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  • June 05, 2026

    More Skechers Investors Sue Over $9.4B Take-Private Deal

    Additional investors have sued over Skechers' $9.4 billion take-private sale to private equity giant 3G Capital, with the latest complaint in Delaware Chancery Court alleging the company's founder and family used their majority voting power to push through an unfair deal.

  • June 05, 2026

    Ex-Trader Accused Of Profiting From Cousin's Insider Info

    A retired New York Mercantile Exchange trader is charged with insider trading by securities regulators who allege he bought shares of Sanofi's biopharmaceutical unit Kadmon Holdings Inc. based on confidential information the trader received about Kadmon's flagship chronic graft-versus-host disease treatment drug in July 2021, and that the trader tipped off a friend about the information.

  • June 05, 2026

    Investment Adviser Took Millions From Clients, SEC Says

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday accused a purported Chicago investment adviser in federal court of stealing millions from family, friends and others by convincing them to put their money toward an investment pool he then "perpetually drained" through unsuccessful trading and personal spending.

  • June 05, 2026

    DC Circ. Backs CFTC Denial Of $147M Whistleblower Award

    The D.C. Circuit Friday affirmed the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's decision denying a former trader's bid for a $147 million whistleblower incentive award after he tipped off the agency about foreign exchange market manipulation, saying there's no evidence he was the original source on which the commission relied.

  • June 05, 2026

    Fla. Judge Tosses Nearly All Counts In PE Fund Dispute

    A Florida federal judge tossed most of the counts in a lawsuit brought by two men who alleged their former partner defrauded them in a private equity fund operation, saying the complaint contains repetitive claims and provides little information of wrongdoing. 

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