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  1. The New York Times Sues OpenAI

    7 January 2024 The New York Times Sues OpenAI

    Full Disclosure: The New York Times Sues OpenAI By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, If I copied articles from The New York Times in this newsletter without attribution, permission or a fair use exception, I would breach copyright law. Copyright is an automatic protection, provided you have...
  2. Tingo Group Charged for Corporate Lies

    7 January 2024 Tingo Group Charged for Corporate Lies

    Full Disclosure: Tingo Group Charged for Corporate Lies By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, The story: Last year, short seller Hindenburg Research called out Tingo Group, a NASDAQ-listed fintech company, for being a sham. Shortly after the report, Tingo Group’s value fell by 60%. Since then...
  3. No Deal for Adobe & Figma

    7 January 2024 No Deal for Adobe & Figma

    Full Disclosure: Adobe/Figma: End of a Deal By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, The story: Adobe and Figma ended its planned merger, resulting in Adobe paying Figma a $1bn termination fee. The $20bn deal was interrupted by regulators in the UK and EU, with officials seeing the deal as a...
  4. The end to rising interest rates

    18 December 2023 The end to rising interest rates

    Full Disclosure: The end to rising interest rates By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, As expected, US interest rates held steady in a meeting last Wednesday. What is interesting is how a single word can make a difference in how the market interprets the future decisions the central bank. In...
  5. Epic wins anti-trust lawsuit against Google

    18 December 2023 Epic wins anti-trust lawsuit against Google

    Full Disclosure: Epic wins anti-trust lawsuit against Google By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, There is a game my sister plays on her iPad. You get dropped into a map. You run around as a cartoon character, and you shoot other players until you are the last one standing. In the game...
  6. It's not over for Kirkland

    18 December 2023 It's not over for Kirkland

    Full Disclosure: It's not over for Kirkland By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, Apperio, the changing legal spend landscape (report) Kirkland & Ellis is a law firm that makes a lot of money - in fact, more than any other in the world. Originally seen as a litigation-focussed firm, Kirkland...
  7. The UK's Competition Regulator investigates OpenAI

    11 December 2023 The UK's Competition Regulator investigates OpenAI

    Full Disclosure: The UK's Competition Regulator investigates OpenAI By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, It’s a tough time for M&A, but a good time to have competition lawyers. According to White & Case, the European Commission is more likely to block a merger than ever before. Under Biden’s...
  8. Could AI change the law firm partnership track?

    11 December 2023 Could AI change the law firm partnership track?

    Full Disclosure: Could AI change the law firm partnership track? By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, It’s your first day in a new job working for a tech company. You have some basic questions already, but you’re a little embarrassed to ask: How much leave did they say you get? How does the...
  9. M&A megadeals in the energy sector

    11 December 2023 M&A megadeals in the energy sector

    Full Disclosure: M&A megadeals in the energy sector By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, Energy plays a huge role in the global economy, and it makes a lot of money for law firms. The price of oil is influenced by supply and demand. Put simply, prices go up when there is more demand than the...
  10. Why do companies buy companies?

    4 December 2023 Why do companies buy companies?

    Full Disclosure: Why do companies buy companies? By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, It's important to understand why companies buy other companies. In case studies and group exercises; it’s common to find a situation where you have to decide which company a buyer should buy or whether to go...
  11. How to Read the Financial Times

    27 November 2023 How to Read the Financial Times

    Full Disclosure: How to Read the Financial Times By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, As an aspiring lawyer, many people recommend reading the Financial Times. But how do you actually read it? Here is what I would do: Open the Financial Times. Scroll down. Pick one business news story...
  12. Lawyers Make Money From Crypto

    27 November 2023 Lawyers Make Money From Crypto

    Full Disclosure: Lawyers Make Money From Crypto By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, paid $4.3 billion in one of the largest fines in the crypto industry. It never fails to surprise me how some of the biggest companies in the world do...
  13. How Inflation Impacts Law Firms

    20 November 2023 How Inflation Impacts Law Firms

    Full Disclosure: How Inflation Impacts Law Firms By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, Rarely do I open the Financial Times to find a story that isn’t about rising prices, interest rates, or an announcement from the Federal Reserve. BUT inflation is falling. Don’t worry if you have no idea...
  14. The Legal Issues of Sam Altman and Open AI

    20 November 2023 The Legal Issues of Sam Altman and Open AI

    Full Disclosure: The Legal Issues of Sam Altman and Open AI By Jaysen Sutton Hi Reader 👋🏽, OpenAI's decision to fire its CEO shocked the technology industry on Friday. Sam seemed shocked. So did his cofounder. So did Microsoft, which supposedly found out 1 minute before OpenAI announced...
  15. Jaysen

    Comment by 'Jaysen' in article 'Evergrande and Implications for Debt Capital Markets'

    Hey Dwight - well spotted. You are correct that this should be 'borrower' in this article, rather than lender (although note that it is possible for a lender to default). I will leave it to Jake to clarify the second point.
    • Jaysen
    • Article comment
  16. On Track for Recovery: Eurostar Secures £250 Million Covid-19 Rescue Package

    On Track for Recovery: Eurostar Secures £250 Million Covid-19 Rescue Package

    On Track for Recovery: Eurostar Secures £250 Million Covid-19 Rescue Package By Violet O'Gorman The Story After suffering greatly due to border closures and travel restrictions imposed during the Covid-19 pandemic, Eurostar has managed to secure “a £250 million rescue package from...
  17. #6 The Legal Profession This Week - IPO week

    #6 The Legal Profession This Week - IPO week

    #6 The Legal Profession This Week - IPO week By Violet O'Gorman Law firm Dentons recently announced that it will be adjusting its out of hours taxi policy “to make it easier for people to get home safely after working late” (The Lawyer). This will mean employees can reclaim the cost of...
  18. #5 The Legal Profession This Week - Countercyclical Practice Areas

    #5 The Legal Profession This Week - Countercyclical Practice Areas

    #5 The Legal Profession This Week - Countercyclical Practice Areas By Violet O'Gorman Various law firms have reported strong revenue performances and profits per equity partner for the last financial year, with Latham & Watkins reporting a 15% increase in revenue, Sidley Austin...
  19. #4 The Legal Profession This Week - Restructuring Boom

    #4 The Legal Profession This Week - Restructuring Boom

    #4 The Legal Profession This Week - Restructuring Boom By Violet O'Gorman Law firms with large restructuring practices likely experienced a boom during the pandemic, because of tough trading conditions for companies - particularly for those reliant on in-person trading. A multitude of...
  20. #3 The Legal Profession This Week - Mandatory Vaccinations

    #3 The Legal Profession This Week - Mandatory Vaccinations

    #3 The Legal Profession This Week - Mandatory Vaccinations By Violet O'Gorman Discussion around whether employee vaccinations should be mandatory has been heating up in the legal sector. Earlier this year, US law firm Davis Wright Tremaine announced that it will make vaccinations...

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