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October 18, 2024
Hong Kong Regulators Unveil Plans To Quicken IPOs
Hong Kong regulators and stock exchange officials announced a plan on Friday to accelerate their time frames for reviewing initial public offerings, a bid to improve the region's attractiveness for new listings amid intense global competition.
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October 18, 2024
Credit Suisse, PwC Fight Bondholders' Separate Merger Suits
Credit Suisse and PwC have urged a New York federal judge to toss a proposed class action alleging that they concealed the impact of quarterly losses and the bank's inability to retain client funds leading up to its takeover by UBS AG, saying the plaintiff launched the suit to circumvent its rejected bid to be lead plaintiff in a similar suit.
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October 18, 2024
Weedmaps' Parent Co. Faces Investor Suit After SEC Fine
The parent company of cannabis tech company Weedmaps was hit with an investor's proposed class action alleging shareholders were damaged following the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's announcement that it fined the company $1.5 million for allegedly making misleading statements about its monthly active users.
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October 18, 2024
Crypto Coder Asks 2nd Circ. To Delay Expert Witness Reveal
The founder of cryptocurrency service provider Tornado Cash urged the Second Circuit on Friday to pause a district court judge's order for him to disclose who he might call as an expert witness at an upcoming money laundering and sanctions trial.
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October 18, 2024
Allianz, Santander End Shareholder Suit Coverage Fight
Allianz has agreed to drop its request in Massachusetts federal court for a ruling that it is not obligated to cover Santander Holdings' defense in a now-settled 2022 shareholder lawsuit, a recent filing showed.
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October 18, 2024
6 Firms Guide $1.1B Turkish-Kazakh E-Commerce Deal
Six law firms across three countries have guided a transaction announced Friday that will see Kaspi.kz, which runs a popular payments app in Kazakhstan, purchase a majority stake in Turkish e-commerce platform Hepsiburada for more than $1.1 billion in cash.
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October 18, 2024
Verbose BigLaw Attys Irk Judge: 'Not Serving You Well'
A Boston federal judge on Friday laid into attorneys for Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, and Ropes & Gray LLP for what she called needlessly aggressive and voluminous court filings in heated fraud litigation involving the sale of a Mexican funeral business.
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October 18, 2024
Conn. Brother Wants No Jail Time In Brazilian Oil Scheme
A Connecticut man who pled guilty to laundering money in a Brazilian oil bribery scheme that also ensnared his brother says he should not be sentenced to jail time because he needs cancer treatments and has been "devastated financially."
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October 18, 2024
BCLP Corporate Ace Jumps To Barnes & Thornburg In LA
A longtime Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP attorney has taken his practice to Barnes & Thornburg in Los Angeles, becoming the fourth partner to join its corporate department in just the last month.
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October 18, 2024
Taxation With Representation: Baker, Simpson, Ropes
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Lundbeck inks a $2.6 billion cash deal for Longboard, Silver Lake agrees to buy Zuora for $1.7 billion, and PPG and American Industrial Partners reach a $550 million deal.
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October 18, 2024
CVS Health Replaces CEO Amid Reported Activist Pressure
CVS Health announced an executive shakeup on Friday, including the appointment of new President and CEO David Joyner, a move that comes as the troubled healthcare services giant faces pressure from activist investors pushing for change.
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October 18, 2024
Sweden's Intrum Plans To File For Bankruptcy In The US
Swedish debt collector Intrum said Friday that it plans to file for Chapter 11 protection in the U.S. along with a reorganization in its home country with eyes set on refinancing $4.9 billion in debt with a lock-up agreement with creditors.
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October 17, 2024
Trump Media Investors Get Prison For Insider Trading
A New York federal judge on Thursday sentenced a Florida venture capitalist to over two years in prison for insider trading on confidential plans to take the media company behind former President Donald Trump's Truth Social network public, a scheme that netted the investor and his brother nearly $23 million.
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October 17, 2024
US Sanctions Chinese Cos. For Work On Russian Drones
The U.S. Department of the Treasury on Thursday imposed fresh sanctions on three entities, including two from China, for helping develop long-range Garpiya attack drones used by Russia in its deadly war against Ukraine.
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October 17, 2024
CFTC Says Court 'Erred At Every Turn' In Election Betting Suit
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission told the D.C. Circuit that the district court "erred at every turn" when it allowed trading platform KalshiEx LLC to offer event contracts based on the outcome of U.S. elections.
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October 17, 2024
Rocket Investors Eye New Cert. Bid After Post-Goldman Denial
A pension fund has asked a Michigan federal judge for another chance at class certification in a suit alleging Rocket Cos. hid its knowledge of a drop in its mortgage business, saying the new class would be "substantially narrowed" after certification was previously denied in light of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision.
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October 17, 2024
Neobank Execs Want Out Of Cannabis Co.'s $127K Suit
The former directors of a defunct, cannabis industry-focused neobank are looking to kill a suit brought against them by Killa Bees Distribution LLC, a CBD company which claims in Oregon federal court that executives should be held liable for the nontraditional financial institution's failure to produce nearly $127,000 in deposits.
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October 17, 2024
Chinese Self-Driving Technology Firm Pony AI Files US IPO
Chinese autonomous-driver technology provider Pony AI Inc. filed plans Thursday for an initial public offering, represented by Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and underwriters' counsel Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, potentially paving the way for a rare U.S. IPO by a Chinese company amid trade tensions between both countries.
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October 17, 2024
Feds Arrest Man In SEC X Account Hack Touting Bitcoin ETF
An Alabama man was arrested Thursday on federal charges tied to the January hack of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's X account, which caused bitcoin prices to spike after a phony post falsely touted that the agency had approved bitcoin exchange-traded products, federal authorities said.
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October 17, 2024
FTC Admits Federal Court Merger Fights Are Usually Decisive
Federal Trade Commission complaint counsel has admitted a reality that the agency has long resisted: While federal court preliminary injunction fights are ostensibly meant only to pause a merger while a merits case plays out through an in-house court, the federal court case usually decides the transaction's fate.
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October 17, 2024
$20B Verizon-Frontier Deal Faces Scrutiny, And Other Rumors
A growing list of Frontier Communications' largest shareholders are concerned about its planned $20 billion takeover by Verizon Communications, and a group of former professional athletes are in talks to buy a stake in the NFL's Buffalo Bills. Here, Law360 breaks down these and other notable rumors from the past week.
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October 17, 2024
PE-Backed Polish Retailer Zabka Rings Up $1.6B IPO
Private equity-backed Zabka Polska SA closed flat in debt trading on Thursday after the Polish convenience store giant priced an initial price offering that raised 6.45 billion zloty ($1.62 billion) at the top of its range, marking Europe's fourth-largest listing this year.
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October 17, 2024
FTX Insider Cites 'Limited' Fraud Role In Bid To Avoid Prison
The former head of engineering at FTX asked a Manhattan federal judge to spare him prison time in light of his cooperation with prosecutors and what he said was a relatively "limited" role in the crypto exchange's billion-dollar fraud.
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October 17, 2024
Simpson-Led Silver Lake Inks $1.7B Deal For Zuora
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is guiding California-based tech investor Silver Lake on an agreement to buy Zuora Inc., a monetization software platform for businesses, at a $1.7 billion value, Zuora said Thursday.
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October 16, 2024
TD Bank's $3B AML Deal Sparks Scrutiny Of Its Oversight
The long-standing, widespread compliance failures at the root of TD Bank's blockbuster $3 billion U.S. anti-money laundering settlement last week have stunned experts and brought tough punishment for the Canadian bank — but they're also raising questions about why regulators didn't act sooner.
Expert Analysis
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Arbitration Implications Of High Court Coinbase Ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court's recent Coinbase v. Suski ruling not only reaffirmed the long-standing principle that arbitration is a matter of contract, but also established new and more general principles concerning the courts' jurisdiction to decide challenges to delegation clauses and the severability rule, say Tamar Meshel at the University of Alberta.
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Banks As Crypto Custodians May Rest On SEC Bulletin's Fate
Banks' willingness to accept custody of cryptocurrency assets, like the exchange-traded funds approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission this spring, may hinge on whether a 2022 SEC accounting bulletin directing banks to track customers' digital assets on their balance sheets can survive Congress' attempts to strike it down, says Roger Chari at Duane Morris.
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After A Brief Hiccup, The 'Rocket Docket' Soars Back To No. 1
The Eastern District of Virginia’s precipitous 2022 fall from its storied rocket docket status appears to have been a temporary aberration, as recent statistics reveal that the court is once again back on top as the fastest federal civil trial court in the nation, says Robert Tata at Hunton.
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Takeaways From Regulators' £61.6M Citigroup Trading Fine
Following the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority’s recent significant fining of Citigroup for its catastrophic trading error, and with more enforcement likely, institutions should update their controls and ensure system warnings do not become routine and therefore disregarded, says Abdulali Jiwaji at Signature Litigation.
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Big Banks Face Potential Broader Recovery Plan Rules
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's recent call for potentially subjecting more banks to recovery planning standards would represent a significant expansion of the scope of the recovery guidelines, and banks that would be affected should assess whether they’re prepared, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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Recruitment Trends In Emerging Law Firm Frontiers
BigLaw firms are facing local recruitment challenges as they increasingly establish offices in cities outside of the major legal hubs, requiring them to weigh various strategies for attracting talent that present different risks and benefits, says Tom Hanlon at Buchanan Law.
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Glassblowing Makes Me A Better Lawyer
I never expected that glassblowing would strongly influence my work as an attorney, but it has taught me the importance of building a solid foundation for your work, learning from others and committing to a lifetime of practice, says Margaret House at Kalijarvi Chuzi.
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What DOL Fiduciary Rule Means For Private Fund Managers
Attorneys at Ropes & Gray discuss how the U.S. Department of Labor's recently released final fiduciary rule, which revises the agency's 1975 regulation, could potentially cause private fund managers' current marketing practices and communications to be considered fiduciary advice, and therefore subject them to strict prohibitions.
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Money, Money, Money: Limiting White Collar Wealth Evidence
As courts increasingly recognize that allowing unfettered evidence of wealth could prejudice a jury against a defendant, white collar defense counsel should consider several avenues for excluding visual evidence of a lavish lifestyle at trial, says Jonathan Porter at Husch Blackwell.
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How Associates Can Build A Professional Image
As hybrid work arrangements become the norm in the legal industry, early-career attorneys must be proactive in building and maintaining a professional presence in both physical and digital settings, ensuring that their image aligns with their long-term career goals, say Lana Manganiello at Equinox Strategy Partners and Estelle Winsett at Estelle Winsett Professional Image Consulting.
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Considerations For Cooperation Contracts In Loan Trades
Significant challenges to settling trades can arise when lenders of syndicated bank loans enter into defense-oriented cooperation agreements, which are growing in popularity, but working through these issues on the front end of a trade can save hours down the road, says Robert Waldner at Crowell & Moring.
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Emerging Trends In ESG-Focused Securities Litigation
Based on a combination of shareholder pressure, increasing regulatory scrutiny and proposed rulemaking, there has been a proliferation of litigation over public company disclosures and actions regarding environmental, social, and governance factors — and the overall volume of such class actions will likely increase in the coming years, say attorneys at Mintz.
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Firms Must Rethink How They Train New Lawyers In AI Age
As law firms begin to use generative artificial intelligence to complete lower-level legal tasks, they’ll need to consider new ways to train summer associates and early-career attorneys, keeping in mind the five stages of skill acquisition, says Liisa Thomas at Sheppard Mullin.
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Next Steps After 5th Circ. Nixes Private Fund Adviser Rules
The Fifth Circuit's recent toss of key U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rules regarding private fund advisers represents a setback for the regulator, but open questions, including the possibility of an SEC petition to the U.S. Supreme Court, mean it's still too early to consider the matter closed, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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Think Like A Lawyer: Always Be Closing
When a lawyer presents their case with the right propulsive structure throughout trial, there is little need for further argument after the close of evidence — and in fact, rehashing it all may test jurors’ patience — so attorneys should consider other strategies for closing arguments, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.