March 23, 2025
New Merger Disclosure Rules Double Review Time, Complicate Deal Process
The implementation of revised merger disclosure requirements under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act has significantly increased the time and effort required to process filings, according to Bloomberg Law. Lawyers who once completed filings...
March 19, 2025
Money Mobility Makes Embedded Banking Payments New Rising Star
The shakeup and shakeout of banking-as-a-service (BaaS), in the wake of the Synapse bankruptcy last year, has opened up new potential for embedded finance. Money mobility’s at the center of...
March 16, 2025
Standards Organizations: The Missing Link in Fixing FRAND Evasion
Standards, common platforms that allow products to work together, offer benefits to society. But standards typically involve patents. And the owner of a patent gains power after its technology is...
March 13, 2025
Pharma Giants Mallinckrodt and Endo to Merge in Multi-Billion-Dollar Deal
Drugmakers Mallinckrodt and Endo have announced a merger valued at approximately $6.7 billion. The deal, expected to be finalized in the second half of 2025, aims to bolster their portfolio...
March 11, 2025
Digital Transformation of Ledgers Powers FinTechs and Money Mobility
The ledger is a cornerstone of finance and money movement, a system of tracking fund flows that dates back over centuries. All manner of information has been lodged within those...
March 06, 2025
Government, Retail and Technology Sectors Cut the Most Jobs in...
Job cuts in the government, retail and technology sectors led to February having the highest monthly total of job cuts since July 2020, Challenger, Gray & Christmas said Thursday (March...
March 05, 2025
David’s Bridal Announces CEO Transition, New ‘Asset-Light, AI-Powered Business Model’
David’s Bridal is set to make a CEO transition and several other leadership changes as it shifts to an “asset-light, AI-powered business model.” Effective April 1, the company’s current president...
March 04, 2025
Evolve to Disburse More Funds Tied to Synapse Bankruptcy
Evolve Bank & Trust said Tuesday (March 4) that it is set to return some funds to end users impacted by the Synapse bankruptcy but does not yet have the...
March 02, 2025
US Judge Blocks Settlement in Align Technology Antitrust Lawsuit
A U.S. federal judge has declined to approve a proposed $27.5 million class-action settlement in a lawsuit accusing Align Technology, the maker of Invisalign clear aligners, of engaging in anticompetitive...