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M&A Insights and Outlooks: A Conversation with Katie Balson of Origin Merchant Partners

To help businesses, investors, and deal professionals better understand the evolving M&A market, Robert Connolly – a partner in and leader of LP’s Corporate Practice Group – shares a series of conversations with M&A experts....more

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Back In The Deep End – Managing Risk In Uncertain Times

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While none of the current economic data indicates an imminent recession, we need look no further than the financial conditions of 2006 and 2007 to see how quickly the tide of the economy can shift. Warren Buffett once...more

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2023 M&A Outlook: Recapping Key Takeaways from Dealmaking in 2022 and Navigating New Challenges

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Coming off record-setting levels in 2021, M&A deal activity cooled in the second half of 2022. A multitude of factors – including soaring inflation, steadily rising interest rates and the higher cost of financing,...more

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MD&A disclosure in volatile times

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Current macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty may make it difficult for companies to know how to tackle their Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations ("MD&A") disclosure. In...more

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Upcoming Regulatory Initiatives Impacting Private Fund Managers - September 2022

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This latest edition of the regulatory initiatives paper sets out at a high level the core regulatory issues that are likely to impact private fund managers in the coming months, including an overview of the key actions needed...more

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Powell Admits Recession Possible, Sees Tricky Path to Soft Landing

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In closely watched testimony before the Senate Banking Committee, Fed Chair Powell acknowledged on Wednesday that the central bank faced a perilous situation in trying to “lower rapid inflation without tipping America into a...more

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Twitter Looks to Streamline Even As Musk Puts Acquisition “On Hold”

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Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal took dramatic action this week, firing two top execs, freezing “most new hiring,” and announcing plans to slash spending “as the social media company tries to change its business trajectory while...more

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Elon Musk Strikes Deal to Take Twitter Private for $44B

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Elon Musk and Twitter brass struck a deal on Monday in which Musk will spend $44 billion to “take over the influential social network frequented by world leaders, celebrities and cultural trendsetters” and take it private....more

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New WarnerMedia Parent Shutters CNN+ Streaming Service After Just a Month

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Easily supplanting Netflix’s dismal Q1 as the biggest streaming story of the week, CNN announced on Thursday that it was shuttering its CNN+ streaming service just weeks after its debut—a “remarkable turnabout for one of the...more

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Markets Wrap Worst Quarter in 2 Years and Await March Jobs Report

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Jobs Report Friday! Here’s what we’re looking for in the March numbers after reports earlier this week suggested we remain in a period of both high openings and voluntary resignations...more

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U.S. Job Openings and Resignations Remain at Near-Historic Highs

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As another Jobs Report rapidly approaches, the Labor Department released new data showing that job openings “remained near record levels” last month, while “the number of workers voluntarily leaving their positions...more

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February CPI Shows Persistent U.S. Inflation at Highest Levels Since 1980s

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New CPI numbers out this week showed inflation in the U.S. rising unabated in the “month leading up to the war in Ukraine,” and the conflict is now upending hopes that 2022 would see an easing in rising prices. Certainly, the...more

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Biden Pledges to Fight Inflation in SOTU Address

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President Biden made fighting inflation one of the cornerstones of his State of the Union last night, highlighting the economic progress the country’s made in the past year while stressing efforts to stem rising prices. The...more

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Shell and BP Cut Ties With Russia As West’s Sanctions Intensify

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After a weekend in which the West’s major economies made it clear that they’re choosing economic isolation as the desired means of punishing Vladimir Putin and Russia for their invasion of Ukraine, Shell and BP have both...more

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Russia Invades Ukraine, Sending Markets Into Disarray

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As Russian troops advance into Ukraine, we chew on more of what the conflict there will mean for the U.S. economy—from markets to commodities to “spook[ing] American consumers”...more

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DOJ Probes Short Sellers Over Possible Market Manipulation Efforts

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DOJ officials are investigating whether some activist investors—including “prominent short sellers . . . Carson Block and Andrew Left”—crossed lines in their efforts to expose “companies with shoddy or even fraudulent...more

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Texas Sues Meta Over Alleged Unauthorized Biometric Data Collection

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Texas AG Ken Paxton has sued Facebook parent Meta accusing it of violating “a state consumer protection law by repeatedly capturing and commercializing biometric data in photos and videos for more than a decade without the...more

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California Sues Tesla Over Alleged Racial Discrimination at U.S. Facility

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California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing has filed a state court action against Tesla that alleges “racial discrimination and harassment at the electric-vehicle maker[‘s]” Fremont factory, the company’s...more

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Meta Shares Plummet After Facebook Earnings Disappoint

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We know Zuck’s all in on the metaverse. And a decrease in Q4 profits and full-year accounting help us understand the monetary size of that commitment: some $10 billion in 2021, as Meta poured cash into its Reality Labs...more

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Strong Q4 Boosts Annual U.S. GDP to Highest Mark Since 1984

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Stronger-than-expected GDP figures for the 4th Quarter and 2021 on the whole was welcome good economic news for the U.S. on Thursday after weeks of volatility and renewed supply-chain issues. Q4 growth clocked in at 1.7%,...more

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Fed Forecasts Rate Hikes Beginning Next Month to Counter Inflation

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The Fed delivered on its well-telegraphed plan to raise interest rates as soon as next month in an effort to combat inflation. The central bank has been easing its bond-buying program and appears ready to reduce its balance...more

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Markets Rebound on Wild Monday, Confirming Volatility’s Hold

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Markets pulled themselves back from the brink of a truly devastating Monday of trading to end the day, but their one-day fall of 3-4% yesterday suggests that the volatility that’s marked the first three weeks of 2022 may be...more

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Ofgem opens the door for third party finance providers to participate in the Supplier of Last Resort process

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The week between Christmas and New Year is not, traditionally, a time when Ofgem pushes out consultations on licence modifications. Nevertheless, on 30 December 2021, just such a consultation appeared. Perhaps, given the year...more

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December Jobs Report Expected to Cap Year of Record Growth

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Jobs Report Friday! Here’s what we’re looking for in the numbers, including a possible rebound from November’s lower-than-expected figures. Note that the report also likely doesn’t account for the recent Omicron surge, which...more

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Fed Minutes Suggest Hawkish Turn, Rattle Markets

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The release of the Fed’s December meeting minutes (and its discussion of a quickened pace of rate hikes) was all it took to rattle markets, with the S&P 500 dropping nearly 2% on Wednesday—“its biggest drop in weeks.”...more

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