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IPO-related filing issues push US securities class action settlements to highest level since 1997
The overall median settlement amount rose to $17.3m in 2025, according to Cornerstone Research
Video-sharing platform Rumble hires former WWE legal head as next GC
Maurice Edelson replaces Michael Ellis, who left to join the CIA as deputy director last year
Hogan Lovells rings in record results as turnover tops $3bn
Merger-bound transatlantic firm cites balanced growth across practices as PEP hits $3.5m
DOJ seeks abrupt reversal of its request to end court fight over orders targeting law firms
A day after applying to end its appeals of lower-court rulings blocking orders, DOJ applied to reverse its motion
Macfarlanes to open New York office
Representative arm will help UK firm target US private capital and private wealth markets
AI patent platform DeepIP secures $25m in latest funding round
Korelya Capital and Serena co-lead Series B round, which takes total funding to $40m
US data centre business Synteq Digital hires Goodwin Procter lawyer as first GC
Long-standing Synteq adviser Will Wang will help accelerate company’s M&A ambitions
Legaltech suppliers ramp up partnerships with AI developers
Anthropic’s deals with Intapp and LexisNexis show it is the AI ‘foundational model of choice’ for the legatech sector, analysts say
DOJ drops fight against law firms targeted with executive orders
Perkins Coie, WilmerHale, Jenner & Block and Susman Godfrey celebrate the DOJ’s filing for dismissal
Magic Circle trio guide $4bn data centre acquisition
Slaughter and May and Linklaters advise CPP and Equinix in acquisition of Nordic data centre operater atNorth, as Clifford Chance counsels owner Partners Group
Insurance giant Howden hires Alleghany’s legal head as CLO
Christopher Dalrymple will become Howden’s top lawyer on 23 March
US helicopter services provider Bristow Group names interim as full-time CLO
Anne Rappold is promoted to CLO, having stood in following the exit of GC Elizabeth Matthews in August
Former Freshfields US transactions chief joins White & Case in New York
Paul Tiger left Freshfields last year having joined in 2019 as part of high-profile Cleary team hire that was seen as launchpad for its US growth
Ropes & Gray, Wilson Sonsini guide Gilead’s $7.8bn cancer drugmaker acquisition
Ropes acts for Gilead as Wilson Sonsini counsels target Arcellx in deal that comes as pharmaceutical groups rush to buy smaller rivals with proven drug pipelines
Becton Dickinson hires Walgreens Boots Alliance CLO as next legal head
Lanesha Minnix replaces Michelle Quinn, who joined Medtronic last year
Latham raids Wachtell for finance, M&A partner duo in New York
Emily Johnson and Mark Stagliano continue string of historically rare exits from prestigious Wall Street firm
Simpson Thacher hires Kirkland partner to head up new capital structure solutions practice
David Nemecek brings vast distressed situations experience; firm plans Dallas opening as part of the new practice launch
Stella Legal partners with AI contracting platform Ironclad
Collaboration designed to address gap between technology investment and business outcomes
Barnes & Thornburg adds 35-lawyer team from Ballard Spahr, opens in Baltimore, Denver, Phoenix
New recruits include 25 partners, bolstering firm’s US public finance capabilities
Upcycling: fashion’s new infringement frontier
A balance between luxury brand rights and upcycling remains elusive, write Bird & Bird’s Cristiana Andreotta, Elisabetta Bandera, Rita Tardiolo, Manon Rieger-Jansen and Nina Dorenbosch