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June 13, 2025
Taxation With Representation: Debevoise, Latham, Paul Weiss
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Brown & Brown Inc. buys Accession Risk Management Group Inc., Allison Transmission Holdings Inc. acquires Dana Inc.'s off-highway unit, Qualcomm Inc. buys Alphawave IP, and Warner Bros. Discovery announced it will split into two publicly traded companies.
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June 13, 2025
Firms Get $275K Refund After $5M Overbilling Probe
Labaton Keller Sucharow LLP, Thornton Law Firm LLP and Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP will get a total of about $275,000 back after collectively spending more than $5 million on a lengthy investigation into overbilling and other fee improprieties, a Massachusetts federal judge said Friday.
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June 13, 2025
SharpLink Gaming Buys Ether Cryptocurrency Sum For $463M
Online performance marketing company SharpLink Gaming, advised by Thompson Hine LLP, announced on Friday that it has bought 176,270.69 of ether cryptocurrency for $463 million, a transaction that the company says cements it as the largest publicly traded holder of ether in the world.
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June 13, 2025
Cooley, Latham Lead Drone Operator Airo's $60M IPO
Drone systems developer Airo Group Holdings Inc. began trading Friday after a $60 million initial public offering priced below its targeted range and guided by Cooley LLP and underwriters' counsel Latham & Watkins LLP.
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June 12, 2025
7th Circ. Backs Hartford's Denial Of Benefits To Ex-PwC Exec
The Seventh Circuit on Thursday refused to revive a lawsuit by a former PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP executive accusing the accounting firm's disability insurance provider of wrongly denying her long-term disability benefits for her fibromyalgia, affirming a lower court's "detailed and diligent opinion" that found her condition limiting, but not disabling.
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June 12, 2025
Publisher Slams Lindberg's 'Inappropriate' Use Of Affidavit
A publisher seeking to collect on a $1.24 million judgment from a Florida holding company linked to convicted insurance fraudster Greg Lindberg pushed back Wednesday at Lindberg's bid to avoid the payout, telling a North Carolina appeals court that it's "inappropriate" of him to use a 2-year-old filing in a separate case to back his argument.
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June 12, 2025
'My Big Coin' Operators To Pay $26M To End CFTC Claims
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced that the alleged orchestrators of the My Big Coin digital asset fraud scheme that swindled over $6 million from 28 investors will hand over $25.7 million to end claims against them.
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June 12, 2025
Crypto Investor Says Trading Education Firm Was A Fraud
A Denver business set up to provide investment training services was hit with a lawsuit from a Florida resident accusing it and an affiliated crypto exchange of bilking him out of hundreds of thousands of dollars while purportedly teaching him how to trade digital assets.
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June 12, 2025
JPMorgan Can't Exit Cash Sweep Rates Suit, Consumers Say
Consumers who accused JPMorgan Chase of underpaying the interest on their cash sweep accounts urged a New York federal judge on Thursday not to let the bank escape the suit, asserting several arguments, including that their contract claims are "anchored" to specific provisions in the parties' written agreement.
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June 12, 2025
Meta Eyes $14B AI Bet, Bullish Seeks IPO, And More Rumors
Facebook owner Meta is eying a $14 billion investment in Scale AI, while Bullish plans to join the recent surge in cryptocurrency-related initial public offerings and investors want to take pizza chain Papa John's private at more than $60 per share. Here, Law360 breaks down the notable deal rumors from the past week.
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June 12, 2025
Conn. Adviser Banned After $9.2M Fraud, Prison Sentence
The Connecticut Department of Banking banned an investment adviser from practicing his craft in the Constitution State following his sentence to 87 months in prison and a $9.2 million restitution payment for a Georgia fraud case.
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June 12, 2025
Inovalon Investors' Revived Chancery Suit Moves Forward
A Delaware chancellor sent into discovery investors' claim that Inovalon didn't properly disclose that a consortium of private equity firms that bought the healthcare data company paid $400 million in fees to its financial adviser before the transaction, dismissing some claims but finding it is "reasonably conceivable" that the suit's defendants acted in bad faith.
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June 12, 2025
Brokers Provide FINRA With Regulatory Wish List
The brokerage industry is calling for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to change the way it conducts arbitration, to loosen rules on customer communication and to limit which firm employees must register with the financial regulator as it considers modernizing its rules and regulations.
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June 12, 2025
Allegion To Buy PE-Backed Security Tech Biz In €330M Deal
Global security products provider Allegion PLC on Thursday announced plans to acquire access technology company Elatec from private equity shop Summit Partners for €330 million ($382 million).
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June 12, 2025
Benefit Street Partners Clinches $500M CLO Fund
Credit-focused alternative asset management firm Benefit Street Partners LLC, advised by Ropes & Gray LLP, on Thursday revealed that it has secured $500 million in equity commitments for its third captive U.S. collateralized loan obligation equity fund.
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June 11, 2025
Glass Lewis To GOP: No 'Ideological Agenda' In Proxy Advice
The head of the proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis & Co. has pushed back against allegations from the Senate Banking Committee concerning the firm's "expansive, opaque, and ideologically driven influence" on U.S. companies, saying it evaluates all shareholder proposals on a case-by-case basis.
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June 11, 2025
Miami Faces Atty Whistleblower Suit Over Mismanaged Funds
An attorney who managed billions of dollars worth of real estate for Miami brought a lawsuit alleging the city violated her state whistleblower protection rights, saying she was abruptly terminated after trying to report alleged payroll violations and financial mismanagement to her supervisors.
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June 11, 2025
Regulators Delay Compliance On Private Fund Disclosures
A divided U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission agreed on Wednesday to extend compliance dates for new Form PF rules that require additional disclosure from private funds, overcoming objections from one dissenting commissioner who feared the "11th-hour" extension could lead to abandoning the rules altogether.
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June 11, 2025
Fintech Startup Chimes In With $864M IPO Above Price Range
Venture-backed fintech startup Chime Financial Inc. priced an $864 million initial public offering above its marketed range on Wednesday, represented by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC and underwriters counsel Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, furthering the IPO market's recent momentum.
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June 11, 2025
Lighting Co. Strikes Deal To End ESOP Management Suit
A California-based lighting company and the managers of its employee stock ownership plan agreed to resolve a proposed class action claiming they mismanaged the $25 million sale of company stock that established the plan, according to a filing in federal court.
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June 11, 2025
Vedder Price Boosts IP, Exec Compensation Teams In NY
Vedder Price PC has bulked up its New York office with the addition of an intellectual property attorney from Vinson & Elkins LLP and an executive compensation and employee benefits pro from Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP.
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June 11, 2025
Health Network Strikes Deal In Retirement Plan Forfeiture Suit
A Pennsylvania health system has settled a suit claiming it failed to tamp down on unnecessary expenses in its $1.1 billion retirement plan and used forfeited funds to cover its own contributions to the plan instead of using the abandoned cash to reduce fees.
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June 11, 2025
Firms Plug $190M Into Luxury Hospitality Biz Cipriani
Private equity firm Beach Point Capital Management LP, advised by Sidley Austin LLP, and multistrategy investment manager Sparta Capital Management Ltd. on Wednesday announced that they have agreed to provide a $190 million financing loan to luxury hospitality company Cipriani, led by Paul Hastings LLP, to support its growth.
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June 11, 2025
Ares Wraps Inaugural $2.4B Japanese Data Center Fund
Private equity giant Ares Management Corp. said Wednesday that it wrapped its first fund dedicated to data center investment and development after securing $2.4 billion of investor commitments.
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June 11, 2025
Latham, Skadden-Led Insurer Joins IPO Wave With $113M IPO
Small business-focused excess and surplus insurer Ategrity Specialty Holdings LLC began trading Wednesday after pricing a $113 million initial public offering above its marketed range, represented by Latham & Watkins LLP and underwriters Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, as more insurance firms tap public markets.
Expert Analysis
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OCC Patriot Bank Order Spotlights AML Issues For Managers
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's focus on payments and prepaid card program managers in its recent consent order with Patriot Bank is noteworthy and shows regulators are unlikely to back down on enforcement related to Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.
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A Cold War-Era History Lesson On Due Process
The landmark Harry Bridges case from the mid-20th century Red Scare offers important insights on why lawyers must be free of government reprisal, no matter who their client is, says Peter Afrasiabi at One LLP.
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Series
Improv Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Improv keeps me grounded and connected to what matters most, including in my legal career where it has helped me to maintain a balance between being analytical, precise and professional, and creative, authentic and open-minded, says Justine Gottshall at InfoLawGroup.
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How BigLaw Executive Orders May Affect Smaller Firms
Because of the types of cases they take on, solo practitioners, small law firms and public interest attorneys may find themselves more dramatically affected by the collective impact of recent government action involving the legal industry than even the BigLaw firms named in the executive orders, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.
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Opinion
Lawsuits Shouldn't Be Shadow Assets For Foreign Capital
Third-party litigation financing amplifies inefficiencies from litigation and facilitates national exposure to foreign influence in the U.S. justice system, so full disclosure of financing arrangements should be required as a matter of institutional integrity, says Roland Eisenhuth at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.
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How To Accelerate Your Post-Attorney Career Transition
Professionals seeking to transition to nonattorney careers may encounter skepticism as nontraditional candidates, but there are opportunities for thought leadership and to leverage speaking and writing to accelerate a post-attorney career transition, say Janet Falk at Falk Communications and Evgeny Efremkin at Toronto Metropolitan University.
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How Tariffs May Affect Proxy Contests This Season
While global tariffs imposed by the Trump administration will certainly chill at least some activity this proxy season, and make defending contests significantly easier, there will likely be many new activist investments once there is more economic certainty, meaning more proxy fights this fall, say attorneys at Sidley.
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A Closer Look At New NYSE, Nasdaq Listing Rule Changes
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has recently approved changes to the New York Stock Exchange's and the Nasdaq's listing rules on reverse stock splits, minimum share price requirements and required liquidity for initial listings, meaning listed companies facing delisting will have fewer means to regain compliance, say attorneys at Cahill Gordon.
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Opinion
GENIUS Act Can Bring Harmony To Crypto-Banking Discord
​​​​​​​By embracing crypto innovation while establishing appropriate guardrails, the so-called GENIUS Act charts a path forward that promotes financial inclusion and technological advancement without compromising stability or constitutional rights, says J.W. Verret at George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School.
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Be An Indispensable Associate
While law school teaches you to research, write and think critically, it often overlooks the professional skills you will need to make yourself an essential team player when transitioning from a summer to full-time associate, say attorneys at Stinson.
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SEC Confidential Review Process Provides Issuers Flexibility
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recently announced enhancements to the process for confidentially submitting draft registration statements will be immediately impactful for issuers seeking to access the public capital markets, and should provide more grounds to explore and plan public offerings, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.
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Series
Birding Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Observing and documenting birds in their natural habitats fosters patience, sharpens observational skills and provides moments of pure wonder — qualities that foster personal growth and enrich my legal career, says Allison Raley at Arnall Golden.
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Series
Calif. Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q1
Among the most notable developments in California banking in the first quarter of the year, regulators and legislators issued regulations interpreting debt collection laws, stepped up enforcement actions, and expanded consumer protections for those affected by wildfires, says Stephen Britt at Severson & Werson.
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How The ESG Investing Rule Survived Loper Bright, For Now
A Texas federal court's recent decision in Utah v. Micone upholding the U.S. Department of Labor's 2022 ESG investing rule highlights how regulations can withstand the post-Loper Bright landscape when an agency's interpretation of its statutorily determined boundaries is not granted deference, say attorneys at Miller & Chevalier.
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Series
Adapting To Private Practice: From DOJ Leadership To BigLaw
The move from government service to private practice can feel like changing one’s identity, but as someone who has left the U.S. Department of Justice twice, I’ve learned that a successful transition requires patience, effort and the realization that the rewards of practicing law don’t come from one particular position, says Richard Donoghue at Pillsbury.