With the landscape of college sports being compared to the Wild West and Congress unable to agree on a solution, college athletic directors may start looking at collective bargaining with student-athletes as the way to achieve stability.

Controlling-stake mergers and acquisitions, like global M&A deals, saw a resurgence in 2025 and may have been supported by confidence in the market and a friendlier regulatory landscape. 2025 brought back increased mega deal activity and also broke the trillion-dollar mark in deal volume for Q4.

The courts shepherding class settlements inside multi-district antitrust actions have been forced to take an active hand against third-party claim recovery services, offering a window into practices that divert settlement funds from claimants who already see high fees and costs eat into their recovery.

The Delaware Supreme Court’s long-awaited opinion in Tornetta v. Musk revealed an even-handed approach that silenced some critics while reserving judicial independence.

2025 marked a powerful rebound in global deal-making, with $4.76 trillion in total transaction value driven by mega-deals across three industres. Activity concentrated in fewer, higher value transactions, reflecting strong strategic appetite; resilient business models; and renewed confidence amid evolving geopolitical and regulatory conditions.

Alcohol Chapter 11 cases expose how enterprise value increasingly depends on inchoate inventory, regulatory continuity, and channel access rather than tangible assets. This article examines why traditional consumer-case tactics fail, and how disciplined structuring and coordination can preserve value while avoiding unnecessary valuation and control litigation.