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• April 25, 2025

  What Del. Supreme Court LKQ Decision Means For M&A Deals

  The Delaware Supreme Court's recent decision in LKQ v. Rutledge greatly increases the enforceability of forfeiture-for-competition provisions, representing an important affirmation of earlier precedent and making it likely that such agreements will become more common in M&A transactions, say attorneys at Mayer Brown.

• April 24, 2025

  Rising Gold Prices Should Nix $3M SEC Deal, Ex-Exec Says

  A former executive of a company that solicited investments in gold and silver coins has pushed back on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's efforts to collect on a $3 million settlement he struck with the agency, telling a federal judge the deal should be vacated because prices for precious metals have recently "skyrocketed."

• April 24, 2025

  GE Investors' $362.5M Deal Gets Final OK, Attys Get $70M

  A New York federal judge on Thursday gave final approval to a $362.5 million deal and awarded attorneys from Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check LLP and Grant & Eisenhofer PA nearly $70 million in attorney fees for their work in a class action that accused General Electric Co. of fraudulently concealing cash flow problems.

• April 24, 2025

  Ex-Guard Claims Security Co. Cheated Her On Pay, Insurance

  A security company failed to pay a former security guard wages while also making illegal deductions from her pay, including for bogus health insurance coverage, and fired her once she complained, the former employee said in a lawsuit in California state court.

• April 24, 2025

  7th Circ. Backs Employers In Pension Fund Withdrawal Fight

  The Seventh Circuit upheld Thursday a trial court's ruling that two employers aren't required to pay a higher rate calculating how much it would cost to jump ship from a failing pension plan, knocking down arguments from the pension fund that an exception to the rate limit applied.

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