On June 20, the Daily Report hosted the Southeastern Legal Awards 2024 to celebrate the achievements and excellence of lawyers whose unwavering dedication to the profession has left an indelible mark on the legal community in the Southeast and beyond. Building on the success of the Daily Report’s long-running Georgia Legal Awards, this…

Assisted by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Big Four Japanese firm Anderson Mori & Tomotsune, Blackstone has offered to acquire a 41.98% stake in Japanese digital comic distributor, Infocom Corporation, for $1.7 billion. Tokyo-listed Japanese materials maker Teijin, which owns 55% of Infocom, has also granted Blackstone preferential negotiating rights…

A divided Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued an opinion of first impression on the state’s Prompt Pay Act Monday, with the majority determining that the legislation can prevent a general contractor from bringing an affirmative defense against a subcontractor’s breach of contact claim if the general contactor failed to pay the subcontractor’s invoices.…

I recently had a conversation with an international law firm partner who said he thinks the legal industry is at least 30 years behind other professional service providers in that no true global leaders dominate the legal realm. He went on to elaborate that when a company hires an elite…

SlateStone Wealth chief market strategist Kenny Polcari reacts to Tesla shareholders voting to reinstate Elon Musks pay package on “Varney & Co. Electric vehicle-maker Tesla and opponents of CEO Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package clashed on Friday as they look to resolve the legal dispute over the package and…

After a slow first half of the year, Canadian deal lawyers are optimistic that more stable interest rates will spur activity for the second half of 2024. “We’re expecting a very robust second half of the year,” said Curtis Cusinato, co-head of the mergers and acquisitions practice at Bennett Jones.