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April 08, 2025
Fla. Cloud Co. Accuses Ex-Board Member Of SPAC Fraud
A Florida cloud storage business has accused a former board member of securities fraud in federal court, alleging that a side agreement splitting a finder's fee with an unregistered broker he introduced for a merger deal wasn't disclosed, and now the company faces shutdown if an asset sale isn't halted.
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April 08, 2025
Bernstein Litowitz, Kessler Topaz Seek To Lead GSK Investors
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP and Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check LLP are seeking lead counsel roles in a proposed securities class action against GSK PLC in Pennsylvania federal court, citing a long history of collaboration and billions recovered for shareholders.
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April 08, 2025
Amedisys Gets Merger Filing Claim Paused In DOJ's UHG Suit
A Maryland federal judge has hit pause on part of the Justice Department lawsuit challenging UnitedHealth's $3.3 billion acquisition of home health and hospice company Amedisys, preferring to handle the merger challenge first and only then turn to allegations that Amedisys shirked its merger filing requirements.
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April 08, 2025
Sidley-Led Excelsior Wraps 2nd Energy Fund With $1B In Tow
Sidley Austin LLP-advised Excelsior Energy Capital on Tuesday announced it had clinched its second energy investment fund after securing just over $1 billion from investors.
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April 07, 2025
Wage Access Co. Says NY AG Threatened Suit, Seeks Relief
Earned-wage access provider DailyPay sued Letitia James on Monday seeking a declaratory judgment that its payments do not constitute loans under New York law or violate federal and state laws, alleging the state attorney general has effectively declared all such products illegal.
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April 07, 2025
Fintech Customers Sue Banks Over Synapse Collapse
Evolve Bank & Trust and Lineage Bank were hit with a consumer's proposed class action in Tennessee federal court accusing them of mismanaging their relationships with Synapse Financial, a now-bankrupt middleware fintech service that the suit says caused customers to lose $85 million.
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April 07, 2025
Trump Reopens Security Review Of US Steel-Nippon Deal
President Donald Trump on Monday ordered a fresh national security review of Nippon Steel's proposed $14.9 billion takeover of U.S. Steel, reviving a deal blocked by his predecessor and giving the companies some of the relief they sought in court.
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April 07, 2025
SEC Drops Suit Against Silver Point Over Atty Info Access
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has dropped a Connecticut federal lawsuit alleging Silver Point Capital LP failed to establish policies to safeguard material nonpublic information, particularly from a former BigLaw attorney who acted as outside counsel, according to federal court records.
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April 07, 2025
Gibson Dunn-Led Andros Clinches 3rd Energy Fund At $1B
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP-led Andros Capital Partners LLC said Monday that it closed its third fund at its hard cap after securing $1 billion of investor commitments.
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April 04, 2025
IPO Plans Appear Iced As Trump's Tariffs Rock Markets
The escalating sell-off in equities is halting major initial public offerings for now and more prospects will likely pause plans as deals lawyers and their clients assess the fallout following President Donald Trump's endorsement of across-the-board tariffs, experts say.
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April 04, 2025
Judge Allows Deposition Of Witnesses In Russian Exec's Suit
A New York federal judge has ruled that the U.S. government can depose two men about a Russian bank executive's alleged effort to avoid economic sanctions following Russia's invasion and annexation of the Crimea region, saying it is necessary to "prevent a failure of justice."
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April 04, 2025
Chancery Trims Claims, Limits Ruling On Focus Financial Suit
Delaware's chancellor has heavily pruned but refused to entirely dismiss a stockholder suit challenging the $7 billion August 2023 go-private merger between Focus Financial Partners Inc. and Clayton Dubilier & Rice LLC and Stone Point Capital, with remnants held over for summary judgment.
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April 04, 2025
Ill. Lawmakers Advance Crypto Fraud Protection Measure
Illinois state senators passed a bill out of committee intended to rein in cryptocurrency fraud, which one of the proposed law's sponsors said had bilked Illinois residents out of more than $163 million in 2023 alone.
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April 04, 2025
Counting Down 2025 Q1's 5 Largest PE Funds
The largest private equity funds that closed during the first quarter of the year showcased a steady fundraising environment despite widespread uncertainty plaguing the overall dealmaking landscape in the wake of President Donald Trump's sweeping tariff actions.
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April 04, 2025
Kirkland-Led Blackstone Plugs CA$7B Into Rogers
Canadian communications company Rogers Communications Inc. on Friday announced that a group of investors led by private equity giant Blackstone, guided by Kirkland & Ellis LLP, have plugged 7 billion Canadian dollars ($4.9 billion) into the business.
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April 04, 2025
Taxation With Representation: Ropes & Gray, Paul Hastings
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Siemens AG acquires Dotmatics from Insight Partners, LPL Financial acquires Commonwealth Financial Network, Brookfield Asset Management takes a majority stake in Angel Oak Cos., and TowneBank acquires Old Point Financial Corp.
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April 04, 2025
Pension Annuity Rulings Leave Attorneys Looking For Clarity
Benefits attorneys say they'll be watching the circuits, and perhaps the nation's highest court, for clarity after recent divergent decisions in cases accusing defense and aerospace manufacturer Lockheed Martin and aluminum giant Alcoa of violating federal benefits law by converting pension benefits into annuity insurance contracts.
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April 04, 2025
Kirkland-Led Brookfield Buying Colonial Pipeline In $9B Deal
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners said it will acquire the Colonial Pipeline, the nation's largest refined oil products pipeline system, in a deal valued at approximately $9 billion, under the legal counsel of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
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April 03, 2025
Ex-SunEdison Exec Gets 'Historic' $34.5M Deal In SOX Case
A former SunEdison Inc. executive scored a record-breaking $34.5 million settlement with SunEdison-sponsored yieldcos he once ran following a nearly decadelong legal battle and a finding that he was fired as retaliation in violation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act for highlighting potential securities laws violations, his Hinckley Allen attorneys announced Thursday.
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April 03, 2025
FINRA Member Can't Avoid Testifying In Fraud Investigation
A District of Columbia federal judge has refused to immediately block the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority from requiring a New York financial adviser to testify in an investigation into alleged fraud, ruling there is "no likelihood of irreparable harm here."
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April 03, 2025
AI Dominated Venture Funding In Q1 As Broader Market Lags
Artificial intelligence investment again dominated venture capital activity in the first quarter, mostly driven by a few mammoth deals, according to data released Thursday, while experts say the broader outlook for non-AI firms remains subdued amid market skittishness.
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April 03, 2025
Laos Can't Get $5M Award Enforced Against Businessman
A federal judge on Thursday shut down the government of Laos' bid to enforce some $5 million in arbitral awards against an entrepreneur who was not party to an underlying arbitration stemming from an ill-fated casino venture, saying the actual award debtors are the ones that should be targeted.
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April 03, 2025
7th Circ. Doubts SuperValu's Bid To Lower $22.5M Pension Bill
The Seventh Circuit appeared Thursday to lean against a grocery store's effort to lower its $22.5 million union pension bill, with multiple judges challenging the employer's argument that stores sold months before a complete fund withdrawal should be excluded from its annual payment calculation.
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April 03, 2025
Crypto Co. Sentenced In Fed Market Manipulation Suit
United Arab Emirates-based CLS Global FZC LLC has been sentenced in Massachusetts federal court on criminal charges over running a fraudulent "wash trading" scheme after it pled guilty to the charges in January and agreed to stop working in the U.S. cryptocurrency industry.
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April 03, 2025
IFC Plugs $100M Into Sub-Saharan Data Center Platform
Sub-Saharan African data center platform Raxio Group on Thursday announced that it has received a $100 million investment from the International Finance Corporation to fund the growth of facilities powering technologies like artificial intelligence, cloud computing and digital financial services.
Expert Analysis
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What 2024 Trends In Marketing, Comms Hiring Mean For 2025
The state of hiring in legal industry marketing, business development and communications over the past 12 months was marked by a number of trends — from changes in the C-suite to lateral move challenges — providing clues for what’s to come in the year ahead, says Ben Curle at Ambition.
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Expect Continuity In 2025 Anti-Money Laundering Policy
The past year has seen a range of anti-money laundering actions from federal financial regulators, and notwithstanding the imminent change from the Biden administration to the Trump administration, continuity may be more prevalent than change in the AML compliance space in 2025, say attorneys at White & Case.
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Alpine Ruling Previews Challenges To FINRA Authority
While the D.C. Circuit's holding that the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority can't expel member firm Alpine prior to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission review was relatively narrow, it foreshadows possibly broader constitutional challenges to FINRA's enforcement and other nongovernmental disciplinary programs, say attorneys at Stradley Ronon.
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Series
Group Running Makes Me A Better Lawyer
The combination of physical fitness and community connection derived from running with a group of business leaders has, among other things, helped me to stay grounded, improve my communication skills, and develop a deeper empathy for clients and colleagues, says Jessica Shpall Rosen at Greenwald Doherty.
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Opinion
6 Changes I Would Make If I Ran A Law School
Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner identifies several key issues plaguing law schools and discusses potential solutions, such as opting out of the rankings game and mandating courses in basic writing skills.
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Firms Still Have The Edge In Lateral Hiring, But Buyer Beware
Partner mobility data suggests that the third quarter of this year continued to be a buyer’s market, with the average candidate demanding less compensation for a larger book of business — but moving into the fourth quarter, firms should slow down their hiring process to minimize risks, say officers at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.
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5th Circ. Crypto Ruling Shows Limits On OFAC Authority
The Fifth Circuit's recent decision that immutable smart contracts on the Tornado Cash crypto-transaction software protocol are not "property" subject to Office of Foreign Assets Control jurisdiction may signal that courts can construe OFAC's authority more restrictively after Loper Bright, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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Preparing For The New Restrictions On Investment Into China
In light of a new regulatory program governing U.S. investments in China-related technology companies of national security concern, investors should keep several considerations in mind, including the rules' effect on existing and new investments, compliance hurdles, and penalties for noncompliance ahead of the rules' January implementation, say attorneys at Gunderson Dettmer.
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Opinion
Congress Should Expand Investment Options For 403(b)s
Lawmakers should pass pending legislation to give 403(b) plan participants access to collective investment trusts, leveling the playing field for public sector retirement investors by giving them an investment option their private sector counterparts have had for decades, says Jason Levy at Great Gray Trust Company.
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Think Like A Lawyer: 1 Type Of Case Complexity Stands Out
In contrast to some cases that appear complex due to voluminous evidence or esoteric subject matter, a different kind of complexity involves tangled legal and factual questions, each with a range of possible outcomes, which require a “sliding scale” approach instead of syllogistic reasoning, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.
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SEC Custody Rule Creates Crypto Compliance Conundrum
While the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's application of the custody rule may be a good faith attempt to enhance consumer protections for client assets, it doesn't appreciate the unique characteristics of crypto-assets, forcing advisers to choose between pursuing their clients' objectives and complying with the rule, say attorneys at Willkie.
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Think Like A Lawyer: Note 3 Simple Types Of Legal Complexity
Cases can appear complex for several reasons — due to the number of issues, the volume of factual and evidentiary sources, and the sophistication of those sources — but the same basic technique can help lawyers tame their arguments into a simple and persuasive message, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.
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What Insurers Need To Know About OFAC's Expanded FAQs
The Office of Foreign Assets Control's recently expanded insurance FAQs clarify how OFAC views insurance policies in a number of specific circumstances involving sanctioned parties, and make plain that sanctions compliance is the responsibility of all participants in the insurance ecosystem, including underwriters, brokers and agents, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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Rethinking Clawback Policies For 2025 Compensation Season
The start of a new year presents an opportunity for companies to reassess their executive compensation clawback policies, and while mandatory Dodd-Frank clawbacks are necessary, discretionary policies can offer companies greater flexibility to address misconduct, protect their reputations and align with shareholder priorities, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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Series
Gardening Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Beyond its practical and therapeutic benefits, gardening has bolstered important attributes that also apply to my litigation practice, including persistence, patience, grit and authenticity, says Christopher Viceconte at Gibbons.