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Freshfields Guides Publisher On Selling £78M Biz To PE Firm

Law 360 M&A

Publishing company Pearson PLC said on Tuesday that it is selling its online program management business to Regent, a private equity company, in a deal steered by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer.

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Apollo Ditches Pearson Takeover Bid After 3rd Rejection

Law 360 M&A

Apollo Global Management abandoned its potential takeover for Pearson PLC after the British educational publisher spurned the New York private equity firm's third bid to buy the company for £6.7 billion), the company said Wednesday. billion ($8.8

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Skadden Discusses What SEC’s Solar Winds Complaint Means for Boards, Information Security Officers

Reynolds Holding

On October 30, 2023, the SEC filed a litigated complaint against SolarWinds, a software development company, and Timothy Brown, its chief information security officer (CISO). CISOs must ensure that there is no significant disconnect between what is being communicated publicly and the actual cybersecurity challenges the company faces.