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April 11, 2025
Goodwin-Led Lock 8 Clinches 3rd Fund With $182M In Tow
New York-based private equity shop Lock 8 Partners LLC, advised by Goodwin Procter LLP, on Friday announced that it closed its third lower middle market technology buyout fund after securing $182 million of investor commitments.
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April 11, 2025
Taxation With Representation: Norton Rose, Ropes & Gray
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Capri Holdings sells Versace to Prada, Woodside Energy sells a liquefied natural gas terminal stake to Stonepeak, crypto infrastructure firm Ripple acquires prime brokerage platform Hidden Road, and Bain Capital takes a stake in Lincoln Financial.
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April 10, 2025
Grayscale Settles Bitcoin Rival's Conn. Biz Interference Suit
Cryptocurrency firm Osprey Funds LLC and its larger digital asset management rival Grayscale Investments LLC have agreed to settle a lawsuit over the transition of a Grayscale bitcoin investment trust into an exchange-traded fund, or ETF.
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April 10, 2025
SEC Urged To Look At FINRA's 'Unprecedented' Review Delay
Shareholders of Entrex Carbon Market Inc. have urged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to review what they say is the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's harmful failure to act on the carbon offset trading platform's requests for a name change and approval of stock splits.
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April 10, 2025
Chinese Tea Chain Serves Up IPO Plans In Rocky Market
Chinese teahouse company Chagee Holdings Ltd., represented by Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP and underwriters' counsel Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, on Thursday unveiled plans for an estimated $396 million initial public offering, joining a volatile IPO market rocked by uncertainty over President Donald Trump's tariff policy.
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April 10, 2025
Binance A Crypto Laundering 'Get-Away Driver,' Suit Says
A group of cryptocurrency owners who said they were targeted by online thieves and ransomware have filed a proposed class action alleging the cryptocurrency exchange Binance ran a loose ship that provided the cybercriminals with a platform to launder and hide the stolen property.
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April 10, 2025
Mint Mobile Secretly Records Customer Calls, Suit Says
Mint Mobile "routinely and intentionally" records conversations on its customer service line without notifying callers, according to a proposed class action moved to California federal court Wednesday.
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April 10, 2025
No Plan To Trim Do Kwon Case After Crypto Memo, Feds Say
A U.S. Department of Justice memo outlining the Trump administration's cryptocurrency policy and enforcement priorities has not prompted prosecutors to alter their $40 billion criminal fraud case against Terraform founder Do Kwon, a government lawyer told a Manhattan federal judge Thursday.
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April 10, 2025
Cooley-Led Drone Operator Launches Plans For $75M IPO
Drone systems developer Airo Group Holdings Inc. launched plans Thursday for an estimated $75 million initial public offering amid choppy market conditions, represented by Cooley LLP and underwriters' counsel Latham & Watkins LLP.
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April 10, 2025
Simpson Thacher-Led KSL Lands $1.44B In 2nd Tactical Fund
Alternative investment firm KSL Capital Partners LLC, advised by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, on Thursday announced that it clinched its second tactical opportunities fund with $1.44 billion in capital commitments.
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April 10, 2025
Cantor Fitzgerald, Lutnick Beat BGC Stockholder Suit In Del.
A claim misclassification doomed a stockholder suit accusing Cantor Fitzgerald LP and former BGC Partners CEO Howard Lutnick — now U.S. commerce secretary — of lining up unfair terms when BGC went public in 2023 in a deal that diluted its minority shareholders, a Delaware vice chancellor ruled on Thursday.
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April 10, 2025
Blackstone Bolsters Warehouse Portfolio In $718M Texas Buy
Blackstone on Thursday announced it has agreed to buy a 6 million-square-foot portfolio of warehouse buildings in Dallas and Houston from Crow Holdings for $718 million in a bet on logistics during a time of market upheaval.
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April 09, 2025
Coinbase Judge Won't Rethink Greenlighting Investor Suit
A New Jersey federal judge declined to review his ruling to keep a Coinbase investors' class action alive, saying his order did not gloss over any legal or factual issue when finding the company and its executives must face the suit accusing them of concealing certain regulatory and bankruptcy risks from investors.
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April 09, 2025
Judge Rejects Objections To $400M GPB Capital Payout Plan
A New York federal judge has approved a plan to distribute up to $400 million to investors defrauded by GPB Capital Holdings, rejecting objections from company insiders who argued the settlement was unfair because they could still face liability, finding that those concerns didn't outweigh the need to compensate defrauded victims.
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April 09, 2025
Senate Confirms Trump Pick Atkins To Lead A Leaner SEC
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Paul Atkins to be the next chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, clearing the way for an agency veteran and regulatory critic who is expected to slow the SEC's enforcement agenda and pursue smaller corporate penalties at a time when the agency is grappling with staff cuts and market turmoil.
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April 09, 2025
Chancery Lets Paramount Investors Probe Skydance Deal
Delaware's top Chancery magistrate said Wednesday that Paramount Global stockholders probing the company's proposed $8 billion Skydance Media merger can have access to dozens of documents, but kept sealed further details in a transcript of a hearing closed to the public for at least five additional days.
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April 09, 2025
2nd Circ. Doubtful Of Push To Thaw Assets For Debt Relief Biz
A Second Circuit panel seemed unconvinced Wednesday by a debt relief network's argument that the rule federal and state enforcers invoked to shut it down didn't apply because the targeted business practices included in-person interactions, with two judges noting that the home visits followed phone conversations where the actual selling was likely made.
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April 09, 2025
Self-Driving Car Tech Co. Valued At $6B After Series E Round
Autonomous driving technology company Nuro Inc. on Wednesday revealed that it achieved a $6 billion valuation after completing its latest fundraising round with $106 million in tow.
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April 09, 2025
White & Case-Led EQT Inks Nearly $3B Health Deal With KKR
KKR & Co. has agreed to acquire Sweden's Karo Healthcare from EQT, marking the handover of a company that has quadrupled in sales over the past five years, the companies said Wednesday, in a deal worth up to a reported 2.6 billion euros ($2.85 billion).
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April 09, 2025
Ill. Real Estate Broker Gets 4 Years For $3M Investment Scam
A Chicago real estate broker has been sentenced to more than four years in prison after pleading guilty last year to allegations he duped clients into investing millions of dollars in properties that did not exist and then used the investors' funds for personal expenses, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday.
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April 09, 2025
Winston & Strawn Leads Fintech-Focused SPAC's $240M IPO
Special purpose acquisition company Titan Acquisition Corp. began trading Wednesday after pricing a $240 million initial public offering in pursuit of a merger with a fintech or related business, represented by Winston & Strawn LLP and underwriters' counsel Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP.
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April 09, 2025
Fraudster Says Sentencing Judge Overlooked Harsh Detention
A California man convicted in a $2 million investment fraud scheme asked the Fourth Circuit Wednesday to overturn his 70-month prison sentence, arguing that a North Carolina federal judge wrongly denied his request for a shorter term based on time he spent in harsh overseas detention.
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April 09, 2025
Connell Foley Survives Investment Firm's DQ Bid In Bias Suit
A federal judge in New Jersey has rejected a Black-owned investment company's request to disqualify a Connell Foley LLP attorney from representing the state in the investment firm's bias case, reasoning that there is nothing showing the law firm or the lawyer previously represented the company.
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April 09, 2025
Ancora Drops US Steel Pursuit After Trump Flags Nippon Deal
Ancora Holdings Group said Wednesday it is withdrawing its slate of director candidates for U.S. Steel's upcoming annual meeting, citing "apparent momentum" for the $14.9 billion acquisition by Japan's Nippon Steel after President Donald Trump announced a fresh national security review of the deal Monday.Â
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April 08, 2025
Crypto Investor Sues In Del. Alleging $16M Pump, Dump Loss
Cayman Islands-registered cryptocurrency venture Hash Asset Management Ltd. sued two other crypto entities and four individuals in Delaware's Court of Chancery on Tuesday, alleging a "pump and dump" scheme that saw more than $16 million allegedly siphoned away in violation of token deposit and lending agreements.
Expert Analysis
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How Judiciary Can Minimize AI Risks In Secondary Sources
Because courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence and other safeguards do not address the risk of hallucinations in secondary source materials, the judiciary should consider enlisting legal publishers and database hosts to protect against AI-generated inaccuracies, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.
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Nvidia Case's Potential Impact On Securities Class Actions
In Nvidia v. Ohman Fonder, the U.S. Supreme Court could strip lower courts of their long-standing ability and obligation to holistically weigh all relevant facts supporting plaintiffs' allegations of securities fraud, which would have a wide-ranging impact on securities fraud class actions in the U.S., say attorneys at Labaton Keller.
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How Attorneys Can Break Free From Career Enmeshment
Ambitious attorneys can sometimes experience career enmeshment — when your sense of self-worth becomes unhealthily tangled up in your legal vocation — but taking the time to discover and realign with your core personal values can help you recover your identity, says Janna Koretz at Azimuth Psychological.
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Short-Seller Implications Of 10th Circ.'s Overstock Decision
The Tenth Circuit's Oct. 15 decision in Overstock Securities Litigation provides clarity on the pleading standard for a market manipulation claim under the Exchange Act, and suggests that short sellers might not be able to rely on the fraud-on-the-market presumption typically invoked by securities plaintiffs, say attorneys at Paul Weiss.
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Lawyers With Disabilities Are Seeking Equity, Not Pity
Attorneys living with disabilities face extra challenges — including the need for special accommodations, the fear of stigmatization and the risk of being tokenized — but if given equitable opportunities, they can still rise to the top of their field, says Kate Reder Sheikh, a former attorney and legal recruiter at Major Lindsey & Africa.
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Opinion
Judicial Committee Best Venue For Litigation Funding Rules
The Advisory Committee on Civil Rules' recent decision to consider developing a rule for litigation funding disclosure is a welcome development, ensuring that the result will be the product of a thorough, inclusive and deliberative process that appropriately balances all interests, says Stewart Ackerly at Statera Capital.
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The Strategic Advantages Of Appointing A Law Firm CEO
The impact on law firms of the recent CrowdStrike outage underscores that the business of law is no longer merely about providing supplemental support for legal practice — and helps explain why some law firms are appointing dedicated, full-time CEOs to navigate the challenges of the modern legal landscape, says Jennifer Johnson at Calibrate Strategies.
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Don't Phone A Friend: Disclosing Friendships With Executives
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent settlement against a former Church & Dwight chairman for violating proxy disclosure rules by neglecting to disclose his friendship with an executive officer amid a CEO search illustrates the perils of relying solely on responses to questionnaires circulated to boards, say attorneys at BCLP.
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Why Diversity Jurisdiction Poses Investment Fund Hurdles
Federal courts' continued application of the exacting rules of diversity jurisdiction presents particular challenges for investment funds, and in the absence of any near-term reform, those who manage such funds should take action to avoid diversity jurisdiction pitfalls, say attorneys at Sher Tremonte.
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The Ups And Downs Of SEC's Now-Dissolved ESG Task Force
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Climate and ESG Enforcement Task Force, which was quietly disbanded sometime over the summer, was marked by three years of resistance from some stakeholders to ESG regulation, a mixed record in the courts and several successful enforcement actions, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.
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Series
Beekeeping Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The practice of patent law and beekeeping are not typically associated, but taking care of honeybees has enriched my legal practice by highlighting the importance of hands-on experience, continuous learning, mentorship and more, says David Longo at Oblon McClelland.
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Anticipating Jarkesy's Effect On Bank Agency Enforcement
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy, federal courts may eventually issue decisions on banking law principles and processes that could fundamentally alter the agencies' enforcement action framework, and the relationship between banks and examiners, says Brendan Clegg at Luse Gorman.
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CFTC Anti-Fraud Blitz Is A Warning To Carbon Credit Sellers
With its recent enforcement actions against a carbon offset project developer and its senior executives for reporting false information about the energy savings of the company's projects, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission is staking out its position as a primary regulator in the voluntary carbon credit market, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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Opinion
Legal Institutions Must Warn Against Phony Election Suits
With two weeks until the election, bar associations and courts have an urgent responsibility to warn lawyers about the consequences of filing unsubstantiated lawsuits claiming election fraud, says Elise Bean at the Carl Levin Center for Oversight and Democracy.
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Peeling Back The Layers Of SEC's Equity Trading Reforms
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recently adopted amendments lowering the tick sizes for stock trading and reducing access fee caps will benefit investors and necessitate broad systems changes — if they can first survive judicial challenges, say attorneys at Sidley.