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Capital Markets Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on the capital markets sector. Coverage includes stock and bond offerings, mortgage-backed securities, foreign exchange, follow-on offerings, and debt deals, as well as related litigation and policy developments.
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Latest News in Capital Markets
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November 20, 2025
The Ins And Outs Of Decentralized Digital Asset Exchanges
As decentralized digital asset exchanges lack intermediaries, and so remain susceptible to fraud and market manipulation, an understanding of their design is crucial to help market participants avoid fraudulent practices such as liquidity rug pulls, says Swati Kanoria at Charles River.
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November 20, 2025
Contradictory Rulings Show Complexity Of Swaps Regulation
Recent divergent rulings, including two by the same Nevada judge, on whether the Commodity Exchange Act preempts state gambling laws when applied to event contracts traded on U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission-regulated markets illustrate the uncertainty regarding the legality of prediction markets, say attorneys at Akin.
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November 20, 2025
2nd Circ. Nixes REIT's CLO Fund Mismanagement Claims
The Second Circuit has backed the dismissal of mismanagement and fraud counterclaims lodged by a real estate investment trust and its subsidiary in a dispute involving a collateralized loan-obligation investment fund, ruling that related agreements for the fund don't support their counterclaims.
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November 20, 2025
BREAKING: SEC Walks Away From SolarWinds Data Breach Case
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Thursday that it was voluntarily dismissing a lawsuit accusing software developer SolarWinds Corp. and its chief information security officer of failing to warn investors about lax cybersecurity standards prior to suffering a massive data breach.
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November 20, 2025
Sullivan & Cromwell, Sidley Lead Missouri Bank's $373M IPO
Missouri-based lender Central Bancompany began trading publicly Thursday after raising approximately $373 million in its initial public offering built by Sullivan & Cromwell LLP and Sidley Austin LLP.
Areas of Coverage
- TRANSACTIONS
- High-yield debt, corporate bond, convertible debt, and hybrid offerings
- Share buybacks and stock splits
- Stock- or debt-funded acquisitions
- Distressed investments and bankruptcy proceedings
- Joint ventures
- Capital instruments, including mezzanine and venture
- Leveraged buyouts
- Real estate investment trust deals
- AGENCIES
- Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
- U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
- Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- European Securities and Markets Authority
- European Central Bank
- European Commission
- UK Financial Conduct Authority
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Dodd-Frank Act
- Delaware corporate law
- Financial company lobbying
- International banking legislation and regulation
- LITIGATION
- Corporate governance cases, including those over leadership changes, executive compensation, and shareholder rights
- Competition disputes
- Privacy issues
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of capital markets practices
Readership
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- Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
- Executives and attorneys in the capital markets industry
- Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
- Attorney and law firm marketing professionals