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Asset Management

  • April 29, 2025

    FTX Ch. 11 Trust Asks To Keep Customer Info Confidential

    In a just-under-the-wire move, the FTX bankruptcy recovery trust has sought a seventh extension for a mid-2023 ruling by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware allowing confidential treatment of its 9 million customers' information, citing the data's continued value to the estate.

  • April 29, 2025

    Adviser Renews Bid To Toss SEC Suit Over Liquidity Rule

    Pinnacle Advisors LLC has again urged a New York federal judge to toss a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission suit accusing the wealth management firm of exceeding its allowed allotment of illiquid investments, standing by its arguments that the so-called liquidity rule was wrongly promulgated.

  • April 29, 2025

    Perkins Coie Leads 2 SPAC Listings Raising $300M Combined

    Two special-purpose acquisition companies, under similar leadership teams and represented by Perkins Coie LLP, began trading Tuesday after pricing initial public offerings that raised a combined $300 million. 

  • April 29, 2025

    OKCoin Says Crypto Holders Can't Tie Firm To $2M Theft

    Digital asset exchange OKCoin and its affiliates urged a California federal judge to dismiss a proposed class action accusing them of enabling cryptocurrency thieves, arguing the real cause of the plaintiffs' losses was the initial theft, not any actions by the exchange.

  • April 29, 2025

    Union Pension Fund Wins $132M Bailout Suit At 2nd Circ.

    A union pension fund won its multimillion-dollar dispute with the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. on appeal Tuesday, with the Second Circuit reversing a New York federal judge's 2023 decision that the PBGC was within its rights to reject the fund's 2022 application for $132 million in financial assistance.

  • April 29, 2025

    2 Insurance Firms Join Frozen IPO Pipeline Seeking $440M

    Two insurance companies joined the roster of candidates for initial public offerings on Tuesday by launching plans to raise about $440 million combined under guidance from six law firms, potentially unlocking a stalled pipeline.

  • April 29, 2025

    Kirkland Guides Allied Industrial On $300M Fund Close

    Houston-based Allied Industrial Partners has closed its inaugural fund at its $300 million hard cap, achieving the objective under the legal guidance of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

  • April 29, 2025

    Retirees Fight Lockheed's Quick Appeal Push In Annuity Suit

    Lockheed Martin retirees urged a Maryland federal judge not to allow the company to immediately challenge a ruling that kept alive their suit claiming Lockheed illegally pushed workers' pensions into risky annuities, arguing an appeal would be premature even though a similar case was recently tossed out.

  • April 28, 2025

    3rd Circ. Won't Rethink Teamsters Fund's Win In $39M Row

    The Third Circuit won't give a group of dairy businesses a second chance to prevent a Teamsters union pension fund from suing them and their affiliates to enforce a $39 million settlement, the court announced Monday.

  • April 28, 2025

    SEC Defends Witholding Info On Text Message Sweeps

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pushed back Monday against the American Securities Association's bid for spreadsheets related to the regulator's enforcement sweep of so-called off-channel communications, telling a Florida federal judge that its spreadsheet withholdings under the Freedom of Information Act are fully legal.

  • April 28, 2025

    Avis Hit With Investor Suit Over $2.3B Fleet Impairment

    Car rental company Avis Budget Group has been hit with a proposed shareholder class action alleging it harmed investors when it concealed a strategy shift late last year that accelerated fleet rotation and led to a $2.3 billion impairment charge.

  • April 28, 2025

    Wells Fargo Investors Win Class Cert. In 'Sham' Hiring Case

    A California federal judge has certified a class of thousands of Wells Fargo & Co. investors in litigation over the bank's alleged practice of conducting "sham" job interviews to meet diversity targets, a strategy investors say led to stock prices dropping when the truth came to light, according to an order issued Friday.

  • April 28, 2025

    Boeing Rips Investors' Class Cert. Bid In 737 Max Fraud Suit

    Boeing has told an Illinois federal judge that pension funds and private investors cannot certify a sweeping class action seeking a "jaw-dropping" $15 billion in damages by alleging Boeing repeatedly misrepresented the overall safety and certification process for the 737 Max 8 jets after two deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019.

  • April 28, 2025

    Wells Fargo Tells Judge Cash Sweep 'Conflict' Was Disclosed

    Wells Fargo said it should be allowed to escape customers' proposed class action alleging the bank's cash sweep investment program disproportionately benefits the bank, arguing it disclosed in its signed agreements with customers the bank's intentions to secure financial gains for itself through the program.

  • April 28, 2025

    Tax Services Provider Andersen Files Confidential IPO Plans

    Tax and legal services provider Andersen Group Inc. said Monday it confidentially filed for an initial public offering, marking a first step toward going public amid market volatility that has largely frozen IPOs in recent weeks.

  • April 28, 2025

    5th Circ. Grants DOL 30-Day Stay In States' ESG Rule Appeal

    The Fifth Circuit on Monday granted the U.S. Department of Labor's request to stay an appeal from Republican-led states in a suit challenging the agency's rule that allows retirement fiduciaries to consider issues like climate change and social justice when choosing investments, but limited the pause to 30 days.

  • April 28, 2025

    Nasdaq Presses SEC To Enact Clearer Digital Asset Rules

    Nasdaq is urging the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and its sister agency that regulates derivatives to adopt clearer rules governing digital assets, calling for a system that classifies such products into four categories.

  • April 28, 2025

    Defense-Focused SPAC Kochav Files $220M IPO

    Defense- and aerospace-focused special purpose acquisition company Kochav Defense Acquisition has revealed plans to raise up to $220 million in an initial public offering, looking to list on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol KCHVU.

  • April 28, 2025

    Class Attys Seek $6.5M Cut In $29.5M Plantronics Settlement

    Lead counsel for Plantronics investors who secured a $29.5 million deal resolving claims the company used "channel stuffing" tactics to bolster revenue are seeking $6.5 million in fees, telling a California federal judge Friday the request is reasonable, given the strong recovery and their track record successfully prosecuting similar securities cases.

  • April 28, 2025

    Commanders Agree To NFL Stadium Deal, Return To DC

    The Washington Commanders will move from their current home in Maryland to a $3 billion stadium at the site of their previous stadium in D.C., team and city officials announced Monday, less than two years after the Commanders were bought by new ownership and less than four months after the federal government transferred control of the site to the city.

  • April 28, 2025

    Latham-Led StepStone Real Estate Clinches $3.77B 5th Fund

    Latham & Watkins LLP-advised StepStone Real Estate on Monday revealed that it clinched its fifth flagship fund with $3.77 billion in tow.

  • April 28, 2025

    Justices Won't Disturb 9th Circ.'s AT&T 401(k) Suit Revival

    The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear AT&T's bid for review of a Ninth Circuit panel decision reviving a class action against the telecom giant alleging mismanagement of an employee 401(k) plan, rejecting employers' request for more clarity from the court on the pleading standard for federal benefits lawsuits alleging excessive fees.

  • April 25, 2025

    FINRA Urges Justices To Reject Constitutional Challenge

    The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority on Friday called on the U.S. Supreme Court to turn away a case claiming that the regulator's in-house disciplinary process is unconstitutional, saying that there is no circuit split at issue and that the petition is "plagued with vehicle problems."

  • April 25, 2025

    Texas High Court Keeps Alive REIT's 'Short And Distort' Suit

    The Texas Supreme Court found that a farmland-centered real estate investment trust's suit against a Dallas-based hedge fund could continue, but in a Friday opinion it also said a bid to dismiss the suit under the state's anti-SLAPP law could proceed on the merits.

  • April 25, 2025

    Judge Keeps Boeing Fraud Case In Chicago

    An Illinois federal judge said Friday that equity funds accusing Boeing of defrauding investors by downplaying the 737 Max jets' safety flaws after a pair of deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019 must continue to litigate their claims in Chicago instead of having them heard in Virginia.

Expert Analysis

  • How Private Securities Suits Complement SEC Enforcement

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    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement is vital to the healthy functioning of markets, but government enforcement alone is not enough to ensure meaningful monetary recoveries for investor losses due to securities law violations, say attorneys at Bernstein Litowitz.

  • Opinion

    Inconsistent Injury-In-Fact Rules Hinder Federal Practice

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    A recent Third Circuit decision, contradicting a previous ruling about whether consumers of contaminated products have suffered an injury in fact, illustrates the deep confusion this U.S. Supreme Court standard creates among federal judges and practitioners, who deserve a simpler method of determining which cases have federal standing, says Eric Dwoskin at Dwoskin Wasdin.

  • In-House Counsel Pointers For Preserving Atty-Client Privilege

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    Several recent rulings illustrate the challenges in-house counsel can face when attempting to preserve attorney-client privilege, but a few best practices can help safeguard communications and effectively assert the privilege in an increasingly scrutinized corporate environment, says Daniel Garrie at Law & Forensics.

  • Takeaways From CFTC's Private Fund Rule Amendments

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    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's recently adopted amendments to Rule 4.7 of the Commodity Exchange Act ensure that investors in the complex derivatives markets receive relevant and comprehensive information, and further align suitability criteria for investors in private funds, says Rita Molesworth at Willkie.

  • Series

    Collecting Rare Books Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My collection of rare books includes several written or owned by prominent lawyers from early U.S. history, and immersing myself in their stories helps me feel a deeper connection to my legal practice and its purpose, says Douglas Brown at Manatt Health.

  • Opinion

    Judge Should Not Have Been Reprimanded For Alito Essay

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    Senior U.S. District Judge Michael Ponsor's New York Times essay critiquing Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for potential ethical violations absolutely cannot be construed as conduct prejudicial to the administration of the business of the courts, says Ashley London at the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University.

  • A Look At Collateralized Loan Obligations Post-Reform

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    The Financial Stability Board's recent report on global securitization reforms, analyzing resilience trends in the collateralized loan obligation market post-2008, suggests that, while risk retention rules have a limited impact on observable characteristics, other structural features play a significant role in ensuring risk alignment, says Kos Vavelidis at DLA Piper.

  • Lights, Camera, Ethics? TV Lawyers Tend To Set Bad Example

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    Though fictional movies and television shows portraying lawyers are fun to watch, Hollywood’s inaccurate depictions of legal ethics can desensitize attorneys to ethics violations and lead real-life clients to believe that good lawyers take a scorched-earth approach, says Nancy Rapoport at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

  • 3 Ways Trump Can Nix SEC's Climate Disclosure Rules

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    Given President Donald Trump's campaign statements and agency appointments, it's likely that his administration will try to annul the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's climate disclosure rules, but his options for doing so present unique opportunities and challenges, with varying levels of permanence and impact, say attorneys at DLA Piper.

  • Perspectives

    Accountant-Owned Law Firms Could Blur Ethical Lines

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    KPMG’s recent application to open a legal practice in Arizona represents the first overture by an accounting firm to take advantage of the state’s relaxed law firm ownership rules, but enforcing and supervising the practice of law by nonattorneys could prove particularly challenging, says Seth Laver at Goldberg Segalla.

  • AI Will Soon Transform The E-Discovery Industrial Complex

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    Todd Itami at Covington discusses how generative artificial intelligence will reshape the current e-discovery paradigm, replacing the blunt instrument of data handling with a laser scalpel of fully integrated enterprise solutions — after first making e-discovery processes technically and legally harder.

  • When Innovation Overwhelms The Rule Of Law

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    In an era where technology is rapidly evolving and artificial intelligence is seemingly everywhere, it’s worth asking if the law — both substantive precedent and procedural rules — can keep up with the light speed of innovation, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

  • What Compensation Committees Must Keep In Mind In 2025

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    New disclosure obligations, an evolving discussion on the analysis of executive perks and updated proxy adviser policies — on top of a new presidential administration — are all important things compensation committees must pay close attention to in 2025, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.

  • Losing A Motion To Dismiss Ruling Isn't Necessarily The End

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    A recent Delaware Court of Chancery ruling, that the Manti Group had not demonstrated any conflicts of interest favoring private equity fund operator The Carlyle Group, serves as an important reminder that a decision on a pleading motion is not the end of the story, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • How Cos. Can Prepare Now For SEC E-Filing System Changes

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's amendments to the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system are designed to improve access to and management of EDGAR accounts, and with the March 24 effective date fast approaching, and the transition requiring significant coordination, companies should begin planning now, say attorneys at Debevoise.

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