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EQT, the Swedish-listed private equity giant, has announced the acquisition of Coller Capital, the global secondaries specialist, in a deal that brings Coller's approximately $5…
“EQT's acquisition of Coller Capital is the most significant signal yet that the largest PE houses are verti…”
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Valterra Platinum, a South Africa-incorporated platinum group metals mining, production and marketing company, has completed a £7.5 billion listing on the London Stock Exchange'…
“Valterra Platinum's £7.5 billion LSE listing is exactly the kind of flagship transaction the FCA's reformed…”
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The private credit market is experiencing a notable moment of internal tension, with GlobalCapital reporting on 3 March 2026 that private credit players are pushing back after B…
“The Blue Owl pushback story is more than an inter-firm spat — it crystallises the structural question of wh…”
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On 4 March 2026, the White House announced that major technology companies had signed a voluntary pledge committing to cover the costs of powering their AI data centres themselv…
“Trump's voluntary data centre power pledge is legally thin — no enforcement mechanism, no defined financial…”
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On 16 February 2026, the European Commission closed an investigation into whether a medical device manufacturer's policy restricting physicians from cooperating with a competito…
“The Goldwind FSR investigation is a signal that the Foreign Subsidies Regulation has moved from a paper tig…”
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The UK High Court has found BHP liable under Brazilian law for the 2015 collapse of the Fundão tailings dam in Brazil, described by Morrison Foerster's UK Litigation 2025 Recap…
“The Mariana v BHP judgment is a watershed for cross-border environmental mass tort litigation — it confirms…”
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The European Commission has opened a formal investigation under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) into Goldwind, a Chinese company active in the production and sale of wind…
“The Goldwind FSR investigation confirms that Brussels has selected Chinese wind turbines as a test case for…”
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Attorney General Pam Bondi established the Department of Justice's AI Litigation Task Force on 9 January 2026, tasked with challenging state AI laws in federal court on grounds…
“The DOJ AI Litigation Task Force and the FTC Section 5 deadline on 11 March 2026 together represent the cle…”
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The European Commission's escalation of its Foreign Subsidies Regulation investigation into Goldwind — the second China-focused FSR probe in two years — marks the moment the regulation transitions from a compliance framework into an active enforcement tool. Running alongside EU anti-dumping measures under Regulation 2016/1036 and the FDI Screening Regulation, the FSR is creating a layered legal exposure for any EU market participant sourcing from or partnering with state-backed non-EU entities. Freshfields, Linklaters, and Cleary Gottlieb Brussels are the firms that built FSR practices earliest and are best positioned to capture the growing advisory pipeline. Law students targeting international trade and competition seats should treat FSR fluency as a baseline requirement for 2026 and beyond.
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FTC Section 5 policy statement on AI models due 11 March 2026 — the first federal guidance on how consumer protection law applies to AI deployment, marketing, and outputs
The statement will define the outer boundaries of permissible AI model conduct under existing US federal law and will be immediately relevant to every technology company advising on AI product deployment, advertising, and disclosure — making it the most practically significant single regulatory document in the AI compliance calendar this month. Technology regulatory, corporate, and data privacy practice groups at both Magic Circle and US firms will need to integrate the FTC's position into client advice across financial services, healthcare, and consumer technology sectors within days of publication.