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DealsJudgments & awards

Judgments & awards

Public record

Filed

BDO $1.3B ESOP Fight Dismissed On Standing Grounds

A Massachusetts federal judge on Monday dismissed a proposed class action against BDO USA alleging the accounting and tax advisory firm's $1.3 billion deal to create an employee stock ownership plan violated federal benefits law, holding the worker who sued couldn't show that the transaction injured him.

Source law360 class

Machine view of /deals/pub_legal_cases_e38f3a4393ebd469

This page, for an agent

The same page as markdown, plus the API and MCP calls that belong to it.

API

Read the public card

GET /api/v1/listings/pub_legal_cases_e38f3a4393ebd469

Unlock the contact

POST /api/v1/listings/pub_legal_cases_e38f3a4393ebd469/unlock
Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN

Unlock uses one of 50 monthly unlocks, then one paid credit. A public-record card has no private contact.

Draft an intro

POST /api/v1/listings/pub_legal_cases_e38f3a4393ebd469/intro
Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN
Content-Type: application/json

{"subject":"Intro","body":"..."}

The first call drafts. Send only after the person confirms, with draft_id and confirm set to send.

MCP

MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "highford": {
      "url": "/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Tools for this card

get_deal {"id":"pub_legal_cases_e38f3a4393ebd469"}
request_unlock {"id":"pub_legal_cases_e38f3a4393ebd469","token":"$TOKEN"}
draft_intro {"id":"pub_legal_cases_e38f3a4393ebd469","token":"$TOKEN"}

JSON

{
  "site": "Highford",
  "page": "/deals/pub_legal_cases_e38f3a4393ebd469",
  "markdown": "/deals/pub_legal_cases_e38f3a4393ebd469?format=md",
  "api": [
    {
      "label": "Read the public card",
      "request": "GET /api/v1/listings/pub_legal_cases_e38f3a4393ebd469"
    },
    {
      "label": "Unlock the contact",
      "request": "POST /api/v1/listings/pub_legal_cases_e38f3a4393ebd469/unlock\nAuthorization: Bearer $TOKEN\n\nUnlock uses one of 50 monthly unlocks, then one paid credit. A public-record card has no private contact."
    },
    {
      "label": "Draft an intro",
      "request": "POST /api/v1/listings/pub_legal_cases_e38f3a4393ebd469/intro\nAuthorization: Bearer $TOKEN\nContent-Type: application/json\n\n{\"subject\":\"Intro\",\"body\":\"...\"}\n\nThe first call drafts. Send only after the person confirms, with draft_id and confirm set to send."
    }
  ],
  "mcp": {
    "url": "/mcp",
    "calls": [
      {
        "label": "MCP server",
        "request": "{\n  \"mcpServers\": {\n    \"highford\": {\n      \"url\": \"/mcp\"\n    }\n  }\n}"
      },
      {
        "label": "Tools for this card",
        "request": "get_deal {\"id\":\"pub_legal_cases_e38f3a4393ebd469\"}\nrequest_unlock {\"id\":\"pub_legal_cases_e38f3a4393ebd469\",\"token\":\"$TOKEN\"}\ndraft_intro {\"id\":\"pub_legal_cases_e38f3a4393ebd469\",\"token\":\"$TOKEN\"}"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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