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Securities

  • June 17, 2025

    Investors Say Exxon Trial Should Remain On Schedule

    A class of investors has told a Texas federal judge that Exxon Mobil has no basis to ask the court to stall a November trial for a suit accusing the oil giant of misleading investors, saying Exxon didn't point out any factors that would merit a delay.

  • June 17, 2025

    AT&T Beats Investor Suit Over Lead-Lined Cables, For Now

    A Texas federal judge has tossed a securities class action against AT&T and several of its executives alleging they misled investors about removing lead-covered copper cables from the company's network, finding that the plaintiffs have failed to meet the heightened pleading bar for securities fraud.

  • June 17, 2025

    Commodities Scheme Operator Gets 65 Years, Owes $75M

    The operator of a commodities scheme who evaded taxes and stole precious metals from his clients was sentenced to 65 years in prison and ordered to pay more than $75 million in restitution Tuesday by a Delaware federal court that also denied his request for a new trial.

  • June 17, 2025

    FINRA Fines Ex-Canaccord Compliance Head Over Monitoring

    The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has suspended Canaccord Genuity LLC's former chief compliance officer and the former head of its trading compliance group, and fined them a combined $15,000 for alleged surveillance lapses.

  • June 17, 2025

    Gemini Says CFTC Enforcement Went 'Trophy-Hunting' In Suit

    The crypto exchange Gemini on Tuesday slammed the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Enforcement Division and the attorneys who pursued a now-settled case against the firm, calling the division "out of control" and accusing its attorneys of engaging in "trophy-hunting lawfare."

  • June 17, 2025

    Alston & Bird Hires Former EDNY Deputy Section Chief

    Alston & Bird LLP announced Tuesday that it has welcomed the former deputy chief of the Business and Securities Fraud Section in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York.

  • June 17, 2025

    Florida Judge Awards $487K In Real Estate Fraud Case

    A Florida federal judge awarded more than $487,000 to two investors who alleged that they were tricked into providing funds for multiple South Florida real estate projects in a multimillion-dollar real estate fraud scheme.

  • June 16, 2025

    DOJ Won't Charge PE Firm That Acquired Sanctions Violator

    The U.S. Department of Justice has decided not to go after private equity firm White Deer Management LLC after it discovered and voluntarily disclosed that Unicat's former leadership had violated economic sanctions and export laws, according to an announcement made Monday.

  • June 16, 2025

    Krispy Kreme Brass Face Investor Suit Over McDonald's Deal

    Officers and directors of doughnut chain Krispy Kreme Inc. are facing shareholder derivative claims that they concealed that a partnership with burger chain McDonald's was yielding disappointing results, hurting investors when the company finally conceded that it was facing financial uncertainty in connection with the deal.

  • June 16, 2025

    Maryland, Kalshi Clash Over Sports Contract Oversight

    Maryland regulators and KalshiEx are dueling over whether the trading platform's past battle with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to list its election contracts complicates its current bid to block Maryland regulators from taking action over contracts that allow traders to wager on the outcome of sporting events.

  • June 16, 2025

    Consolidated SVB Class Action Survives 3 Dismissal Bids

    A California federal judge has rejected three bids to dismiss a proposed shareholder class action against Silicon Valley Bank's brass, underwriters and auditor stemming from the bank's 2023 failure, finding the plaintiffs' "well-pleaded" allegations can continue.

  • June 16, 2025

    Fla. Investor Exploited Puerto Rico Law To Avoid $7M Tax Bill

    A Miami-Dade County investor has pled guilty to filing a false tax return with the Interanl Revenue Service in an attempt to shield $30 million in trading proceeds from capital gains taxes by moving to Puerto Rico and retroactively changing the status of his company to an S corporation.

  • June 16, 2025

    Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

    Delaware's Court of Chancery this past week sought answers in the high-stakes battle over the constitutionality of newly enacted Delaware corporation law amendments, which will hitch a ride to the state's Supreme Court via a suit contesting a $117 million acquisition of Clearway Energy Inc. by its majority shareholder.

  • June 16, 2025

    CFTC Founding Chair Bagley Dies At 96

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's first chair, William T. Bagley, has died at the age of 96.

  • June 16, 2025

    Canadian Atty Must Pay SEC $323K Over Stock Promotion

    A Canadian securities attorney will pay over $323,000 to resolve U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission allegations that he drafted and executed sham consulting agreements at the heart of a scheme to conceal pay-for-play promotion of two so-called Regulation A offerings.

  • June 16, 2025

    Chancery Taps Lead Counsel For Chemours Disclosures Suit

    Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe and The Brown Law Firm PC got the nod in Delaware's Court of Chancery on Monday to lead a consolidated stockholder derivative suit seeking damages on behalf of Chemours Inc. arising from an alleged $575 million manipulation of company reports over two years.

  • June 16, 2025

    SEC Calls For Trial In SolarWinds Data Breach Suit

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is urging a New York federal judge to send its novel case against software developer SolarWinds Corp. to trial, arguing that the company hid its "pervasively poor cybersecurity practices" from investors ahead of a massive data breach that affected government and corporate clients.

  • June 16, 2025

    Trump Media Seeks To Launch Bitcoin And Ethereum ETF

    Trump Media and Technology Group Corp., the owner of President Donald Trump's platform Truth Social, on Monday said it filed paperwork to launch an exchange-traded fund that will invest in bitcoin and ethereum, marking its latest push into digital assets.

  • June 16, 2025

    Fund Firm Must Face Investors' Suit Over Missing $18.5M

    A Pennsylvania federal judge allows claims brought by former Exelon employees against the estate of a deceased retirement fund manager to proceed to discovery, ruling the employees, who claim they haven't been able to find their invested funds since the fund manager died, have sufficiently pled fraud and other counts.

  • June 16, 2025

    Opendoor Investors Score $39M Deal In Hyped Algorithm Suit

    Real estate firm Opendoor Technologies Inc. has agreed to pay $39 million as part of an investor settlement presented to an Arizona federal court for preliminary approval to resolve litigation accusing the company of overhyping its pricing algorithm software.

  • June 16, 2025

    Energy Transfer Agrees To $15M Settlement In Pipelines Suit

    Energy Transfer and a group of investors have reached a $15 million settlement to resolve a class action claiming the company misled them about its $3 billion Mariner East 2 and Revolution pipeline projects, after a trial date for the case was scratched last month.

  • June 16, 2025

    Crypto Platform Tron Eyes Public Listing Via Reverse Merger

    China-based cryptocurrency platform Tron plans to go public through a reverse merger with Nasdaq-listed toy manufacturer SRM Entertainment Inc., both parties announced on Monday, supported by a $100 million investment arranged by a bank linked to President Donald Trump's family.

  • June 13, 2025

    Gotbit To Pay $23M For Crypto Market Scheme

    Crypto trading firm Gotbit Consulting LLC was ordered to forfeit approximately $23 million in seized cryptocurrency and sentenced to a five-year probation term in the government's suit accusing it of market manipulation, while its founder received an eight-month term.

  • June 13, 2025

    SEC Scrubs Biden-Era Agenda To Give Atkins A 'Clean Slate'

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is backing away from promised Biden-era regulations on cybersecurity risk management, environmental disclosures and equity market reform, withdrawing over a dozen rule proposals as newly appointed Chair Paul Atkins seeks to rewrite the agency's agenda.

  • June 13, 2025

    Apple Lets Crypto Fraud Schemes Onto App Store, Suit Says

    Apple has been hit with a class action in California federal court alleging it allows fraudulent cryptocurrency trading applications to exist and be available for download on its App Store, causing consumers to become victims of pig butchering and other trading scams.

Expert Analysis

  • What's Old And New In The CFTC's Self-Reporting Advisory

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    Attorneys at Blank Rome analyze the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's recent advisory that aims to provide clarity on self-reporting violations of the Commodity Exchange Act, and review whether market participants should shift their thinking — or not — when it comes to cooperation with the CFTC.

  • How Trump's Crypto Embrace Is Spurring Enforcement Reset

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent willingness to step away from ongoing enforcement investigations and actions underscores the changing regulatory landscape for crypto under the new administration, which now appears committed to working with stakeholders to develop a clearer regulatory framework, say attorneys at Sheppard Mullin.

  • Making The Case For Rest In The Legal Profession

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    For too long, a culture of overwork has plagued the legal profession, but research shows that attorneys need rest to perform optimally and sustainably, so legal organizations and individuals must implement strategies that allow for restoration, says Marissa Alert at MDA Wellness, Carol Ross-Burnett at CRB Global, and Denise Robinson at The Still Center.

  • During Financial Regulatory Uncertainty, Slow Down And Wait

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    Amid the upheaval at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the slowdown in activity at the prudential agencies, banks must exercise patience before adopting strategic and tactical plans, as well as closely monitor legal and regulatory developments concerning all the federal financial regulators, say attorneys at Dorsey.

  • Opinion

    It's Time To Fix The SEC's Pay-To-Play Rule

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    Nearly 15 years after its adoption, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's pay-to-play rule is not working as intended — a notion recently echoed by SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce — and the commission should reconsider the strict liability standard, raise the campaign contribution limits and remove the look-back provision, say attorneys at WilmerHale.

  • 4 Ways Women Attorneys Can Build A Legal Legacy

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    This Women’s History Month, women attorneys should consider what small, day-to-day actions they can take to help leave a lasting impact for future generations, even if it means mentoring one person or taking 10 minutes to make a plan, says Jackie Prester, a former shareholder at Baker Donelson.

  • Why A Rare SEC Dismissal May Not Reflect A New Approach

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    While the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's pending dismissal of its case against Silver Point is remarkable to the extent that it reflects a novel repudiation of a decision made during the prior commission, a deeper look suggests it may not represent a shift in policy approach, say attorneys at Weil.

  • Deficiency Trends In National Futures Association Exams

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    A recent notice from the National Futures Association outlining the most common deficiencies uncovered during exams gives member firms an opportunity to review prior guidance, particularly regarding the hot topic of implementing procedures governing the use of outsourced service providers, say attorneys at Akin.

  • A Judge's Pointers For Adding Spice To Dry Legal Writing

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    U.S. District Judge Fred Biery shares a few key lessons about how to go against the grain of the legal writing tradition by adding color to bland judicial opinions, such as by telling a human story and injecting literary devices where possible.

  • Mastering The Fundamentals Of Life Sciences Due Diligence

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    As life sciences transactions continue to gain tremendous momentum, companies participating in these transactions must conduct effective and strategic regulatory due diligence, which involves extensive amounts of information and varies by manifold factors, says Anna Zhao at GunnerCooke.

  • Lessons Learned From SAS' Flight Through Chapter 11

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    Scandinavia's SAS is the first European airline to find its wings through the U.S. Chapter 11 process since COVID-19 rocked the aviation industry — and while the process involved some familiar steps, certain complex jurisdictional issues and non-U.S. stakeholders required the carrier to venture into uncharted airspace, says Emily Hong at Norton Rose.

  • Why NY May Want To Reconsider Its LLC Transparency Law

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    Against the backdrop of the myriad challenges to the federal Corporate Transparency Act, it may be prudent for New York to reconsider its adoption of the LLC Transparency Act, since it's unclear whether the Empire State's "baby-CTA" statute is still necessary or was passed prematurely, say attorneys at Pillsbury.

  • Expectations For SEC Exams As Private Credit Market Grows

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission may rely heavily on its Division of Examinations for regulating private credit markets amid their expansion into the retail investor space, so investment advisers should be prepared to address several likely areas of focus when confronted with an exam, say attorneys at Dechert.

  • 6th Circ. Ruling Paves Path Out Of Loper Bright 'Twilight Zone'

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    The U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright ruling created a twilight zone between express statutory delegations that trigger agency deference and implicit ones that do not, but the Sixth Circuit’s recent ruling in Moctezuma-Reyes v. Garland crafted a two-part test for resolving cases within this gray area, say attorneys at Wiley.

  • What FERC Scrutiny Of Directors, Assets Means For Investors

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    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has recently paid dramatically increased attention to appointments of power company directors by investors, and ownership of vertical assets that provide inputs for electric power production and sale — so investors in FERC-regulated entities should be paying more attention to these matters as well, say attorneys at Day Pitney.

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