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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.
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April 08, 2025
SEC's Uyeda Urges Review Of Federal-State Oversight Splits
The acting chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday called for a reevaluation of the threshold that divides federal and state oversight of investment advisers, saying he wants to better conserve SEC and taxpayer resources by focusing on the largest advisers.
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April 08, 2025
Fla. Judge Orders Depos In Ex-Rep's Venezuela Lobbying Suit
A Florida state court judge Tuesday ordered parties to depose each other in a lawsuit brought by a former U.S. representative accused of unlawfully lobbying on behalf of Venezuela, denying a request to quash a deposition of a prior business associate who's believed to be helping the federal government.
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April 08, 2025
German Pharma Giant Stada Pauses IPO As Volatility Endures
Private equity-backed German pharmaceutical company Stada is halting its initial public offering amid market volatility, joining several U.S. companies that are pausing plans while they assess the fallout from President Donald Trump's tariff policy.
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April 08, 2025
Compliance Chief Wants Out Of SEC Fraud Suit
The chief compliance officer and general counsel of a wealth management firm has urged an Illinois federal judge to dismiss him from a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission suit over an alleged offering fraud by former representatives at his firm, saying "the commission does not even understand what its own pleading burden in this case is."
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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.
Expert Analysis
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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.
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How Cos. Can Build A Strong In-House Pro Bono Program
During this year’s pro bono celebration week, companies should consider some key pointers to grow and maintain a vibrant in-house program for attorneys to provide free legal services for the public good, says Mary Benton at Alston & Bird.
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Series
Home Canning Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Making my own pickles and jams requires seeing a process through from start to finish, as does representing clients from the start of a dispute at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board through any appeals to the Federal Circuit, says attorney Kevin McNish.
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How Project 2025 Could Upend Federal ESG Policies
If implemented, Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation's policy playbook for a Republican presidential administration, would likely seek to deploy antitrust law to target ESG initiatives, limit pension fund managers' focus to pecuniary factors and spell doom for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's climate rule, say attorneys at Mintz.
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Opinion
FDIC's Foray Into Index Fund Rules Risks Regulatory Chaos
A proposed Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. rule concerning control over passive index fund investments in banks is outside the agency's remit, clashes with an existing Federal Reserve process and would inhibit competition in the index fund sector, says J.W. Verret at George Mason University.
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Use The Right Kind Of Feedback To Help Gen Z Attorneys
Generation Z associates bring unique perspectives and expectations to the workplace, so it’s imperative that supervising attorneys adapt their feedback approach in order to help young lawyers learn and grow — which is good for law firms, too, says Rachael Bosch at Fringe Professional Development.
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Opinion
Congress Can And Must Enact A Supreme Court Ethics Code
As public confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court dips to historic lows following reports raising conflict of interest concerns, Congress must exercise its constitutional power to enact a mandatory and enforceable code of ethics for the high court, says Muhammad Faridi, president of the New York City Bar Association.
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What To Make Of Dueling Corporate Transparency Act Rulings
Although challenges to the Corporate Transparency Act abound — as highlighted by recent federal court decisions from Alabama and Oregon taking opposite positions on its constitutionality — the act is still law, so companies should comply with their filing requirements or face the potential consequences, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.
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Series
The Pop Culture Docket: Justice Lebovits On Gilbert And Sullivan
Characters in the 19th century comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan break the rules of good lawyering by shamelessly throwing responsible critical thought to the wind, providing hilarious lessons for lawyers and judges on how to avoid a surfeit of traps and tribulations, say acting New York Supreme Court Justice Gerald Lebovits and law student Tara Scown.
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To Report Or Not To Report Others' Export Control Violations
A recent Bureau of Industry and Security enforcement policy change grants cooperation credit to those that report violations of the Export Administration Regulations committed by others, but the benefits of doing so must be weighed against significant drawbacks, including the costs of preparing and submitting a report, says Megan Lew at Cravath.
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What FDIC Expansion Of Change In Bank Control Could Mean
A recent Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. proposal pertaining to the Change in Bank Control Act has the potential to create uncertainty around investments by mutual fund complexes in banking organizations, which represent a stable source of capital for the banking industry, say attorneys at Sullivan & Cromwell.