Capital Markets

  • July 28, 2025

    Space Tech Startup Firefly Launches Plans For $599M IPO

    Private equity-backed space and defense technology company Firefly Aerospace on Monday announced terms for its initial public offering, with plans to raise approximately $599 million.

  • July 28, 2025

    Judge To Weigh If FTX Prosecutors Broke Plea Promise

    A Manhattan federal judge said Monday he will investigate an allegation by crypto lobbyist Michelle Bond that she was charged with campaign finance crimes despite a promise that a guilty plea by her husband, former FTX executive Ryan Salame, would leave her in the clear.

  • July 25, 2025

    Coffee Co. Says Tech Firm Brewed Trademark Conflict

    A coffee roaster is accusing a coffee-focused tech firm of wrongly obtaining a trademark registration for the phrase "meet the farmer" and waging an anticompetitive campaign to damage the roaster over its use of the phrase.

  • July 25, 2025

    Pullman & Comley Didn't Flag 'Falsified' $16M Loan, Suit Says

    Pullman & Comley LLC didn't discover that the executive director of a Connecticut municipal housing authority had allegedly forged a connected company's $16.2 million loan application before penning a letter claiming the deal appeared solid, the lender, who was not a client, has alleged in a lawsuit.

  • July 25, 2025

    Kalshi Tells 3rd Circ. Fed Law Bars NJ From Restricting Its Biz

    Sports betting company Kalshi's so-called prediction market that allows users to wager on the outcome of real-world events counts as a federal derivative exchange and, as a result, can't be regulated by state enforcers, the gambling company told the Third Circuit.

  • July 25, 2025

    Sports & Betting Cases To Watch In The Second Half Of 2025

    Certain court cases have become staples on both the midyear and end-of-year must-watch lists in sports and betting at Law360. One that seemed best positioned to finally fall off the list, as it turns out, is far from over: the multibillion-dollar NCAA settlement regarding name, image and likeness payments and revenue sharing with hundreds of thousands of college athletes. A handful of other suits from past years will also continue to bear watching through the end of 2025.

  • July 25, 2025

    Venezuela Urges Del. Judge To Reject $7B Citgo Sale

    Venezuela called on a Delaware federal judge to reject a Gold Reserve subsidiary's $7.4 billion bid to buy Citgo's parent company, arguing that the purchase price is well below half of the shares' fair market value of $18.6 billion.

  • July 25, 2025

    11th Circ. Overturns Funding Model For SEC Database

    The Eleventh Circuit sent the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission back to the drawing board on Friday to chart a path forward for its $500 million market surveillance tool, telling the regulator that it was unreasonable to potentially force broker-dealers to fund the entire project.

  • July 25, 2025

    3 Firms Guide Canadian REIT's $410M IPO

    Go Residential Real Estate Investment Trust began trading Friday after the newly created Canadian REIT priced a $410 million initial public offering at $15 per trust unit.

  • July 25, 2025

    Chancery Tosses UpHealth Affiliate's Suit For SPAC Damages

    Pointing to "numerous defects" in the complaint, a Delaware vice chancellor on Friday tossed every count in a suit filed by investors who alleged they were misled in the run-up to a multi-business special purpose acquisition company deal to take public now-bankrupt UpHealth Holdings and Cloudbreak Health.

  • July 25, 2025

    Latham-Led Strategy Raises $2.5B To Acquire More Bitcoin

    Entrepreneur Michael Saylor's Strategy Inc., advised by Latham & Watkins LLP, on Friday priced yet another preferred stock offering that raised $2.5 billion in order to acquire bitcoin, a move that comes as the company has been ramping up its capital-raising efforts to stockpile the flagship cryptocurrency.

  • July 25, 2025

    Switzerland Faces $5B Claim After Credit Suisse Collapse

    Switzerland is facing another claim arising from the 2023 collapse of Credit Suisse and the write-down of some $17 billion worth of Additional Tier 1 bonds, as global law firm Holman Fenwick Willan LLP announced its intention to file a $5 billion investor-state claim against the country on behalf of a "substantial group" of bondholders.

  • July 25, 2025

    Health Data Co. Investor Fraud Suit Headed To Mediation

    The parties in a putative class action claiming a healthcare technology company misled investors about a data platform it claimed to operate, but which didn't actually exist, told a Connecticut federal court that they "agree this case is well suited for mediation."

  • July 25, 2025

    What To Watch As Attys Brace For 401(k) Private Equity Order

    Benefits and asset management attorneys are anticipating an executive order from President Donald Trump aimed at expanding access to private equity investments in 401(k) plans, a potential move that's stoking excitement about added investment options and concerns about legal risks. Here are four things on experts' minds as they wait to see if the order materializes.

  • July 25, 2025

    A-Rod's $800M SPAC Merger With Lynk Global Is Scrapped

    Satellite-to-phone business Lynk Global and special purpose acquisition company Slam Corp., which is backed by retired baseball slugger Alex Rodriguez, on Friday told regulators that they have mutually agreed to nix their $800 million merger that would have seen Lynk Global hit the public markets.

  • July 25, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: Weil, Freshfields, Linklaters

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, CC Capital and One Investment Management acquire Insignia Financial Ltd., catering giant Compass Group PLC acquires Dutch food and hospitality company Vermaat Groep BV, drugmaker Sanofi acquires biotech company Vicebio, and The Ether Machine launches as a public company.

  • July 25, 2025

    Shoulder Innovations Primes $100M IPO Amid Medtech Surge

    Venture-backed commercial-stage medical technology company Shoulder Innovations has launched plans for an estimated $100 million initial public offering, marking the latest in a string of medical technology companies making their public debuts over the past months.

  • July 25, 2025

    Crypto Group Appoints Ex-Legal Chief, Willkie Alum As CEO

    A Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP alum will become the Crypto Council for Innovation's permanent leader after serving as acting CEO since December and previously serving as chief legal and policy officer.

  • July 24, 2025

    Feds Rest Crypto Laundering Case Against Tornado Founder

    Manhattan federal prosecutors on Thursday rested their case against Tornado Cash founder Roman Storm, who's accused of scheming to launder more than $1 billion in proceeds from criminal activity through the cryptocurrency tumbler and conspiring to evade U.S. sanctions on North Korea.

  • July 24, 2025

    Glass Lewis Sues Texas Over Proxy Advisory Restrictions Law

    Proxy advisory firm Glass Lewis & Co. LLC sued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday over a recently passed state law that it argues requires the firm to "publicly condemn itself" when its advice for clients reflects certain viewpoints the government disfavors.

  • July 24, 2025

    Logan Paul's Bid In CryptoZoo Suit Not Yet Ripe, Judge Says

    Media personality Logan Paul shouldn't be able to pin the collapse of his CryptoZoo project on the "empty chairs" of his co-founders for the time being, a Texas magistrate judge has counseled.

  • July 24, 2025

    Lincoln National Beats Investor Suit Over $2.6B Loss, For Now

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Thursday tossed with leave to amend a proposed securities class action alleging that Lincoln National Corp. misled investors about its financial health before reporting a $2.6 billion net loss in 2022, finding that the investors didn't specify when Lincoln National had access to certain data and studies.

  • July 24, 2025

    Trump Ally's Fund Firm Sues Powell Over Meeting Secrecy

    An investment firm led by a supporter of President Donald Trump sued Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and several members of the Federal Open Market Committee on Thursday, demanding public access to monetary policy meetings, saying that for the last 50 years, the committee has illegally held every one of its meetings behind closed doors.

  • July 24, 2025

    Intel Secures Final Toss Of Investor Suit Over Chip Struggles

    A California federal judge has permanently tossed a twice-amended complaint from Intel Corp. investors that alleged the company concealed struggles with expanding its domestic computer chip manufacturing, saying the investors failed to properly plead that any of the suit's challenged statements were false or misleading.

  • July 24, 2025

    SEC Escapes Atty Fee Bid After Rare In-House Loss

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will not have to reimburse a Michigan-based company that spent four years fighting to have a trading suspension lifted, an administrative law judge has ruled, though he said the case raised "serious questions" about the agency's process for obtaining such suspensions.

Expert Analysis

  • 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.

  • What's Potentially In Store For CFTC Under New Leadership

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    Under the leadership of acting U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Caroline Pham, and with the nomination of former commissioner Brian Quintenz to serve as permanent chair, the commission is set to widely embrace digital assets and event contracts, say attorneys at Davis Wright.

  • Examining Trump Meme Coin And SEC's Crypto Changes

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    While the previous U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission tended to view most crypto-assets as securities, the tide is rapidly changing, and hopefully the long-needed reevaluation of this regulatory framework is not tarnished by an arguable conflict of interest due to President Donald Trump's affiliation with the $Trump meme coin, say attorneys at Thompson Coburn.

  • Why Acquirers Should Reevaluate Federal Contract Risk

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    Long thought of as a stable investment, the scale with which the Trump administration is attempting to eliminate federal contracts is unprecedented, and acquirer considerations should include the size and scope of all active and pending government contracts of target companies, say attorneys at Winston & Strawn.

  • Opinion

    SEC Defense Bar Should Pursue Sanctions Flexibility Now

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission defense bar has an opening under the new administration to propose flexible, tailored sanctions that can substantially remediate misconduct and prevent future wrongdoing instead of onerous penalties, which could set sanctions precedent for years to come, says Josh Hess at BCLP.

  • 7 Tips For Associates To Thrive In Hybrid Work Environments

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    As the vast majority of law firms have embraced some type of hybrid work policy, associates should consider a few strategies to get the most out of both their in-person and remote workdays, says James Argionis at Cozen O’Connor.

  • Series

    Playing Beach Volleyball Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My commitment to beach volleyball has become integral to my performance as an attorney, with the sport continually reminding me that teamwork, perseverance, professionalism and stress management are essential to both undertakings, says Amy Drushal at Trenam.

  • 30 Years Later: How PSLRA Has Improved Securities Litigation

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    In the 30 years since the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act's passage, the statute has achieved its purpose of shifting securities class actions to investors most capable of monitoring the litigation, selecting competent counsel at competitive rates and maximizing recoveries for the investor classes they represent, say attorneys at Bernstein Litowitz.

  • Terraform Case May Be Bellwether For Crypto Enforcement

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    The prosecution of crypto company Terraform Labs and its CEO, Do Kwon, offers a unique test of the line between lawful and unlawful conduct in digital transactions, and the Trump administration’s posture toward the case will provide clues about its cryptocurrency enforcement agenda in the years to come, say attorneys at Brooks Pierce.

  • Texas Banking Dept. Memo Demystifies Crypto Classifications

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    A recent memorandum from the Texas Department of Banking provides clarity with respect to the classification of both stablecoins and nonstablecoin virtual currencies under the state's Money Services Modernization Act, flagging for firms that stablecoins may be scrutinized more closely as money transmission, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.

  • How Law Firms Can Counteract The Loneliness Epidemic

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    The legal industry is facing an urgent epidemic of loneliness, affecting lawyer well-being, productivity, retention and profitability, and law firm leaders should take concrete steps to encourage the development of genuine workplace connections, says Michelle Gomez at Littler and Gwen Mellor Romans at Herald Talent.

  • What Remedies Under New Admin's SEC Could Look Like

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is likely to substantially narrow the remedies it pursues over the next few years, driven by the mounting challenges it faces in court, as well as the views of its incoming chair and fellow Republican commissioners on injunctions, penalties and disgorgement, say attorneys at Milbank.

  • Texas Fraud Case Shows Dangers Of Faulty Crypto Reporting

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    The recent sentencing of a man who failed to properly report capital gains from bitcoin sales is a reminder that special attention must be given to the IRS' reporting requirements in order to stay out of the government's crosshairs, says Saverio Romeo at Fox Rothschild.

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