Manderson PC

26/10/2021

The vast majority of newly built single-family homes in the U.S. are constructed on-site and framed in wood using traditional construction methods.
Icon’s 3-D printed houses use concrete framing instead. Its 15.5-foot-tall printers can build the exterior and interior wall system for a 2,000-square-foot, one-story house in a week, Mr. Ballard said. The printer squeezes out concrete in layers, like toothpaste out of a tube. The machines can print curved walls, allowing for more creative house designs, he added.

Lennar is teaming with a Texas startup to create a community of 100 3-D printed homes near Austin, gearing up for what would be by far the biggest development of this type of housing in the U.S.

11/08/2021

Shareholders of Prague-based Avast will receive a combination of cash and newly issued shares of NortonLifeLock in a deal that has an equity value between $8.1 billion and $8.6 billion, the companies said.

The Wall Street Journal reported in July that the two companies were in advanced discussions.

NortonLifeLock, based in Tempe, Ariz., was previously known as Symantec Corp. before it closed a $10.7 billion deal to sell its enterprise-security business to Broadcom Inc. in 2019. The company now mainly sells Norton antivirus software and LifeLock identity-theft protection products to consumers.

The stock-and-cash deal, valued at between $8.1 billion and $8.6 billion, would expand NortonLifeLock’s reach into consumer software

11/08/2021

The DOJ filed a lawsuit against the deal last month, the first big test of the Biden administration’s more muscular antitrust policy. The suit, filed in a federal court in Washington, said that the proposed merger would lead to higher prices and reduced innovation for U.S. businesses, employers and unions that rely on their services.

The brokers, which announced their deal in March 2020, help companies buy insurance and advise them on risk management. They work on behalf of their corporate clients, earning fees by negotiating insurance packages across a range of property-casualty insurers. Aon and Willis Towers also are major consultants to businesses on health and other benefit packages for their employees.

The Justice Department lawsuit followed an investigation of more than a year. Aon and Willis Towers had agreed to sell an assortment of different assets to smaller rivals to appease Europe’s antitrust regulator and the Justice Department by creating new and larger competitors. While the European Commission signed off on those moves, the DOJ argued they didn’t go far enough.

The Justice Department had alleged the tie-up of insurance brokers would lead to higher prices and reduced innovation for U.S. businesses.

11/08/2021

Our client Miso Robotics keeps innovating.

Fast-food chains are working with a host of startups to bring automation to their kitchens.

04/07/2019

UPMC is seeking class action status to sue for injunctive relief and federal equal protection against Shapiro’s interference in federal programs.

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The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) has filed a lawsuit in federal court against Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro over what UPMC describes as the AG 'illegally taking over non...

03/07/2019

Attorneys general for 10 US states brought a civil antitrust suit Tuesday to permanently enjoin the proposed acquisition of Sprint by T-Mobile.

Attorneys general for 10 US states brought a civil antitrust suit Tuesday to permanently enjoin the proposed acquisition of Sprint by T-Mobile. T-mobile and Sprint are two of only four mobile network...

02/07/2019

7 Certain Signs That a Merger Is Doomed

The signs were there from the get-go that the Facebook/WhatsApp merger was a marriage made in hell.

01/07/2019

In what will likely be the biggest antitrust case of the past 100 years, Judge Richard Leon has taught us how to survive in 21st-century business.

30/06/2019

Big Watch Out for Startups.

Do You Recognize These 3 Early Warning Signs Of A Failing Startup?

29/06/2019

Marc Benioff's company already has around 1,000 employees in Washington.

28/06/2019

Some things are rational. But then there's the psychological part.

27/06/2019

Jones Walker LLP and the TCH Group LLC announce strategic alliance.