Law360: Capital Markets /capitalmarkets?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Capital Markets Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Thu, 25 Sep 2025 18:00:17 +0000 Oracle, Meta Mull $20B AI Deal, As Tech Rumors Abound /capitalmarkets/articles/2391612?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2391612 Oracle Corp. is said to be in discussions with Meta on a multiyear cloud computing deal worth a potential $20 billion, Reuters reported on Sept. 19. The report came just days before a bombshell announcement from Nvidia about its $100 billion staged investment in OpenAI. Thu, 25 Sep 2025 17:31:21 +0000 Accounting Firm Drops Case Over PCAOB's In-House Courts /capitalmarkets/articles/2392492?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2392492 A lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board's in-house disciplinary process appears to have come to an end on Thursday after the auditing firm that filed it agreed to settle with the board earlier this week. Thu, 25 Sep 2025 17:00:07 +0000 First Merchants, First Savings Merge In $241M All-Stock Deal /capitalmarkets/articles/2392292?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2392292 Dentons-advised First Merchants Corp. and First Savings Financial Group Inc., led by Luse Gorman PC, on Thursday unveiled plans to merge in an all-stock deal valued at roughly $241 million. Thu, 25 Sep 2025 16:57:55 +0000 Playing Softball Makes Me A Better Lawyer /capitalmarkets/articles/2373458?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2373458 My time on the softball field has taught me lessons that also apply to success in legal work — on effective preparation, flexibility, communication and teamwork, says Sarah Abrams at Baleen Specialty. Thu, 25 Sep 2025 16:41:28 +0000 How Securities Test Nuances Affect State-Level Enforcement /capitalmarkets/articles/2389690?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2389690 Awareness of how different states use their securities investigation and enforcement powers, particularly their use of the risk capital test over the federal Howey test, is critical to navigating the complicated patchwork of securities laws going forward, especially as states look to fill perceived federal enforcement gaps, say attorneys at WilmerHale. Thu, 25 Sep 2025 15:42:35 +0000 Akin Grows Capital Solutions Platform With DLA Piper Atty /capitalmarkets/articles/2392317?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2392317 Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP announced another addition to its capital solutions team Wednesday, welcoming a New York-based private credit partner from DLA Piper. Thu, 25 Sep 2025 15:16:43 +0000 Trump SPAC Ex-CEO Wins $1.5M Legal Fee Advance In Del. /capitalmarkets/articles/2392044?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2392044 Saying the court was wary of second-guessing attorney judgment in legal fee advancement billings, a Delaware magistrate in chancery has rejected most challenges to $1.5 million in fee claims by a former CEO of Donald Trump-tied blank check company Digital World Acquisition Corp. Thu, 25 Sep 2025 14:26:34 +0000 Second 'Drugs Made In America' SPAC Raises $500M In IPO /capitalmarkets/articles/2392328?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2392328 Drugs Made In America Acquisition II, a special purpose acquisition company planning to target companies in the pharmaceutical industry, began trading publicly on Thursday after pricing a $500 million initial public offering, marking the largest SPAC listing of 2025. Thu, 25 Sep 2025 07:42:25 +0000 Freshfields, Fried Frank-Led Petershill To Exit London Listing /capitalmarkets/articles/2392210?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2392210 Goldman Sachs-owned private equity investor Petershill Partners PLC said on Thursday that it is planning to leave the London Stock Exchange and return up to $932 million of capital to shareholders to enhance its value, in a new blow to the bourse. Thu, 25 Sep 2025 06:52:32 +0000 Milbank Advises AI Biz Nscale On $1.1B Series B Funding /capitalmarkets/articles/2392211?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2392211 British AI infrastructure operator Nscale said Thursday that it has raised $1.1 billion from investors, including tech giant Nvidia, to expand its data centers. Wed, 24 Sep 2025 21:51:13 +0000 AML Software Sues Athena Bitcoin Over Source Code Theft /capitalmarkets/articles/2391879?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2391879 AML Software has filed a copyright infringement suit against ATM operator Athena Bitcoin for allegedly misappropriating its proprietary bitcoin ATM source code without authorization. Wed, 24 Sep 2025 21:04:37 +0000 UnitedHealth Fights Investor Suit Over DOJ's Merger Probe /capitalmarkets/articles/2391836?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2391836 UnitedHealth and its executives have asked a Minnesota federal judge to toss a proposed securities class action accusing it of, among many things, not disclosing that the U.S. Department of Justice had reopened an antitrust investigation into the health insurer, saying the complaint consists of unsupported "scattershot allegations." Wed, 24 Sep 2025 20:57:11 +0000 Binance Founder Not Properly Served In Terror Case: Judge /capitalmarkets/articles/2391055?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2391055 Victims of the October 2023 attack in Israel suing Binance for allegedly abetting the attack have been denied permission to serve the cryptocurrency exchange's founder by alternative means, after a D.C. federal judge ruled that their "relatively minimal effort" to serve him via conventional means wasn't enough. Wed, 24 Sep 2025 20:55:15 +0000 Equity Trader Gets 2 Months For Insider Trading /capitalmarkets/articles/2391961?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2391961 A Connecticut-based former head of equities trading for an investment firm who copped to insider trading in June has been sentenced to two months in prison and ordered to pay more than $331,000. Wed, 24 Sep 2025 20:32:04 +0000 FINRA To Nix Minimum Equity Requirement For Day Traders /capitalmarkets/articles/2392102?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2392102 The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority announced Wednesday that its board approved changes to its rules for so-called pattern day trading that would remove a minimum equity requirement for such traders. Wed, 24 Sep 2025 20:28:41 +0000 Judge Denies Tron Founder's Bid To Block Bloomberg Report /capitalmarkets/articles/2391585?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2391585 A Delaware federal judge declined to direct Bloomberg LP to remove reporting about Justin Sun's crypto holdings for now in an opinion that said he remains unconvinced the media outlet made any promise of confidentiality to the Tron founder. Wed, 24 Sep 2025 20:18:04 +0000 Coinbase Wants Out Of Terraform Token Conversion Loss Suit /capitalmarkets/articles/2391510?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2391510 Coinbase Inc. has urged a California federal court to toss a suit lodged by cryptocurrency buyers alleging the crypto exchange caused them to incur losses after Terraform's collapse three years ago, arguing the buyers' claims are both time-barred and fail to show that the crypto exchange intended to deceive. Wed, 24 Sep 2025 19:51:54 +0000 Defunct Tech Co.'s CEO Bilked Investors Of $120M, Feds Say /capitalmarkets/articles/2392114?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2392114 The founder of a defunct Canadian technology company faces criminal charges and a civil suit in California federal court by securities regulators on Wednesday stemming from a fraud scheme where he allegedly raised $120 million after providing investors with bogus financial statements that inflated the company's financial condition and performance. Wed, 24 Sep 2025 19:04:11 +0000 Comcast Loses Challenge To Labor Dept. ALJs' Authority /capitalmarkets/articles/2391626?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2391626 Comcast Corp. can't force a pair of former executives and the U.S. Department of Labor to sue in federal court, after a Virginia federal judge found that handing a Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower case to an administrative law judge did not violate the company's Seventh Amendment rights. Wed, 24 Sep 2025 18:06:36 +0000 Merrill Lynch Accuses Ex-Staff, Schwab, Investor Of IP Theft /capitalmarkets/articles/2392002?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /capitalmarkets/articles/2392002 Merrill Lynch has filed a trade secrets lawsuit against a dozen former employees, Charles Schwab and Dynasty Financial Partners, alleging the defendants conspired to start a new independent financial advisory firm with Merrill's staff and confidential information.