Capital Markets

  • November 11, 2024

    AI-Focused Semiconductor Maker Puts SPAC Deal On Hold

    Sivers Semiconductors AB said Monday that it has paused the proposed merger of its laser semiconductor subsidiary with special purpose acquisition company byNordic Acquisition Corp., because of the market conditions for small cap companies in the U.S.

  • November 08, 2024

    'Extraordinary Person' Gets 12½ years For Crypto Laundering

    Roman Sterlingov, the Russian and Swedish citizen convicted of money laundering for operating the world's largest cryptocurrency mixing service, was sentenced to 12½ years in prison Friday, even though the D.C. federal judge said it was "painful to see" an "extraordinary person" in such circumstances.

  • November 08, 2024

    Crypto Co. Seeks Freeze Of $4M In Contract Fight

    A group of companies known within the cryptocurrency industry as the Bixin Group has filed for an emergency motion to freeze a bank account of Alopex Advisors LLC holding a $4 million security deposit as it pursues arbitration in Hong Kong against Alopex over an agreement to help Bixin navigate the Icelandic property and energy markets.

  • 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

    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

    Shaq Reaches Settlement With Astrals NFT Buyers

    The mediator overseeing the dispute between buyers of the Astrals LLC nonfungible token project and basketball Hall of Famer and promoter Shaquille O'Neal told a Florida federal judge that the parties reached a settlement in their most recent session. 

  • 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

    SEC Sues Ex-Fed Examiner For Insider Trading On Bank Stocks

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed suit against a former senior banking supervisor with the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank, accusing him of insider trading on stocks of New York Community Bancorp and Capital One Financial Corp.

  • 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

    FTX Investment Firm Seeks Return Of $11M In Crypto Assets

    Alameda Research, an investment arm of the now-bankrupt FTX digital asset empire, has filed a lawsuit against cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com in Delaware bankruptcy court, seeking the return of $11.4 million in assets still held on the platform despite multiple requests from the debtor.

  • November 08, 2024

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    This past week in London has seen collapsed German airline Air Berlin take action against its former auditor KPMG, the associate editor at The Spectator hit with a libel claim by a mosque over the far-right riots that took place in August and British licensing authority the Performing Right Society sue Parklife Manchester and four other festival organizers. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • November 07, 2024

    Ex-Celsius CEO OK'd To Seek Testimony From Abroad

    A New York federal judge Thursday gave former Celsius Network CEO Alex Mashinsky the green light to seek deposition testimony from witnesses reading abroad that he claims is crucial to his defense, but declined to narrow the case against the founder of the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency-lending platform. 

  • November 07, 2024

    Super Micro Top Brass Face Suit Over Governance 'Red Flags'

    The top brass of Super Micro Computer Inc. have been hit with a shareholder derivative suit in California federal court alleging they caused the artificial intelligence server manufacturer to make false assurances about the effectiveness of the company's internal controls, the accuracy of its financial statements and other corporate governance red flags.

  • November 07, 2024

    Ill. Judge Anticipates 'Massive' Outcome Investor Restitution

    An Illinois federal judge signaled Thursday that he anticipates three former Outcome Health executives will pay a "massive" amount in restitution to investors such as Goldman Sachs and CapitalG that were persuaded to give Outcome money in a fraudulent effort to grow the company.

  • November 07, 2024

    Vanguard Investors Ink $40M Settlement In Tax Liability Suit

    Vanguard investors have asked a Pennsylvania federal judge to give the first green light to a $40 million settlement reached with the firm over it allegedly breaching its fiduciary duty when it triggered a sell-off of assets that left investors with massive tax bills.

  • November 07, 2024

    Ore. Judge Denies CBD Co's Bid To Freeze Bank Assets

    An Oregon federal judge won't freeze accounts tied to the founders of a "neobank" that went belly up and failed to return nearly $127,000 in deposits made by a cannabis company, saying the accounts are operated by a bank that is not a party to the litigation.

  • November 07, 2024

    Truth Social Tipper Gets 28 Mos. In Trump SPAC Insider Case

    A Manhattan federal judge hit a career securities trader from Florida with a 28-month prison sentence Thursday after a jury convicted him of conveying tips that fueled a $23 million insider trading scheme exploiting plans to take Truth Social public.

  • November 07, 2024

    Fed Chair Powell Says He Won't Step Down If Trump Asks

    Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Thursday that he would not step down from his role if President-elect Donald Trump asked him to, doubling down on his commitment to serving out the remaining two years of his appointment leading the central bank.

  • November 07, 2024

    Colo. Says Man Sold $3M In Unregistered Securities

    Colorado securities regulators filed a lawsuit in state court alleging a man sold more than $3 million of unregistered securities to investors, many of them friends, students or women he met through dating apps, while withholding important information or misrepresenting the investments.

  • November 07, 2024

    Investors Accuse Truth Social SPAC's Ex-CEO Of Stock Theft

    The former CEO of the special purpose acquisition company that combined with Donald Trump's Truth Social company has been accused of stealing millions of SPAC shares by funneling them to offshore shell entities and misappropriating investments to fund his "lavish" Miami lifestyle.

  • November 07, 2024

    LeBron Eyes Media Merger, AI Startup IPO, And More Rumors

    Basketball star LeBron James wants to merge his TV and film production company with a British studio, while AI-focused startup CoreWeave has selected investment banks to manage an initial public offering planned for 2025, plus a women's clothing retailer and a generic-drug maker are planning a pair of listings that could revive Canada's dormant IPO market.

  • November 07, 2024

    Lynk Global Taps New Execs Amid Deal With A-Rod's SPAC

    Lynk Global Inc., the satellite-to-phone business merging with the blank-check company of former New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez, on Thursday revealed that it has picked a new CEO and CFO while securing capital investments from shareholders.

  • November 06, 2024

    Trump's SEC Expected To See 'Dramatic' Enforcement Change

    Former President Donald Trump's reelection means a notable shift in the types of cases the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is expected to bring, attorneys said Wednesday at a Washington, D.C., conference, while the agency's current top enforcer vowed business as usual for now as it carries on with its well over 1,500 investigations.

Expert Analysis

  • 3 Ways To Limit Risks Of Black-Box AI In Financial Services

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    As regulators increasingly highlight the potential for artificial intelligence to make unfair consumer credit decisions, and require financial institutions to explain how these so-called black-box algorithms arrive at conclusions, companies should consider three key questions to reduce their regulatory risks from these tools, say Jeffrey Naimon and Caroline Stapleton at Orrick.

  • Tips For Revamping Patent Portfolio Strategy In AI Deal Era

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    Recent data suggests patents are significantly enhancing exit valuations, particularly with cutting-edge technologies like those powered by artificial intelligence, but it is necessary to do more than simply align patent strategy with business goals, says Keegan Caldwell at Caldwell Law.

  • Opinion

    The Big Issues A BigLaw Associates' Union Could Address

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    A BigLaw associates’ union could address a number of issues that have the potential to meaningfully improve working conditions, diversity and attorney well-being — from restructured billable hour requirements to origination credit allocation, return-to-office mandates and more, says Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea.

  • Opinion

    It's Time For A BigLaw Associates' Union

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    As BigLaw faces a steady stream of criticism about its employment policies and practices, an associates union could effect real change — and it could start with law students organizing around opposition to recent recruiting trends, says Tara Rhoades at The Sanity Plea.

  • How Justices Upended The Administrative Procedure Act

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    In its recent Loper Bright, Corner Post and Jarkesy decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court fundamentally changed the Administrative Procedure Act in ways that undermine Congress and the executive branch, shift power to the judiciary, curtail public and business input, and create great uncertainty, say Alene Taber and Beth Hummer at Hanson Bridgett.

  • How Corner Post Affects Enviro Laws' Statutes Of Limitations

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling in Corner Post v. Federal Reserve Board has helped to alter the fundamental underpinnings of administrative law — and its plaintiff-centric approach may have implications for some specific environmental laws' statutes of limitations, say Chris Leason and Liam Martin at Gallagher and Kennedy.

  • Jarkesy May Thwart Consumer Agencies' Civil Penalty Power

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy not only implicates future SEC administrative adjudications, but those of other agencies that operate similarly — and may stymie regulators' efforts to levy civil monetary penalties in a range of consumer protection enforcement actions, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

  • Lessons From Recent SEC Cyber Enforcement Actions

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    The recent guidance by the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance is helpful to any company facing a cybersecurity threat, but just as instructive are the warnings raised by the SEC's recent enforcement actions against SolarWinds, R.R. Donnelley and Intercontinental Exchange, say attorneys at O'Melveny.

  • 2nd Circ. Ruling Reaffirms Short-Swing Claims Have Standing

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    The Second Circuit's recent ruling in Packer v. Raging Capital reversing the dismissal of a shareholder's Section 16(b) derivative suit seeking to recover short-swing profits for lack of constitutional standing settles the uncertainty of the district court's decision, which could have undercut Congress' intent in crafting Section 16(b) in the first place, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.

  • Inside OCC's Retail Nondeposit Investment Products Refresh

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    In addition to clarifying safe and sound risk management practices generally, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's revised booklet on retail nondeposit investment products updates its guidance around certain sales practices in light of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's adoption of Regulation Best Interest, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, Is My Counterclaim Bound To Fall?

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    A Pennsylvania federal court’s recent dismissal of the defendants’ counterclaims in Morgan v. Noss should remind attorneys to avoid the temptation to repackage a claim’s facts and law into a mirror-image counterclaim, as this approach will often result in a waste of time and resources, says Matthew Selmasska at Kaufman Dolowich.

  • Loper Fuels Debate Over Merchant Cash Advances As Credit

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's recent rejection of the Chevron doctrine in Loper Bright may escalate a Florida federal court dispute between the Revenue Based Finance Coalition and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over whether merchant cash advances should be considered credit under the Dodd-Frank Act, say attorneys at Sheppard Mullin.

  • Bank M&A Continues To Lag Amid Regulatory Ambiguity

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    Bank M&A activity in the first half of 2024 continued to be lower than in prior years, as the industry is recovering from the 2023 bank failures, and regulatory and macroeconomic conditions have not otherwise been prime for deals, say Robert Azarow and Amber Hay at Arnold & Porter.

  • Why The SEC Is Targeting Short-And-Distort Schemes

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent crackdown on the illegal practice of short-and-distort trades highlights the urgent need for public companies to adopt proactive measures, including pursuing private rights of action, say attorneys at Baker McKenzie.

  • Series

    Playing Dungeons & Dragons Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Playing Dungeons & Dragons – a tabletop role-playing game – helped pave the way for my legal career by providing me with foundational skills such as persuasion and team building, says Derrick Carman at Robins Kaplan.

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