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Morrison & Foerster advises SoftBank Vision Fund 2 in $250 million funding round in Zeta Holdings Pte. Ltd.

Morrison & Foerster advises SoftBank Vision Fund II-2, L.P. (“SoftBank Vision Fund 2”) as lead investor in a $250 million funding round in Zeta Investments Holdings Pte. Ltd. (“Zeta”), a banking tech startup providing modern credit and debit processing, Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL), core banking, and mobile experiences.

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Weil secures dismissal of stockholder class action relating to Brookfield’s $14.4B acquisition of GGP

On May 25, 2021, Weil won a decisive victory for Brookfield Asset Management in a consolidated stockholder class action in the Delaware Court of Chancery, securing complete dismissal of all claims relating to Brookfield’s 2018 acquisition of approximately 65% of GGP, Inc. common stock that it did not already own.

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Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions shares e-book on AI insights with corporate legal departments

The artificial intelligence that powers legal bill review is rapidly changing how corporate legal departments (CLDs) leverage technology to reach robust compliance and cost-savings expectations. To help them achieve their business goals, Wolters Kluwer ELM Solutions has outlined how CLDs can identify and differentiate recent AI advancements in its latest e-book, “Not all AI is the Same - Understanding What Drives AI Leadership in Legal Bill Review.”

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FTI Consulting welcomes Masatoshi Ohno and Yukari Nakajima to their technology segment in Tokyo

FTI Consulting, Inc. announces the appointment of Masatoshi Ohno and Yukari Nakajima in the Technology segment in Tokyo, further enhancing the firm’s forensic technology, e-discovery and data and analytics services footprint in Japan and the broader region.

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Buying Legal® Council releases 2021 Legal Procurement Survey

Buying Legal® Council releases its sixth annual survey of legal services procurement. The annual survey, conducted earlier this year, shows that professional procurement saves companies 15 percent of legal spend on average.

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IPRO announces partnership with Complete Discovery Source to offer IPRO’s eDiscovery Enterprise solution to U.S. government agencies

IPRO announces a partnership with Complete Discovery Source (CDS) to offer IPRO’s eDiscovery Enterprise solution to U.S. government agencies through CDS’s FedRAMP-certified Federal Cloud Services (FCS) platform.

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Exterro launches Smart Breach Review helping law firms and LSP's find compromised data

Organizations today are faced with expanding legal and regulatory obligations and ever-increasing security risks around their data and the data they hold on behalf of others. Exterro announces the launch of Exterro Smart Breach Review, the fastest and most accurate tool for finding and analyzing personal information and data subjects in compromised data.

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Akin Gump advises Alden Global Capital in $633 million deal

A team from Akin Gump represented Alden Global in its acquisition of Tribune Publishing Company.

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McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC announces the addition of intellectual property attorney Thomas Gulick

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC announces the addition of intellectual property attorney Thomas Gulick who has significant experience in prosecution, transactions, and litigations.

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Clifford Chance advises on the launch of consultation platform, HyDeal North America

Clifford Chance is advising on the launch of "HyDeal North America", a consultation platform established by the Green Hydrogen Coalition with the aim to build scaled supply chains that deliver green hydrogen at US$1.50/kg by 2030.

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