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January 08, 2025
Biotech Co.'s Facility Failures Lost Investors Money, Suit Says
The executives and directors of biotechnology company Humacyte Inc. have been hit with a shareholder derivative suit in North Carolina federal court alleging the company concealed that its manufacturing facility failed to comply with certain quality assurance practices, leading to delayed regulatory review for its product candidate.
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January 08, 2025
Musk Appeals $56B Pay Package Rejection To Del. High Court
Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk and other top Tesla executives officially appealed to the Delaware Supreme Court on Wednesday a series of chancellor rulings that scuttled Musk's $56 billion, 10-year pay package and awarded a shareholder's counsel $345 million in fees in the yearslong derivative dispute.
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January 08, 2025
Shareholder Atty Urges Del. Justices To Revive Skechers Suit
An attorney for a shareholder of footwear maker Skechers Inc. told Delaware's Supreme Court on Wednesday that the Court of Chancery had ample reason to keep alive his suit alleging failure to control insider use of corporate aircraft for personal travel that the court dismissed instead.
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January 08, 2025
Exiting CFTC Chair Warns Crypto Without Rules 'Ends Badly'
The outgoing chair of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Rostin Behnam used his final speech on Wednesday to urge lawmakers and regulators to address the "gap" in oversight of cryptocurrency markets.
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January 08, 2025
Criminal Case Against Terraform Founder Said To Exceed SEC's
The $40 billion criminal case against Terraform founder Do Kwon contains evidence such as recordings and seized mobile phones that exceed what securities regulators presented when they prevailed against him at a civil fraud trial, prosecutors said Wednesday.
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January 08, 2025
Scarinci & Hollenbeck Taps Ex-DA To Lead Litigation Group
Scarinci & Hollenbeck LLC announced Wednesday it has tapped a former Kings County, New York, assistant district attorney, who joined the firm from Bressler Amery & Ross PC last year, to lead its litigation department in New York and New Jersey, where the firm has recently expanded its reach.
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January 08, 2025
Chancery Awards $176M Atty Fee In Tesla Board Pay Suit
Delaware's chancellor approved on Wednesday a $176.16 million Tesla stockholder class attorney fee award to three firms for a settlement of an excessive director compensation suit that is expected to return $734 million to the company through a combination of director stock, option and cash givebacks.
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January 07, 2025
Obesity Drug Maker Faces Investor Suit Over IPO Disclosures
Biopharmaceutical company BioAge Labs Inc. is facing a proposed class action alleging investors in its initial public offering were hurt by plummeting share prices after the company unexpectedly hit the brakes on a clinical trial for its lead product candidate.
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January 07, 2025
Energy Co. Inks $126 Million Deal To End SPAC Merger Suit
Investors suing the now-bankrupt oil and gas company Alta Mesa Resources Inc. have asked a Texas federal judge to preliminarily approve a $126.3 million deal to settle claims that the company and its executives misled investors about the value of a 2017 merger.
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January 07, 2025
2nd Circ. Denies BDO Second Shot At AmTrust Appeal
The Second Circuit Tuesday denied BDO USA LLP's request for a rehearing of an appellate panel's decision not to overturn a suit brought by AmTrust Financial Services Inc. that alleged the auditor did a poor job reviewing the insurer's financial statements.
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January 07, 2025
Carlyle Beats Chancery Challenge To $77.5M Authentix Sale
The Carlyle Group on Tuesday beat a more than four-year-old suit accusing the global investment giant and three directors of authentication provider Authentix Inc. of breaching their fiduciary duties in approving Authentix's $77.5 million sale to private equity firm Blue Water Energy LLP in 2017.
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January 07, 2025
AT&T, Biz Groups Urge Justices To Back Cornell's ERISA Win
Top business and employee benefits industry lobbying groups along with telecommunications giant AT&T urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold Cornell University's victory over a federal benefits lawsuit alleging retirement plan mismanagement, in a flood of amicus briefs at the high court before arguments later this month.
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January 07, 2025
Coinbase Judge Sends Crypto's Howey Question To 2nd Circ.
A New York federal judge Tuesday waved through a request from Coinbase to have the Second Circuit weigh in on whether the cryptocurrency transactions on its platform are investment contracts, putting the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's ongoing registration suit against the crypto exchange on ice for now.
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January 07, 2025
5 Argument Sessions Benefits Attys Should Check Out In Jan.
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear from Cornell University workers looking to revive a retirement plan mismanagement suit and a former firefighter who says federal disability bias law protects post-employment benefits, while circuit courts will weigh gender-affirming care restrictions and a battle over pension annuity payments. Here, Law360 looks at five arguments that benefits attorneys ought to keep an eye on this month.
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January 07, 2025
PCAOB Drops Probe That Led To Constitutional Challenge
One of the constitutional challenges facing the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board came to an end Tuesday after the board informed a Texas court that it would not pursue an enforcement action against the accounting firm at the center of the case.
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January 07, 2025
Biotech Co. Urges NC Panel To Revive Legal Malpractice Suit
A biotech company that lost a $22 million libel suit brought by a pharmaceutical executive has asked a North Carolina appeals panel for another shot at legal malpractice claims against its former legal counsel, arguing that a savings provision expands the statute of repose for the voluntarily dismissed claim to be revived.
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January 07, 2025
MoviePass Parent Co. Ex-CEO Cops To Investor Fraud
The former CEO of Helios & Matheson Analytics Inc., which owned a majority stake in the defunct discount unlimited movie ticketing service MoviePass, pled guilty Tuesday to making false statements about its business operations and inflating stock prices to attract investors.
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January 07, 2025
Grayscale Rival Insists Connecticut Law Allows $2M Suit
Digital asset management firm Grayscale cannot duck a smaller rival's unfair trade practices suit based on its argument that the relevant Connecticut state law has a carveout for conduct involving securities transactions, Osprey Funds said in opposing summary judgment.
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January 07, 2025
Didi Investor Wants To Be New Leader Of Regulatory Suit
A Didi Global Inc. investor asked Tuesday to sub in as lead plaintiff in a proposed class action claiming the Chinese ride-hailing giant misrepresented the risks of a disciplinary crackdown from the Chinese government over alleged data security violations, as the suit's current leader plans to withdraw from the litigation.
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January 07, 2025
Warner Bros., CEO Face 2nd Investor Suit Over Lost NBA Deal
A second Warner Bros. Discovery shareholder has sued the media giant and CEO David Zaslav in federal court, accusing them of misleading fellow investors about the company's financial strength as attempts to renew its NBA media rights deal were disintegrating.
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January 07, 2025
Ex-Ozy Media Exec Who Testified Against Founder Avoids Jail
A Brooklyn federal judge allowed a former Ozy Media executive to avoid prison Tuesday for furthering a fraud that sunk the high-profile media startup, citing his cooperation with prosecutors who convicted company founder Carlos Watson of swindling tens of millions of dollars.
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January 07, 2025
Mattel Agrees To $16.9M Deal Ending Suit Over Unsafe Sleeper
Mattel Inc. has agreed to settle for $16.9 million a nearly five-year-old Delaware Court of Chancery stockholder derivative suit seeking damages for the company for director and top officer oversight failures purportedly linked to an unsafe "Rock 'n' Play Sleeper" tied to hundreds of infant deaths and injuries.
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January 07, 2025
Here's How Paul Hastings' Big Bet On Finance Paid Off
As the financial markets swayed between booms and busts in recent years following the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Paul Hastings LLP stayed the course, doubling down on its transactional practices by recruiting top-tier talent across key global markets like New York and London, and rising hubs such as Texas.
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January 07, 2025
CFTC Chair Behnam To Step Down When Trump Takes Office
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chair Rostin Behnam announced Tuesday that he will resign his chairmanship on Inauguration Day in order to make way for new agency leadership under incoming President Donald Trump, who has yet to name Behnam's successor.
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January 06, 2025
Trump Selects Long Island Judge For EDNY's Top Prosecutor
President-elect Donald Trump, who was born in Queens, has picked a Long Island state court judge to serve as the next U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, according to an announcement made Monday on Truth Social.
Expert Analysis
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Predicting The Lasting Changes CFPB May Face In 2025
President-elect Donald Trump and the incoming Republican-controlled Congress' likely attempts to reshape the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could significantly alter its rulemaking, supervisory and enforcement abilities for years to come, says Jim Sandy at McGlinchey Stafford.
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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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COP29 Offers Pathway To A Global Carbon Market
COP29, the recently concluded United Nations climate conference, represented a breakthrough in the establishment of standards for a global carbon market — and voluntary carbon market participants in the U.S. and elsewhere can enhance the value of their projects by aligning them with these standards, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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New Trump Admin May Bring Financial Oversight Turbulence
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to begin his second term, his top financial market regulatory and securities law enforcement appointees, campaign promises, and regulatory preferences foretell a period of muddy regulatory waters, say attorneys at Kroll.
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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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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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Musk Pay Fight Shows Investor Approval Isn't Universal Cure
The Delaware Court of Chancery's recent denial of a motion revising its prior rescission of Elon Musk's nearly $56 billion compensation package is a reminder of the heightened standard corporate boards must meet in conflicted controller transactions and that stockholder approval doesn't automatically cure fiduciary wrongdoing, say attorneys at A&O Shearman.
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Data Privacy Landscape After Mass. Justices' Wiretap Ruling
In Vita v. New England Baptist Hospital, Massachusetts’ highest court recently ruled that the state’s wiretap law doesn’t prohibit all tracking of website user activity, but major financial and reputational risks remain for businesses that aren't transparent about customer’s web data, says Seth Berman at Nutter.
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Compliance Lessons From Raytheon's FCPA Settlement
A recent Foreign Corrupt Practices Act action involving aerospace and defense company Raytheon underscores the importance of risk management related to retaining and overseeing third parties — especially in higher-risk jurisdictions — and the promotion of a companywide culture of compliance, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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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.