patterns And Trends In Publicly Filed Insider Trading Policies
• Barnes & Thornburg Adds Corporate Attys In Dallas, Nashville
• Sycamore Closes $24B Walgreens Deal, Replaces CEO
• Commonwealth Fusion Systems Wraps $863M Funding Round
• Coaching Cheerleading Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook Sues Trump To Block Firing
• Chancery Says Docket For 'Routine' Matters Shows Success
• Arnold & Porter Adds Fund Formation Expert In New York
• Alter Domus Says Mogul Blocked Bidders From Asset Sale
• $75K In Atty Fees Awarded After $1M Ask In Trump Media Case
• Crypto Orgs. Won't Back Bill Without Developer Protections
• Chancery Pressed For Faster Track In Skechers Doc Suit
• Investors Accuse Suns Owner Of Undermining Minority Stakes
• Crypto SPACs Raise $500M Amid Renewed Industry Optimism
• Jones Day Continues Real Estate Growth With McDermott Atty
• Baker Botts Adds 2 More Lateral Partners In NY
• Law School's Missed Lessons: How To Make A Deal
• Property Biz To Buy Final Assura Shares After £1.8B Deal
• Skadden, Sidley Advise On Sompo's $3.5B Aspen Acquisition
• Weil-Led Advent Tables $1.3B Bid For Chipmaker
• Vesttoo Venture Capital Feud Goes To Arbitration In Israel
• Fed Pushes To Dismiss Trump Ally's Suit Over Meeting Access
• PE Firm Escapes Patients' Anesthesia Antitrust Claims
• Joy Dish Soap Maker Scrubs $12M Suit Against Conn. PE Firm
• Skechers Investor Sues For Docs In $9.4B Take-Private Deal
• 'Belief' Insufficient For Trade Secrets Claims, NC Biz Judge Says
• 11th Circ. Ruling Shows Federal Question Jurisdiction Limits
• From Clerkship To Law Firm: 5 Transition Tips For Associates
• Legal Funding Firm Cartiga To Go Public Via $540M SPAC Deal
• Fed's Lisa Cook Preps Lawsuit Over Trump Firing
• Trump Media, SPAC And Crypto.com Create $6.42B Crypto Biz
• Buchalter Adds Ex-Carlton Fields Attys To LA Office
• Trump Fires Fed's Lisa Cook Over Mortgage Fraud Allegation
• Auto Parts Supplier Targets Tilton In $39M Clawback Case
• 5th Circ. Nixes SEC's Biden-Era Short-Selling Rules
• Associates Can Earn Credibility By Investing In Relationships
• Cooley, Latham Lead $360M ScPharmaceuticals Acquisition
• Marelli Wins Ch. 11 Ruling To Resume Arbitration In Italy
• Troutman Adds Ex-Medallion Midstream GC To Energy Team
• Davis Polk Picks Up White & Case Finance Atty In Calif.
• Assessing Strategies For Mixed-Use Pro Sports Projects
• Jones Day, Kirkland Steer Thoma Bravo's $2B Verint Buy
• DLA Piper Boosts VC Practice With Goodwin Atty In NY
• General Atlantic Plugs $115M Into Brazilian Software Biz
• Filing Clarifies FTC, DOJ's Passive Investment Stance
• Lessons From 7th Circ.'s Deleted Chat Sanctions Ruling
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Weil, Fried Frank
• PE Industry Primed To Capitalize On Trump 401(k) Order
• Food And Beverage-Focused SPAC Eyes $100M IPO
• Nikola SPAC, Related Settlements Reach $33.75M In Del.
• GTCR Deal A 'Smokescreen' For Coatings Merger, FTC Says
• 5 Firms Advise On $1.5B International Paper Fiber Biz Sale
• V&E, Kirkland Steer Blackstone's $1.6B Shermco Buy
• Rising Star: Clifford Chance's Neil Barlow
• KKR Leads Bidding War For Nissan HQ, Plus More Rumors
• SEC Taps Military Judge To Head Enforcement Efforts
• Wachtell, Kirkland Advise On $12.3B Dayforce Take-Private
• Cantor Equity Partners IV Begins Trading After $400M IPO
• Quilting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Ohio Justices Free Bank From $77M Guaranty Disclosure Duty
• Masimo's 'Empty Voting' Suit Against Founder Gets Green Light
• Argent To Shell Out $4.5M To Exit Workers' ESOP Suit
• Device Co. Pans FTC's Resistance To $945M Heart Valve Deal
• Error-Filled Pro Se Recusal Bid Draws Conn. Judge's Ire
• Nutter Welcomes Tax Atty In NY From Fox Horan
• Rising Star: Latham's Daniel Williams
• DLA Piper Adds Another Investment Funds Atty From Kirkland
• Authentic Brands, Guess Founders Take Biz Private For $1.4B
• Claire's Pitches Over $104M Sale Of US Stores In Ch. 11
• Freshfields, Weil Build Lowe's $8.8B FBM Buy
• PE Firm Hit With Contempt, Receiver In Del. Over Legal Bills
• Inovalon Investor Suit Over $7.3B Nordic Deal Gets Class Cert.
• What To Expect From 401(k) Plan Alternative Assets Order
• Sleep Fitness Biz Eight Sleep Raises $100M In VC Funding
• Rising Star: Davis Polk's Nikolaus Caro
• How AI Is Easing Digital Asset Recovery In Fraud Cases
• What 2 Profs Noticed As Transactional Law Students Used AI
• MoFo-Led Industrial REIT Receives $1B PE Takeover Offer
• Linqto Says Ch. 11 Plan Will Have In-Kind Customer Payment
• State AGs Are Turning Up The Antitrust Heat On ESG Actions
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• GrafTech Investors' Plant Contamination Suit Gets Tossed
• Litigation Funder Burford Eyes Investments In US Law Firms
• Rising Star: Freshfields Eva Mak
• 5 Firms Guide Soho House $2.7B Take-Private Deal With MCR
• BigLaw Settlements Should Not Spur Ethics Deregulation
• Weil Lands Kirkland Executive Compensation Pro In LA
• Advent Eyes U-Blox Takeover At Potential $1.2B Valuation
• Unpacking Ore. Law's Limits On PE Healthcare Investment
• 9th Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Vegas Casino Room Rate Case
• Chancery Says Failed FTX Claim Buy Is Outside Its Jurisdiction
• Kirkland Guides Latest Purchase For PE-Backed Pet Food Co.
• What FinCEN's AML Rule Delay Means For Advisers
• Rising Star: Weil's Timothy Burns
• Liquidity Rule Compliance Still Vital Even After SEC Dismissal
• 5 Ways Lawyers Can Earn Back The Public's Trust
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Cooley, Sullivan
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• PE Biz Says £184M Bid For Energy Adviser On Track
• Cadwalader Corporate Head Exits To McDermott After 40 Years
• Healthcare Co. Exec, GC Revealed Trade Secrets, Court Told
• NBA Signs Off On $6B Sale Of Celtics
• Del. Challenge To Squarespace Doc Suit Toss Moves Forward
• Bob's Discount Furniture Could Go Public, And Other Rumors
• Aerospace Tech Biz Valued At $800M Following SPAC Merger
• Hiking Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Eli Lilly To Put $1.3B Into Obesity-Focused Medicine Biz
• Opportunity Zone Overhaul Is Good News For Investors
• Latham, Slaughter And May Help Steer £1.5B UK LNG Buy
• Andreessen Horowitz Urges SEC To Craft DeFi Safe Harbor
• 9th Circ. Greenlights Expansive Use Of Discovery Statute
• OpenAI, Microsoft Beat Musk's RICO Claims In For-Profit Fight
• Time For Full Disclosure Of Third-Party Funding In MDLs
• Sapiens Inks $2.5B PE Buyout Deal, With 4 Firms Advising
• White House Report Strikes An Optimistic Note On Crypto
• SPAC Behind EV Maker Nikola, Shareholders Strike Settlement
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Negotiation Skills
• Andreessen Horowitz's Take On Delaware Is Misguided
• Crypto Co. Bullish Makes Public Debut After Upsized $1B IPO
• Property Owner Beats KKR To Deal For Rival With £1.8B Bid
• Private Equity Biz's £184M Bid For Energy Adviser To Proceed
• Solar Aircraft Co.'s Top Brass Hit With Investor Fraud Suit
• Bipartisan Bill Could Aid ESOP Formation, Valuation Clarity
• DOL Yanks 2021 Guidance On Private Equity 401(k) Risks
• FTC Skeptical Of 'Partial' Sale For GTCR Merger Fix
• Ogletree Adds PE Firm's Associate GC As Utah Shareholder
• 11th Circ. Wary Of Individual Arbitration Push In ESOP Fight
• Crypto-Focused SPAC Apex Treasury Unveils $250M IPO Plans
• Bar Exam Reform Must Expand Beyond A Single Updated Test
• 3 Firms Advise As Cardinal Health Makes $1.9B Urology Push
• Debevoise, Ropes & Gray Shape $3B Credit Continuation Fund
• 4 Takeaways From Trump's Order To Expand 401(k) Assets
• GTCR Says Sale, Market Nix FTC Med Tech Merger Concerns
• Hospital Groups Back Challenge Of Merger Notice Overhaul
• DOJ Touts Merger, Rental Algorithm Deals, Eyeing More
• EY Says SPAC Investors' Fraud Suit Is 'Blame-Shifting'
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Mayer Brown Adds Ex-Jones Day Partner To Finance Team
• A Simple Way Courts Can Help Attys Avoid AI Hallucinations
• Baker McKenzie Boosts Its Deals Bench With Willkie Farr Atty
• EQT To Buy South Korean HR Tech Platform For $400M
• Proskauer-Led JMI Equity Closes 12th Fund With $3.1B In Tow
• Losing Bidder On Mass. Pike Plazas Wants Docs Released
• Goodwin, Kirkland Steer $2B MeridianLink Take-Private Deal
• Titanic Artifact Ch. 11 Sale Suit Settled For $12M
• What's At Stake In High Court Review Of Funds' Right To Sue
• Allbirds Faces New Del. Derivative Suit In Chancery
• PE Firm Peppertree Gets $300M Award In Telecoms Fight OK'd
• Rising Star: Debevoise's Sheena Paul
• Medical Tech Startup Heartflow's Upsized IPO Raises $317M
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Alston & Bird, Orrick
• Texas Modernizes Barratry Ban To Include Online Outreach
• Latham Steers Silver Lake On $400M Data Center Project Fund
• Kirkland-Led Accel-KKR Clinches $1.9B Continuation Fund
• Latham-Led CVC Consortium Bids €299M For Cyber Co.
• KKR Tries To Steer NHS Landlord Away From Rival £1.8B Bid
• New NY Residential Real Estate Rules May Be Overbroad
• Del. Court Weighs Final Leads For $13B Endeavor Stock Suit
• Crypto Biz Ripple Snags VC-Backed Rail In $200M Deal
• Fugitive Trader's Wife Can't Pause Liquidation In $67M Fraud
• Rising Star: Ropes & Gray's Rachel O'Brien
• Trump Greenlights Private Equity, Crypto 401(k) Investing
• Investors Back Cancer Ultrasound Tech Firm At $2.25B Value
• Space Tech-Focused Firefly's Upsized $868M IPO Takes Off
• OpenAI Climbs To $300B Valuation, Plus More Rumors
• Haynes Boone Grows NY Office With Ex-Winston Strawn Atty
• NC Biz Court Bulletin: Divorce Dust-Ups And Judicial Rebukes
• M&A Ruling Reinforces High Bar For Aiding, Abetting Claims
• Creating Botanical Art Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Masimo Drops Founder Joe Kiani From 'Empty Voting' Suit
• Wells Fargo Worker To Pay $3M To Settle ESOP Class Claims
• Presidio Petroleum Inks $660M SPAC Merger Deal
• Rising Star: Kirkland's Suzannah Hacking
• FTC Challenges $945M Heart Valve Deal
• Blackstone Inks $6B Enverus Deal, Beating Out NYSE Parent
• Akin, Latham Advise Apollo's Data Center Builder Stake
• Honey Dew Says M&A Adviser Missed Fake $25M Letter
• SEC Deems 'Liquid Staking' Outside Its Crypto Purview
• The Legal Education Status Quo Is No Longer Tenable
• Chancery Sends Steel Co.'s Fraudulent Transfer Suit To Trial
• Simpson Thacher Adds Tax, Funds Pro From Dechert
• Rising Star: Weil's Sarah Borden
• Brookfield Nabs $6B Minority Stake In Duke Energy Florida
• Housing Builder Boxabl Goes Public Via $3.5B SPAC Deal
• Kirkland, Gibson Dunn Assist On $1.3B Zebra-Elo Merger
• KKR Takes Lead Again In £4.2B Bidding War For Spectris
• Trump's Sons Back 'New America' SPAC's $300M IPO Filing
• 4 Firms Build $558M Crypto Treasury With Telegram Token
• Consumers Want Fees Of $49M From $203M In Chicken Deals
• Chamber Wants FTC's Merger Notice Overhaul Nixed
• Chancery Spreading Workload, Automating Case Assignments
• GTCR Says Buyer In Place For Potential FTC Divestiture Deal
• Crypto Exchange Bullish Launches Plans For $599M IPO
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• McGuireWoods Adds Private Equity Pro From Paul Weiss
• Simpson Thacher-Led Carlyle Snags $9B For Real Estate Fund
• Antitrust Considerations Amid Cricket's US Expansion
• Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Jordan Cross
• Tax AI Co. Blue J Raises $122M Series D To Expand
• Healthcare Investor Clinches $1.86B For 5th Credit Fund
• E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Relevance Redactions
• Amphenol Buys CommScope's Cable Biz In $10.5B Deal
• Oakley Investor Earmarks £22M For French Software Firm
• PE Investor Can't Move Suit to Del., NC Judge Says
• Investors Fight Sanctions Over Telecom Arbitration Dispute
• Texas Judge Says States Can Pursue BlackRock Coal Suit
• 2 SPAC Deals Will Take Uranium Miner, Italian E-Grocer Public
• 4 Argument Sessions Benefits Attys Should Watch In August
• Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
• Section 1983 Has Promise After End Of Nationwide Injunctions
• 'Reverse Acquihires' Multiply Inside Regulatory Gray Zone
• Clifford Chance Advises PE Firm Cinven On Tech Biz Buy
• Steel Workers Want OK Of $1.8M Deal In Inflated Stock Suit
• Spectris Backs Advent's Improved £4.2B Offer In Snub To KKR