Asset Management

  • September 05, 2025

    HCA Healthcare Can't Halt Discovery In 401(k) Forfeiture Suit

    A Tennessee federal judge denied HCA Healthcare's bid Friday to stop discovery while the court considers its motion to toss a worker's suit claiming it illegally used forfeited 401(k) funds to cover its own contribution costs, finding the alleged novelty of her claims can't block case information collection.

  • September 05, 2025

    Lindberg Challenges Receivership After $524M Arbitral Award

    Insurance mogul Greg Lindberg, who pled guilty to defrauding policyholders and was convicted of attempting to bribe North Carolina's insurance commissioner, urged a state appeals court to overturn the appointment of a receiver over his worldwide assets, after he was hit with a $524 million arbitration award.

  • September 05, 2025

    Paris-Based SPAC Joins US Pipeline Targeting $100M Listing

    Greenberg Traurig LLP will lead a Paris-based blank check company's planned $100 million initial public offering targeting a diverse portfolio of U.S. companies, according to the special purpose acquisition company on Friday.

  • September 05, 2025

    IPO Market Gears Up For Late-Year Surge In New Listings

    Initial public offerings appear poised for a surge to finish the year as the uncertainty surrounding President Donald Trump's sweeping tariff actions and geopolitical tensions has subsided, with experts saying that companies are getting more comfortable hitting the public markets.

  • September 05, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: Milbank, Wachtell, Latham

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, aircraft lessor Air Lease Corp. agrees to a take-private deal, Evernorth Health Services invests billions in Shields Health Solutions, Cadence Design Systems Inc. acquires the design and engineering business of Hexagon AB, and Kraft Heinz Co. plans to split into two independent, publicly traded companies.

  • September 04, 2025

    Hedge Fund Shareholders Push To Dismiss $300M Asset Suit

    A derivative lawsuit from shareholders who allege that leaders of an investment fund allowed an exchange of over $300 million in diversified assets for "worthless" illiquid equity considers a novel issue of Delaware law and should be dismissed without prejudice, counsel for the shareholders told the North Carolina Business Court on Thursday at a hearing.

  • September 04, 2025

    Asset Manager Seeks OK Of $53M Mexican Bank Award

    An asset management firm has urged a New York federal court to enforce a more than $53 million arbitral award it won in a dispute over management fees due under a trust agreement with a Banamex unit.

  • September 04, 2025

    Trader With Middle Name 'Danger' Owes $3.8M In SEC Claims

    A securities trader with the middle name "Danger" who was sentenced to nearly four years in prison after copping to a federal wire fraud charge in connection with a $2.9 million Ponzi scheme, is also on the hook for $3.8 million in disgorgement and prejudgment interest in a parallel U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission suit, a California federal judge has ruled.

  • September 04, 2025

    SEC, CFPB Rulemaking Agendas Show Deregulatory Push

    Federal regulators overseeing the financial services sector on Thursday unveiled new rulemaking agendas that they say will return their agencies to their core missions with policies to define authority and limit compliance burdens.

  • September 04, 2025

    Ropes & Gray Leads Carlyle Unit's $20B Secondary Raise

    Guided by Ropes & Gray LLP, a unit of The Carlyle Group said Thursday it has raised $20 billion for its latest secondary fund, which has more than 325 new and existing investors who have committed capital to provide liquidity solutions.

  • September 04, 2025

    NY AG Appeals Toss Of $500M Trump Fine In Civil Fraud Case

    New York's attorney general said Thursday she will challenge an appeals court's decision to throw out what it called an "excessive" $489 million civil fraud penalty against President Donald Trump and his sons, his companies, and executives of his companies.

  • September 04, 2025

    AARP Attys Back Suit Challenging TIAA's 401(k) Management

    AARP attorneys have offered their resources to a proposed class action claiming the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America shirked federal benefits law by failing to cut costly and underperforming proprietary investment funds from its workers' retirement plans.

  • September 04, 2025

    7th Circ. Doubts Investor's Priority To $2.5M In Fraud Funds

    Seventh Circuit judges seemed skeptical Thursday of a real estate banking firm's argument it should have been prioritized over other investors with respect to proceeds from the liquidation of assets related to an alleged $135 million Ponzi scheme, pointing to evidence the firm noticed red flags but dropped the ball in investigating.

  • September 04, 2025

    Returning SPAC Teams Kick Off Fresh IPOs Totaling $400M

    One SPAC targeting growth-focused U.S. businesses began trading on Thursday while another focused on the natural resources and decarbonization sectors was set to begin trading Friday, with the two having raised a combined $400 million in initial public offerings.

  • September 04, 2025

    Quantinuum Hits $10B Valuation After $600M Capital Raise

    Quantum computer developer Quantinuum, advised by Freshfields LLP, on Thursday revealed that it reached a pre-money equity valuation of $10 billion following a $600 million equity raise led by industrial conglomerate Honeywell.

  • September 04, 2025

    5 Firms Guide Rithm Capital's Crestline Buy

    Five firms steered real estate-focused investment firm Rithm Capital Corp.'s purchase of Crestline Management, adding and expanding the firm's private credit, insurance and reinsurance capabilities with the acquisition.

  • September 04, 2025

    Which GCs Sold Stock In August? Carlyle Group And More

    General counsel Jeffrey W. Ferguson, who has been with the Carlyle Group for 26 years, cashed in some $19 million worth of stock in August.

  • September 04, 2025

    Gov't Backs Funds Against Activist Investor Before High Court

    The federal government and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have filed amicus briefs in support of a group of investment funds that are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to constrain the rights of private parties to file lawsuits under the Investment Company Act.

  • September 04, 2025

    PBM Rule Included In DOL Benefits Arm's Regulatory Update

    The U.S. Department of Labor's employee benefits arm detailed several new regulations in the works Thursday, including a new fee disclosure rule involving pharmacy benefit managers and plans to revisit retirement plan fiduciary investment advice regulations, according to the administration's latest regulatory update.

  • September 04, 2025

    Cube Highways Trust Mulls $600M IPO, Plus More Rumors

    Indian infrastructure investment trust Cube Highways Trust is considering a $600 million initial public offering, premium diaper brand Coterie is in talks to be acquired by consumer goods business Mammoth Brands, and European antitrust regulators have reportedly paused their investigation into ADNOC's $17.1 billion acquisition of German chemicals producer Covestro.

  • September 04, 2025

    Democrats Press Trump's Fed Pick On His Independence

    Stephen Miran, a close ally of President Donald Trump, was sharply questioned by Democratic senators on Thursday about his ability to independently carry out a leadership role at the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors after he said he would refuse to resign from the president's Council of Economic Advisers if confirmed.

  • September 03, 2025

    C3.ai Execs Accused Of Hiding CEO's Health Impact On Co.

    Executives and directors of artificial intelligence software developer C3.ai were hit with a shareholder's derivative suit alleging they inflated company share prices by not disclosing that its CEO's health issues were preventing C3 from closing deals.

  • September 03, 2025

    Conn. Fund Manager Sentenced For $3.4M Fraud Scheme

    A Stamford, Connecticut, man was sentenced Wednesday to four and a half years in prison plus three years of supervised release after admitting he defrauded investors out of $3.4 million through a Greenwich hedge fund he owned.

  • September 03, 2025

    Arkansas Insurance Rule Beats Union Plan's ERISA Challenge

    An Illinois federal judge has tossed a Teamsters healthcare plan's challenge to an Arkansas insurance regulation that aims to protect local pharmacies from under-reimbursement for prescription drugs, saying the regulation doesn't tread on the Employee Retirement Income Security Act's territory.

  • September 03, 2025

    Transit Tech Startup Via Ignites Plans For $450M IPO

    Rideshare and transit services company Via Transportation, which offers software and technology-enabled services to replace aging transportation systems, on Wednesday outlined a price range for its estimated $450 million initial public offering.

Expert Analysis

  • Del. Dispatch: Conflicted Transactions And New Safe Harbors

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    Two recent Delaware Court of Chancery decisions involving conflicted transactions underscore that the new safe harbors established by the Delaware General Corporation Law amendments passed in March, going forward, provide a far easier route to business judgment review of conflicted transactions than were previously available, say attorneys at Fried Frank.

  • Opinion

    The Legal Education Status Quo Is No Longer Tenable

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    As underscored by the fallout from California’s February bar exam, legal education and licensure are tethered to outdated systems, and the industry must implement several key reforms to remain relevant and responsive to 21st century legal needs, says Matthew Nehmer at The Colleges of Law.

  • What Dismissal Rulings May Mean For ERISA Forfeiture Cases

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    Following an influx of Employee Retirement Income Security Act class actions challenging the long-standing practice of plan sponsors using plan forfeitures to offset employer contributions, recent motion to dismiss rulings and a U.S. Department of Labor amicus brief may encourage more courts to reject plaintiffs' forfeiture theories, say attorneys at Mayer Brown.

  • The Pros, Cons Of A Single Commissioner Leading The CFTC

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    While a single-member U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission may require fewer resources and be more efficient, its internal decision-making process would be less transparent to those outside the agency, reflect less compromise between competing viewpoints and provide the public with less predictability, says former CFTC Commissioner Dan Berkovitz.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Relevance Redactions

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    In recent cases addressing redactions that parties sought to apply based on the relevance of information — as opposed to considerations of privilege — courts have generally limited a party’s ability to withhold nonresponsive or irrelevant material, providing a few lessons for discovery strategy, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Opinion

    Section 1983 Has Promise After End Of Nationwide Injunctions

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    After the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down the practice of nationwide injunctions in Trump v. Casa, Section 1983 civil rights suits can provide a better pathway to hold the government accountable — but this will require reforms to qualified immunity, says Marc Levin at the Council on Criminal Justice.

  • Why Bank Regulators' Proposed Leverage Tweak Matters

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    Banking agencies' recent proposal to modify the enhanced supplementary leverage ratio framework applicable to the largest U.S. banks shows the regulators are keen to address concerns that the regulatory capital framework is too restrictive, say attorneys at Moore & Van Allen.

  • Now Is The Time To Prep For SEC's New Data Breach Regs

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    Recent remarks from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s acting director of the Division of Examinations suggest that the commission will support exams for compliance with its new data breach detection and reporting regulations, and a looming deadline means investment advisers and broker-dealers must act now to update their processes, say attorneys at McGuireWoods.

  • How Banks Can Harness New Customer ID Rule's Flexibility

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    Banking regulators' update to the customer identification process, allowing banks to collect some information from third parties rather than directly from customers, helps modernize anti-money laundering compliance and carries advantages for financial institutions that embrace the new approach, say attorneys at Bradley Arant.

  • Series

    Playing Soccer Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Soccer has become a key contributor to how I approach my work, and the lessons I’ve learned on the pitch about leadership, adaptability, resilience and communication make me better at what I do every day in my legal career, says Whitney O’Byrne at MoFo.

  • Opinion

    The SEC Should Embrace Tokenized Equity, Not Strangle It

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission should grant no-action relief to firms ready to pilot tokenized equity trading, not delay innovation by heeding protectionist industry arguments, says J.W. Verret at George Mason University.

  • Compliance Changes On Deck For Banks Under Texas AI Law

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    Financial services companies, including banks and fintechs, should evaluate their artificial intelligence usage to prepare for Texas' newly passed law regulating AI governance, noting that the enforcement provisions provide for an affirmative defense to liability, say attorneys at Mitchell Sandler.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Learning From Failure

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    While law school often focuses on the importance of precision, correctness and perfection, mistakes are inevitable in real-world practice — but failure is not the opposite of progress, and real talent comes from the ability to recover, rethink and reshape, says Brooke Pauley at Tucker Ellis.

  • Tips For Crypto AI Agent Developers Under SEC Watch

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    With agents powered by artificial intelligence increasingly making decisions in the cryptocurrency world, there's a chance the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission could use the Investment Advisers Act to regulate this technology in financial services, but there are ways developers can mitigate regulatory risks, say attorneys at Morrison Cohen.

  • Lessons On Parallel Settlements From Vanguard Class Action

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    A Pennsylvania federal judge’s unexpected denial of a proposed $40 million settlement of an investor class action against Vanguard highlights key factors parties should consider when settlement involves both regulators and civil plaintiffs, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

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