By Roy Strom | August 22, 2017
Philadelphia-based Abelson Legal Search claims that Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz owes it $350,000 as a result of its combination last year with Baltimore's Ober Kaler. The suit filed in a federal court in Memphis also seeks $1 million in punitive damages.
By Monika Gonzalez Mesa | August 22, 2017
Holland & Knight has worked on several special-purpose acquisition companies over the past year.
Delaware Business Court Insider
By Tom McParland | August 21, 2017
The Delaware Court of Chancery has dismissed a shareholder challenge to the 2015 sale of Martha Stewart's merchandising company to Sequential Brands Group Inc., ruling that the $353 million deal included protective measures that kept it within the protection of the business judgment rule and shielded it from heightened scrutiny.
By Michael R. Marra | August 21, 2017
Michael R. Marra writes: Although deals differ in emphasis, labor and employment issues tend to receive less attention in a fashion or retail acquisition than big-ticket items like financial statements, material contracts, intellectual property, etc. However, ignoring labor issues comes with meaningful risks, not only for buyers, but also for prospective targets thinking about "cleaning up" their profile prior to seeking acquisition partners.
By Roy Strom | August 18, 2017
Charles Yang's three-lawyer, cloud-based Ntellect Law found a fitting home this month when it merged with FisherBroyles, a pioneering firm that claims to be the largest in a growing crowd of virtual or cloud-based law firms.
Delaware Business Court Insider
By Tom McParland | August 17, 2017
The Delaware Court of Chancery on Thursday dismissed a shareholder class action that accused the directors of a paper and packaging company of improperly approving a merger-of-equals that allegedly left $3 billion on the negotiating table.
By Roy Strom | August 10, 2017
William Glasgow helped intellectual property boutique Fish & Neave merge with Ropes & Gray a dozen years ago. Now, as the Am Law 100 firm unwinds part of that union, the semi-retired Glasgow reflects on the current state of Big Law. Oh, and he once tried to do business with President Donald Trump.
By Monika Gonzalez Mesa | August 10, 2017
Big Beer brands are buying up craft breweries and generating work for deal-thirsty lawyers.
By Ian Lopez | August 9, 2017
The acquisition expands Aderant's product suite into knowledge management while keeping Handshake products under the Handshake name.
By Rhys Dipshan | August 7, 2017
The company's newly released M&A Clause Analytics platform acts as a knowledge repository for contract drafting.
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