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Fundraising Takeaways from SuperReturn 2026: Liquidity, Secondaries, and the Evolving Fundraising Landscape

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The SuperReturn juggernaut landed back in Berlin last week, once again serving as the private markets industry’s pre-eminent gathering point. With over 6,000 senior investment professionals from more than 80 countries in...more

The Volkov Law Group

Detangling Third-Party AI Risks — Reputational Risk When Your Vendor’s AI Misbehaves (Part II of II)

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Last week we examined the agency principle in third-party AI risk — the situations where a third party acts on your behalf and its AI-related misconduct can be legally attributed to your company....more

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SuperReturn International 2026: Private Credit in Focus

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The Ropes & Gray team attended the SuperReturn International conference in Berlin last week. The week started with a focus on private credit, with a few key themes emerging across the panel discussions....more

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One part legal, one part behavioral: A winning recipe for a more thoughtful compliance program

Over more than three decades of defending claims, litigating False Claims Act cases, and helping clients avoid suspensions and debarments, my law firm colleagues and I have learned a fair amount about risk and what makes...more

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What Companies Should Be Watching in Securities Enforcement for the Remainder of 2026

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As companies navigate the second half of 2026, several enforcement themes are emerging across the securities regulatory landscape. Digital assets, artificial intelligence, prediction markets, and parallel investigations...more

FBT Gibbons LLP

Go Dark, Go Dim, or Get Out: Understanding Occupancy Clauses in Retail Leases

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In today’s retail leasing environment, the assumption that tenants will continuously operate a fully staffed, fully stocked store for the entire lease term is increasingly difficult to sustain....more

Ropes & Gray LLP

SuperReturn International 2026: Key highlights

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Ropes & Gray attended the 2026 SuperReturn International conference in Berlin last week, which attracted over 6,000 decision makers from the private markets industry from over 80 countries....more

Cornerstone Research

SEC Enforcement Against Public Companies and Subsidiaries in 1H FY 2026

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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement activity against public companies and subsidiaries continued at a slower pace in 1H FY 2026 with the SEC initiating five actions, the lowest in the first half of a...more

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Proxy Season: How Next Year is Shaping Up

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Here’s an excerpt from this Cooley Alert penned by Beth Sasfai, Brad Goldberg, Michael Mencher, Vince Flynn, Victoria Peluso, Reid Hooper and Justin Kisner: The SEC’s 2026 rulemaking agenda includes a potential proposal...more

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A Busy Friday for Corporate Human Rights Compliance – Developments in the US, Canada and EU

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In the span of a few hours last Friday, new US forced labor compliance guidance was published, Canada proposed a more robust forced labor import ban and the EU launched its public consultation on Corporate Sustainability Due...more

The Volkov Law Group

Detangling Third-Party AI Risks — When Your Vendor’s AI Becomes Your Problem (Part I of II)

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The rapid integration of artificial intelligence into business operations has created a new and largely uncharted compliance frontier. Companies are scrambling to assess AI risks within their own operations, but many are...more

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Dealmaker's Digest: A Top 10 Bulletin - June 2026

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In Dealmaker’s Digest, read the top 10 latest developments in global transactions. We offer insights into M&A activity across industries and borders. Global monthly deal value jumped 18%, driven by nearly $250 billion from...more

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Sixth Circuit Enforces First-Party Property Policy’s Flood Exclusion for Flood Damage Caused by Eight Inches of Rain

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In Express Jewelry Enterprises Inc. v. National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals found that a flood exclusion precluded coverage for property damage following a night of heavy rains. The...more

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Supreme Court Holds No Implied Private Right of Action Under Section 47(b) of the Investment Company Act

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On June 11, 2026, in a 6-3 decision authored by Justice Barrett, the Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated decision in FS Credit Opportunities Corp. v. Saba Capital Master Fund, Ltd., holding that Section 47(b) of the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

AI Governance is Not Just a Policy Problem – Your Contracts Matter

AI governance is often discussed through the lens of policies, frameworks, and responsible AI principles. Those tools matter, but they are not where many of the most important AI decisions are actually being made. In...more

White & Case LLP

Chain reaction: Dealmakers bet big on Europe’s nuclear power revival

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Record deals, government-backed megaprojects and a race to power Europe’s data centers are drawing capital into a sector long considered politically untouchable...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Week in Weed: June 2026 #2

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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we have more news from Virginia. Trulieve lists on Wall Street. Idaho could prohibit cannabis legalization...more

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Australian merger control regime’s application to property transactions

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Australia’s new mandatory merger control regime commenced on January 1, 2026. Parties must notify the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) of acquisitions exceeding specified thresholds and must not complete...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Dealmaking in the Age of AI: IP, Licensing, and Spin-Out Strategies for AI-Enhanced Drug Discovery

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AI is transforming drug discovery faster than deal structures can adapt. Traditional licensing frameworks were built for linear innovation: researcher invents, institution owns, licensee commercializes. AI shatters that model...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Companies Advised to Treat Sophisticated AI Prompts as Intellectual Property

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Much legal discussion about artificial intelligence (AI) focuses on whether using unauthorized content to teach AI is transformative, and therefore, not infringement, or the rights and liabilities of AI-created content. What...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

New York attorney general alleges arbitration platform ‘secretly collaborated’ with merchant cash advance companies

On June 8, the New York Attorney General (OAG) announced a petition filed in the New York County Supreme Court, alleging that an online arbitration platform and its founders misrepresented the platform’s arbitration services...more

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Supreme Court Rejects Implied Private Right of Action Under ICA Section 47(b)

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The US Supreme Court’s landmark decision in FS Credit Opportunities Corp. v. Saba Capital Master Fund, Ltd., which resolves a split among several federal circuit courts, reduces litigation risk for investment companies under...more

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NSW Court of Appeal rules IATA arbitration clause not binding in dnata v Polar Air Cargo

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A recent decision from the NSW Court of Appeal held that Article 9 of the relevant IATA Standard Group Handling Agreement (SGHA) was not a binding arbitration agreement within the meaning of the International Arbitration Act...more

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The 2026 ICC Arbitration Rules – A GCC perspective

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Recalibrating ICC arbitration for GCC users On 23 March 2026, the International Chamber of Commerce approved revised Rules of Arbitration, which came into force on 1 June 2026. These revised Rules replaced the 2021 ICC...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

Key Considerations When Allowing a Vendor to Train Its AI Models on Customer Data

Most services agreements for vendor-provided technology services contain standard provisions allowing vendors to use customer data and data generated through the provision of services to improve and enhance service offerings....more

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