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Asset Management

  • June 10, 2025

    Electric Truck Co. Lordstown Wants Investors' Suit Tossed

    Electric truck startup Lordstown Motors Corp. has asked an Ohio federal judge to dismiss consolidated class claims from investors alleging the company misrepresented its production capacity and demand, saying it made no misleading representations about pre-orders.

  • June 10, 2025

    Edward Jones Among 5 Firms Paying $9.3M Over Inflated Fees

    Edward Jones, TD Ameritrade and three other wealth adviser firms have reached a $9.3 million settlement with the North American Securities Administrators Association after having been accused of overcharging fees for small-dollar investors.

  • June 10, 2025

    SEC To Resume Review Of Swiss Adviser Registrations

    Switzerland-based investment advisers seeking to do business in the U.S. can immediately resume submitting new and pending registration applications for consideration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, regulators said Tuesday.

  • June 10, 2025

    Fund Manager, Wife Can't Claim $1.9M Refund, Judge Rules

    A Florida investment fund manager and his wife are not entitled to a $1.9 million income tax refund resulting from a depreciation deduction related to a private jet because the entity that purchased the jet was not operating as a business, a federal judge ruled.

  • June 10, 2025

    SEC's Investment Management Chief Greiner To Leave Agency

    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission veteran Natasha Vij Greiner is stepping down as the director of the agency's investment management division, ending a nearly 24-year career serving the SEC in multiple roles, regulators announced Tuesday.

  • June 10, 2025

    Nev. Pension Plan Urges 9th Circ. To Ax DOJ Military Bias Suit

    Pension credits bought by military service members aren't an accrued benefit under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act, Nevada's public employee retirement system argued, urging the Ninth Circuit not to revive the U.S. Department of Justice's suit alleging the state and system overcharged employees for the credits.

  • June 10, 2025

    Davis Wright Guides Bluespring Deal Creating $1.4B Firm

    Bluespring Wealth Partners, advised by Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, announced Tuesday it will buy a Texas-based wealth management firm affiliated with Kestra Financial and then merge it into its existing wealth management platform, LifeBridge Financial Group, establishing an investment advisory firm with $1.4 billion in assets under management.

  • June 10, 2025

    Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

    Delaware's Court of Chancery showed new resistance to suits alleging corporate weaponizing of advance notice bylaws, and a new report highlighted the high fees that attorneys are cashing in on in Delaware courts compared to the federal court system. Several new suits were also filed concerning allegedly under- or overvalued sales and acquisitions being pushed through.

  • June 10, 2025

    Churchill Secures $1.5B For 2nd Co-Investment Fund

    Investment specialist Churchill Asset Management LLC, advised by K&L Gates LLP, on Tuesday revealed that it wrapped its second co-investment fund with $1.5 billion in tow.

  • June 10, 2025

    Skadden Guiding Brown & Brown On $9.8B Accession Buy

    Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP is advising Brown & Brown Inc. on a nearly $10 billion agreement to purchase Accession Risk Management Group Inc., the companies disclosed in a joint statement Tuesday. 

  • June 09, 2025

    2nd Circ. Affirms Dechert's Victory Over Hacking Suit

    The Second Circuit on Monday refused to revive a North Carolina trade executive's lawsuit alleging hacking by a private investigator on Dechert LLP's behalf, ruling in a nonprecedential opinion that a district judge's failure to review disputed portions of a magistrate judge's recommendation to dismiss the suit was ultimately harmless.

  • June 09, 2025

    Boeing Investors Want Class Cert. In 737 Max Fraud Suit

    Investors suing Boeing over claims that the company harmed them by misrepresenting the 737 Max's safety have urged an Illinois federal judge to certify their proposed class, arguing that the case has common enough allegations and a sufficient damages model to warrant the judge's sign-off.

  • June 09, 2025

    Texas, BlackRock Face Judge's Questions Over Coal Suit

    A Texas federal judge on Monday questioned BlackRock Inc. and a Republican-led coalition over claims that the asset manager conspired with others in the industry to drive down coal production through its investment in publicly traded energy companies, wondering whether pressure placed on the companies to provide more detailed climate disclosures was enough to move the lawsuit forward.

  • June 09, 2025

    Treasury Warns Of Iranian 'Shadow Banking,' Oil Smuggling

    The Treasury Department has laid out red flags that financial institutions should monitor for identifying and reporting possible sanctions evasion schemes and other suspicious activity tied to the Islamic Republic of Iran, including illicit oil smuggling and the use of "shadow banking" networks.

  • June 09, 2025

    Mediation Fails To End 'Sham' Hiring Suit Against Wells Fargo

    Wells Fargo and a class of investors accusing the bank of conducting "sham" job interviews to meet diversity targets that later triggered a stock price drop have told a California federal judge that the mediation they attempted last month did not result in a settlement.

  • June 09, 2025

    Supreme Court Rejects Highland's Bid For Ch. 11 Shields

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied a bid by hedge fund Highland Capital Management to continue shielding some of the key parties in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy from liability, leaving in place a Fifth Circuit decision that narrowed a bankruptcy court's "gatekeeping" powers to determine who can be sued.

  • June 09, 2025

    Okla. Says High Court Shouldn't Skip 10th Circ. PBM Ruling

    Oklahoma told the U.S. Supreme Court the federal government wrongly suggested that the justices bypass the state's challenge to a Tenth Circuit decision nullifying parts of a state law regulating pharmacy benefit managers, arguing Monday that the solicitor general doesn't recognize the magnitude of the issue.

  • June 09, 2025

    Bitcoin Platform Parataxis Eyes Public Listing Via SPAC Deal

    Bitcoin-focused investment startup Parataxis Holdings LLC plans to go public through a merger with special purpose acquisition company SilverBox Corp IV, both parties announced Monday, marking the latest crypto-related foray into public markets.

  • June 09, 2025

    Liquidation Trustee Sues BofA, Others In Ch. 11 Ponzi Fallout

    The liquidation trustee for the bankrupt National Realty Investment Advisors LLC accused Bank of America and other parties in New Jersey bankruptcy court of aiding or participating in the developer's $664 million Ponzi scheme.

  • June 09, 2025

    Investment Firm Lead Admits To Insider Trading Biotech Stock

    The former head of equity trading at Denver-based capital markets firm Irving Investors LLC admitted to receiving insider information on multiple companies and using that nonpublic knowledge to guide trading decisions to make an unlawful $220,912 profit, Connecticut U.S. Attorney David X. Sullivan announced.

  • June 09, 2025

    Parker-Hannifin Urges Justices To Turn 6th Circ. ERISA Ruling

    Parker-Hannifin Corp. urged the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to reverse the Sixth Circuit's decision to revive investment mismanagement allegations against the company from employee 401(k) participants, arguing a circuit split had deepened since the company first petitioned for review of the case.

  • June 09, 2025

    AI-Powered Cancer Diagnostics Firm Targets $400M IPO

    Caris Life Sciences Inc., a developer of artificial-intelligence enhanced cancer diagnostic tests, on Monday launched plans for an estimated $400 million initial public offering, represented by Latham & Watkins LLP and underwriters counsel Cooley LLP.

  • June 09, 2025

    Mayer Brown Adds Banking Finance Partner In NY

    A former Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP counsel has moved to Mayer Brown LLP’s New York office as a banking and finance and collateralized loan obligations partner.

  • June 09, 2025

    3 Firms Advise $320M IPO For Fla.-Based Residential Insurer

    Tampa, Florida-based residential insurer Slide Insurance announced the launch of its initial public offering on Monday, with attorneys from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, Greenberg Traurig LLP and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP providing advice.

  • June 09, 2025

    Eco-Friendly Packing Firm Broadway Signs SPAC Merger

    Packaging company Broadway Technology Inc. has announced plans to go public via a merger with special purpose acquisition company Quartzsea Acquisition Corp. in a deal that was built by six law firms and will result in a combined company that trades on the Nasdaq.

Expert Analysis

  • Mentorship Resolutions For The New Year

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    Attorneys tend to focus on personal achievements or career milestones when they set yearly goals, but one important area often gets overlooked in this process — mentoring relationships, which are some of the most effective tools for professional growth, say Kelly Galligan at Rutan & Tucker and Andra Greene at Phillips ADR.

  • Insights For Finance Firms, Regulators From House AI Report

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    Though a U.S. House of Representatives report encourages the financial sector to embrace artificial intelligence tools, its focus on ensuring high-quality datasets, transparent development and equitable access underscores that firms and regulators must strike a delicate balance between technological innovation and responsible implementation, says Brendan Palfreyman at Harris Beach.

  • Series

    Coaching Little League Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    While coaching poorly played Little League Baseball early in the morning doesn't sound like a good time, I love it — and the experience has taught me valuable lessons about imperfection, compassion and acceptance that have helped me grow as a person and as a lawyer, says Alex Barnett at DiCello Levitt.

  • 7 Employment Contracts Issues Facing DOL Scrutiny

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    A growing trend of U.S. Department of Labor enforcement against employment practices that limit workers' rights and avoid legal responsibility shines a light on seven unique contractual provisions that violate federal labor laws, and face agressive litigation from the labor solicitor, says Thomas Starks at Freeman Mathis.

  • 5 Litigation Funding Trends To Note In 2025

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    Lawyers and their clients must be prepared to navigate an evolving litigation funding market in 2025, made more complicated by a new administration and the increasing overall cost of litigation, says Jeffery Lula at GLS Capital.

  • For Accounting Integrity, Start With The Rank-And-File

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    Macy's acknowledgment of an employee's accounting mistake underscores a valuable lesson for company leaders in fostering compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act by cultivating a culture committed to strong accounting integrity and robust oversight, say Keerthika Subramanian and Jon Mantis at Winston & Strawn.

  • The Blueprint For A National Bitcoin Reserve

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    The new administration has the opportunity to pave the way for a U.S.-backed crypto reserve, which could conceptually function as a strategic asset akin to traditional reserves like gold markets, hedge against economic instability, and influence global crypto adoption, say attorneys at Duane Morris.

  • Rethinking Litigation Risk And What It Really Means To Win

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    Attorneys have a tendency to overestimate litigation risk before summary judgment and underestimate risk after it, but an eight-stage litigation framework can clarify risk at different points and help litigators reassess what true success looks like in any particular case, says Joshua Libling at Arcadia Finance.

  • Takeaways From SEC's Registered Investment Cos. Risk Alert

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Examinations' recent risk alert pertaining to registered investment companies provides a high-level overview of its risk-based approach to selecting RICs for examination — a potential hint that the division is investigating some of the covered topics, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.

  • Issues To Watch In 2025's ERISA Litigation Landscape

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    Whether 2024’s uptick in new Employee Retirement Income Security Act cases will continue this year will likely depend on federal courts’ resolution of several issues, including those related to excessive fees, defined contribution plan forfeitures, and pleading standards for ERISA-prohibited transaction claims, say attorneys at Groom Law.

  • Justices Could Stitch Up ERISA Circuit Split With Cornell Case

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    In Cunningham v. Cornell, scheduled for oral arguments next week, the U.S. Supreme Court has the opportunity to provide uniform pleading standards for Section 1106(a) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, the lack of which has vexed circuit courts and benefits counsel for years, says Scott Tippett at Offit Kurman.

  • Series

    Playing Rugby Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My experience playing rugby, including a near-fatal accident, has influenced my legal practice on a professional, organizational and personal level by showing me the importance of maintaining empathy, fostering team empowerment and embracing the art of preparation, says James Gillenwater at Greenberg Traurig.

  • What Broker-Dealers Must Know Before Selling Bitcoin ETPs

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    Interest in bitcoin exchange-traded products is already high, and only expected to grow in light of the incoming Trump administration's pro-crypto stance, but broker-dealers must still consider numerous regulatory requirements before recommending a bitcoin ETP to a client, say Frank Weigand and Justine Woods at Cahill Gordon.

  • Cyber Disclosure Is A Mainstay In 2025 SEC Exam Priorities

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    Despite a new administration and a new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chair incoming, the SEC's 2025 examination priorities signal that cybersecurity disclosures and risk management practices will remain important due to the growing threat of cyberattacks, says Anjali Das at Wilson Elser.

  • Opinion

    No, Litigation Funders Are Not 'Fleeing' The District Of Del.

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    A recent study claimed that litigation funders have “fled” Delaware federal court due to a standing order requiring disclosure of third-party financing, but responsible funders have no problem litigating in this jurisdiction, and many other factors could explain the decline in filings, say Will Freeman and Sarah Tsou at Omni Bridgeway.

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