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January 27, 2021 | Litigation Daily

If This Early Ruling Is Any Indicator, Plaintiffs Are Going to Have a Rough Time Getting COVID-Related Securities Claims to Stick

A federal judge found plaintiffs hadn't alleged that real estate finance company Velocity Financial could have known the extent of the coronavirus pandemic at the time of its January 2020 IPO—meaning there was no need for any disclosures about the pandemic.
4 minute read
January 25, 2021 | The American Lawyer

Deal Watch: What to Expect When You're De-SPAC-ing

What's next for all these new SPACs? And last week's noteworthy deals.
6 minute read
January 22, 2021 | Litigation Daily

A Stellar List Runners-Up and Shout Outs for Litigator of the Week

A Kirkland & Ellis team got sign-off this week from a bankruptcy judge in the Southern District of Texas for client Chesapeake Energy Corporation's reorganization plan, which trims $7 billion of debt from the oil and gas company's balance sheet.
7 minute read
January 19, 2021 | The American Lawyer

Deal Watch: Smaller Deals, Lots of SPACs

A smattering of midsize deals kept 2021 M&A on the uptick and the presence of a slew of SPAC deals shows maybe 2021, not 2020, may be the year of the SPAC.
10 minute read
January 19, 2021 | New York Law Journal

Decision Clarifies Contract Issue Regarding Grossly Negligent Conduct

In their New York Court of Appeals Roundup, Linton Mann III and William T. Russell Jr. discuss 'Deutsche Bank National Trust Company v. Morgan Stanley Mortgage Capital Holdings', in which the court held that the public policy rule prohibiting parties from insulating themselves for damages resulting from grossly negligent conduct only applies to contractual provisions that either completely immunize a party or provide for solely nominal damages.
6 minute read
January 19, 2021 | The American Lawyer

'The Problem Is It Isn't Improving Fast Enough': High-Profile Women M&A Attorneys Weigh In on Fixing Inequity in Big M&A

Seeing signs of progress on an anecdotal level, these attorneys are optimistic about the future, even though they know the numbers don't currently bear that out.
9 minute read
January 18, 2021 | Texas Lawyer

Newsmakers: Week of Jan. 18, 2021

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright announced Dec. 1, 2020, that corporate, M&A and securities lawyer Debra Gatison Hatter has joined its Houston office as a partner.
6 minute read
January 14, 2021 | The American Lawyer

Drumroll, Please: The 2020 American Lawyer Industry Awards Winners

The full list of winners includes Attorney of the Year, Law Firm of the Year and, for the first time, Best Corporate Practices.
10 minute read
January 13, 2021 | Corporate Counsel

'All of a Sudden Your Business Is Upside Down.' Booking.com's Chief Lawyer on Crisis, Travel and Diversity

Maria Rocha Barros, a former in-house leader for Anheuser-Busch InvBev who has worked in several countries during her legal career, recently helped online travel agency Booking navigate the COVID-19 crisis and Brexit.
9 minute read
January 12, 2021 | The American Lawyer

Deal Watch: Big Deals Anchored Another Strong Week in M&A

Dealmakers are going full steam ahead in 2021 with back-to-back weeks of strong deal work in tech, health care and pharma.
7 minute read

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