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2026

• Oct 21, 2026Musk wants SpaceX to marry TeslaPLUS: A hack stops bankruptcy notices nationwide, Salesforce buys Braze for $5.66B, federal clerks get a $205K bonus...
• Oct 20, 2026Book deals leave SCOTUS one justice shortPLUS: Weil is in merger talks, Freshfields says sorry to the Gulf, Tradeweb buys Trumid for $1.97B...
• Oct 19, 2026Private equity closes a $700M law firm dealPLUS: C.H. Robinson's $604M verdict sticks, SoftBank eyes Allied Universal, Cooley joins the Milbank scale...
• Oct 16, 2026BBC wants Trump to sit for his own lawsuitPLUS: Penske's buyout and a $3,000 hourly rate
• Oct 15, 2026Fidelity's multimillion-dollar noncompete fightPLUS: A Goodwin partner's plan to leave the billable hour behind
• Oct 14, 2026Qualcomm's $2 verdict could unlock billionsPLUS: Bumble's shareholders have already swiped right
• Oct 13, 2026Reddit wants Proskauer off Perplexity's casePLUS: Disney's $20 million AI bankruptcy bid
• Oct 12, 2026Judge orders an AI-free rewritePLUS: Amazon's reported $7 billion acquisition talks
• Oct 9, 2026AT&T takes junior-associate work in-housePLUS: Ropes counts up to 100 AI hours toward billing requirements.
• Oct 8, 2026Ex-Cravath partner takes on private credit's feesPLUS: Kirkland plans to stop sharing its numbers.
• Oct 7, 2026NYC sues slip-and-fall lawyersPLUS: SpaceX's reported $40 billion chip tab; a $600 million patent peace
• Oct 6, 2026Coinbase's Texas move gets a shareholder suit dismissedPLUS: Groq investors challenge the Nvidia deal; GE buys closer to the patient
• Oct 5, 2026Legal 500 accidentally publishes submitted criticismPLUS: Schneider's $22.6 billion deal and 800 plaintiffs' late request to add defendants
• Oct 1, 2026Clio buys AI for the benchPLUS: A free-speech reprieve for rent software
• Sep 29, 2026BASF €10.3 billion rejectedPLUS: $14.2M in TikTok settlement fees and AMD's $8.2B deal for Fei-Fei Li's startup
• Sep 28, 2026Facebook's 43.9 million violationsPLUS: Kalshi's circuit split; Rexel's $1.4 billion cable deal; a law firm losing both names
• Sep 25, 2026Duane Morris agrees in principle to settle partner-pay suitPLUS: Anthropic buys cloud capacity and a shot at equity
• Sep 24, 2026NYSE explores tokenized tradingPLUS: Seyfarth's help-desk impostor; Kimberly-Clark wants its $40B deal
• Sep 23, 2026DOJ pushes back on Apple's contempt rulingPLUS: Betting on the next word; bankruptcy without the railroad
• Sep 22, 2026Press outlets sue over White House banPLUS: Silver Lake fights for its buyout price, and California takes on law firm investors
• Sep 21, 2026Tenth Circuit proposes an AI filing certificationPLUS: Trump's blocked visa fee and Glencore's former unit at auction
• Sep 18, 2026Florida court orders an AI-free sanctions responsePLUS: Paramount's nonvoting investors and Weil's latest M&A departures
• Sep 17, 2026SEC proposes scrapping shareholder-proposal rulePLUS: Musk's chip-factory name fight and a nuclear IPO on hold
• Sep 16, 2026Santander wins appeal over £677 million AXA awardPLUS: Firefighters’ PFAS claims survive, Grab agrees to buy Atome in stages, four Kirkland partners head to S&C...
• Sep 15, 2026Puig's €300M interest-free payment planPLUS: Accenture's $25M certification settlement, X and SpaceXAI seek Apple's dismissal, a law firm's billion-dollar tech plan...
• Sep 14, 2026BART's $7.8M vaccine-accommodation verdict survivesPLUS: Six Weil partners to Cravath, New Fortress creditors, Tribal's subsidiary sale...
• Sep 11, 2026Judge: TikTok misled users about content removalPLUS: Miro sellers reinvesting, a 15-year PFAS payout, Greenberg Traurig's client files on the dark web...
• Sep 10, 2026Foodmakers seek to disqualify Paul WeissPLUS: Reported DOJ scrutiny of Nvidia, Silver Lake's planned merger of two holdings, $3B for Boring...
• Sep 9, 2026An undisclosed friendship undoes a nearly $125M awardPLUS: Chime's bank holding company plans, IRS data sharing, GE's $11.75B supplier buyout...
• Sep 8, 2026Next wins on basic payPLUS: EverBank's $3.9B reverse merger, Mistral's €3B round and another Abbott injunction
• Sep 4, 2026Kirkland and Skadden’s $2M ethics billPLUS: Nvidia pays $11.9B for Hugging Face and sets aside up to $1B for retention, the pay-to-play rule heads for repeal, and a court refers lawyers over an AI brief...
• Sep 3, 2026KKR’s reported $2B garage-door dealPLUS: A judge blocks EPA’s California workaround, one Linqto ex-CEO is charged while another cooperates, and a Wachtell tax partner moves to Sidley...
• Sep 2, 2026GoPro shareholders had a good dayPLUS: Blackstone's latest deal, a new SEC rule proposal, and Judge Albright joins A&O Shearman
• Sep 1, 2026Amazon's alleged auction proxyPLUS: New York's $75B climate law is preempted, Lilly's up-to-$2.875B Phase 1 deal, and Weil adds two PE partners
• Aug 31, 2026Aon's reported $17B USI talksPLUS: Apollo's $9B nonvoting check, Samsung's CHF 1.46B tender, and OpenAI's tenant warrants

2025

• May 22, 2025Private equity comes for your pet's healthPLUS: Price wars, plane rows, and private equity plays...
• May 21, 2025Carnegie Hall v. CarnegiePLUS: The SEC is still going after crypto companies
• May 20, 2025Your 23andMe DNA may be safePLUS: ChatGPT's "may be wrong" disclaimer wins...
• May 19, 2025From Exxon to the EmiratesPLUS: The latest on Cornell's protest controversy...

2023

• Mar 31, 2023Gwyneth cleared and Trump indictedPLUS: Bed Bath & Beyond's hail mary financing move, more details on who might bid $10B for Subway...
• Mar 30, 2023A potential $10B satellite merger to rival SpaceXPLUS: SBF paying legal bills with customer money, a $3.3 billion IPO delayed amid market and CS worries, Google sanctioned for deleting evidence...
• Mar 29, 2023Adnan Syed's murder conviction is reinstatedPLUS: SBF indicted again for $40M in bribes, White & Case settles SPAC fee lawsuit, Amazon considers buying AMC...
• Mar 28, 2023Don't put this in writing: CFTC v. BinancePLUS: A judge moonlights on OF, Alibaba looks to break itself up, an activist backs off Salesforce...
• Mar 27, 2023Gwyneth Paltrow's very public trialPLUS: Dealmakers think work will pick up, First Citizens buys SVB, the Internet Archive loses its copyright fight...
• Mar 16, 2023Ryan Reynolds' billion-dollar M&A dealPLUS: Trademarking the F-word, banking contagion spreads, Norfolk Southern sued over train derailment...
• Mar 15, 2023Litigation funder sues its own investmentPLUS: GPT-4 easily passes the Bar and LSAT, SVB under DOJ and SEC investigation, a driverless tech company plans for IPO...
• Mar 14, 2023SVB collapse: full breakdown + what's nextSpecial Edition
• Mar 9, 2023One of the largest venture financing rounds everPLUS: Tiger Woods' ex-gf's lawsuit, S&C's $17M January legal bill, Silvergate's voluntary liquidation...
• Mar 8, 2023FIFA and US Soccer face revived antitrust suitPLUS: Raising money just to pay taxes, more Twitter legal drama, an acquisition approved over SEC objections...
• Mar 7, 2023The DOJ does not want JetBlue to have SpiritPLUS: 2023's biggest IPO, SBF's punishment is using a flip phone, recent trends in PE lending...
• Mar 6, 2023WSB founder sues Reddit... asks for legal advice on RedditPLUS: Massive AI funding rounds, DOJ discounts, Baker McKenzie partner steps down amid racism probe...
• Mar 3, 2023A Russian billionaire's $380M art suitPLUS: Hogan + Shearman call off merger, IVF litigation, billions bet on Adani Group, a high-profile murder verdict...
• Mar 2, 2023Kobe Bryant family's $29M settlementPLUS: blockbuster legal fees, the bank down 50% pre-market today, more activism at Salesforce...
• Mar 1, 2023Prosecutors examine 'secret' $55 million NFL loanPLUS: A billion-dollar vape purchase, a metaverse trial, ChatGPT writes an entire legal brief...
• Feb 28, 2023Will this derail T-Swift fans' Ticketmaster suit?PLUS: Paying billions to settle Ponzi allegations, the FCC effectively kills a $5.4B deal, the bar passage rate drops...
• Feb 27, 2023Goldman's billions in legal lossesPLUS: A VC resigns from startup board, LIV golf contract restrictions, potential $30B biotech deal, Gary G's thoughts on crypto...
• Feb 23, 2023Bill Gates buys $902M worth of beer (company)PLUS: Copyrighting AI images, are NFTs securities, Bundesliga media sale...
• Feb 22, 2023A-Rod's Slam Corp. gets hit with redemptionsPLUS: Mormon Church's SEC charges, Elon's $56B paycheck, AT&T undos an acquisition, SCOTUS news...
• Feb 21, 2023Tech's liability shield at courtPLUS: White Castle may owe $17B, WSB founder sues Reddit, AI legal chatbot, SBF's bail...
• Feb 14, 2023A Philly jury gave an Eagles player $43M for thisPLUS: Fox rejected $2B offers for this
• Feb 13, 2023SEC investigating $100B Mormon portfolioPLUS: Undoing a $43 billion acquisition
• Feb 10, 2023The SEC strikes at crypto stakingPLUS: Gibson Dunn and FB sanctioned for gaslighting
• Feb 9, 2023Shearman's latest mess: layoffsPLUS: S&C bills $7.5 million for 19 days of work
• Feb 8, 2023MSG walks back attorney ban...for somePLUS: Staff layoffs and potential firm mergers
• Feb 7, 2023A meme stock's volatile capital markets journeyPLUS: The ABA votes to keep the LSAT mandatory
• Feb 6, 2023What will be 2023's biggest legal issue?PLUS: A judge used ChatGPT at trial
• Feb 2, 2023Quinn Emanuel loses a $185 million feePLUS: An attorney married to a "Real Housewives" star is indicted
• Jan 31, 2023Results from Lookzy's busyness surveyPLUS: Hermès' NFT infringement suit
• Jan 30, 2023Future AI litigation hinges on these elementsPLUS: Rick Astley sues Yung Gravy for imitation
• Jan 27, 2023Will Stripe IPO and turn the market?PLUS: The law firm forced to pay $62 million
• Jan 26, 2023EXCLUSIVE interview with MSG-banned attorneyPLUS: NY AG kicks off MSG facial-recognition inquiry
• Jan 25, 2023Details on DOJ v. GooglePLUS: Greenberg isn't allowed to drop Kanye yet
• Jan 24, 2023Fireball sued for selling "fake" FireballPLUS: Will MSG be stopped from banning lawyers?
• Jan 23, 2023The $20 billion bid for Formula 1PLUS: Shearman's other potential merger target
• Jan 20, 2023S&C battered in FTX bankruptcyPLUS: A new "skills-based" bar exam
• Jan 19, 2023Flo Rida wins $82M verdictPLUS: $30 million in FIFA bribes
• Jan 18, 2023The new SCOTUS cases on the docketPLUS: Emerson Electric's hostile $7.6B bid
• Jan 17, 2023Artists v. artificial intelligencePLUS: Newest FIFA bribery trial kicking off
• Jan 13, 2023Apple GC's $27 million paydayPLUS: "Bring your dog to work day" at this law firm
• Jan 12, 2023Covington sued by the SECPLUS: WWE rumored to have sold, subsequently denied
• Jan 11, 2023SullCrom's FTX rep is under questionPLUS: Will the MLB lose its antitrust exception?
• Jan 10, 2023Microsoft's potential $10B AI dealPLUS: Stroock lays off lawyers
• Jan 9, 2023An AI lawyer will secretly advise a defendantPLUS: M&A's global deal decline
• Jan 5, 2023Goodwin layoffs: what we knowPLUS: Holland & Knight merges
• Jan 4, 2023What's going on at Shearman?PLUS: Proskauer sues its own ex-COO

2022

• Dec 23, 2022SullCrom's $2,165/hour FTX billAlso, Microsoft strikes back at the FTC
• Dec 22, 2022A look at dealmaking in 2023Also, Swifties sue again and Congress involved
• Dec 21, 2022Bored Ape Law SuitAlso, the Suns sell for $4 billion
• Dec 20, 2022Fortnite: the FTC's latest conquestAlso, the Johnny Depp / Amber Heard suit settled
• Dec 19, 2022Billion-dollar defense M&AAlso, 6 firms involved in a $6B space co sale
• Dec 16, 2022A profile of prosecutor Damian WilliamsAlso, the VCs offering $3B for the Suns
• Dec 15, 2022Litigating "beer"Also, massive SEC rules changes coming
• Dec 14, 2022Details from SBF's unsealed indictmentAlso, the billionaire suing the IRS
• Dec 13, 2022SBF arrested; breaking down his chargesAlso, Taylor Swift's copyright settlement
• Dec 12, 2022Breaking down $12.6M in attorney's feesAlso, the $27.8 billion deal just announced
• Dec 9, 2022Microsoft chooses war in FTC fightAlso, sharing Lookzy's reverse bonus tracker
• Dec 8, 2022Insights on the state of the legal industryAlso, Partners Group goes watch shopping
• Dec 7, 2022How to burn $5.4 billion in ventureRelatedly, guess who hired El Chapo's lawyer
• Dec 6, 2022An activist shareholder who's actually niceAlso, will Quinn Emanuel lose $185 million in legal fees?
• Dec 1, 2022Cooley layoffs inside scoopAlso, Blackstone's $5.5 billion Vegas deal
• Nov 29, 2022Deal flow in a recessionAlso, why Kirkland is the biggest winner in crypto
• Nov 28, 2022Baker McKenzie bonuses; who's next?Also, the players in the FTX bankruptcy
• Nov 11, 2022Gunderson layoffs + more on CooleyAlso, FTX officially files for bankruptcy
• Nov 10, 2022Crypto M&A update: it gets worseAlso, Cooley layoffs and what they mean for you
• Nov 9, 2022Crypto M&A: eat or be eatenThe inside scoop on some 4D chess moves...
• Nov 3, 2022Kirkland's stealth layoffsAlso, learn who's shopping for a NFL team
• Nov 2, 2022The latest in the global M&A marketAlso, Tesla's onslaught of autopilot suits
• Nov 1, 2022Big healthcare M&A is backAlso, Telsa's surprising interest in a coal miner
• Oct 31, 2022Elon goes after WachtellAlso, a breakdown of all the firms involved in Elon v. Twitter
• Oct 18, 2022Kanye puts Parler in playAlso, is the economy driving all these big firm moves?
• Oct 17, 2022What to make of stealth layoffsPlus, see how much $$ a Pillsbury partner makes
• Oct 4, 2022Kim Kardashian's SEC fine explainedNew Supreme Court terms, many firm changes and more
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