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February 07, 2025
Del.'s Quiet Ambition To Tweak Chancery, Stem Feared DExit
Anxious over claims that stockholder-tilted decisions by Delaware's Court of Chancery will trigger more companies to follow Tesla, SpaceX, Meta and Dropbox to other states, Delaware policymakers are taking a hard look at the venerable business court's processes, hoping to slow a feared rush to DExit.
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February 07, 2025
Wealth Firm Latest To Be Sued Over Cash Sweep Program
Wealth management firm Osaic is the latest financial institution to face proposed class action claims over its alleged "dramatic underpayment" of interest to customers participating in its cash sweeps programs.
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February 07, 2025
Texas Judge Ends Fund's SEC Suit Over 'Fishing Expedition'
A North Texas judge has tossed a South Carolina private equity fund's lawsuit accusing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of an unconstitutional "fishing expedition" investigation, hours after the fund accused the commission of trying to gut it through a Florida lawsuit.
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February 07, 2025
Off The Bench: Trump Bans Trans Athletes, NCAA Falls In Line
In this week's Off The Bench, the NCAA changes course to accommodate a presidential ban on transgender women athletes, Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter is sentenced for his gambling-driven embezzlement, and women's soccer players get restitution for abuse at the hands of their coaches and teams.
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February 06, 2025
Block's Dorsey, Others Face Derivative Suit Over AML Woes
Officers and directors of Square and Cash App parent company Block Inc. face a shareholder derivative complaint over alleged anti-money laundering compliance failures weeks after the company reached an $80 million settlement of related claims with state banking regulators.
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February 06, 2025
SEC Assistant Chief Litigation Counsel Joins Carlton Fields
An assistant chief litigation counsel for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has left the agency to join Carlton Fields as a shareholder in the firm's securities litigation and enforcement practice in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Thursday.
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February 06, 2025
House GOP Floats Stablecoin Bill Amid Debanking Buzz
House Financial Services lawmakers unveiled a discussion draft of a bill to regulate stablecoins Thursday evening, joining a separate effort introduced in the U.S. Senate earlier this week.
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February 06, 2025
SEC's Dealer Suit May Criminalize Major Investors, Funds Say
The hedge fund industry has urged the Eighth Circuit on to overturn a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission victory against a penny stock trader, arguing that the SEC's case threatens to "make a felon of every institutional investor" by declaring them unregistered securities dealers.
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February 06, 2025
SEC 'Exposes Lunacy' Through Its Dueling Suits, PE Firm Says
A South Carolina private equity fund said Thursday the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is trying to gut it through a Florida lawsuit, telling a Texas judge the commission made "out of touch statements" on how the litigation will harm its business.
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February 06, 2025
DOJ To Weigh Criminal Action Against Cos. With DEI Policies
The U.S. Department of Justice will consider bringing criminal and civil investigations against companies over their diversity, equity and inclusion policies, according to a new memorandum from Attorney General Pam Bondi.
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February 06, 2025
Earthlink Investors' Attys Score $28M In Merger Suit
The attorneys who helped Earthlink investors score an $85 million settlement with the company after they said they were tricked into approving a $1.1 billion merger with a failing telecommunications company will be walking away with almost $28 million for their trouble.
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February 06, 2025
Northern Trust Corp. Sued In Del. For Alleged Fund Breaches
The son of a now-deceased California businessman and philanthropist has sued in Delaware's Court of Chancery for the removal of an affiliate of Chicago-based Northern Trust Corp. as trustee for his father's family trust, alleging multiple breaches of fiduciary duty.
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February 06, 2025
No Bail For Ex-Federal Reserve Adviser In Espionage Case
A former senior adviser to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors was ordered to be detained by a D.C. federal judge Wednesday at the request of prosecutors who warned that his significant ties to China put him at high risk of fleeing his charges of stealing classified information for that nation.
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February 06, 2025
GSK's Zantac Woes Gave Investors Heartburn, Suit Says
The maker of heartburn and acid reflux relief tablet Zantac has been hit with a shareholder suit in Pennsylvania federal court alleging that the company suffered stock price losses after it was revealed that for nearly 40 years the company knew that Zantac contained high levels of a cancer-causing compound.
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February 06, 2025
Nixon Peabody Adds Greenberg Glusker Cannabis Co-Chair
Nixon Peabody LLP is boosting its West Coast litigation team, bringing in a former federal prosecutor, who was most recently the founder and co-chair of the cannabis practice at Greenberg Glusker LLP, as a partner in its Los Angeles office.
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February 06, 2025
Bondi Says FCPA Probes Will Focus On Cartels
The scope of foreign bribery enforcement will be narrowed significantly under the direction of U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, who has said since taking office Wednesday that the Justice Department will concentrate on the "total elimination of cartels and transnational organizations."
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February 06, 2025
Appellate Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP notched critical wins as the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an Eighth Amendment challenge to a city's public camping law and gave insurers a voice in mass tort bankruptcies, making it one of the 2024 Law360 Appellate Groups of the Year.
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February 06, 2025
Family Says Tax Shelter Creator To Blame In $81M IRS Case
Counsel for members of a wealthy extended family accused of shorting the IRS nearly $81 million by knowingly participating in an unlawful tax shelter told a Manhattan federal judge Thursday that the creator of the so-called Son-of-Boss scheme is to blame.
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February 06, 2025
Trump's Federal Worker Buyout Plan Put On Hold
A Massachusetts federal judge on Thursday put on hold the Trump administration's "deferred resignation" program for federal employees, delaying the deadline for workers to accept the offer until Monday while the court weighs the legality of the move.
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February 06, 2025
CFTC Signals Openness To Regulate Sports Event Contracts
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced a public roundtable to discuss its regulation of contracts tied to high-profile sporting events Wednesday, with the acting chair bemoaning the commission's current policy as a "sinkhole of legal uncertainty."
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February 05, 2025
FDIC Letters Show It Met Crypto With 'Resistance,' Hill Says
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s acting Chairman Travis Hill said Wednesday that he has jump-started a "comprehensive review" of the regulator's past crypto-focused communications with supervised banks, releasing a trove of documents he said shows that many banks abandoned their cryptocurrency plans after the FDIC met them with "resistance."
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February 05, 2025
Blue Ridge Bankshares, Investors Reach $2.5M Deal
Blue Ridge Bankshares Inc. and a proposed class of investors have reached a $2.5 million settlement to resolve claims that the multi-state bank holding company engaged in improper loan accounting practices.
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February 05, 2025
Paramount-Skydance Merger Block Sought Pending Del. Suit
Five Paramount Global pension fund stockholders sought a preliminary injunction in Delaware late Wednesday seeking to block closing on the estimated $8 billion Paramount-Skydance Media merger pending a decision on a still-sealed Court of Chancery breach of fiduciary duty suit filed Tueday night.
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February 05, 2025
Catholic Investors Bring Smith & Wesson Suit To Fed. Court
A group of Catholic sisters has refiled in federal court their suit accusing Smith & Wesson's directors and senior executives of placing their own "greed" and "political concerns" above the interests of the company and its stockholders by ignoring the liabilities of marketing AR-15 rifles that are used to perpetrate mass shootings.
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February 05, 2025
Schwab To Add Oversight To End TD Ameritrade Buy Suit
The Charles Schwab Corp. has agreed to implement an antitrust compliance program designed by an independent consultant in order to settle claims from a proposed class of retail investors who alleged they were forced to pay increased transaction costs for trades following the Schwab-TD Ameritrade merger in 2020.
Expert Analysis
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How Cos. Can Prepare Now For SEC E-Filing System Changes
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's amendments to the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system are designed to improve access to and management of EDGAR accounts, and with the March 24 effective date fast approaching, and the transition requiring significant coordination, companies should begin planning now, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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The Tides Are Changing For Fair Access Banking Laws
The landscape of fair access banking laws, which seek to prevent banks from denying services based on individuals' ideological beliefs, has shifted in the last few years, but a new presidential administration provides renewed momentum for advancing such legislation against the backdrop of state efforts, say attorneys at Latham.
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Imagine The Possibilities Of Openly Autistic Lawyering
Andi Mazingo at Lumen Law, who was diagnosed with autism about midway through her career, discusses how the legal profession can create inclusive workplaces that empower openly autistic lawyers and enhance innovation, and how neurodivergent attorneys can navigate the challenges and opportunities that come with disclosing one’s diagnosis.
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A Halftime Analysis Of DOJ's Compensation Pilot Program
The U.S. Department of Justice appears to consider the first half of its three-year pilot program on compensation incentives and clawbacks to be proceeding successfully, so companies should expect prosecutors to emphasize the program and other compliance-related considerations early in investigations, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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Kiromic SEC Order Shows Importance Of Self-Reporting
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recently filed settled charges against Kiromic BioPharma illustrate the critical intersection between U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulatory processes and investor disclosures under the securities laws, and showcase how responding promptly to internal whistleblower reports may reap benefits, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.
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Series
Documentary Filmmaking Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Becoming a documentary filmmaker has allowed me to merge my legal expertise with my passion for storytelling, and has helped me to hone negotiation, critical thinking and problem-solving skills that are important to both endeavors, says Robert Darwell at Sheppard Mullin.
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Litigation Funding Disclosure Debate: Strategy Considerations
In the ongoing debate over whether courts should require disclosure of litigation funding, funders and plaintiffs tend to argue against such mandates, but voluntarily disclosing limited details about a funding arrangement can actually confer certain benefits to plaintiffs in some scenarios, say Andrew Stulce and Marc Cavan at Longford Capital.
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Understanding Risks Of Celebrities 'Hawking' Crypto Tokens
Prominent social media personality Haliey Welch was recently sued over the promotion and sale of the Hawk Tuah cryptocurrency memecoin, underscoring the importance of public figures conducting due diligence to verify they aren't endorsing a token that is in fact a security, say attorneys at Sheppard Mullin.
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Top Considerations For Insurance Companies In 2025
As insurance industry participants look to plan for the year, regulatory changes, climate-related challenges, the ongoing effects of social inflation and the potential for significant mergers and acquisitions will be among the key items for insurer boards and management to have on their radar, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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Del. Dispatch: Lessons From Failed Albertsons-Kroger Merger
The allegations in Albertsons' lawsuit against Kroger following the grocery stores' blocked merger demonstrate how a target company can best ensure that a buyer timely and effectively complies with its obligations to pursue the necessary regulatory approvals for a deal, say attorneys at Fried Frank.
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Adventure Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Photographing nature everywhere from Siberia to Cuba and Iceland to Rwanda provides me with a constant reminder to refresh, refocus and rethink the legal issues that my clients face, says Richard Birmingham at Davis Wright.
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Future Of Crypto-Asset Classification Is In 2nd Circ.'s Hands
A definitive ruling from the Second Circuit in a rare interlocutory appeal in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's ongoing court battle with Coinbase could finally establish clear guidelines on the classification of digital assets, influencing how they are regulated and traded in the U.S., say attorneys at Manatt.
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5 Ways To Create Effective Mock Assignments For Associates
In order to effectively develop associates’ critical thinking skills, firms should design mock assignments that contain a few key ingredients, from messy fact patterns to actionable feedback, says Abdi Shayesteh at AltaClaro.
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More Environmental Claims, More Greenwashing Challenges
As companies prepare for the 2025 greenwashing landscape, they should take heed of a D.C. appellate decision that shows that environmental claims are increasingly subject to attack and provides plaintiffs with a playbook for challenging corporate claims of sustainability, say attorneys at Sidley.
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And Now A Word From The Panel: How MDLs Fared In 2024
A significant highlight of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation's practice during 2024 was the increase in the percentage of new MDL petitions granted by the panel, with 25 granted and only eight denied — one of the highest grant rates in years, says Alan Rothman at Sidley.