The South African government has canceled the sale of its national airline to a private equity-led consortium of investors, citing failure to agree on terms after three years of negotiations and despite approval from the country’s competition regulator. Takatso Consortium, a special purpose investment group led by Harith General Partners,…

In one of the last Chancery opinions of 2023, Vice Chancellor Lori Will wrote that she anticipated seeing more shareholder litigation challenging Delaware corporations’ advance notice bylaws. That prediction is now proving true, with an Albertsons shareholder represented by Block & Leviton and Abbott Cooper filing a complaint March 18 that claims the…

International plaintiffs firm Pogust Goodhead has taken its campaign to collect damages on behalf of Brazilian victims of a mining spill to a court in the Netherlands, where it will be assisted by Dutch litigation firm Lemstra Van der Korst. The claim against Brazilian mining giant Vale and its Dutch…

Kurt Kuhn of the Austin appellate firm Kuhn Hobbs accused the state and its delegated energy grid manager of ignoring the Texas Legislature’s market-based directive during oral argument before the Texas Supreme Court. The case heard Tuesday, Public Utility Commission of Texas v. RWE Renewables Americas LLC, concerns whether a Public…

Asia Moves is a collection of lateral moves that have taken place across the Asia Pacific. Greater China Linklaters has appointed Hong Kong-based disputes and investigations partner Andrew Chung as its managing partner for China, taking over management strategy responsibilities from capital markets lawyer William Liu, who will remain the…

A federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled last week a man isn’t bound to an arbitration agreement with a tax preparation service after his wife clicked the box agreeing to the company’s terms of service when creating an account to complete the couple’s tax return online. U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone of…