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Goodwin Enlisted for $1.15 Billion GSK Acquisition of US Biopharma Business

The acquisition of the cancer specialist company was announced on the London Stock Exchange.
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Cassels Brock Takes Centre Stage in Landmark Canadian Securities Law Case

Canada’s Supreme Court case could redefine the concept of “material change” and how public companies communicate with shareholders, reshaping corporate governance, disclosure practices, and investor relations, particularly in industries with ongoing operational risks like mining.
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Claus von Wobeser: Mexico's ‘Godfather of Arbitration’ Becomes Firm’s Honorary Chair

Claus von Wobeser will become honorary chairman of Von Wobeser y Sierra and continue to actively work on cases.
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Goodwin Hires Quinn Emanuel Antitrust Partner to Launch Brussels Office

Quinn Emanuel also lost its Brussels managing partner to an antitrust boutique and appointed a new office managing partner in the city.
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Quinn Emanuel Grows UK Revenue By 12%

Quinns said the London office alone has more than doubled its turnover in five years, surpassing £200 million in revenue for the first time in 2024.
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Bennett Jones Securities Partner Alan Gardner Remembered as a Brilliant Lawyer & Mentor

The Toronto securities lawyer passed away on January 5 after a long fight with lung disease.
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Apple’s £1.5 Billion App Store Class Action Trial Gets Underway

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and Hausfeld & Co are leading in a case before the U.K. Competition and Appeal Tribunal over claims the App Store commissions are "excessive".
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Freshfields Leads European M&A Rankings Again in 2024, as U.S. Firms Gain Market Share

Total announced European M&A deal value was up about 19% in 2024, as European Central Bank rate cuts helped revive a market ‘stifled’ by borrowing costs.
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Could Elon Musk End a Law Firm with a Tweet?

If he can rattle world leaders with just a few words on X, what could the consequences be for Big Law firms, with whom he has enjoyed uneasy, awkward, at times tempestuous relationships?
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Is KPMG’s Arizona ABS Strategy a Turning Point in U.S. Law? What London’s Experience Reveals

“It is one thing if Continental Europeans get access to equity capital. If the Americans ever get it, this will be over in a week because they are just so entrepreneurial."
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J. Brugh Lower of Gibbons has entered an appearance for industrial equipment supplier Devco Corporation in a pending trademark infringement lawsuit. The suit, accusing the defendant of selling knock-off Graco products, was filed Dec. 18 in New Jersey District Court by Rivkin Radler on behalf of Graco Inc. and Graco Minnesota. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi, is 3:24-cv-11294, Graco Inc. et al v. Devco Corporation.

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Rebecca Maller-Stein and Kent A. Yalowitz of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer have entered their appearances for Hanaco Venture Capital and its executives, Lior Prosor and David Frankel, in a pending securities lawsuit. The action, filed on Dec. 24 in New York Southern District Court by Zell, Aron & Co. on behalf of Goldeneye Advisors, accuses the defendants of negligently and fraudulently managing the plaintiff's $1 million investment. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick, is 1:24-cv-09918, Goldeneye Advisors, LLC v. Hanaco Venture Capital, Ltd. et al.

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Attorneys from A&O Shearman has stepped in as defense counsel for Toronto-Dominion Bank and other defendants in a pending securities class action. The suit, filed Dec. 11 in New York Southern District Court by Bleichmar Fonti & Auld, accuses the defendants of concealing the bank's 'pervasive' deficiencies in regards to its compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act and the quality of its anti-money laundering controls. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian, is 1:24-cv-09445, Gonzalez v. The Toronto-Dominion Bank et al.

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Crown Castle International, a Pennsylvania company providing shared communications infrastructure, has turned to Luke D. Wolf of Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani to fend off a pending breach-of-contract lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 25 in Michigan Eastern District Court by Hooper Hathaway PC on behalf of The Town Residences LLC, accuses Crown Castle of failing to transfer approximately $30,000 in utility payments from T-Mobile in breach of a roof-top lease and assignment agreement. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Susan K. Declercq, is 2:24-cv-13131, The Town Residences LLC v. T-Mobile US, Inc. et al.

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Wilfred P. Coronato and Daniel M. Schwartz of McCarter & English have stepped in as defense counsel to Electrolux Home Products Inc. in a pending product liability lawsuit. The court action, filed Nov. 26 in New York Eastern District Court by Poulos Lopiccolo PC and Nagel Rice LLP on behalf of David Stern, alleges that the defendant's refrigerators’ drawers and shelving repeatedly break and fall apart within months after purchase. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Joan M. Azrack, is 2:24-cv-08204, Stern v. Electrolux Home Products, Inc.

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