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Crypto Firm ReserveOne To Go Public Via $1B SPAC Merger

By Aislinn Keely

Crypto asset management firm ReserveOne announced Tuesday that a special purpose acquisition company plans to take it public in a transaction that's expected to bring in more than $1 billion in proceeds as it pursues its novel crypto reserve strategy.

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Analysis

PE Attorneys Remain Optimistic Despite First-Half Slump

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

While many private equity attorneys predicted a booming environment heading into 2025 with President Donald Trump's incoming pro-business administration, uncertainty surrounding tariffs and antitrust regulations has been a hurdle for dealmaking and fundraising, causing an unanticipated slowdown in private equity activity.

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Latin America-Focused Miner Aura Minerals Eyes $210M US IPO

By Jade Martinez-Pogue

Canadian gold and copper miner Aura Minerals has announced the terms for its U.S. initial public offering, with plans to raise $210 million to command a market value of $2.1 billion.

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Trump Declares 50% Copper Tariff, Floats 200% Pharma Tariff

By Lauren Berg

President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he will impose a new 50% tariff on copper imported into the U.S., while also raising the possibility of imposing a 200% tariff on pharmaceuticals.

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Linqto Hits Ch. 11 Amid SEC Probe, Compliance Concerns

By Clara Geoghegan and Alex Wittenberg

Linqto, a platform that connected investors with pre-IPO startups and other privately held firms, has filed for bankruptcy in Texas amid an investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and internal concerns over its compliance with securities laws.

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'Tornado Cash' Trial Judge Curbs Talk Of North Korea WMDs

By Pete Brush

A Manhattan federal judge on Tuesday sharply limited the extent to which prosecutors may mention North Korea's alleged efforts to obtain weapons of mass destruction as they seek to convict a crypto engineer who allegedly facilitated big-dollar transactions for the secretive dictatorship.

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Brief

Trump Media Files Plans To Launch 'Blue Chip' Crypto ETF

By Tom Zanki

Trump Media and Technology Group Corp., the owner of President Donald Trump's platform Truth Social, on Tuesday filed documents to launch an exchange-traded fund that will invest in five cryptocurrencies, marking its latest cryptocurrency-focused ETF proposal.

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Masimo Criticizes Bid To DQ Quinn Emanuel In Payout Suit

By Rose Krebs

Masimo Corp. is fighting a bid by its former CEO Joe Kiani to disqualify Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP from representing the medical technology company in Delaware Chancery Court litigation over Kiani's quest for a $450 million payout.

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Americor Need Not Respond To Arbitral Order; Texas Judge

By Caroline Simson

A bid by the Bermudian owner of debt consolidation company Beyond Finance LLC to force a competitor to turn over documents in arbitration over an ex-employee's alleged violation of a noncompete agreement should be denied, a magistrate judge said Monday.

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NY Developer Accuses Atty, Others Of $3M Investment Fraud

By Isaac Monterose

A New York developer and his business have filed a lawsuit in federal court accusing several companies, a law firm and others of defrauding him out of more than $3 million in an investment fraud scheme, saying they made false promises of "extraordinary returns" from purportedly monetizing certain letters of credit.

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Soccer Portfolio CEO Claims Fraud Over Failed SPAC Merger

By Emilie Ruscoe

The owner of a company with a portfolio of soccer clubs has filed suit against two financiers and an associated sports investment company, alleging that, in a complex financing deal, they'd misrepresented the prospects that they could bring his company public via merger with their special purpose acquisition company.

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Puerto Rico Bond Suit Doesn't Belong In Conn., Insurers Say

By Aaron Keller

The insurers of billions in bonds issued by the Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp. say a Connecticut federal judge can't hear a proposed class action accusing them of failing to pay bondholders the full value of their investments after a 2016 bankruptcy default.

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Texas Stock Exchange Taps Former SEC Markets Executive

By Tom Zanki

The Texas Stock Exchange's owner on Tuesday said it has hired U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission veteran David Saltiel to join the startup, which aims to compete with the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq.

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Jones Day Adds Ex-FDIC, Treasury Leaders To Financial Team

By Tracey Read

Jones Day has expanded its financial markets practice in Washington, D.C., with two new partners who have key experience at financial institutions and regulatory agencies.

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Nev. Steps Up Efforts To Attract Incorporations With New Law

Recent amendments to Nevada corporate law, which will narrow controlling stockholders’ liability, streamline mergers and allow companies to opt out of jury trials, show the interstate competition to attract new and reincorporating companies is still heating up, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.

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ABA Opinion Makes It A Bit Easier To Drop A 'Hot Potato'

The American Bar Association's recent ethics opinion clarifies when attorneys may terminate clients without good cause, though courts may still disqualify a lawyer who drops a client like a hot potato, so sending a closeout letter is always a best practice, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.

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Top Dems Press EEOC On 'Shakedown' Of Major Law Firms

By Courtney Bubl茅

Top congressional Democrats are once again seeking information on the Trump administration's "shakedown" of major law firms over their past work and clients.

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Quinn Emanuel Says 'Spite' Behind Unpaid $30M Legal Tab

By Julie Manganis

The new owners of a business that was forced by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP attorneys to honor a merger agreement are refusing to pay a $30 million legal bill "out of spite," the firm has alleged in Massachusetts state court.

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Girardi Keese CFO's Chicago Plea Derails Over Repayment

By Lauraann Wood

A Chicago plea and sentencing hearing for law firm Girardi Keese's already-imprisoned former financial chief was abruptly halted Wednesday after his attorney flagged a dispute over whether both restitution and forfeiture should be ordered for his client's role in helping Tom Girardi steal millions from clients.

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Q&A

Former SEC Officials Discuss Agency's New Priorities

By Phillip Bantz

Though swift regulatory and enforcement changes at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission have created a more business-friendly environment, three agency veterans now at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP caution to watch out for compliance landmines.

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DHS To Subpoena Harvard For Foreign Student Records

By Chris Villani

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday it will send administrative subpoenas to Harvard University seeking information about its foreign students, yet another salvo in the ongoing legal battle between President Donald Trump's administration and the Ivy League school.

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Holland & Knight Insurer's COVID Benefits Denial Upheld

By Kellie Mejdrich

A Colorado federal judge on Wednesday handed an insurance company a win in a Holland & Knight LLP attorney's federal benefits lawsuit alleging she was wrongly denied long-term disability benefits after a COVID-19 infection left her unable to work, concluding substantial evidence supported the insurer's decision.

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Analysis

Antitrust Enforcers Beat Google, Try Meta And Keep Going

By Bryan Koenig

When U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema held on April 17 that Google was liable for illegally monopolizing two out of three advertising placement technology markets targeted by the U.S. Department of Justice, her ruling contributed to potentially one of the most consequential convergences of antitrust enforcement in recent memory.

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Calif. Atty Drops Out Of Class Action Against Avvo Inc.

By Matt Perez

One of two attorneys leveling a class action against online legal service provider Avvo Inc. over allegations it misappropriated the identities of more than 1 million attorneys to promote its legal marketing tools and referral services has moved to drop her claims.

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DA Willis Urges Ga. Justices To Ax Trump Case Testimony Bid

By Emily Johnson

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis urged the Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday to toss a subpoena seeking her testimony from the state Senate committee that was investigating her relationship with a special prosecutor during her prosecution of President Donald Trump in an election interference case, arguing the panel is "seeking to 'try' the district attorney in public."

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1st Woman On Montana's US Court To Take Senior Status

By Courtney Bubl茅

U.S. District Judge Susan P. Watters of the District of Montana, who was the first woman appointed to that court, has announced that she will take semiretired status next year.

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