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July 22, 2025
House Panel Knocks EBSA Sharing Info With Workers' Attys
House lawmakers on Tuesday criticized the U.S. Department of Labor's employee benefits subagency for sharing information from enforcement investigations with plaintiffs attorneys representing benefit plan participants, with some lawmakers calling on Congress to pass new legislation to curb the practice.
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July 22, 2025
Tax Software Co. Avalara, Universal Music Submit IPO Plans
Avalara Inc. and music giant Universal Music Group NV have confidentially filed plans for initial public offerings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, marking the latest two companies to join the private-to-public pipeline.
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July 22, 2025
Native Groups Reject Trump's Call For Old Team Names
Two Native American advocacy groups are condemning President Donald Trump's threat to kill a $3 billion plan for the new Washington Commanders stadium if the NFL team's former name isn't reinstated, saying Indigenous cultures are not past relics, mascots or forms of entertainment.
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July 22, 2025
BCLP Adds PE Transactions Pro From Golenbock Eiseman
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner announced the addition of a former Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP attorney to its corporate transactions practice Monday, touting her work in private equity-backed transactions.
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July 22, 2025
NetBrain Valued At $750M After Blackstone Investment
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP-led private equity giant Blackstone on Tuesday revealed that it is making a majority growth investment in network automation and artificial intelligence platform NetBrain Technologies, advised by McDermott Will & Emery LLP, in a deal that values the company at $750 million.
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July 21, 2025
Skechers Investor Loses Initial Bid To Block Take-Private Deal
A California federal judge has refused to preliminarily block private equity firm 3G Capital from taking footwear giant Skechers private for $9.4 billion, finding that a pension plan that owns Skechers shares failed to show it would be irreparably harmed without the injunction.
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July 21, 2025
SEC Lifts FINRA Ban For Atty Accused Of Cheating On Exam
A divided U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has lifted an industry ban placed on a former SEC enforcement attorney who was deemed by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to have cheated on a securities exam, finding there was no conclusive evidence of cheating.
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July 21, 2025
Stablecoin Treasury Co. To Go Public In $360M SPAC Deal
A company intending to give investors exposure to the stable-value token Ethena intends to list on Nasdaq as StablecoinX Inc. via a special purpose acquisition deal that will take it public and provide $360 million to build a treasury of the stablecoin, making it one of at least three firms to tout the adoption of a crypto-focused treasury strategy on Monday.
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July 21, 2025
House GOP Would Cut SEC Funds, Curb Cyber Breach Rule
House Republicans are seeking to cut the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's budget by 7% in the upcoming fiscal year, presenting a plan that could also undercut a Biden-era regulation requiring publicly traded companies to quickly report cybersecurity breaches.
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July 21, 2025
Traders' Floor Rights Were 'Essential' In CME Shift, Jury Hears
Chicago Mercantile Exchange leaders wanted to honor and preserve longtime floor traders' exclusive access rights as they explored demutualization due to electronic trading's unclear future at the time, but discussions never addressed plans for members in the event of a total technological takeover, Illinois jurors heard Monday.
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July 21, 2025
FinCEN Gives Investment Advisers Reprieve On AML Rule
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has pushed back the compliance date for a rule requiring investment advisers to report suspicious activity to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network while it weighs the future of the Biden-era regulation.
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July 21, 2025
Ex-Kellogg Worker Fights To Keep 401(k) Fee Suit Alive
A former Kellogg employee urged a Michigan federal court to reject the company's attempt to dismiss a proposed class action alleging the food manufacturer lost its workers millions of dollars in retirement savings because of excessive recordkeeping fees under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
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July 21, 2025
Tax-Lien Biz Atty Tells Jury He Didn't Seek To Dupe Lender
Counsel for a former compliance lawyer accused of pilfering from a $20 million line of credit extended to his tax-lien investment firm told a Manhattan federal jury Monday that the defendant was "sloppy," but never intended fraud.
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July 21, 2025
Stadium Deal Still On Despite Trump Threat, DC Officials Say
The mayor and City Council chair of Washington, D.C., said on Monday that they were focusing on their roles in approving the $3 billion plan for a new stadium for the NFL's Commanders, regardless of President Donald Trump's weekend threat to kill the deal if the team's racist former nickname was not brought back.
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July 21, 2025
DOL Rescinds ERISA Guidance On Citi Racial Equity Program
The U.S. Department of Labor rescinded a Biden-era opinion letter Monday that had backed Citi's commitment to pay fees for diverse investment managers overseeing Citi-sponsored benefit plans regulated by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, saying the letter no longer reflected the department's views.
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July 21, 2025
Latham And Cravath Steer $730M ZimVie Take-Private Deal
Latham & Watkins LLP is advising healthcare investment firm ArchiMed on an agreement to purchase Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP-led dental implant company ZimVie Inc. at a roughly $730 million valuation, ZimVie announced Monday.
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July 21, 2025
2nd Circ. Backs Union Win Over Concrete Cos. In CBA Fight
The Second Circuit on Monday refused to revive a fringe contributions dispute between two concrete companies and a group of union fringe benefit funds, affirming a lower court's decision to hand the union an early win that was partially based on the companies' failure to respond to discovery requests.
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July 21, 2025
2nd Circ. Affirms Big Banks' Win In Terrorism Financing Fight
A New York federal judge was right to dismiss a suit seeking to hold Deutsche Bank, Standard Chartered Bank and Danske Bank liable for aiding and abetting terrorist bombings in Afghanistan, a Second Circuit panel ruled Monday.
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July 21, 2025
Web Design Giant Figma Launches Plans For $979M IPO
Venture-backed web-design software maker Figma on Monday outlined plans for an estimated $979 million initial public offering, a move that comes after the company's failed $20 billion merger with Adobe Inc.
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July 21, 2025
The Ether Machine Goes Public With $1.5B Via SPAC Merger
Ether generation company The Ether Machine, advised by Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, on Monday launched as a public company with more than $1.5 billion of committed capital following its merger with Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP-advised special purpose acquisition company Dynamix Corp.
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July 21, 2025
Carlyle Selling Calastone To SS&C In $1B Fund Tech Deal
SS&C Technologies said Monday it has agreed to acquire global funds network and technology provider Calastone from private equity firm Carlyle for approximately £766 million ($1.03 billion).
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July 21, 2025
Paul Hastings Boosts Tax Team In NY With Ex-Kirkland Atty
Paul Hastings LLP announced Monday that a former Kirkland & Ellis LLP attorney is bringing her tax practice to its New York office in a move the firm says will bolster its ability to guide clients through complex deals like mergers, acquisitions and private equity transactions.
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July 18, 2025
Law360 Names 2025's Top Attorneys Under 40
Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2025, our list of more than 150 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.
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July 18, 2025
Top 4 Texas Court Rulings Of 2025: Midyear Report
Texas courts made several high-profile decisions in the first half of 2025, including backing a multibillion-dollar mattress merger, awarding more than $6 million to employees fired by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, and granting the state a $1.4 billion data privacy settlement with Google. Here are four of the biggest court rulings in Texas so far this year.
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July 18, 2025
Texas Panel Says RE Funds Can Bar Manager, For Now
A Texas appellate court mostly kept intact a court order barring the former manager of multiple commercial real estate funds from interfering with the funds going forward, saying the funds had done enough to show the former manager was undercutting their financial interests.
Expert Analysis
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NY Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q2
In the second quarter of the year, New York utilized every available tool to fill gaps left by federal retrenchment from consumer finance issues, including sweeping updates to its consumer protection framework and notable amendments to cybersecurity rules, say attorneys at Steptoe.
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SEC Proposal Could Hurt Foreign Issuers' US Market Access
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s June call for feedback on potentially narrowing how it designates foreign private issuers of securities could ultimately result in significant new barriers for traders that rely on FPI accommodations to participate in U.S. markets, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.
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DOJ's 1st M&A Declination Shows Value Of Self-Disclosures
The U.S. Department of Justice's recent decision not to charge private equity firm White Deer Management — the first such declination under an M&A safe harbor policy announced last year — signals that even in high-priority national security matters, the DOJ looks highly upon voluntary self-disclosures, say attorneys at Perkins Coie.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Practicing Self-Care
Law schools don’t teach the mental, physical and emotional health maintenance tools necessary to deal with the profession's many demands, but practicing self-care is an important key to success that can help to improve focus, manage stress and reduce burnout, says Rachel Leonard​​​​​​​ at MG+M.
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Nev. Steps Up Efforts To Attract Incorporations With New Law
Recent amendments to Nevada corporate law, which will narrow controlling stockholders’ liability, streamline mergers and allow companies to opt out of jury trials, show the interstate competition to attract new and reincorporating companies is still heating up, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.
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ABA Opinion Makes It A Bit Easier To Drop A 'Hot Potato'
The American Bar Association's recent ethics opinion clarifies when attorneys may terminate clients without good cause, though courts may still disqualify a lawyer who drops a client like a hot potato, so sending a closeout letter is always a best practice, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.
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How Trump's Trade Policies Are Shaping Foreign Investment
Five months into the Trump administration, investors are beginning to see the concrete effects of the president’s America First Investment Policy as it presents new opportunities for clearing transactions more quickly, while sustaining risk aversion related to Chinese trade and potentially creating different political risks, say attorneys at Covington.
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How Trump Admin Treasury Policies Are Reaching Banks
The Treasury Department has emerged as an important facilitator of the Trump administration's financial policies affecting banks, which are now facing deregulation domestically and the use of international economic authorities in cross-border trade and investment, say attorneys at Davis Polk.
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My Opera And Baseball Careers Make Me A Better Lawyer
Though participating in opera and the world of professional baseball often pulls me away from the office, my avocations improve my legal career by helping me perform under scrutiny, prioritize team success, and maintain joy and perspective at work, says Adam Unger at Herrick Feinstein.
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Policy Shifts Bring New Anti-Money Laundering Challenges
In the second half of 2025, the U.S. anti-money laundering regulatory landscape is poised for decisive shifts in enforcement priorities, compliance expectations and legislative developments — so investment advisers and other financial institutions should take steps to prepare for potential new obligations and areas of risk, say attorneys at Linklaters.
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8 Ways Lawyers Can Protect The Rule Of Law In Their Work
Whether they are concerned with judicial independence, regulatory predictability or client confidence, lawyers can take specific meaningful actions on their own when traditional structures are too slow or too compromised to respond, says Angeli Patel at the Berkeley Center of Law and Business.
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Assessing New Changes To Texas Officer Exculpation Law
Consistent with Texas' recent modernization of its corporate law, the recently passed S.B. 2411 allows officer exculpation, streamlines certificate of formation amendments, authorizes representatives to act on shareholders' behalf in mergers and makes other changes aimed toward companies seeking a more codified, statutory model of corporate governance, say attorneys at Bracewell.
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Is SEC Moving Away From Parallel Insider Trading Cases?
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's apparent lack of follow-up in four recent criminal cases of insider trading brought by the Justice Department suggests the SEC may be reconsidering the expense and effort of bringing parallel civil charges for insider trading, say attorneys at Dentons.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Communicating With Clients
Law school curricula often overlook client communication procedures, and those who actively teach this crucial facet of the practice can create exceptional client satisfaction and success, says Patrick Hanson at Wiggam Law.
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Rocket Mortgage Appeal May Push Justices To Curb Classes
Should the U.S. Supreme Court agree to hear Alig v. Rocket Mortgage, the resulting decision could limit class sizes based on commonality under Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Evidence as opposed to standing under Article III of the U.S. Constitution, say attorneys at Carr Maloney.