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Capital Markets Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on the capital markets sector. Coverage includes stock and bond offerings, mortgage-backed securities, foreign exchange, follow-on offerings, and debt deals, as well as related litigation and policy developments.
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Latest News in Capital Markets
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December 20, 2024
SEC's Dealer Rule Loss Is A Lesson To Regulators, Atty Says
A Sullivan & Cromwell LLP attorney who successfully litigated a crypto industry challenge to vacate a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule expanding the definition of dealer said the Texas federal judge's decision is another block in the recent chain of court decisions warning federal agencies to refrain from stretching old statutory terms to reach new contexts that aren't clearly within their authority.
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December 20, 2024
Binance Investors Seek To Update Suit After Federal Charges
A proposed class of Binance investors has asked a Florida federal judge to allow them to file a new complaint that drops some defendants and hones in on the crypto exchange and its former CEO in the wake of their historic settlement with U.S. authorities over alleged compliance failures.
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December 20, 2024
A Look Back At 2024's Major Securities Litigation Moments
The private securities litigation bar experienced a busy 2024, with meaningful and significant rulings in almost all of the nation's leading courts, and corporations, investors, government agencies and executives fighting over pay packages, disclosures, class certifications and mergers.
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December 20, 2024
Suit Slams SEC's Use Of 'Career Death Penalty'
A father and son who settled allegations of defrauding investment advisory clients with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are suing in D.C. federal court to block the agency from barring them from the securities industry, claiming that the administrative case is unconstitutional.
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December 20, 2024
Crypto Trading Co. To Pay SEC $123M Over Terraform Claims
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Friday that it secured a $123 million settlement with a Jump Trading subsidiary for allegedly misleading investors about the stability of the now-collapsed Terraform ecosystem by effectively propping up the project's flagship token following a trading arrangement made while the token dipped in value.
Areas of Coverage
- TRANSACTIONS
- High-yield debt, corporate bond, convertible debt, and hybrid offerings
- Share buybacks and stock splits
- Stock- or debt-funded acquisitions
- Distressed investments and bankruptcy proceedings
- Joint ventures
- Capital instruments, including mezzanine and venture
- Leveraged buyouts
- Real estate investment trust deals
- AGENCIES
- Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
- U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
- Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- European Securities and Markets Authority
- European Central Bank
- European Commission
- UK Financial Conduct Authority
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Dodd-Frank Act
- Delaware corporate law
- Financial company lobbying
- International banking legislation and regulation
- LITIGATION
- Corporate governance cases, including those over leadership changes, executive compensation, and shareholder rights
- Competition disputes
- Privacy issues
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of capital markets practices
Readership
- Capital markets lawyers at top law firms
- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys in the capital markets industry
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals