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  • September 08, 2026

    Fla. Firm Trenam Law Faces DQ Bid In Trade Secrets Case

    Trenam Law is facing a disqualification bid in Florida federal court from Climate First Bank and other defendants seeking to push the firm out of a trade secrets case because it previously represented the bank in loan transactions and related banking matters.

  • September 08, 2026

    Fed's Capital Rule Proposal Could Help Banks Stay Mutual

    The Federal Reserve Board's recent proposal to comprehensively rewrite its capital rule and reduce procedural requirements for mutual holding companies would support community banking by allowing mutual institutions new ways to fund growth without converting to stock form, say attorneys at Nutter.

  • September 08, 2026

    Weil Welcomes Back Freshfields' Private Credit Co-Leader

    Weil announced Tuesday that the co-leader of Freshfields LLP's private credit and capital solutions practice has returned to Weil's banking and finance practice, where he worked as a partner from 2014 to 2023.

  • September 08, 2026

    Wachtell, Simpson Thacher Guide $3.9B EverBank, WaFd Deal

    EverBank Financial Corp. and WaFd Inc. have agreed to combine through a $3.9 billion reverse merger, in a deal steered by Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. 

  • September 08, 2026

    SEC's Adit Case Maps 5 Fault Lines In Pre-IPO Funds

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent case brought against Adit Ventures Management offers fund counsel, limited partners and private market intermediaries a useful example of where a pre-initial public offering vehicle can fail, and how familiar fiduciary and anti-fraud principles apply, says Ben Dubin at VC Expert Services.

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