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July 16, 2026
U.S. private equity firm Arlington Capital said Thursday it has agreed to acquire Gooch & Housego PLC in an all-cash transaction that values the U.K. optics technology company at £345.6 million ($467 million).
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July 15, 2026
Federal appeals courts had wide-ranging successes and struggles during the U.S. Supreme Court's recently completed term: One had its best showing in years following its worst showing in years; one felt déjà vu after recently starting to find favor with the justices; and one saw its reputation for independence occupy a rare role in the Supreme Court spotlight.
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July 15, 2026
Two venture-backed biotechnology firms filed plans for initial public offerings this week, both with plans to raise around $100 million for their public debut.
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July 15, 2026
A lawsuit accusing a Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. director and his associates of improperly accessing confidential files to help remove the former head of the special purpose acquisition company that merged with Trump Media has ended in a confidential settlement, according to a notice filed Tuesday in Florida federal court.
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July 15, 2026
As midsummer approaches, Massachusetts attorneys are focused on much more than just the Red Sox winning streak and the fallout from the Jaylen Brown trade; from a headline-grabbing federal prosecution to the midterm elections to cases that could shape the state's noncompete laws, practitioners have plenty on their radar in the latter half of the year.
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July 15, 2026
Australia's Perpetual said Wednesday that Swedish private equity firm EQT raised its takeover offer to about $1.75 billion, but that EQT indicated the revised proposal would be automatically withdrawn if publicly disclosed.
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July 15, 2026
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP put an insurance services company out of business with a poorly constructed private securities offering, the company's founder told a Florida state jury Wednesday in opening arguments for trial in his suit alleging the law firm owes him more than $100 million.
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July 15, 2026
Artificial intelligence software creation platform Emergent, led by Goodwin Procter LLP, on Wednesday revealed that it reached a $1.5 billion valuation after closing its latest funding round with $130 million in tow, making the company a unicorn only one year after its public launch.
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July 15, 2026
PayPal Holdings Inc. shares were up more than 16% on Wednesday afternoon following reports that payments company Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have made a roughly $53 billion offer to acquire the company.
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July 15, 2026
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP announced on Wednesday that U.S. restructuring co-chair Matt Barr will assume the newly created role of global restructuring chair.
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July 14, 2026
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh told lawmakers Tuesday that the central bank is "racing" to meet a looming deadline for drafting certain rules required by the Genius Act, the landmark stablecoin law that other federal regulators have already proposed regulations to implement.
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July 14, 2026
A California federal judge has appointed Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check LLP and Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP to lead a now-consolidated investor class action alleging Super Micro Computer failed to disclose that a large portion of its server sales were made to Chinese companies in transactions that violated U.S. export controls and led to three arrests.
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July 14, 2026
Insurance technology company Cover Genius on Tuesday revealed that it reached a $1.9 billion valuation after completing a $100 million capital raise.
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July 14, 2026
Critical infrastructure-focused construction company TerraFirma, advised by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC, on Tuesday revealed that it raised around $115 million in new capital.
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July 14, 2026
Artificial intelligence-based drug discovery company Chai Discovery on Tuesday revealed that it reached a $3.8 billion valuation after closing its latest funding round with $400 million in tow.
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July 14, 2026
Total funding for legal technology companies increased in the first half of 2026 while deal count fell, suggesting that investors are deploying more capital into fewer companies as artificial intelligence becomes more embedded in the industry.
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July 13, 2026
Asset manager BlackRock Inc.'s accounting practices artificially inflated the values of more than 70 of its mutual funds, saddling investors with higher management fees and cutting into the dividends they might have collected, according to a proposed class action lodged Monday in New York state court.
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July 13, 2026
Aircraft parts maker TransDigm has abandoned its $960 million plan to buy private equity-owned Stellant Systems after the U.S. Department of Justice told the companies it planned to take the matter to court if they decided to go through with it.
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July 13, 2026
Investors suing cannabis company Parallel urged the Delaware Chancery Court on Monday to deny motions to dismiss their derivative suit, arguing that directors compromised their independence by granting themselves sweeping liability releases, while defense counsel countered that the releases provided no meaningful benefit beyond existing charter protections.
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July 13, 2026
California-based Edwards Lifesciences and Singapore's Genesis Medtech agreed to pay a combined $12 million to settle claims from the Federal Trade Commission that Edwards attempted to evade the Hart-Scott-Rodino notification and waiting period when it acquired medical device maker JC Medical from Genesis in 2024.
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July 13, 2026
A building products manufacturer is not entitled to coverage after reimbursing its financial adviser $9.8 million for defense and settlement costs incurred in litigation over a take-private transaction, the company's excess directors and officers insurers told a North Carolina federal court.
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July 13, 2026
A New York distillery has asked a federal judge to scuttle the formerly Saudi-backed golf tour's use of the "LIV" trademark for alcohol sales, arguing that the tour is threatening to diminish its brand.
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July 13, 2026
Ferguson Enterprises said Monday it has agreed to acquire industrial flow-control distributor FloWorks from private equity firm Wynnchurch Capital in a deal valuing FloWorks at about $1.6 billion, about 3½ years after Wynnchurch acquired the business.
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July 13, 2026
McDermott Will & Schulte LLP announced Monday that it has hired a private equity attorney to co-head its global private equity group in a move that matches the firm's ambitions for its new state-of-the-art midtown Manhattan office.
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July 13, 2026
Infrastructure solutions investor Warren Equity Partners Manager LP, led by Kirkland & Ellis LLP, on Monday revealed that it closed its fifth fund with $2.8 billion of investor commitments.