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Mergers and Acquisitions
Cooley’s 2026 Year Ahead for Life Sciences M&A: Competition and Creativity in a Dynamic Environment
This time last year, we wistfully remarked that M&A activity in the life sciences sector had decided to slim down and join the GLP-1 trend. Since ...
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Expert Witness
Understanding Nurse Negligence in Modern Healthcare
Nurse negligence claims form a significant and growing area within clinical negligence litigation in England and Wales. Nurses play a... The post Unde...
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The Jabbar Case and Systemic Failures in Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
Article Summary Yaser Jabbar, a paediatric orthopaedic surgeon at Great Ormond Street Hospital between 2017 and 2022, harmed 94 children... The post T...
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The Role of GP Expert Witnesses in Clinical Negligence Claims
In clinical negligence litigation, the opinion of a General Practitioner (GP) expert witness can be critical to establishing whether the... The post T...
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Cooley’s 2025 Tech M&A Year in Review: Tech M&A Revival – Big Deals Keep on Turnin’
Despite early macro-headwinds, tech dealmakers were active in 2025, anchored by strategic acquirers making decisive moves to improve their positioning...
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The Role of Orthopaedic Expert Witnesses in Personal Injury Claims
Orthopaedic expert witnesses play a pivotal role in the landscape of personal injury litigation. Personal injury claims frequently hinge upon... The p...
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Cooley’s 2025 Activism Retrospective
Activists enjoyed a banner year in 2025. From proxy contest wins at blue-chip companies to a partnership with Taylor Swift’s fiancé, engaged shareh...
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Artificial Intelligence in Expert Evidence and Reporting
Expert witnesses and Solicitors are beginning to use artificial intelligence in their work, but recent judicial warnings make clear that... The post A...
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2026 Legal Tech Trends: The Year of Data That Delivers
Understand the 2026 Legal Tech Trends that highlight data effectiveness as the key to progressing legal technology. The post 2026 Legal Tech Trends: T...
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The Role of Expert Witnesses in Employment and Workplace Disputes
Employment disputes can encompass a wide range of issues, including unfair dismissal, discrimination, workplace injury, harassment, and breaches of co...
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FTC Issues 2026 HSR Filing Thresholds, Fee Adjustments and Interlocking Directorate Updates
The Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act thresholds, which determine whether mergers and acquisitions must be reported to the US Department of Justice (DOJ) an...
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How Radiologist Expert Witnesses Can Assist in Legal and Personal Injury Cases
Medical imaging plays a pivotal role in diagnosing injuries, assessing disease progression, and guiding clinical management. In legal and personal... ...
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How a Psychiatrist Expert Witness Can Assist in Parole Proceedings
Parole proceedings involve complex decisions concerning the release of individuals from custody and the assessment of risk to the public.... The post ...
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How Paramedic Expert Witnesses Support Legal Proceedings
Paramedics are highly trained healthcare professionals who provide urgent pre-hospital care, often in life-threatening situations. Their clinical deci...
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Hoarding in Housing Cases: How Expert Witnesses Assist the Court
Hoarding in residential properties presents complex legal, health, and social challenges. Accumulation of items can create fire hazards, obstruct acce...
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New CA and NY Laws Target “Stay-or-Pay” Arrangements
California and New York recently enacted statutory restrictions aimed at “stay-or-pay” arrangements: California AB 692 (Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code...
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CI Wrapped 2025: A Year of Data Innovation & Growth
An overview of CI's 2025 solutions, features, hires, and a hint for what's to come! The post CI Wrapped 2025: A Year of Data Innovation & Growth a...
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So, you think you can (deal) jump?
As the M&A market fires on all cylinders, we’re seeing a sharp uptick in both competitive sale processes and deal jumps of announced public tran...
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Bloomberg Law and Courtroom Insight Collaborate to Help Firms Unlock Deeper Matter Intelligence
ARLINGTON, Va. and SAN RAMON, Calif. (November 20, 2025) — Bloomberg Law today announces a collaboration with Courtroom Insight (“CI”), ...
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Sports Investing 101
Investors following the bouncing ball have seen sports emerge as a distinct and compelling asset class. Over the last six months, a series of professi...
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Courtroom Insight Launches The First Unified Database for Legal Professionals
Legal's first centralized database for information on arbitrators, expert witnesses, lawyers, mediators, and judges—all within a single connected pl...
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How to Unlock the Power of Your Firm’s Legal Data in 3 Steps
Revealing 3 steps to make your firm's data actionable through the CSC Method. The post How to Unlock the Power of Your Firm’s Legal Data in 3 St...
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Tenth Circuit Clarifies Distinction Between “Ownership” and “Possession” in Trade Secret Claims
The Tenth Circuit recently held that an employee who failed to take adequate steps to protect confidential business information could not maintain cla...
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The $1.8 Trillion Problem: How Data Silos Are Sabotaging Legal Operations
Discover how data silos are costing the legal industry $1.8 trillion annually—and how connected data can transform your firm’s efficiency. The pos...
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Activism in 2025 and Beyond: Universal Proxy, Litigation Leverage and a New Playbook for Preparedness
Activism didn’t pause in 2025 – it evolved. Campaign counts are up, tactics have multiplied, and boards are settling faster and earlier. As Goldma...
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The Data Graveyard: Unstructured Data is Killing Your Data’s Potential
Unstructured data accounts for 80% of the legal industry’s information. Learn how structuring your firm’s data can unlock hidden value, reduce cos...
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Future-Proofing Your Firm is About Data—Not Integrations
Why law firms should prioritize a data-first approach instead of software integrations. The post Future-Proofing Your Firm is About Data—Not Integra...
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US Government Shutdown Impact on Antitrust Enforcement – Expect Delays in Merger Review, Investigations, Litigation
With the US federal government now shut down until Congress passes funding legislation, federal agencies have begun furloughing employees. Those furlo...
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CI Launches CI Narratives to Automatically Transform Firms’ Matter Data Into Actionable Business Intelligence
CI unveils CI Narratives, an AI feature that turns matter data into strategic case narratives for RFPs, business development, and strategy. The post C...
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9th Circuit Clarifies Trade Secret Disclosure Requirements Under The DTSA
The Ninth Circuit recently held that the Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”) does not require plaintiffs to identify their allegedly misappropriate ...
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The High-Stakes Game of AI Trade Secrets and Congress’s Next Move
In a world racing to master artificial intelligence, Congress is worried America’s secrets are slipping away. Recently, the House Judiciary Subcommi...
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Massive $800 Million Verdict in Landmark Trade Secret Case
A California state jury awarded Propel Fuels, Inc. $604.9 million in damages after finding Phillips 66 Company liable for trade secret misappropriatio...
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CI Appoints Richard Levis-Fitzgerald as VP of Sales to Drive Big Law Growth
Levis-Fitzgerald's addition marks a significant step in CI's next phase of expansion within the big law sphere. The post CI Appoints Richard Levis-Fit...
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$30 Million Message: Jury Awards Substantial Punitive Damages for Trade Secret Theft
A nearly decade-long legal battle in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois recently concluded with a significant jury verdict,...
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Reincorporation Considerations for Late-Stage Private and Pre-IPO Companies
Companies thinking about, preparing for or going through the initial public offering (IPO) process have many things to do and many decisions to make (...
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33 Expert Witness Deposition Tactics Used By Lawyers
©2025 SEAK. Inc. By James J. Mangraviti, Jr., Esq. Below are a non-exhaustive list of 33 expert witness deposition tactics used by lawyers when dep...
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Sample Expert Witness Deposition Impeachment Questions
By James J. Mangraviti, Jr., Esq. A common way to challenge the credibility of an expert witness in through impeachment with the expert’s prior in...
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Sample Expert Witness Deposition Questions on Fees
By James J. Mangraviti, Jr., Esq. Expert witnesses are commonly questioned about their fees and earning from expert witness work. Such questioning...
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Sample Expert Witness Deposition Questions on Methodology
By James J. Mangraviti, Jr., Esq. An expert witness’s opinion can be excluded under FRE 702 if the opinion is not the product of reliable principl...
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Outline of Deposition Questions for Expert Witnesses
© 2025 SEAK, Inc. By James J. Mangraviti, Jr., Esq. Deposing an expert witness is critical for both preparing for trial and determining the settlemen...
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Sample Cherry Picking Facts Expert Witness Deposition Questions
By James J. Mangraviti, Jr., Esq. An expert witness’s opinions are only as strong as the “facts or data” they are based upon. See Federal Ru...
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Sample Hired Gun Expert Witness Deposition Questions
By James J. Mangraviti, Jr., Esq. During an expert witness deposition, opposing counsel may try to develop information that can be later used at tri...
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Sample Expert Witness Deposition Questions on Opinions Expert Will NOT be Offering at Trial
By James J. Mangraviti, Jr., Esq. Lawyers conducting an expert witness deposition will seek to pin down which opinions the deponent expert witness w...
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Tenth Circuit Decision Highlights Distinction Between Traditional Non-Compete and Forfeiture-for-Competition
In Lawson v. Spirit AeroSystems, Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit upheld the forfeiture of certain stock awards for violating a c...
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CFIUS Non-Notified Transaction Enforcement: Cooley’s Five-Year Lookback
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Tenth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Trade Secret Claims for Lack of Particularity and Secrecy
On April 22, 2025, the Tenth Circuit affirmed summary judgment in favor of a sales manager and his new employer on claims under the Defend Trade Secre...
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Georgia Federal Court Denies TRO and Motion to Dismiss in Trade Secrets Case
On March 27, 2025, in Stimlabs LLC v. Griffiths, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia ordered a former executive, Sarah Griffi...
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Eleventh Circuit Revives Trade Secret Misappropriation Claim in Long-Running Litigation
On April 4, 2025, the Eleventh Circuit reversed the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama’s ruling dismissing Alabama Aircraft In...
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Shifting Sands – Recent Developments in UK Merger Control
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is taking significant steps to update its approach to merger control following both the coming into...
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Delaware Enacts Amendments to Provide Safe Harbors for Conflicted Transactions
On March 25, 2025, Delaware enacted Senate Bill 21, which introduces significant changes to the Delaware General Corporation Law. The amendments put i...
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New CDIs Related to M&A
Corp Fin has just posted some new CDIs related to M&A transactions, more specifically, a revised CDI related to Form S-4 and lock-up agreements an...
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OFSI Steps Up: The Future of UK Sanctions Enforcement
In the past year, the UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) actively has focused on sanctions enforcement efforts, particularly with ...
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New Delaware Bill Would Offer Safe Harbor for Conflicted Transactions—Will it Convince Companies to Stay Put in Delaware?
As discussed on the Cooley PubCo blog earlier this month, there has been a lot of chatter and speculation recently about companies changing their st...
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The Private Equity Developments That Defined 2024
Your essential recap is here Private equity in 2024 was marked by evolving deal dynamics, strategic shifts and heightened regulatory scrutiny. Which s...
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Antitrust in 2025: Shifting Sands and What to Expect
In the US, the election of Donald Trump for a second term has significant implications for antitrust enforcement at the Antitrust Division of the Depa...
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Delaware Supreme Court Reverses Chancery Court, Holds Business Judgment Review Applicable to Tripadvisor’s Decision to Reincorporate in Nevada
Delaware corporations contemplating conversion to another state should take note of the Delaware Supreme Court’s recent decision in Maffei, et al. ...
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Cooley’s 2024 Tech M&A Year in Review: We’re So Back (It’s So Over)
There’s nothing people love more than a good comeback story. After a rough 2023, tech M&A in 2024 was slow to start but ended the year strong, w...
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Cooley’s 2024 Activism Year in Review: Activists Ascendent
2024 was a prolific year for activists, with 243 campaigns launched globally – the highest number since 2018. US activity was up modestly, and a bus...
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Expert Witness: Ironworker Safety During Steel Erection Activities
By Homer R. Peterson II, P.E., CSP, CFLC Introduction During construction or renovation of almost any type of structure containing structural steel me...
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Expert Witness Fees – How Much Should an Expert Witness Charge
According to SEAK’s 2024 Survey of Expert Witness Fees which surveyed over 1,600 expert witnesses: The median hourly fee for file review/preparation...
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