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September 22, 2025
High Court Allows FTC Firing, Will Review Trump's Power
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that President Donald Trump can fire Democratic Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter without cause, and it agreed to reconsider limits on the president's authority to remove members of the FTC.
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September 19, 2025
Judge Won't Enforce Injunction Against Pot Co. Shareholder
A Colorado state judge denied a Canadian cannabis company's request for a preliminary injunction against an investor Friday, finding that the injunction request was too broad, and many of the requests needed to be litigated elsewhere.
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September 19, 2025
Nvidia Objects To Class Cert. In Former High Court Case
Nvidia has urged a California federal court to not grant class certification in a case that briefly went before the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing the plaintiffs' claims that the company failed to inform investors about its reliance on the volatile crypto market are too individualized to proceed as a group.
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September 19, 2025
BofI Directors Beat Investor Suit Over Whistleblower Probe
A California federal judge has permanently dismissed a shareholder derivative suit against the top brass of BofI Holding Inc. accusing them of misconduct that led to a costly internal investigation into a whistleblower's allegations, finding the plaintiff failed to demonstrate that a pre-suit demand upon the board would have been futile.
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September 19, 2025
SEC Dem Fears 'High-Speed Collision' In Private Markets
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's sole Democrat urged the agency on Friday to pay more than "lip service" to investor protection as it considers allowing more everyday Americans to access private markets, warning that the commission was headed for a "high-speed collision" if it doesn't change course.
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September 19, 2025
Treasury Launches Stablecoin Rule Push With Call For Input
The U.S. Department of the Treasury on Friday asked for public input on key regulatory considerations for stablecoins as it begins crafting rules to govern the stable-value crypto tokens under the recently signed Genius Act.
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September 19, 2025
AmTrust Investors Seek Class Cert. After 2nd Circ. Revival
AmTrust investors have asked a New York federal judge to certify three subclasses covering those who purchased stock in the insurer's $320 million initial public offering, after the Second Circuit revived their case against the firm and its auditor BDO USA LLP over financial restatements AmTrust had to make.
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September 19, 2025
Texas AG Appeals Ruling That Blocked ESG Proxy Law
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is appealing to the Fifth Circuit a federal judge's order temporarily blocking a new state law requiring proxy advisory firms to disclose when their advice stems from factors such as diversity and inclusion.
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September 19, 2025
Estée Lauder Faces Derivative Suit In Del. After Stock Drops
An Estée Lauder Inc. stockholder filed a derivative lawsuit late Friday against the cosmetics giant's officers and directors in Delaware's Court of Chancery, seeking recoveries over a $41 billion market capitalization plunge after a long-undisclosed reliance on "gray market" sales in China came to light.
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September 19, 2025
SEC Walks Away From Ozy Media, Stanford Fraud Cases
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has walked away from its $50 million case against former Ozy Media Inc. founder Carlos Watson after President Donald Trump granted him clemency earlier this year, and also dropped a long-dormant case against a co-conspirator in Robert Allen Stanford's $7 billion Ponzi scheme.
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September 19, 2025
Dems Want Answers On Delayed FinCEN Adviser Rule
Sen. Elizabeth Warren and other congressional Democrats have pressed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on the department's decision to postpone a rule they said addresses a money laundering vulnerability of the U.S. investment adviser sector, saying the decision puts national security and the economy at risk.
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September 19, 2025
FTX Trust Says Bankruptcy Laws Apply To Binance Founder
The recovery trust created by the Chapter 11 plan of cryptocurrency exchange FTX told a Delaware judge late Thursday that the bankruptcy court has jurisdiction over Binance and its founder in a $1.76 billion clawback suit, and that bankruptcy laws apply to entities outside the United States.
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September 19, 2025
Dow Faces Suit Alleging Misleading Tariff Impact Claims
Chemicals company Dow Inc. and several of its executives and board members have been hit with a shareholder derivative suit in Michigan federal court alleging that company leadership overstated its ability to navigate global economic challenges, harming the company and shareholders.
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September 19, 2025
SEC Fines Bloomberg Unit $5M Over False Market Data Claims
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Bloomberg Tradebook LLC have reached a $5 million settlement to resolve claims that the broker-dealer made false and misleading statements to customers about the speed at which it displayed market data from U.S. options exchanges.
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September 19, 2025
Capital One, Influencers Announce Deal After Earlier Flub
Two days after an initial filing was withdrawn, Capital One and a proposed class of influencers say they now indeed have a deal to settle a lawsuit over claims the bank helped itself to funds meant for the influencers using its browser extension.
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September 19, 2025
MongoDB Directors, Officers Sued In Del. Over Trading
A stockholder of software venture MongoDB sued a dozen company directors and key officers in Delaware's Court of Chancery late Thursday, seeking to recover more than $240 million allegedly lost in part to trading by insiders after the release of what the complaint said were unsupported, upbeat growth forecasts and business model changes.
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September 19, 2025
Off The Bench: Briefings On Trans Ban, New Kalshi Conflicts
In this week's Off The Bench, the U.S. Supreme Court receives initial briefs from West Virginia and Idaho regarding their bans on gender identity-based participation in school sports, Kalshi is taken to court by another state over its event contract offerings, and Washington, D.C.'s National Football League team takes a major step toward returning to its namesake city.
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September 19, 2025
Gold Star Mother Accuses Atty Of Malpractice In Fraud Case
The mother of a deceased Army service member is suing a high-profile military-focused attorney in New Jersey federal court, alleging the attorney blew her chance at recouping money from a convicted fraudster who preyed on military families.
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September 19, 2025
SEC Wins 'Scalping' Trial Against Penny Stock Trader
A Manhattan federal jury held an Ohio man liable on Friday in a case brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleging he fraudulently earned over $2.5 million by buying up penny stocks, hyping them online and then selling for gains in a "scalping" scheme.
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September 18, 2025
Ex-FBI Informant Gentile Owes SEC Over $15.5M, Judge Rules
A onetime FBI informant and his shuttered, unregistered broker-dealer owe the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission monetary obligations of over $15.5 million before interest, a Miami federal judge has determined, though the defendant's attorneys said Thursday he plans to appeal.
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September 18, 2025
BofA Unit To Pay $5.6M To End DOJ Market Manipulation Case
The U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday that an investment banking arm of Bank of America Corp. will pay roughly $5.6 million to resolve a criminal investigation into market manipulation allegations involving two now-former traders on its U.S. Treasurys desk.
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September 18, 2025
SEC Eases Path For Crypto ETPs With New Listing Rules
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has eased a key part of the listing process for crypto exchange-traded products, and attorneys say the move may create a shorter path to market for years to come.
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September 18, 2025
SEC Drops Hunter Biden Biz Pal's Case After Trump Pardon
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has voluntarily dismissed its civil claims against Hunter Biden's former business partner Devon Archer, who President Donald Trump pardoned earlier this year after he was convicted of helping to execute a $60 million bond scam against a South Dakota tribal corporation.
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September 18, 2025
Arbitration Clauses Won't Protect IPOs From Investor Suits
With the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission greenlighting the use of mandatory arbitration clauses for newly public companies, securities litigation experts are waiting to see whether any company is willing to risk the almost inevitable legal blowback that will come with taking advantage of the policy.
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September 18, 2025
Calif. Judge Pauses US Suit Over $380M PetroSaudi Award
A California federal judge has paused the U.S. government's lawsuit targeting a PetroSaudi unit's $380 million arbitral award over its purported connection to funds embezzled from Malaysia, saying uncertainty remains over related proceedings in the Cayman Islands and Barbados.
Expert Analysis
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'Solicit' Ruling Offers Proxy Advisers Compliance Relief
The D.C. Circuit recently found that proxy voting advice does not fall under the legal definition of "solicitation," significantly narrowing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's regulatory power over such advisers, offering stability to the proxy advisory industry and providing temporary relief from new compliance burdens, say attorneys at Sheppard Mullin.
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Evaluating The SEC's Rising Whistleblower Denial Rate
The rising trend of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission whistleblower award claim denials represents a departure from the SEC's previous track record and may reflect a more conservative approach to whistleblower award determinations under the current administration, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.
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State Crypto Regs Diverge As Federal Framework Dawns
Following the Genius Act's passage, states like California, New York and Wyoming are racing to set new standards for crypto governance, creating both opportunity and risk for digital asset firms as innovation flourishes in some jurisdictions while costly friction emerges in others, say attorneys at Sheppard Mullin.
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Parenting Skills That Can Help Lawyers Thrive Professionally
As kids head back to school, the time is ripe for lawyers who are parents to consider how they can incorporate their parenting skills to build a deep, meaningful and sustainable legal practice, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.
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Series
Teaching Trial Advocacy Makes Us Better Lawyers
Teaching trial advocacy skills to other lawyers makes us better litigators because it makes us question our default methods, connect to young attorneys with new perspectives and focus on the needs of the real people at the heart of every trial, say Reuben Guttman, Veronica Finkelstein and Joleen Youngers.
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The Crucial Question Left Unanswered In EpicentRx Decision
The California Supreme Court recently issued its long-awaited decision in EpicentRx Inc. v. Superior Court, resolving a dispute regarding the enforceability of forum selection clauses, but the question remains whether private companies can trust that courts will continue to consistently enforce forum selection clauses in corporate charters, says John Yow at Yow PC.
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MIT Bros.' Crypto Charges Provide Fraud Test Case For Gov't
As U.S. v. Peraire-Bueno, involving cryptocurrency fraud charges against brothers who graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, moves forward after surviving a motion to dismiss, the case provides an early example of how the government might use the federal fraud statutes to regulate decentralized networks, say attorneys at ArentFox Schiff.
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Why EpicentRx Ruling Is A Major Win For Business Certainty
The California Supreme Court's recent decision in EpicentRx v. Superior Court removes a significant source of uncertainty that plagued commercial litigation in California by clarifying that forum selection clauses shouldn't be invalidated solely because the selected forum lacks the right to a jury trial, say attorneys at Clark Hill.
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How Sustainability Reporting Changed In The 1st Half Of 2025
Sustainability reporting is evolving rapidly, with fewer S&P 500 companies publishing reports in the first half of 2025 than in the same period last year, suggesting that companies are becoming more selective and intentional about their reporting, say analysts at Orrick.
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9th Circ. Finding That NFTs Are Goods Will Change TM Law
The Ninth Circuit's recent ruling in Yuga Labs v. Ripps establishes that NFTs have real, commercial value under U.S. federal trademark law, a new legal precedent that may significantly influence intellectual property enforcement and marketplace policies regarding digital assets going forward, say attorneys at Wilson Elser.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From Texas AUSA To BigLaw
As I learned when I transitioned from an assistant U.S. attorney to a BigLaw partner, the move from government to private practice is not without its hurdles, but it offers immense potential for growth and the opportunity to use highly transferable skills developed in public service, says Jeffery Vaden at Bracewell.
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Lessons From Liberty Mutual FCPA Declination
Liberty Mutual’s recent Foreign Corrupt Practices Act resolution with the U.S. Department of Justice signals that the Trump administration is once again considering such declinations after an enforcement pause, offering some assurances for companies regarding the benefits of voluntary self-disclosure, say attorneys at Paul Weiss.
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3 Rulings Show Hurdles To Proving Market Manipulation Fraud
Three recent conviction reversals from New York federal courts highlight the challenges that prosecutors face in establishing fraud and market manipulation allegations, suggesting that courts are increasingly reluctant to find criminal liability when novel theories are advanced, say attorneys at WilmerHale.
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Drafting M&A Docs After Delaware Corp. Law Amendments
Attorneys at Greenberg Traurig discuss how the March and June amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law affect the drafting of corporate and M&A documents, including board resolutions, governing documents, and books and records demands.
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Advice For 1st-Gen Lawyers Entering The Legal Profession
Nikki Hurtado at The Ferraro Law Firm tells her story of being a first-generation lawyer and how others who begin their professional journeys without the benefit of playbooks handed down by relatives can turn this disadvantage into their greatest strength.