Legal News & Industry Insights

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Ballard Spahr Advises Blackstone in Agreement to Purchase Nearly $1 Billion in Lease Financing Loans
In its arrangement for vehicles connected to Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies to buy up to $869 million in performing...
September 15, 2025
Gibson Dunn Represented the Underwriters in Interstate Power and Light Company’s $300 Million Public Offering
In a $300 million public offering of its 5.600% senior debentures due in 2055, Interstate Power and Light Company, a...
September 15, 2025
Dentons advises on landmark sale of NMC Healthcare and EMC’s Oman businesses to Tawoos Group
Dentons has assisted Elegant Medical Center Oman (EMC) and NMC Healthcare Group, a prominent integrated private healthcare provider with its...
September 15, 2025
Norton Rose Fulbright advises Panattoni on long-term lease agreement with Auchan
As the construction of a new BTS (Built-to-Suit) fulfillment center for the well-known French retailer Auchan, Panattoni has received advice...
September 15, 2025
Longtime Gibson Dunn Partner Tapped for SEC Corporation Finance Role
James Moloney, a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, has been appointed as the director of the SEC’s Division of...
September 12, 2025
The Law Firm Disrupted: In Office Attendance Policies, Big Firms Look For ‘Business Advantages’
The number of firms requiring four or more office days is small, but nearly all of these firms compensate their...
September 12, 2025
Rapidly Growing Saxton & Stump Announces Next CEO
James Saxton, founder of the Pennsylvania-based law firm Saxton & Stump, will step down as CEO at the end of...
September 12, 2025
Mega-Deals Are Back—And M&A and Private Equity Partners Say They’re Just Getting Started
Anglo American’s $53 billion merger with Teck and Union Pacific’s $85 billion bid for Norfolk Southern mark a resurgence of...
September 12, 2025
Litigators Leading Local Big Law Offices Must Balance Competing Interests—Here’s How They Do It
A group of litigators who have assumed office managing partner roles discuss the conflicting interests they must balance.
September 12, 2025
ABA Task Force Calls for Election, Education Reform to Address Threats to Rule of Law
The American Bar Association’s task force has released findings from a two-year study on threats to the rule of law....
September 12, 2025
Legislature Approves 2026 Lawyer License Fees, Restrictions on Future Bar Exams
On Wednesday, California lawmakers passed a 2026 lawyer licensing bill that will not raise fees. The bill mandates the use...
September 12, 2025
U.S. Litigation Giants to Reap Millions in BHP’s $73M Australian Shareholder Class Action Settlement
BHP has settled a class action lawsuit with Samarco shareholders in Australia for A$110 million (US$72.7 million), pending Federal Court...
September 12, 2025