Securities

  • February 13, 2025

    Willkie Expands Litigation Bench With Mayer Brown Trio

    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has brought on three former Mayer Brown LLP partners in California and Washington, D.C., including two former federal prosecutors, and named one of the new partners as chair of its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act group, the firm announced Thursday.

  • February 13, 2025

    Greenberg Traurig Adds Skadden Litigator In Delaware

    Greenberg Traurig LLP announced Thursday that it has hired a corporate and commercial litigator for its Delaware office who formerly worked at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP.

  • February 13, 2025

    GOP Rep. Moves To Nix SEC's Enhanced Fund Disclosures

    A Republican congressman has introduced a resolution that would repeal a recently adopted U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regulation requiring more detailed and frequent disclosures from mutual funds.

  • February 12, 2025

    Wells Fargo Cheated Seminole Trust Out Of $800M, Jury Hears

    Wells Fargo and its predecessor Wachovia cheated minors of the Seminole Tribe of Florida out of $818 million by secretly hiking fees and mismanaging investments in a multibillion-dollar gambling trust, a Florida jury heard Wednesday in opening statements for a multiweek trial in litigation involving more than 2,000 minors.

  • February 12, 2025

    EthereumMax Buyers Seek Cert. In Celeb Crypto Promos Suit

    A group of investors in crypto product EthereumMax have asked a federal judge in California to certify a class action accusing Floyd Mayweather Jr., Kim Kardashian and other celebrities of promoting the token, which allegedly was used in a pump-and-dump scheme.

  • February 12, 2025

    Crypto CEO Made $425K Disappear, Investor Tearfully Testifies

    A former business partner of a Texas man accused of running a $5 million fraud centered on a new "anti-money laundering" cryptocurrency testified tearfully before a California federal jury on Wednesday that her family invested about $425,000 in the defendant's previous cryptocurrency venture and lost every penny.

  • February 12, 2025

    SEC Rescinds Stricter Gensler-Era Proxy Exclusion Guidance

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday rescinded Biden-era guidelines around excluding certain shareholder proposals from proxy statements, reverting the agency's posture to an era that was generally more receptive to companies seeking such exclusions.

  • February 12, 2025

    Bausch Health Beats Suit Over 'Faking' Financial Stability

    Pharmaceutical company Bausch Health Cos. Inc. and its top brass have beaten, for now, a proposed class action accusing them of misleading shareholders about threats to the company's financial stability, with a New Jersey federal judge finding Wednesday that most of the challenged statements in the complaint are inactionable.

  • February 12, 2025

    Aurion Tells Del. Justices IPO Delayed Amid Investor Battle

    Cell therapy venture Aurion Biotech told Delaware's Supreme Court on Wednesday that it has delayed a planned initial public offering now at the center of an appeal from a January Court of Chancery ruling that rejected a top investor's challenge to a reverse stock split.

  • February 12, 2025

    Crypto Operator Seeks No Prison Time For $1M Fraud Plea

    The founder of a cryptocurrency project who copped to wire fraud after gambling with over $1 million from investors wants to avoid a custodial sentence, though prosecutors have asked to see him serve just over two years.

  • February 12, 2025

    Judge Partially Certifies Credit Suisse XIV Notes Class Action

    A New York federal judge has granted class certification to investors alleging that Credit Suisse manipulated the market for its XIV notes, while denying certification for those claiming losses from misrepresentations, finding that the suggested class failed to resolve previous deficiencies in its proposal.

  • February 12, 2025

    Boeing Brass Face Chancery Suit Over Safety Breach Scandal

    Public employee pension funds in Ohio and Oklahoma have launched a derivative suit in Delaware's Chancery Court against Boeing board members and executives, seeking damages on the aircraft company's behalf tied to production issues and multiple safety breaches involving several Boeing commercial passenger jets.

  • February 12, 2025

    OCC Departs International Network Focused On Climate Risks

    The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on Tuesday became the latest U.S. government entity to withdraw from the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System, an international consortium focused on the financial sector's responses and resilience to climate change.

  • February 12, 2025

    Ex-Schwab Employee Enjoined From Using Client Info

    A Texas federal judge on Wednesday barred a former Charles Schwab employee from using the brokerage firm's allegedly stolen client information, requiring him to return all records and submit any devices with relevant materials for forensic examination.

  • February 12, 2025

    Connell Foley Can't Refute DQ Bid, NJ Investment Firm Says

    A Black-owned investment firm suing New Jersey for discrimination in federal court said the court must disqualify Connell Foley LLP from representing the state because of a conflict of interest, even though the supposedly conflicted attorney has denied any ethical breach.

  • February 12, 2025

    DOJ Exits Continue As Fraud Atty Leaves, Rejoins DLA Piper

    A U.S. Department of Justice attorney, who most recently was the principal assistant deputy chief of the Criminal Division's fraud section, is among the latest lawyers to leave the agency, rejoining DLA Piper in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Tuesday.

  • February 12, 2025

    Sidley Litigator Tapped For Treasury GC Post

    President Donald Trump has nominated Sidley Austin LLP regulatory litigation and white collar partner Brian P. Morrissey to become the U.S. Department of the Treasury's top lawyer, which would mark a return to the department where he was previously the number two lawyer.

  • February 12, 2025

    NYSE Plans To Launch New Exchange In Texas

    The New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday announced plans to launch a new exchange in Texas, as competition for listed companies in that region intensifies.

  • February 12, 2025

    Crypto Platform EToro Confidentially Files IPO Proposal

    Crypto platform eToro Group on Wednesday announced that it has confidentially submitted plans to U.S. regulators regarding a proposed initial public offering, marking the latest development in the trading and investment platform's yearslong attempt to go public.

  • February 12, 2025

    Trump's Picks For CFPB, OCC Chiefs Hailed By Industry

    President Donald Trump has tapped Jonathan McKernan, formerly of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau full time, part of a slate of top financial regulatory nominees that has many in industry breathing a sigh of relief.  

  • February 12, 2025

    Trump Picks Crypto Policy Advocate Quintenz To Lead CFTC

    President Donald Trump has nominated Brian Quintenz, a former member of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and current head of policy for venture capital firm a16z's crypto fund, to lead the derivatives market regulator.

  • February 11, 2025

    Trump Tells Agencies To Plan 'Large-Scale' Cuts With Musk

    President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that directs agencies to prepare for "large-scale" cuts to the federal workforce and gives Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency the authority to approve the future hiring of career officials.

  • February 11, 2025

    DOGE, Treasury Accused Of 'Largest' US Data Breach

    Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management conducted the "largest" data and IT security breaches in U.S. history, illegally exposing millions of people's sensitive information, a data privacy watchdog and group of federal employees alleged this week.

  • February 11, 2025

    SoCal Edison Investors Sue Over LA Wildfire Mitigation Claims

    The parent company of Southern California Edison was hit with a putative shareholder class action on Tuesday that alleges the public utility company misled investors about implementing the power company's wildfire-mitigation measures in the lead-up to the Eaton and Hurst fires that devastated an area north of Los Angeles.

  • February 11, 2025

    CFPB's Closure Not 'A Free Pass' For Financial Compliance

    Banks and other consumer lenders shouldn't let their compliance efforts around Consumer Financial Protection Bureau regulations go idle despite the uncertainty caused by the Trump administration's closure of the agency, experts say, as its rules are still on the books and other regulators may pick up the slack.

Expert Analysis

  • SEC Action Indicates Continued Focus On ESG Disclosures

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recently settled enforcement action against Invesco Advisers provides a road map for how regulatory agencies will continue to focus on ESG-related disclosures going forward, and underscores a focus on greenwashing, say attorneys at V&E.

  • The Bar Needs More Clarity On The Discovery Objection Rule

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    Almost 10 years after Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34 was amended, attorneys still seem confused about what they should include in objections to discovery requests, and until the rules committee provides additional clarity, practitioners must beware the steep costs of noncompliance, says Tristan Ellis at Shanies Law Office.

  • The AI Consumer Class Action Threat Is Not A Hallucination

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    As regulators scrutinize whether businesses can deliver on claims about their artificial intelligence products and services, the industry faces a wave of consumer fraud class actions — but AI companies can protect themselves by prioritizing fundamental best practices that are often overlooked, say Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein and Richard Torrenzano at the Torrenzano Group.

  • What's Next For The CFTC After The Election

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    While much of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's enforcement actions in line with its traditional priorities will continue as usual in the near term, postelection leadership changes at the CFTC and new congressional priorities may alter the commission's regulatory framework in 2025 and beyond — particularly its oversight of crypto, say attorneys at WilmerHale.

  • Del. Dispatch: Clarifying Charter Amendment Vote Obligations

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    The Delaware Court of Chancery recently held in Gunderson v. The Trade Desk that only a majority stockholder vote is needed to approve a company's proposed reincorporation from Delaware to Nevada through a corporate conversion, which bodes well for other companies also considering leaving the First State, say attorneys at Fried Frank.

  • What's Still Up In The Air After Ruling On Calif. Climate Laws

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    A California federal court's recent ruling on challenges to California's sweeping climate disclosure laws resolved some issues, but allows litigation over the constitutionality of the laws to continue, and leaves many important questions on what entities will need to do to comply with the laws unanswered, say attorneys at Paul Hastings.

  • Series

    Being A Navy Reservist Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Serving this country in uniform has not only been one of the greatest honors of my life, but it has also provided me with opportunities to broaden my legal acumen and interpersonal skills in ways that have indelibly contributed to my civilian practice, says Phillip Smith at Weinberg Wheeler.

  • Navigating DOJ's Patchwork Whistleblower Regime

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    In the past few months, the U.S. Department of Justice and several individual U.S. attorney’s offices have issued different pilot programs aimed at incentivizing individuals to blow the whistle on misconduct, but this piecemeal approach may create confusion and suboptimal outcomes, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.

  • So You Want To Move Your Law Practice To Canada, Eh?

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    Google searches for how to move to Canada have surged in the wake of the U.S. presidential election, and if you’re an attorney considering a move to the Great White North, you’ll need to understand how the practice of law differs across the border, says David Postel at Henein Hutchison.

  • A Look At Similarities Between SOX And SEC's Cyber Rule

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    Just as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act paved the way for greater transparency and accountability in financial reporting, the SEC's cybersecurity rule is doing much the same for cybersecurity, ensuring that companies are resilient in the face of growing cyber threats, says Padraic O'Reilly at CyberSaint.

  • Trump Rollback Of Biden Enviro Policies: What To Expect

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    Donald Trump's upcoming second presidential term will usher significant shifts in U.S. environmental and natural resource law and policy — and while the Biden administration is racing to secure its legacy, the incoming Trump administration is making plans to dramatically roll back most, if not all, of Biden's environmental initiatives, say attorneys at Beveridge & Diamond.

  • Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: November Lessons

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    In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses six federal court decisions that touch on Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and when individual inquiries are needed to prove economic loss.

  • 5 Areas Congress May Investigate After GOP Election Wins

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    With Republicans poised to take control of Congress in addition to the executive branch next year, private companies can expect an unprecedented uptick in congressional investigations focused on five key areas, including cryptocurrency and healthcare, say attorneys at Cahill Gordon.

  • Trump's 2nd Term May Be A Boost To Banking Industry

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    President-elect Donald Trump's personnel appointments could be instrumental in reshaping the financial regulatory landscape during his second administration, likely allowing for greater merger activity and halting or undoing some of the Biden administration's more restrictive financial services policies, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • Why K-Cup Claims Landed Keurig In Hot Water With SEC

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent settlement with Keurig Dr. Pepper for making incomplete statements regarding the recyclability of K-cup pods highlights the importance of comprehensive corporate disclosures, particularly with respect to ESG matters, say attorneys at BCLP.

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