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11/13/2025 4:14:58 PM

A New Day in the Life of a PAGA Action: What Do PAGA Settlements Look Like? What Will We Find When Analyzing the Information Gathered From PAGA Filings?

By Jeremy Guinta

Recap From Last TimeIn our first installment, we discussed the general changes to the Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) that took...

10/24/2025 8:07:49 PM

Integrating Artificial Intelligence into Business Valuation: Methodologies, Risks, and Standards

By John Rollins

Ankura’s Senior Managing Director, John E. Rollins, recently served on the select committee tasked with developing the BVR Leadership...

10/6/2025 6:23:24 PM

Banking Industry Outlook: U.S. Banking M&A Surge Arrives in Q3

By Christopher Sicuranza Brad Schaltenbrand John Hill +1 more...

Download the Ankura U.S. Bank M&A Tracker dataset. Key Highlights Active Q3: U.S. bank combinations continue to accelerate with 46...

9/29/2025 1:00:06 PM

Responsible AI in Healthcare: Balancing Innovation with Compliance

By Kenric Tom Kelli Howe

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the healthcare and life sciences industry, from accelerating drug discovery to...

9/15/2025 12:00:22 PM

Valuation Of Digital Asset Businesses: A Call for Rigor in A Transformative Industry

By Robert Nowlin John Rollins Andrés Chambouleyron +2 more...

Executive Summary As the digital asset industry continues to mature and advance, accurately valuing businesses within this sector is an...

9/4/2025 12:00:39 PM

The Hidden Traps of Bank Integration: Lessons Learned from Recent Bank Combinations

By Bennet Habliston Christopher Sicuranza Corey Smith +1 more...

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the financial services sector represent significant strategic undertakings. However, the data...

8/28/2025 5:33:57 PM

Unlocking Value in the MedSpa Sector: A Financial Due Diligence Perspective

By Vin Phan Zach Gentry

I. Executive Summary The medical spa (medspa) industry is experiencing a surge in consumer demand, driven by evolving beauty standards,...

8/27/2025 2:03:20 PM

Purchase Price Allocations of Life Sciences Companies

By Sara Jane Askew Richard Hitt CJ DeKreek

Ankura is pleased to present the findings of our analysis of the allocation of the purchase price for transactions involving...

8/25/2025 12:00:19 PM

Most Favored Nation Drug Pricing Developments

By Jeffrey Low Jed Smith Katherine Norris +1 more...

On July 31, 2025, the White House released a fact sheet[1] discussing additional steps taken by the Trump administration surrounding...

8/20/2025 5:52:10 PM

A New Day in the Life of a PAGA Action: 1 Year After the Change in California’s Private Attorney General’s Act — What if Anything has Changed

By Jeremy Guinta

This is the first installment of a multi-part series that takes a look at the data that the State of California gathers in regard to the...

7/31/2025 2:58:32 PM

Financial Services: Data Management Strategies for AI Readiness

By Jordan Kuperschmid Brad Schaltenbrand Perry Clark

In the complex and highly regulated financial services environment, the cost of poor data management is staggering, estimated to cost...

7/7/2025 1:12:58 PM

Banking Industry Outlook: U.S. Banking M&A Activity Mid-Year Review

By Christopher Sicuranza Brad Schaltenbrand John Hill +1 more...

Download the Ankura U.S. Bank M&A Tracker dataset. Key Highlights Active First Half: The first half of 2025 saw 72 U.S. banking mergers...

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