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August 05, 2025
Disbarred North Carolina Atty Admits To Wire Fraud Scheme
A disbarred lawyer in North Carolina has copped to criminal wire fraud charges stemming from the misuse of his trust account after federal prosecutors said he used escrow funds earmarked for the sale of personal protective equipment to pay back another company.
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August 05, 2025
Binance Founder Seeks Exit From FTX $1.76B Clawback Suit
Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to dismiss him from a clawback suit filed by the estate of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX seeking to recover $1.76 billion it says FTX illegally transferred before its collapse two years ago, saying the transaction was outside the court's jurisdiction.
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August 05, 2025
Rising Star: Weil's Sarah Borden
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP's Sarah Borden has helped a Genstar Capital fund secure $12.6 billion and guided Crow Holdings with one of the biggest real estate private equity funds in recent years, landing her a spot among the fund formation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 05, 2025
Brookfield Nabs $6B Minority Stake In Duke Energy Florida
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP-advised Duke Energy on Tuesday unveiled plans for infrastructure investor Brookfield, advised by Kirkland & Ellis LLP, to take an indirect minority equity stake in its electric company Duke Energy Florida in a $6 billion all-cash deal.
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August 05, 2025
Housing Builder Boxabl Goes Public Via $3.5B SPAC Deal
Housing solutions company Boxabl Inc., advised by Winston & Strawn LLP, announced plans on Tuesday to go public via a merger with Loeb & Loeb LLP-led special purpose acquisition company FG Merger II Corp. in a deal that values the business at $3.5 billion.
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August 05, 2025
Kirkland, Gibson Dunn Assist On $1.3B Zebra-Elo Merger
Workflow technology company Zebra Technologies Corp. said Tuesday it will acquire Crestview Partners-backed Elo Touch Solutions Inc. for $1.3 billion in cash, in a deal guided by Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
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August 04, 2025
Trump's Sons Back 'New America' SPAC's $300M IPO Filing
Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump are backing a new special-purpose acquisition company that, with guidance from Paul Hastings LLP and Holland & Knight LLP, plans to raise $300 million and will target the technology, healthcare and logistics sectors, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Monday.
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August 04, 2025
GTCR Says Buyer In Place For Potential FTC Divestiture Deal
Private equity firm GTCR BC Holdings told an Illinois federal court it has a signed agreement with a buyer for a deal that should fix the concerns raised by the Federal Trade Commission over its planned $627 million purchase of a medical device coatings company.
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August 04, 2025
NY Atty Found Guilty Of Duping Lender Who Backed Lien Biz
A Manhattan federal jury on Monday convicted a former compliance lawyer of pilfering from a $20 million line of credit extended to his tax-lien business by a subsidiary of Emigrant Bank.
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August 04, 2025
SVB Says Caymanian Liquidators Can't Claw Back $294M
The former parent of the defunct Silicon Valley Bank Monday asked a New York bankruptcy judge to stop the liquidators of its Cayman Islands branch from clawing back $294 million in dividend payments, saying there is no precedent for giving them standing to sue.
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August 04, 2025
Crypto Exchange Bullish Launches Plans For $599M IPO
Venture-backed crypto exchange Bullish plans to raise roughly $599 million in an upcoming initial public offering, according to a Monday statement indicating that it intends to offer 20.3 million shares priced between $28 and $31 per share.
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August 04, 2025
Plaintiff Bar Urges FINRA To Reject Industry's Arbitration Recs
The Public Investors Advocate Bar Association on Monday urged the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to reject industry recommendations to loosen its arbitration rules, calling on the brokerage industry regulator to "resist pressure from industry groups seeking to dilute hard-won safeguards."
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August 04, 2025
Ex-CNBC Pundit Gets 5 Years For $2.7M Investor Fraud
A California federal judge sentenced former frequent CNBC guest James Arthur McDonald Jr. to five years in prison Monday for defrauding investors out of at least $2.7 million after he admitted he "betrayed" some of his close friends as part of his scam.
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August 04, 2025
Davis Polk, Skadden Steer HNI's $2.2B Steelcase Acquisition
Workplace furnishing and residential building product manufacturer HNI Corp., advised by Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, on Monday announced plans to acquire office, home and learning environment solutions maker Steelcase, led by Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, in a $2.2 billion cash-and-stock deal.
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August 04, 2025
Simpson Thacher-Led Carlyle Snags $9B For Real Estate Fund
Carlyle, advised by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, raised $9 billion for its 10th fund targeting opportunistic real estate investments, surpassing its previous fund for the same strategy, despite a general slowdown in fundraising across the commercial property sector, according to a Monday announcement.
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August 04, 2025
Rising Star: Simpson Thacher's Jordan Cross
Jordan Cross, a partner in Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP's funds formation practice group, has quickly made a name for himself by advising on significant transactions for some of the biggest players in the private equity world, including advising Blackstone and Silver Lake on their recent fund raises, earning him a spot among the fund formation law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
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August 04, 2025
Tax AI Co. Blue J Raises $122M Series D To Expand
Blue J, a generative artificial intelligence-powered research platform for tax and legal practitioners, announced Monday the raising of $122 million in a Series D funding round to expand its team, product development and marketing efforts.
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August 04, 2025
Healthcare Investor Clinches $1.86B For 5th Credit Fund
Healthcare investment firm OrbiMed, advised by Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP, on Monday announced that it wrapped its latest fund after securing $1.86 billion of investment commitments, which will be used to partner with healthcare companies across various sectors.
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August 04, 2025
Amphenol Buys CommScope's Cable Biz In $10.5B Deal
Fiber optic connector systems maker Amphenol Corp., advised by Latham & Watkins LLP, unveiled plans on Monday to buy Alston & Bird LLP-led and private equity backed-CommScope's connectivity and cable solutions business in a $10.5 billion cash deal.
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August 01, 2025
Supreme Court Asked To Weigh In On Distillery-Union Row
An Oregon distillery has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to revive its challenge of a National Labor Relations Board decision that dinged the liquor maker for unfair labor practices, saying clarity was needed for a legal standard that the distillery says has allowed NLRB decisions to escape judicial review.
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August 01, 2025
PE Investor Can't Move Suit to Del., NC Judge Says
A North Carolina Business Court judge declined to allow a private equity investor to voluntarily dismiss its derivative lawsuit against the fund's asset manager and majority owner and move the case to Delaware, finding that the shareholder failed to plead facts demonstrating a legitimate derivative claim under Delaware law.
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August 01, 2025
Oppenheimer Says OFAC Is Looking Into Its AML Policies
Wall Street brokerage and investment bank Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. said Friday that the U.S. Department of the Treasury's sanctions arm is investigating its anti-money laundering compliance program.
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August 01, 2025
Investors Fight Sanctions Over Telecom Arbitration Dispute
Minority shareholders in telecommunications infrastructure firm Continental Towers LATAM Holding say they are not the ones stopping an arbitral award from being enforced, and have tried to comply with the court's orders but are "caught in the cross-hairs of a personal vendetta."
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August 01, 2025
Highland Capital Asks Supreme Court To Clarify Ch. 11 Shields
Hedge fund Highland Capital Management has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to allow it to safeguard some of the key parties in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy from liability and review a Fifth Circuit decision that narrowed the bankruptcy court's "gatekeeping" powers to determine who can be sued.
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August 01, 2025
2 SPAC Deals Will Take Uranium Miner, Italian E-Grocer Public
Two newly unveiled mergers involving special purpose acquisition companies will aim to take a nuclear energy company and an Italian e-grocery operation public on U.S. exchanges at a combined value of nearly $500 million.
Expert Analysis
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Ban On Reputation Risk May Help Bank Enforcement Defense
The Comptroller of the Currency and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s recent commitment to stop examining banks for reputation risk could help defendants in enforcement actions challenge unfavorable assessments and support defendants' arguments for lower civil money penalties, says Brendan Clegg at Luse Gorman.
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Tracking The Evolution In Litigation Finance
Despite continued innovation, litigation finance remains an immature market with borrowers recieving significantly different terms as lenders learn to value cases, which firms need a strong handle on to ensure lending terms do not overwhelm collateral value, says Robert Wilkins at Lightfoot Franklin.
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Series
Volunteer Firefighting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
While practicing corporate law and firefighting may appear incongruous, the latter benefits my legal career by reminding me of the importance of humility, perspective and education, says Nicholas Passaro at Ford.
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Limit On SEC Enforcement Authority May Mean Fewer Actions
Following a recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission final rule revoking the Enforcement Division director's long-standing authority to issue formal investigation orders, it's clear the division is headed for a new era of limited autonomy, marked by a significantly slower pace of SEC investigations, say attorneys at Ballard Spahr.
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5 Ways Banking Has Changed In 5 Years Since COVID
Since the start of the pandemic five years ago, technology, convenience and shifting expectations have transformed compliance for the financial services industry in several key ways, from the shrinking role of the traditional bank branch to the rise of fintech and mobile payments, says Christopher Pippett at Fox Rothschild.
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E-Discovery Quarterly: The Perils Of Digital Data Protocols
Though stipulated protocols governing the treatment of electronically stored information in litigation are meant to streamline discovery, recent disputes demonstrate that certain missteps in the process can lead to significant inefficiencies, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Preparing For Corporate Work
Law school often doesn't cover the business strategy, financial fluency and negotiation skills needed for a successful corporate or transactional law practice, but there are practical ways to gain relevant experience and achieve the mindset shifts critical to a thriving career in this space, says Dakota Forsyth at Olshan Frome.
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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.