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Firm Represents Landry’s in Sale of Golden Nugget Online Gaming to Landcadia A Haynes and Boone deal team represented Landry’s in a purchase agreement with Landcadia Holdings II that will result in the sale of Golden Nugget Online Gaming (GNOG) to Landcadia, with GNOG becoming only the second pure publicly traded online casino company in the U.S. GNOG is an online real money casino owned by Tilman Fertitta that brought Live Dealer to the U.S. marketplace. Landcadia is a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company co-sponsored by Fertitta Entertainment, Inc. and Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
Arbitration in the Fifth

Odean Volker on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals June produced the lowest monthly tally of arbitration-related opinions so far this year. Notable in June are the Fifth Circuit’s In re Spiros Partners, Ltd., discussing limits on discovery in aid of collective action notices, and Kalenga v. Irving Holdings, Inc. where the Western District of Texas ordered submission of evidentiary support in relation to its consideration of a collective action notice.
Deal News

Firm Represents Actinium Pharmaceuticals in $25 Million Public Offering A Haynes and Boone, LLP deal team represented Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE AMERICAN: ATNM) in a $25 million public offering of its common stock. Actinium is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing ARCs or Antibody Radiation-Conjugates.
Growth

Firm Expands Bay Area Presence with Addition of Experienced Patent Lawyer Philip Albert, a San Francisco lawyer who has handled patent prosecution across a range of technologies and industries for three decades, has joined Haynes and Boone, LLP as a partner. “Philip is an exceptional lawyer who fits in perfectly with our culture, our historical strength representing technology clients, and our ongoing plans to expand our presence in California,” Haynes and Boone Managing Partner Tim Powers said.
Deal News

Firm Represents Capitol Peak Partners in Acquisition of Borden Dairy A Haynes and Boone, LLP team represented Capitol Peak Partners, LLC in its winning, joint bid with KKR & Co. to acquire Borden Dairy Company as a part of the milk producer’s 363 sales process to sell its assets out of bankruptcy. Haynes and Boone M&A Partners Jan Sharry and Dan Malone and Restructuring Partner Steve Pezanosky led the Capitol Peak deal team. Borden filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January. A bankruptcy judge approved the 363 sale on June 19.
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Diversity

Perfect Score in 2020 Corporate Equality Index Haynes and Boone has earned a 100 percent rating in the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation’s Corporate Equality Index and the distinction of being one of the “Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality."

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