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July 15, 2025
La Caisse Plugs $200M Into PE-Backed Renewa
Infrastructure investor QIC Infrastructure on Tuesday announced that its portfolio company Renewa received a $200 million primary equity commitment from investment group La Caisse.
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July 15, 2025
Saudi Arabian Healthcare Co. Snags $124M In VC Funding
Saudi Arabian long-term care, rehabilitation and home healthcare services provider Baraya Extended Care on Tuesday announced that it secured $124 million in Series B funding led by healthcare investor TVM Capital Healthcare.
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July 14, 2025
Casino Entrepreneur Fights Laos' Award Appeal At 9th Circ.
An entrepreneur who was not party to an arbitration is fighting to toss Laos' bid before the Ninth Circuit to overturn an order refusing to enforce about $5 million in arbitral awards stemming from an ill-fated casino venture, saying the appealed ruling isn't a final decision.
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July 14, 2025
9th Circ. Partially Revives Doc's COVID-19 Insurance Fight
The Ninth Circuit on Monday revived a lawsuit from an immunocompromised oral surgeon claiming Paul Revere Life Insurance Co. wrongly denied him disability benefits when he stopped working during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying a reasonable jury could find that he was unable to do his work.
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July 14, 2025
sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Deal To Put Medical Debt Back On Reports OK'd
A Texas federal court has reversed a Biden-era rule that kept an estimated $49 billion in medical debt from credit reports after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and lender trade groups struck a deal to axe the rule.
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July 14, 2025
Willkie-Led McGraw Hill Launches $500M IPO
Education publisher giant McGraw Hill Inc. on Friday launched its initial public offering with plans to raise $500 million, with Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP advising the company and Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP steering the underwriters.
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July 14, 2025
Ex-Tech Worker Says Expenses Suit Shouldn't Be Arbitrated
A customer experience technology company can't force arbitration in a lawsuit alleging remote workers weren't reimbursed for internet service and computers they were mandated to purchase, an ex-employee told a Colorado federal court, arguing the company can't show that she and another worker signed valid arbitration agreements.
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July 14, 2025
2 Ex-Binance Employees Seek To Escape FTX Clawback Suit
Two former Binance employees named as defendants in a $1.76 billion clawback suit brought by FTX in Delaware bankruptcy court have asked to be dismissed from the case, saying the court has no personal jurisdiction over them and that the complaint doesn't allege that they were involved in the transactions at issue.
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July 14, 2025
2nd Circ. Won't Let UBS Arbitrate Fund Mismanagement Suit
The Second Circuit on Monday affirmed a New York federal judge's decision rejecting UBS' bid to send a charitable trust's mismanaged funds suit to arbitration, finding that the bank knowingly relinquished the right to arbitrate "by acting inconsistently with that right."
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July 14, 2025
Debevoise-Led Stone Point Secures $11.5B For 10th PE Fund
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP-advised private equity shop Stone Point Capital LLC on Monday revealed that it wrapped its latest fund with $11.5 billion in tow, marking the largest fundraise in the firm's history.
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July 11, 2025
SEC Fines Adviser $1.75M For Hiding Conflicts Of Interest
American Portfolios Advisors Inc. on Friday agreed to pay a $1.75 million fine to end allegations from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that the investment adviser failed to properly disclose conflicts of interest with an affiliated broker-dealer.
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July 11, 2025
Hospitals Used Retirement Forfeitures For Self-Gain, Suit Says
A North Carolina hospital system cost workers millions in savings by using forfeited matched funds in its retirement plan to cover its own contribution obligations instead of reducing plan expenses paid by employees, according to a new proposed class action filed in federal court.
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July 11, 2025
FTX Trust Says Blockchain Co. Hasn't Delivered $1.3M Coins
A recovery trust for the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX filed a Chapter 11 adversary proceeding in Delaware bankruptcy court seeking turnover of $1.3 million worth of $XION digital tokens that the debtor's subsidiaries purchased prior to the bankruptcy filing.
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July 11, 2025
Cancer-Focused BridgeBio's $949M SPAC Deal Gets SEC Nod
Clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company BridgeBio Oncology Therapeutics, advised by Goodwin Procter LLP, and White & Case LLP-led special purpose acquisition company Helix Acquisition Corp. II on Friday revealed that their $949 million merger had been cleared by U.S. regulators.
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July 11, 2025
SEC Quietly Drops First-Ever Liquidity Rule Suit
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday agreed to dismiss its first-ever case accusing an investment adviser of violating a rule that limits the amount of illiquid investments a mutual fund can hold.
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July 11, 2025
Taxation With Representation: Davis Polk, Kirkland, Cassels
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Merck buys U.K. drugmaker Verona Pharma, CoreWeave acquires fellow data center company Core Scientific, Royal Gold acquires Sandstorm Gold and Horizon Copper, and Italian food company Ferrero buys WK Kellogg.
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July 10, 2025
Russian Banker Inks Sanctions DPA After FBI Botches Warrant
The founder of Bank Otkritie on Thursday secured a deferred prosecution agreement with Manhattan federal prosecutors to resolve allegations of assisting the head of Russian state-backed lender VTB Bank in evading U.S. sanctions, just a month after a swath of email evidence was thrown out over a botched FBI search warrant.
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July 10, 2025
Univ. of Rochester Sued For 'Excessive' Retirement Plan Fees
The University of Rochester was hit with a proposed class action Wednesday in New York federal court over allegations it caused its $7.2 billion employee retirement program to pay millions in excessive administrative fees.
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July 10, 2025
Brookfield Accuses Lima Of Smear Tactics In Contract Feud
An ugly, yearslong fight over $200 million in arbitral awards relating to a Peruvian toll road project turned darker this week after asset manager Brookfield argued that Lima was trying to "smear" its reputation in connection with the gruesome death of a key witness in a related bribery trial.
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July 10, 2025
SEC's Peirce Says Tokenized Security Issuers Must Heed Law
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Hester Peirce is cautioning market participants that issuers of digital versions of securities, often described as tokenized securities, must comply with federal laws even as they pursue innovation.
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July 10, 2025
FCC Says Yes To T-Mobile's $5B Metronet Buy After Nixing DEI
T-Mobile has received the Federal Communications Commission's blessing to go ahead with its $4.9 billion joint venture to acquire fiber company Metronet, one day after telling the agency it would end its diversity, equity and inclusion programs in furtherance of the FCC chair's goals.
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July 10, 2025
DOL Urges 9th Circ. To OK Toss Of HP 401(k) Forfeiture Suit
The U.S. Department of Labor urged the Ninth Circuit to reject HP Inc. workers' bid to revive a proposed class action alleging forfeited employee 401(k) plan contributions were mismanaged, arguing a lower court properly tossed the case for failure to state a claim for violating federal benefits law.
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July 10, 2025
Senate Confirms Gould As OCC Head
The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed Jones Day partner Jonathan Gould as Comptroller of the Currency in a 50-45 vote along party lines, marking his return to the agency where he spent more than two years as chief counsel.
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July 10, 2025
Texas Judge Partially Voids DOL's ERISA Rollover Rule
A Texas federal judge partially invalidated an investment advice regulation from President Donald Trump's first administration involving employee retirement savings and rollover transactions, ruling the U.S. Department of Labor exceeded its authority when it handed down a new interpretation of federal benefits law.
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July 10, 2025
Ropes-Led ICapital Valued At $7.5B After $820M Fundraise
Ropes & Gray LLP-advised fintech company iCapital on Thursday revealed that it raised more than $820 million in its latest financing round, bringing the New York-based company's valuation to over $7.5 billion.
Expert Analysis
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Yacht Broker Case Highlights Industry Groups' Antitrust Risk
The Eleventh Circuit recently revived class claims against the International Yacht Brokers Association, signaling that commission-driven industries beyond real estate are vulnerable to antitrust challenges after the National Association of Realtors settled similar allegations last year, says Miles Santiago at the Southern University Law Center and Alex Hebert at Southern Compass.
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Opinion
4 Former Justices Would Likely Frown On Litigation Funding
As courts increasingly confront cases involving hidden litigation finance contracts, the jurisprudence of four former U.S. Supreme Court justices establishes a constitutional framework that risks erosion by undisclosed financial interests, says Roland Eisenhuth at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.
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Quantifying Trading-Based Damages Using Price Impact
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will likely increasingly rely on price impact analyses to demonstrate pecuniary harm from trading-related misconduct, meaning measuring price impact will be helpful in challenging SEC disgorgement, determining appropriate remedies, and assessing loss causation and damages in private litigation, says Vyacheslav Fos at Boston College and Erin Smith at Compass Lexecon.
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Congress Crypto Movement Could Bring CFTC 'Clarity' At Last
The Clarity Act's arrival at the House floor during "Crypto Week" in Congress demonstrates enduring bipartisan support for legislation addressing digital assets and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's important role in a future regulatory structure, say attorneys at DLA Piper.
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Stablecoin Bills Present Opportunities, Challenges For Banks
Stablecoin legislation that Congress is expected to adopt in the coming weeks — the GENIUS and STABLE Acts — would create openings for banks to engage in digital asset activities, but it also creates a platform for certain tech-savvy nonbanks to directly compete, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.
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How Attys Can Use AI To Surface Narratives In E-Discovery
E-discovery has reached a turning point where document review is no longer just about procedural tasks like identifying relevance and redacting privilege — rather, generative artificial intelligence tools now allow attorneys to draw connections, extract meaning and tell a coherent story, says Rose Jones at Hilgers Graben.
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A Look At Florida's New Protected Series LLC Legislation
A new law in Florida enhances the flexibility of using limited liability companies as the entities of choice for most privately held businesses, moving Florida into a small group of states with reliable uniform protected series legislation for series LLCs, says Louis Conti at Holland & Knight.
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Gauging The Risky Business Of Business Risk Disclosures
With the recent rise of securities fraud actions based on external events — like a data breach or environmental disaster — that drive down stock prices, risk disclosures have become more of a sword for the plaintiffs bar than a shield for public companies, now the subject of a growing circuit split, say attorneys at A&O Shearman.
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Series
Playing The Violin Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Playing violin in a string quartet reminds me that flexibility, ambition, strong listening skills, thoughtful leadership and intentional collaboration are all keys to a successful legal practice, says Julie Park at MoFo.
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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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Series
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.