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February 20, 2025
FINRA Foe Asks Justices To Stay In-House Case
A brokerage firm facing possible expulsion from the securities industry asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to press pause on the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's case against it while the justices decide whether to hear a challenge to the regulator's constitutionality.
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February 20, 2025
New SEC Guidance Throws A 'Bit Of Chaos' Into Proxy Season
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent effort to loosen its guidance around what companies can exclude from their proxy statements isn't surprising given the change in administration, but the timing of its release has thrown a monkey wrench into a proxy season that is already underway, attorneys said.
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February 20, 2025
Another Ex-Allianz Exec Gets No Time For $7B Investor Fraud
A former managing director for Allianz SE's U.S. unit on Thursday avoided a term of imprisonment for his role in a ploy to con investors about the riskiness of a group of private funds that lost over $7 billion when the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
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February 20, 2025
Select SPAC Targets Are Soaring Ahead Of The Pack
A select breed of companies that went public through mergers with special purpose acquisition companies are performing well lately — hailing mostly from a few specific industries — in stark contrast to the vast majority of SPAC merger targets that have flopped over the past few years, according to data released on Thursday.
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February 20, 2025
AmerisourceBergen Strikes Settlement In 401(k) Fee Suit
AmerisourceBergen and a proposed class of workers who alleged their employee 401(k) plan was saddled with excessive recordkeeping and administrative costs have struck a settlement deal to resolve the dispute, according to a filing in Kentucky federal court.
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February 20, 2025
Lottery.com Exec Indicted Over Allegedly Bogus SPAC Filings
New York federal prosecutors unveiled criminal charges Thursday against Trident Acquisitions Corp.'s former CEO, accusing the executive of duping investors about the profitability of a 2021 take-public deal involving Lottery.com Inc. before cashing out and lying under oath while privately telling alleged co-conspirators he's in "deep, deep, deep, deep water."
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February 20, 2025
Trump Executive Order Could Hinder Crypto Rules, SEC Suits
A new executive order giving the White House more power over independent agencies could slow rulemaking and enforcement activity at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and even put a damper on its ability to write rules governing the cryptocurrency industry, legal experts told Law360.
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February 20, 2025
Schwab Antitrust Settlement With Investors Gets Initial OK
A Texas federal judge has granted the first green light to a settlement calling for Charles Schwab Corp. to implement an antitrust compliance program designed by an independent consultant, resolving a class of retail investors' claims they had to pay increased transaction costs for trades following the Schwab-TD Ameritrade merger in 2020.
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February 20, 2025
Musk's X Seeks Cash At $44B Valuation, Plus More Rumors
Elon Musk is seeking to raise money for his social media platform X at a $44 billion valuation — the same price he paid to buy the site in 2022 — while BP is considering selling its Castrol lubricants unit for $10 billion and KKR could inject $5 billion into ailing British utility Thames Water. Here, Law360 breaks down the notable deal rumors from the past week.
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February 20, 2025
Kirkland-Led GTCR Clinches $3.6B Strategic Growth Fund
Kirkland & Ellis LLP-advised private equity giant GTCR on Thursday revealed that it closed its second strategic growth fund after securing $3.6 billion from investors after only months of fundraising.
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February 20, 2025
KKR Clinches Fuji Soft Majority Stake Ahead Of Take-Private
KKR said Thursday it has secured a majority stake in Fuji Soft by completing the second stage of a tender offer after prevailing over rival bidder Bain Capital, as it readies to privatize and take full control of the Japanese company through a so-called squeeze-out of the remaining shares.
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February 19, 2025
Ex-Perella Weinberg Partner Denies Plot To Split Firm
A former Perella Weinberg partner on Wednesday testified that he had no plans to break off and start his own restructuring advisory shop before the investment banking firm fired him for purportedly violating his nonsolicitation provisions of his partnership agreements.
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February 19, 2025
2nd Circ. Backs Dismissal Of Suit Over Egypt Paper Co. Seizure
The Second Circuit affirmed Wednesday that an Egyptian official has sovereign immunity in a $15.7 million lawsuit filed by the former majority investor in a cardboard and paper company seeking compensation after the company was seized by the Egyptian government in the 1990s.
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February 19, 2025
Solar Co. Says Investors Seek To 'Punish' It Over Wire Issues
Solar energy equipment maker Shoals Technologies Group Inc. and its underwriters have asked a Tennessee federal judge to toss a consolidated proposed investor class action taking aim at the company's disclosures about certain product wiring issues, arguing Tuesday that it had timely shared information about the developing situation.
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February 19, 2025
Ex-CNBC Pundit Cops To Scamming Investors Out Of $2.7M
A former frequent CNBC guest pled guilty Wednesday to defrauding investors out of at least $2.7 million, part of a plea deal reached with federal prosecutors after he spent years on the lam.
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February 19, 2025
'Death Knell' For SEC Dealer Rule As Regulator Drops Appeal
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday dropped its bid to revive its expansion of the dealer definition at the Fifth Circuit after industry groups representing private funds and crypto firms successfully challenged the rule in Texas federal court last year.
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February 19, 2025
SL Green Can't Escape Property Transfer Fraud Suit
A New York federal judge refused Wednesday to let SL Green and several of the real estate investment trust's entities escape a fraudulent property transfer suit, but he narrowed state law claims seeking to collect on a related judgment for nearly $13 million.
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February 19, 2025
Silver Point Knocks SEC Suit Over Attorney Info Access Rules
Investment adviser Silver Point Capital LP said it did not need to write special rules banning a now-deceased former BigLaw bankruptcy attorney from sharing information between its business units, accusing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of filing a "farfetched theory of noncompliance" in a Connecticut enforcement action.
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February 19, 2025
Paper Co. Can't Fully Escape Severance Benefits Suit
A former employee of a pulp and paper company can proceed with a severance benefits suit because a factual dispute exists, a Tennessee federal court ruled, though the court agreed to dismiss one of the claims and a defendant.
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February 19, 2025
Cintas 401(k) Class Counsel Get OK For $1.3M Fee
Counsel for a class of 50,000 people who sued uniform supplier Cintas for mismanaging retirement benefits have been awarded $1.3 million in fees after striking a $4 million settlement with the company.
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February 18, 2025
Pandemic No Excuse To Alter $150M Notes, Alter Domus Says
An auto parts magnate and his manufacturing company should not get away with using the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse for changing promissory notes worth $150 million in ways that deflated their value, lending agent Alter Domus LLC asserted in Michigan federal court Tuesday.
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February 18, 2025
Trump Media Blames Rising Loss Partly On SEC Legal Bills
The owner of President Donald Trump's social media platform attributed its widening losses in part to rising legal costs from the Biden-era U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's investigations of the merger that took the company public, according to a statement.
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February 18, 2025
Vanguard Investors Object To $40M Settlement Proposal
A handful of the investors claiming Vanguard breached its fiduciary duty when it triggered an asset sell-off that stuck them with big tax bills objected to a proposed $40 million settlement, with some saying attorneys in the underlying class action could get too much money for making the deal.
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February 18, 2025
Connecticut Art Business Seller Says Buyer Owes $2.3M
A Wisconsin-based retailer that purchased an art marketing and distribution company from a family trust in 2019 has failed to make a $2.3 million payout based on its 2020 performance, according to a lawsuit in Connecticut state court.
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February 14, 2025
Loper Bright Doesn't Sink ESG Rule, Texas Judge Says
A Texas federal judge again upheld a Biden-era rule allowing retirement fiduciaries to consider issues like climate change and social justice when choosing investments, ruling that the rule was still valid despite the U.S. Supreme Court doing away with a decades-long approach to interpreting statutes.
Expert Analysis
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8 Trends And Predictions Following PE's Late 2024 Surge
Private equity will remain at the forefront of value creation in 2025, and anticipated market trends include sponsors' desire to return capital to investors and a more business-friendly tack by the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, say attorneys at Weil.
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Series
Playing Esports Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Competing in a global esports tournament at Wimbledon last year not only fulfilled my childhood dream, but also sharpened skills that are essential to my day job, including strategic thinking, confidence and networking, says AJ Schuyler at Jackson Lewis.
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An Associate's Guide To Career Development In 2025
As the new year begins, associates at all levels should consider establishing career metrics, fostering key relationships and employing other specific strategies to help move through the complexities of the legal profession with confidence and emerge as trailblazers, say EJ Stern and Amanda George at Fractional Law Firm.
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The Securities Litigation Trends That Will Matter Most In 2025
2025 is shaping up to be a significant year for securities litigation, as plaintiffs and defendants alike navigate shifting standards for omission theories of liability, class certification, risk disclosure claims and more, say attorneys at Willkie.
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What To Watch For In The 2025 Benefits Landscape
While planning for 2025, retirement plan sponsors and service providers should set their focus on phased implementation deadlines under both Secure 1.0 and 2.0, an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court ruling, and the fate of several U.S. Department of Labor regulations, says Allie Itami at Lathrop GPM.
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How White Collar Enforcement May Shift In Trump's 2nd Term
After President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House next month, the administration’s emphasis on immigration laws, drug offenses and violent crime will likely reduce the focus on white collar crime overall, but certain areas within the white collar world may see increased activity, say attorneys at Keker Van Nest.
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The Justices' Securities Rulings, Dismissals That Defined '24
The U.S. Supreme Court's 2024 securities rulings led to increased success for defendants' price impact arguments, but the justices' decisions not to weigh in on important issues relating to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act's pleading requirements may be just as significant, say attorneys at Skadden.
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10 Noteworthy CFPB Developments From 2024
In a banner year for consumer finance regulation, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau made significant strides in its efforts to rein in Big Tech and nonbank financial firms, including via rules regarding open banking, credit card late fees, and buy now, pay later products, say attorneys at Wiley.
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Series
Fixing Up Cars Makes Me A Better Lawyer
From problem-solving to patience and adaptability to organization, the skills developed working under the hood of a car directly translate to being a more effective lawyer, says Christopher Mdeway at Kaufman Dolowich.
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2024 Has Been A Momentous Year For ESG
Significant developments in the environmental, social and governance landscape this year include new legislation, evolving global frameworks, continued litigation and enforcement actions, and a U.S. Supreme Court decision that has already affected how lower courts have viewed some ESG challenges, say attorneys at Katten.
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Making The Pitch To Grow Your Company's Legal Team
In a compressed economy, convincing the C-suite to invest in additional legal talent can be a herculean task, but a convincing pitch — supported by metrics and cost analyses — may help in-house counsel justify the growth of their team, say Elizabeth Smith and Roger Garceau at Major Lindsey.
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The Story Of 2024's Biggest Bank Regs, And Their Fate In 2025
U.S. federal bank regulators were very active in 2024 with initiatives ranging from antitrust and capital to proposals regarding controlling shareholders and incentive-based compensation, but many regulations face an uncertain future under the new administration, say attorneys at Latham.
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Opinion
Justices Rightly Corrected Course In Nvidia And Facebook
By dismissing both the Nvidia and Facebook class actions, over investors' ability to hold corporations accountable for fraud, the U.S. Supreme Court was right in refusing to favor corporations over transparency, and reaffirmed its commitment to corporate accountability, investor protection and the rule of law, says Laura Posner at Cohen Milstein.
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Gov't Scrutiny Of Workplace Chat Apps Set To Keep Growing
The incoming Trump administration and Republican majorities in Congress are poised to open numerous investigations that include increasing demands for entities to produce communications from workplace chat apps, so companies must evaluate their usage and retention policies, say attorneys at Orrick.
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Del. Dispatch: The 2024 Corporate Cases You Need To Know
The Delaware Court of Chancery in 2024 issued several decisions that some viewed as upending long-standing corporate practices, leading to the amendment of the Delaware General Corporation Law and debates at some Delaware corporations about potentially reincorporating to another state, say attorneys at Fried Frank.