Trump AG Pick Bondi’s Brother Steers ‘MrBeast’ TikTok Bid
YouTube personality “MrBeast” Jimmy Donaldson and a group of investors tapped Brad Bondi, the brother of President Donald Trump’s pick to run the Justice Department, for legal advice on their bid to buy TikTok.
King & Spalding Merges With Saudi Firm Al Fahad & Partners
King & Spalding merged with Saudi Arabian firm Abdulaziz H. Al Fahad & Partners Lawyers (Al Fahad & Partners) in Riyadh, creating a combined firm with a majority of Saudi Arabian fee-earners.
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Ex-Akin Gump Lawyer Aiding Wiles for Trump Shutters DC Firm
Former Akin Gump counsel Stanley Woodward, who is working with White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, is dissolving the Washington law firm he co-founded.
What Big Law’s Top Deals Firm Expects for 2025 Markets (Podcast)
Kirkland & Ellis was the busiest law firm for corporate transactions last year, advising on more than $427 billion in global mergers and acquisitions and surpassing rivals like Latham & Watkins, Skadden Arps, and Freshfields. On this episode of On The Merits, we speaks with two of the M&A partners responsible for Kirkland & Ellis’s big year.
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Baseball’s Orioles Land New Legal Chief Ahead of Spring Training
Major League Baseball’s Baltimore Orioles announced Tuesday their hire of Kamaal Jones as the team’s new chief legal officer and general counsel.
Kirkland Poaches Five Skadden Litigators for New Philly Office
Kirkland & Ellis announced a new Philadelphia office to house trial lawyer Allison Brown, who joins the firm from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.
UK Ousts Chair of Antitrust Watchdog to Send Growth Signal
The UK government has ousted the chair of the Competition and Markets Authority, Britain’s antitrust watchdog, as ministers seek to reinforce the message that they want regulators to do more to facilitate economic growth.
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King & Spalding Merges With Saudi Firm Al Fahad & Partners
King & Spalding merged with Saudi Arabian firm Abdulaziz H. Al Fahad & Partners Lawyers (Al Fahad & Partners) in Riyadh, creating a combined firm with a majority of Saudi Arabian fee-earners.
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Kirkland Strengthens Grip on Shifting M&A Deals Leaderboard
Kirkland & Ellis retained its crown as Big Law’s top mergers and acquisitions adviser in 2024, nabbing several of the largest transactions of the year.
Kirkland Strengthens Grip on Shifting M&A Deals Leaderboard
Kirkland & Ellis retained its crown as Big Law’s top mergers and acquisitions adviser in 2024, nabbing several of the largest transactions of the year.
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Billion Dollar Lawsuits: When Litigation Finance Met Mass Torts
Mass tort litigation is thriving, fueled by aggressive digital advertising and litigation finance. These high-stakes cases promise huge paydays for lawyers and funders, transforming mass torts into a lucrative industry.
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Fed Excludes Crypto Banks While Rules Lag Behind, Custodia Says
The Federal Reserve and one of its regional banks are attempting to seal off the banking system from cryptocurrencies in the absence of a federal framework to regulate digital assets, counsel for a crypto-focused bank told a federal appeals court.
Trump Memecoin-ETF Filing Lands Days After Token’s Wild Debut
First the Trump memecoin, now the ETF.
SEC Launches Crypto Task Force Led By ‘Crypto Mom’ Hester Peirce
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Matt Levine's Money Stuff: The SEC Was Busy Last Week
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SEC Launches Crypto Task Force to Develop Regulatory Framework
The SEC’s acting chairman, Mark Uyeda, launched a crypto task force “dedicated to developing a comprehensive and clear regulatory framework for crypto assets”.
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