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January 15, 2025
9th Circ. Open To Reviving Robinhood Suit Over $2.1B IPO
Judges on a Ninth Circuit panel appeared open Wednesday to reviving a proposed securities class action alleging Robinhood hid how a "meme stock" and cryptocurrency trading frenzy had impacted its outlook ahead of its $2.1 billion initial public offering, saying the lower court may have applied the wrong standard in tossing the case.
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January 15, 2025
Broker, Traders Charged With $1M Insider Trading Scheme
A securities broker and three traders have been charged in New York federal court for their roles in what prosecutors described as a yearslong, $1 million insider trading scheme that involved tips about upcoming secondary stock offerings, including one by the owner of DVD rental company Redbox, an indictment unsealed Wednesday showed.
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January 15, 2025
SEC Announces Departure Of Top Economist And Accountant
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's chief economist and chief accountant are stepping down, the agency has announced, marking the latest departures given the pending inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.
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January 15, 2025
Judge Warns DOJ: Settle Burger Forfeiture Suit Or Pay Up
A Michigan federal judge on Tuesday expressed frustration with Justice Department officials' delays in resolving a civil forfeiture action over an alleged $11 million healthcare fraud scheme involving money laundered through Big Boy Restaurant, telling federal prosecutors they have until next week to settle the case or pay the chain's recent legal bills.
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January 15, 2025
Banks Must Face Pension Funds' Mexican Bond-Rigging Suit
A Manhattan federal judge refused Wednesday to throw out a case brought by U.S. pension funds that accused a group of banks of conspiring to rig Mexican government bond prices, saying chatroom transcripts between traders showed evidence of collusion.
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January 15, 2025
BitMEX Fined $100M For 5 Years Of Flouting US Banking Law
A Manhattan federal judge slapped BitMEX with a $100 million fine Wednesday, rejecting its suggestion that $110 million of earlier penalties sufficed to punish the offshore crypto exchange for a five-year course of evading U.S. financial controls as it earned $1.3 billion.
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January 15, 2025
Clifford Chance, Wachtell Help Pfizer To Cut Haleon Stake
Pharmaceutical titan Pfizer has reduced its stake in Haleon PLC, the British healthcare giant, to 7.3% by selling shares worth £2.5 billion ($3 billion), a bookrunner for the sale said Wednesday.
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January 14, 2025
Wells Fargo Fights To Drop Officers From Investors' Bias Suit
Wells Fargo & Co. urged a California federal judge Tuesday to free three executives from a derivative lawsuit filed by shareholders claiming the bank's leadership failed to address the company's discriminatory lending and hiring practices, saying there are no allegations that explain why a presuit demand to the board would have been futile.
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January 14, 2025
Latham Grabs Top Spot For 2024 IPOs By Large Margin
Latham & Watkins LLP guided more initial public offerings than any law firm in 2024, capturing a diverse mix of large listings for companies that seized opportunities to go public as the broader IPO market inched toward recovery, new data shows.
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January 14, 2025
CFTC To Review Crypto Co.'s Sports Event Contracts
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Tuesday it plans to take a closer look at contracts tied to the outcome of high-profile sporting events trading on digital asset exchange Crypto.com, which self-certified the products in the final days of 2024.
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January 14, 2025
SEC Sues Elon Musk Over Late Twitter Buy-Up Disclosure
Elon Musk violated securities laws by failing to timely disclose his initial buy-up of Twitter stock ahead of his $44 billion acquisition of the company, allowing him to purchase shares at artificially low prices, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleged in a D.C. federal lawsuit filed Tuesday.
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January 14, 2025
Fla. Judge Won't Toss CFTC Suit Over $283M Trading Scheme
A Florida federal judge on Tuesday declined to dismiss the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's claims accusing an agent of financial firm Algo FX Capital Advisor LLC of helping The Traders Domain orchestrate a $283 million commodity transactions scheme.
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January 14, 2025
DXC Says Investor Suit Shows Integration Problems, Not Fraud
DXC Technology has asked a Virginia federal court to toss a shareholder suit alleging the information technology giant overhyped efforts to reduce restructuring and integration costs after acquiring several companies, arguing hindsight critiques from the current CEO do not establish securities fraud.
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January 14, 2025
Luxembourg Investor Sells Dunhill Parent Shares For £1.2B
Reinet Investments SCA said Tuesday that it has agreed to sell its remaining stake in cigarette giant British American Tobacco PLC to institutional investors for approximately £1.2 billion ($1.46 billion).
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January 13, 2025
Quinn Emanuel Scoops Up SDNY Securities Fraud Chief
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP announced Monday that it has hired the former chief of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York's securities and commodities fraud task force as a partner in its Manhattan office.
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January 13, 2025
Robinhood Users Oppose Arbitration Of 'Meme Stock' Claims
Stock trading platform Robinhood has failed to lay the groundwork for sending user disputes to arbitration, seven users of the platform claimed Monday in a bid to keep their claims in federal court over the company's 2021 suspension certain so-called meme stock trades.
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January 13, 2025
SEC Fines Robinhood $45M For Recordkeeping, Cyber Woes
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Monday that Robinhood's broker-dealer units will pay a combined $45 million to settle a host of claims ranging from an alleged failure to file timely suspicious activity reports and address cybersecurity risks to alleged failures concerning data retention and recordkeeping.
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January 13, 2025
Binance Can't Get High Court To Review Class Cert. Decision
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday passed on a petition from crypto exchange Binance Holdings Ltd. and its former CEO to consider whether transactions on its platform were beyond the reach of U.S. securities laws after a Second Circuit decision found enough stateside ties to revive a suit from the exchange's users.
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January 13, 2025
Colo. Justices Reject Co.'s Challenge To Storm Gas Bill
Colorado's highest court on Monday rejected a building materials company's challenge to charges on its electric bill related to extra natural gas purchased ahead of a 2021 winter storm, finding the company presented no facts to back its claim that the charges amounted to an unconstitutional taking.
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January 13, 2025
Shift4 To Pay SEC $750K For Undisclosed Family Payments
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said payment processing firm Shift4 Payments Inc. will pay $750,000 to settle allegations it failed to report over $4 million in payments it made to immediate family members of the company's executives and directors.
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January 13, 2025
Investment Firm Seeks Coverage For Hertz Buyback Suits
An investment adviser said its insurers must provide coverage for underlying actions related to the adviser's involvement in car rental company Hertz Global Holdings Inc.'s stock buybacks, telling a Delaware state court that its primary carrier improperly denied coverage.
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January 13, 2025
Fed. Circ. Affirms Crypto Exec Doesn't Belong On Mining IP
A Delaware federal judge properly found that a cryptocurrency company's founder shouldn't be added as an inventor onto a rival company's energy consumption patent, the Federal Circuit affirmed Monday.
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January 13, 2025
Truth Social SPAC Ex-CEO Seeks Del. Suit Toss Or Freeze
The former manager of the blank check company that sponsored a deal to take now President-elect Donald Trump's social media platform public heads into a pivotal Delaware Court of Chancery hearing Wednesday, seeking to freeze or scuttle a suit claiming that he and others secretly diverted millions of shares from co-investors.
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January 13, 2025
SEC To Collect $63M In Latest Recordkeeping Sweep
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Monday that subsidiaries of Blackstone Inc. and Charles Schwab Corp. were among those swept up in the latest round of recordkeeping fines, promising to collect over $63 million from 12 firms whose employees are accused of discussing business through their personal devices.
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January 13, 2025
Natural Gas Exporter Venture Global Gears Up For $2.2B IPO
Liquefied natural gas producer Venture Global Inc. on Monday launched plans for an estimated $2.2 billion initial public offering, potentially marking the year's first billion-dollar-plus listing, represented by Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and underwriters counsel Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP.
Expert Analysis
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SEC Action Indicates Continued Focus On ESG Disclosures
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recently settled enforcement action against Invesco Advisers provides a road map for how regulatory agencies will continue to focus on ESG-related disclosures going forward, and underscores a focus on greenwashing, say attorneys at V&E.
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The Bar Needs More Clarity On The Discovery Objection Rule
Almost 10 years after Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34 was amended, attorneys still seem confused about what they should include in objections to discovery requests, and until the rules committee provides additional clarity, practitioners must beware the steep costs of noncompliance, says Tristan Ellis at Shanies Law Office.
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What's Next For The CFTC After The Election
While much of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's enforcement actions in line with its traditional priorities will continue as usual in the near term, postelection leadership changes at the CFTC and new congressional priorities may alter the commission's regulatory framework in 2025 and beyond — particularly its oversight of crypto, say attorneys at WilmerHale.
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Being A Navy Reservist Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Serving this country in uniform has not only been one of the greatest honors of my life, but it has also provided me with opportunities to broaden my legal acumen and interpersonal skills in ways that have indelibly contributed to my civilian practice, says Phillip Smith at Weinberg Wheeler.
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OCC Recovery Guidance Can Help Banks Bounce Back Better
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's recently finalized recovery guidelines add to the constellation of exercises that larger banks must undertake, while also aiding information-gathering and preparedness efforts that can help prevent — or better manage — bank failures, say attorneys at Davis Wright.
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Navigating DOJ's Patchwork Whistleblower Regime
In the past few months, the U.S. Department of Justice and several individual U.S. attorney’s offices have issued different pilot programs aimed at incentivizing individuals to blow the whistle on misconduct, but this piecemeal approach may create confusion and suboptimal outcomes, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.
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So You Want To Move Your Law Practice To Canada, Eh?
Google searches for how to move to Canada have surged in the wake of the U.S. presidential election, and if you’re an attorney considering a move to the Great White North, you’ll need to understand how the practice of law differs across the border, says David Postel at Henein Hutchison.
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A Look At Similarities Between SOX And SEC's Cyber Rule
Just as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act paved the way for greater transparency and accountability in financial reporting, the SEC's cybersecurity rule is doing much the same for cybersecurity, ensuring that companies are resilient in the face of growing cyber threats, says Padraic O'Reilly at CyberSaint.
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5 Areas Congress May Investigate After GOP Election Wins
With Republicans poised to take control of Congress in addition to the executive branch next year, private companies can expect an unprecedented uptick in congressional investigations focused on five key areas, including cryptocurrency and healthcare, say attorneys at Cahill Gordon.
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Trump's 2nd Term May Be A Boost To Banking Industry
President-elect Donald Trump's personnel appointments could be instrumental in reshaping the financial regulatory landscape during his second administration, likely allowing for greater merger activity and halting or undoing some of the Biden administration's more restrictive financial services policies, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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Legislation Most Likely To Pass In Lame Duck Session
As Congress begins its five-week post-election lame duck session, attorneys at Greenberg Traurig break down the legislative priorities and which proposals can be expected to pass.
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What Trump's 2nd Presidency Could Mean For Crypto Sector
Trump's second term will bring a fundamental shift from the Biden administration's approach to crypto-asset regulation and banking supervision, with the most significant changes likely taking effect in the first two quarters of 2025 and broader policy shifts emerging over the next year, say attorneys at Cahill.
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Putting NYDFS AI Cybersecurity Guidance Into Practice
New guidance from the New York Department of Financial Services explains how financial institutions should assess and mitigate cybersecurity risks associated with artificial intelligence, focusing on four main threats and highlighting how varying environments require specific mitigation measures, say attorneys at Saul Ewing.
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Promoting Diversity In The Selection Of ADR Neutrals
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Choosing neutrals from diverse backgrounds is an important step in promoting inclusion in the legal profession, and it can enhance the legitimacy and public perception of alternative dispute resolution proceedings, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.
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Playing Ultimate Makes Us Better Lawyers
In addition to being fun, ultimate Frisbee has improved our legal careers by emphasizing the importance of professionalism, teamwork, perseverance, enthusiasm and vulnerability, say Arunabha Bhoumik and Adam Bernstein at Regeneron.