Asset Management

  • November 12, 2024

    Ex-FDIC Head Urges Banks To 'Push Back' Against Examiners

    A former top Trump banking regulator on Tuesday called for bank executives to show "backbone" and push back when they are challenged with bad exam findings from their regulators, urging resistance as an antidote to perceived excesses in bank oversight.

  • November 12, 2024

    FTX Targets Scaramucci, PACs, Law Firm In Wave Of Suits

    Bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX filed roughly 30 suits in a bid to recoup millions of dollars donated to political and charitable causes, losses caused by alleged market manipulation, and funds spent on business partnerships, including with Skybridge Capital's Anthony Scaramucci and a boutique Florida law firm.

  • November 12, 2024

    'I Had A Dream': NJ Ponzi Schemer Gets 12 Years

    A New Jersey federal judge on Tuesday sentenced the operator of a defunct real estate investment fund to 12 years in prison, the maximum term under his plea deal for a $658 million Ponzi scheme, after considering his emotional plea for leniency that drew upon his admiration for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

  • November 12, 2024

    Businessman Blames Dentons For Failed $54M Currency Swap

    A Venezuelan businessman involved in a $54 million bolivar-to-dollars currency swap told a Miami jury on Tuesday that a former Dentons US LLP attorney told him several times that he needed to deposit more bolivars to meet a threshold minimum in order to receive U.S. dollars, but those promises never materialized.

  • November 12, 2024

    Shuttered NHL Talent Rep Appeals Asset Freeze To 1st Circ.

    The owner of a now-defunct talent agency that represented professional hockey players is asking the First Circuit to overturn a ruling that froze his assets while a suit from a rival Finland-based management company proceeds in Massachusetts federal court.

  • November 12, 2024

    3 Firms Guide Rare Canadian IPO Eyed By Groupe Dynamite

    Canadian women's clothing retailer Groupe Dynamite Inc. has launched plans for an estimated C$300 million ($215 million) initial public offering, marking a rare Canadian listing under guidance from three law firms.

  • November 12, 2024

    Tempur Sealy Merger 'Surprisingly Bold,' Competitor Testifies

    The CEO of a Utah-based mattress company told a Houston federal judge Tuesday that Tempur Sealy's proposed remedies under its $4 billion planned Mattress Firm purchase were "surprisingly bold" as the Federal Trade Commission began its case in opposition of the merger.

  • November 12, 2024

    American Airlines Escapes Pandemic Early Retirement Suit

    A Texas federal court on Tuesday agreed to permanently toss a group of flight attendants' suit against American Airlines Inc. alleging they were misled into taking a less favorable retirement package during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, finding a suit dismissed earlier over the same conduct bars their claims. 

  • November 12, 2024

    Ex-Alorica Employees Ask For Class Status In 401(k) Fee Suit

    Former Alorica Inc. employees urged a California federal court to sign off on a 4,000-member class in their lawsuit claiming the business process outsourcing company loaded its 401(k) plan with high costs and underperforming investment options.

  • November 12, 2024

    Cardinal Health, Endeavor Group Top Veterans Day M&A Deals

    While banks and federal offices were closed on Monday for Veterans Day, some companies were busy at work announcing various M&A transactions, including Cardinal Health's plan to pay a total of $3.9 billion to acquire two separate companies and Endeavor Group's sale of OpenBet and IMG Arena for $450 million.

  • November 12, 2024

    Trump's 'Pro-Business' Agenda Could Be A Boon For M&A

    President-elect Donald Trump's "pro-business" priorities and an anticipated relaxation of antitrust scrutiny are expected to boost mergers and acquisitions activity, but his tariff plan may have mixed results across sectors — and select deals could be subject to his "unpredictability," attorneys told Law360.

  • November 12, 2024

    Indian Food Delivery Giant Swiggy To Debut After $1.3B IPO

    Shares of Indian e-commerce giant Swiggy Ltd. are set to begin trading on Wednesday after the company priced a $1.3 billion initial public offering, marking the latest test of the country's IPO market following a blockbuster listing of Hyundai's Indian unit.

  • November 12, 2024

    DOJ Suing To Block UnitedHealth Unit's $3.3B Amedisys Deal

    The U.S. Department of Justice and four U.S. states filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block UnitedHealth Group's Optum unit from going through with its planned $3.3 billion purchase of Amedisys Inc., arguing the deal will harm competition in the home health and hospice services. 

  • November 12, 2024

    Elliott Reveals $5B Honeywell Holding, Calls For Change

    Elliott Investment Management LP said Tuesday it has amassed a $5 billion stake in Honeywell International Inc. as the firm pushed the industrial conglomerate to separate itself into two independent companies.

  • November 12, 2024

    MVP: Simpson Thacher's Barrie Covit

    Barrie Covit of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's fund formation practice helped Lexington Partners break the record for the largest secondaries fund ever raised, at $22.7 billion, earning him a spot as one of the 2024 Law360 Fund Formation MVPs.

  • November 12, 2024

    High Court Turns Away Appeal From 'Insider' Hedge Fund

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to take up hedge fund Raging Capital Management LLC's petition to review whether its status as a large investor in 1-800-Flowers should leave it vulnerable to a derivative suit claiming it made illegal swing-trades.

  • November 08, 2024

    Meet The Attys Arguing Nvidia Securities Case At High Court

    Two former BigLaw colleagues and a onetime Consumer Financial Protection Bureau litigator are set to appear before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to argue a closely watched case that could change the pleading standards shareholders have to meet to sue companies like Nvidia Corp.

  • November 08, 2024

    Up Next At High Court: Self-Deportation Deadlines & Murder

    The U.S. Supreme Court will be closed Monday for Veterans Day, but the justices will return to the bench Tuesday to consider whether a 60-day deadline for immigrants to voluntarily leave the country has a grace period and what evidence is needed to allege securities fraud.

  • November 08, 2024

    Payments Co. Never Returned $1.5M, Tribal Authority Claims

    An Oklahoma tribal financial services authority has sued two owners of a payment processor, alleging that they defrauded the authority out of $1.5 million by confiscating funds purportedly held in reserve before the termination of their relationship.

  • November 08, 2024

    Invesco To Pay SEC $17.5M Over Misleading ESG Statements

    Invesco Advisers Inc. agreed to pay $17.5 million to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charges that the investment adviser made misleading statements about the percentage of its assets that incorporated so-called ESG factors into investment decisions.

  • November 08, 2024

    5 Ways Trump's Election Could Change Employee Benefits

    Donald Trump's election to a second term as president has attorneys preparing for potentially significant changes to tax, investment and health policy that could directly affect the administration of employee benefit plans. 

  • November 08, 2024

    French Generative AI Startup Seeks Landmark IPO In Paris

    French artificial intelligence company LightOn launched plans Friday for an estimated €10.4 million ($11.2 million) initial public offering, paving the way for Europe's first listing of a generative AI business that is scheduled to debut later this month.

  • November 08, 2024

    Kustom Entertainment's $222M SPAC Merger Goes Kaput

    Blank-check company Clover Leaf Capital is terminating its planned merger with live entertainment organizer Kustom Entertainment Inc., according to a Friday announcement.

  • November 08, 2024

    Experienced Dealmakers Lead 3 SPACs Raising $365M Total

    Three special purpose acquisition companies began trading Friday after pricing initial public offerings that raised $365 million combined under guidance from four law firms, marking the latest sign that more SPACs, particularly those with prior deals under their belts, are willing to test an improving market.

  • November 08, 2024

    Mitsubishi Chemical Dodges Ex-Worker's ERISA Suit, For Now

    A New York federal judge tossed a former worker's suit claiming Mitsubishi's chemical unit retained pricey and underperforming funds in its $700 million retirement plan while failing to cut fees, finding his claims were either half-baked or he failed to show he suffered an injury.

Expert Analysis

  • How Companies Are Approaching Insider Trading Policies

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    An analysis of insider trading policies recently disclosed by 49 S&P 500 companies under a new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule reveals that while specific provisions vary from company to company, certain common themes are emerging, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.

  • How Methods Are Evolving In Textualist Interpretations

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    Textualists at the U.S. Supreme Court are increasingly considering new methods such as corpus linguistics and surveys to evaluate what a statute's text communicates to an ordinary reader, while lower courts even mull large language models like ChatGPT as supplements, says Kevin Tobia at Georgetown Law.

  • Opinion

    Congress Must Do More To Bolster ERISA Protections

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    As the Employee Retirement Income Security Act turns 50 this month, we applaud Congress for championing a statute that protects worker and retiree rights, but further action is needed to ban arbitration clauses in plan provisions and codify regulations imperiled by the U.S. Supreme Court’s Chevron ruling, say Michelle Yau and Eleanor Frisch at Cohen Milstein.

  • Increased Scrutiny Raises Int'l Real Estate Transaction Risks

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    Recently proposed regulations expanding the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States' oversight, a White House divestment order and state-level legislative efforts signal increasing scrutiny of real estate transactions that may trigger national security concerns, say Luciano Racco and Aleksis Fernández Caballero at Foley Hoag.

  • How Fund Advisers Can Limit Election Year Pay-To-Play Risks

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    With Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz now the Democratic candidate for vice president, politically active investment advisers should take practical steps to avoid triggering strict pay-to-play rules that can lead to fund managers facing mutli-year timeouts from working with public funds after contributing to sitting officials, say attorneys at Dechert.

  • Why Attorneys Should Consider Community Leadership Roles

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    Volunteering and nonprofit board service are complementary to, but distinct from, traditional pro bono work, and taking on these community leadership roles can produce dividends for lawyers, their firms and the nonprofit causes they support, says Katie Beacham at Kilpatrick.

  • 9 Liability Management Tips As Debt Maturity Cliff Looms

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    As the debt maturity cliff swiftly approaches in this challenging environment, attorneys at Winston & Strawn highlight the top considerations for boards of directors and finance professionals to think about when structuring and executing liability management transactions, including reviewing capital structure, evaluating debt covenants, and more.

  • Firms Must Offer A Trifecta Of Services In Post-Chevron World

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    After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision overturning Chevron deference, law firms will need to integrate litigation, lobbying and communications functions to keep up with the ramifications of the ruling and provide adequate counsel quickly, says Neil Hare at Dentons.

  • 5 Ways Life Sciences Cos. Can Manage Insider Trading Risk

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    In light of two high-profile insider trading jury decisions against life sciences executives this year, public companies in the sector should revise their policies to account for regulators' new and more expansive theories of liability, says Amy Walsh at Orrick.

  • 5 Tips To Succeed In A Master Of Laws Program And Beyond

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    As lawyers and recent law school graduates begin their Master of Laws coursework across the country, they should keep a few pointers in mind to get the most out of their programs and kick-start successful careers in their practice areas, says Kelley Miller at Reed Smith.

  • Series

    After Chevron: SEC Climate And ESG Rules Likely Doomed

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    Under the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Loper Bright, without agency deference, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's climate disclosure and environmental, social and governance rules would likely be found lacking in statutory support and vacated by the courts, says Justin Chretien at Carlton Fields.

  • Assessing Whether Jarkesy May Limit FINRA Prosecutions

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    The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Jarkesy v. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, holding that civil securities fraud defendants are entitled to jury trials, may cause unpredictable results when applied to Financial Industry Regulatory Authority prosecutions, say Barry Temkin and Kate DiGeronimo at Mound Cotton.

  • Series

    Being An Opera Singer Made Me A Better Lawyer

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    My journey from the stage to the courtroom has shown that the skills I honed as an opera singer – punctuality, memorization, creativity and more – have all played a vital role in my success as an attorney, says Gerard D'Emilio at GableGotwals.

  • Amid SEC Rule Limbo, US Cos. Subject To ESG Regs In EU

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    Though the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is facing legal challenges to its climate-disclosure rulemaking, the implementation of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive in the European Union will force U.S. companies to comply with exactly the kinds of ESG disclosures that are not yet mandated in the U.S., say attorneys at Squire Patton.

  • How Law Firms Can Avoid 'Collaboration Drag'

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    Law firm decision making can be stifled by “collaboration drag” — characterized by too many pointless meetings, too much peer feedback and too little dissent — but a few strategies can help stakeholders improve decision-making processes and build consensus, says Steve Groom at Miles Mediation.

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