Monthly Archives: June, 2023

The Plight of the Indirect Purchaser with Austin Cohen

You might think that if you purchase a product for a price inflated by bad actors in the supply chain that you would be...

More Litigation as Whistleblowers Lawyer Up

FOIAengine: Fights Erupt as SEC’s Tipsters Seek to Cash In After the Securities and Exchange Commission awarded $279 million last month to an anonymous whistleblower, a...

Q2 M&A Roundup: Latham Back on Top

M&A activity continued to slump during the second quarter. Technology companies, which are often a primary driver of activity, continue to stagnate, with Goldman...

Data Breach Litigation Explodes in the Last Decade

The tide of litigation from an increasingly frequent form of cybercrime, data breaches, is on the rise in the United States and globally. Data...

Whistleblower, or Opportunist? A Short Seller Helps the Government

FOIAengine Reveals the Litigious Path to a Big SEC Payout Carson Block is a buccaneering stock trader, reveling in a role that’s long on risk...

KKR Takes Circor Private as Defense Spending Soars Worldwide

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. announced it will be taking private Circor International in a deal valued at $1.6 billion. The machinery maker builds...

Analytics Reveal Why TV Network Faces Asbestos Litigation

The four major broadcast television networks are familiar to most Americans - ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX. Docket Alarm analytics reveal that these networks...

Fore! PGA Tour/LIV Golf Deal Could Face Danger

Capitol Hill is seeking to drive the PGA-LIV merger into the rough due to antitrust and geopolitical concerns. Launching a probe into the deal,...