Asset Management

  • April 13, 2026

    Citron's 'Shadowy Gang' Sued Over Short Selling Campaign

    Shareholders of PolarityTE have alleged in a new suit that "members of a shadowy gang of short sellers" conspired to short the biotechnology company's stock through targeted negative media attacks with Citron Research to enrich themselves at the expense of the shareholders, and that they ultimately caused the company's bankruptcy.

  • April 13, 2026

    Spain Faces Enforcement Of €77M Renewable Energy Award

    A D.C. federal judge has refused to disallow subpoenas issued against Spain by Blasket Renewable Investments LLC as the creditor looks to capture Spanish assets to enforce an arbitral award of about €77 million ($90 million) under the Energy Charter Treaty.

  • April 13, 2026

    White House Study Minimizes Stablecoin Risk, ABA Says

    The American Bankers Association pushed back Monday on a recent White House study that found banning stablecoin yield programs wouldn't have much benefit for bank lending, saying the study downplayed the risks from such programs by asking the "wrong question" about them.

  • April 13, 2026

    Ex-Twitter Executive Ends $20M Suit Against X Corp., Musk

    Twitter's former chief marketing officer has agreed to drop her $20 million severance suit, which defendants X Corp. and Elon Musk had appealed to the Ninth Circuit seeking to force arbitration, after parties reported a settlement of their dispute late last month.

  • April 13, 2026

    26North Wraps $5.9B Debut PE Fund Above Target

    New York-based private equity shop 26North Partners LP announced Monday that it has closed its inaugural private equity fund above target with $5.9 billion in tow.

  • April 13, 2026

    Symetra Inks $44.4M Deal With AME Church Employees

    Symetra Life Insurance Co. will pay $44.4 million to end multidistrict litigation from a class of African Methodist Episcopal Church workers who alleged that mismanagement of their annuity retirement plan allowed a rogue employee to embezzle $90 million, according to filings in Tennessee federal court.

  • April 13, 2026

    Senior Housing, Healthcare REIT Seeks $1.1B Value In IPO

    Real estate investment trust National Healthcare Properties Inc. is seeking to reach a valuation of about $1.1 billion in an upcoming initial public offering advised by Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, Greenberg Traurig LLP and Sidley Austin LLP.

  • April 10, 2026

    SEC Suit Over $200M Water Machine Scheme Put On Ice

    A New York federal judge on Friday paused the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's civil suit against an Indiana man accused of participating in a $200 million Ponzi scheme, ruling that allowing discovery to go forward could interfere with the government's parallel criminal case.

  • April 10, 2026

    Big Banks Say They Were Victims Of Tricolor Fraud Scheme

    JPMorgan, Barclays and Fifth Third have urged a New York federal judge to toss an investor suit claiming the banks ignored flaring red flags and helped conceal a sprawling subprime auto loan fraud by Tricolor Holdings, arguing that they were also victims of the fraud and not aware of the scheme despite being sophisticated financial institutions.

  • April 10, 2026

    11th Circ. Sinks Firm's $1.5M Win Over 'Illegal' ESOP Advice

    The Eleventh Circuit threw out a $1.5 million verdict awarded to a financial advisory firm that alleged its former client backed out of an employee stock ownership plan contract, ruling Friday that the firm could not recover for the cost of the "illegal investment advice" it furnished.

  • April 10, 2026

    Kirkland-Led Arcmont Wraps $2.5B Continuation Vehicle

    Kirkland & Ellis LLP-advised Arcmont Asset Management, a European private credit asset management firm, on Friday announced that it closed its latest credit continuation vehicle after securing $2.5 billion from investors.

  • April 10, 2026

    Drone Co. Aevex Eyes $312M IPO Amid Defense Tech Surge

    Drone-maker Aevex Corp. on Thursday announced plans for an estimated $312 million initial public offering steered by a Kirkland & Ellis LLP team as well as Latham & Watkins LLP advising the underwriters.

  • April 10, 2026

    Don't Miss It: Kirkland, Simpson Thacher Steer Hot Deals

    A lot can happen in the world of mergers and acquisitions and equity fundraising over the course of a couple of weeks, and it's difficult to keep up with all the deals. Law360 recaps the ones you may have missed, including transactions helmed by Kirkland & Ellis and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.

  • April 10, 2026

    Kirkland-Led Leeds Closes $1.9B Fund For Education Buyouts

    Leeds Equity Partners said Friday that it has closed its latest flagship fund with commitments of approximately $1.9 billion, surpassing its $1.4 billion predecessor, with legal guidance from Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

  • April 10, 2026

    Elevance Can't Nix Suit Over GLP-1 Coverage For Sleep Apnea

    An Indiana federal judge declined to toss a proposed class action claiming Elevance Health Inc. illegally denied coverage for a GLP-1 weight loss medication that was prescribed to treat sleep apnea, ruling that the insurance company is the right party to answer to the allegations at play.

  • April 10, 2026

    2 Firms Guide Mexican Resi REIT's $15M IPO

    Greenberg Traurig LLP announced April 9 that it and Galicia Abogados SC advised Park Life Properties' 267 million pesos ($15.4 million) initial public offering, in Mexico's first residential rental-focused real estate investment trust IPO.

  • April 10, 2026

    Taxation With Representation: Goodwin, CMS, Wilson Sonsini

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Gilead Sciences Inc. acquires clinical-stage biotechnology company Tubulis GmbH, private equity firm Court Square Capital Partners closes a multibillion-dollar fund and Neurocrine Biosciences Inc. buys rare-disease drugmaker Soleno Therapeutics Inc.

  • April 10, 2026

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    The past week in London has seen the owner of an oil tanker stuck in the Strait of Hormuz sued by an energy company and an insurer, law firm Boodle Hatfield LLP and two Serle Court barristers sued by a group of Winston Churchill's great-grandchildren, and Welsh Water hit with a fresh class action over polluted rivers.

  • April 09, 2026

    Deloitte Punishes Parents For Taking Leave, Ex-Worker Says

    A former Deloitte employee filed a proposed class action in California federal court on Thursday claiming the consulting giant's performance metrics ultimately shortchange parents who've taken leave, and that that's a problem because compensation is based on those performance metrics.

  • April 09, 2026

    Holland & Knight Says RE Advice Can't Cause Malpractice Suit

    Holland & Knight LLP told a Texas state court Thursday that transactional advice it gave years ago cannot form the basis of a malpractice suit because the statute of limitations expired, saying the two-year clock started ticking when judgment was reached in the underlying suit.

  • April 09, 2026

    Citron Founder Loses Bid To Trim DOJ Fraud Case

    A California federal judge has rejected Citron Research founder Andrew Left's bid to trim the federal government's criminal securities fraud case, saying the indictment's first count is not "duplicitous" because it alleges a single market-manipulation scheme involving multiple misleading statements and does not need to be split into multiple counts.

  • April 09, 2026

    Cigna 401(k) Suit Won't Wait For Intel Supreme Court Decision

    A Pennsylvania federal court turned down Cigna's bid to stay a proposed class action alleging the insurance company misspent forfeitures from its employee 401(k) plan and offered an underperforming investment fund while the U.S. Supreme Court considers a 401(k) suit against Intel, finding the request unjustified.

  • April 09, 2026

    New US Lithium Biz Formed Through $571M SPAC Merger

    A new American lithium development company announced plans to go public Thursday through a $571 million merger between Australian Jindalee Lithium Ltd. and special purpose acquisition company Constellation Acquisition Corp. I in a deal built by three law firms.

  • April 09, 2026

    SEC Accuses VC Fund Of Management Fee Fraud

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday sued Backswing Ventures GP LLC and its principal in a Florida federal court, alleging the venture capital firm paid itself seven times as much money in management fees than it told investors it would.

  • April 09, 2026

    6 Firms Steer Terra Quantum's Plans For $3.25B SPAC Merger

    Swiss quantum technology company Terra Quantum AG on Thursday unveiled plans to go public by merging with American special purpose acquisition company Mountain Lake Acquisition Corp. II in a deal that values it at $3.25 billion and was built by six law firms.

Expert Analysis

  • SEC Rulemaking Radar: A Reset, A Shift And A Preview Of '26

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    With major proposals withdrawn and new priorities emerging, forthcoming U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proposals in 2026 will look to reshape how digital assets are regulated, recalibrate market structure and simplify how small companies go public, says Christopher Grobbel at Goodwin.

  • Del. Dispatch: Key 2025 Corporate Cases And Trends To Know

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    The Delaware corporate legal landscape saw notable changes in 2025, spurred by amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law, ubiquitous artificial intelligence fervor, boardroom discussion around DExit, record shareholder activism activity and an arguably more expansive view of potential Caremark liability, say attorneys at Fried Frank.

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    Nature Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Nature photography reminds me to focus on what is in front of me and to slow down to achieve success, and, in embracing the value of viewing situations through different lenses, offers skills transferable to the practice of law, says Brian Willett at Saul Ewing.

  • 2025 Brought A New Paradigm For Federal Banking Regulation

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    A series of thematic shifts defined banking regulation in 2025, including a fundamental reform of prudential supervision, a strategic easing of capital constraints, steps to streamline merger reviews, and a new framework for fair access and entrants seeking to offer banking services, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Practical Problem Solving

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    Issue-spotting skills are well honed in law school, but practicing attorneys must also identify clients’ problems and true goals, and then be able to provide solutions, says Mary Kate Hogan at Quarles & Brady.

  • How CFTC Enforcement Shifted In 2025 And What's Next

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    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission pivoted sharply under acting Chairman Caroline Pham in 2025, resulting in a pared-back enforcement docket, sweeping policy changes intended to provide greater transparency, and a renewed focus on fraud prevention and maintaining market integrity for the CFTC's core markets, say attorneys at Moore & Van Allen.

  • Opinion

    A Uniform Federal Rule Would Curb Gen AI Missteps In Court

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    To address the patchwork of courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence, curbing abuses and relieving the burden on judges, the federal judiciary should consider amending its civil procedure rules to require litigants to certify they’ve reviewed legal filings for accuracy, say attorneys at Shook Hardy.

  • Investment Advisers Should Stay Apprised Of New AI Risks

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recently issued annual examination priorities reiterate a host of regulatory implications for investment advisers using artificial intelligence tools, highlighting that meaningful ongoing due diligence can help mitigate both operational and regulatory surprises amid AI's rapid evolution, says Christopher Mills at Sidley.

  • AG Watch: Texas Junk Fee Deal Shows Enforcement Priorities

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    Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's recent $9.5 million settlement with online travel agency website Booking Holdings for so-called junk fee practices follows a larger trend of state attorneys general who have taken similar action and demonstrates the significant penalties that can follow such allegations, say attorneys at Kelley Drye.

  • Series

    The Law Firm Merger Diaries: Integrating Practice Groups

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    Enacting unified leadership and consistent client service standards ensures law firm practice groups connect and collaborate around shared goals, turning a law firm merger into a platform for growth rather than a period of disruption, says Brian Catlett at Fennemore Craig.

  • Opinion

    Supreme Court Term Limits Would Carry Hidden Risk

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    While proposals for limiting the terms of U.S. Supreme Court justices are popular, a steady stream of relatively young, highly marketable ex-justices with unique knowledge and influence entering the marketplace of law and politics could create new problems, say Michael Broyde at Emory University and Hayden Hall at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

  • The SEC Whistleblower Program A Year Into 2nd Trump Admin

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's whistleblower program continues to operate as designed, but its internal cadence, scrutiny of claims and operational structure reflect a period of recalibration, with precision mattering more than ever, say attorneys Scott Silver and David Chase.

  • Key Crypto Class Action Trends And Rulings In 2025

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    As the law continued to take shape in the growing area of crypto-assets, this year saw a jump in crypto class action litigation, including noteworthy decisions on motions to compel arbitration and class certification, according to Justin Donoho at Duane Morris.

  • Series

    Knitting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Stretching my skills as a knitter makes me a better antitrust attorney by challenging me to recalibrate after wrong turns, not rush outcomes, and trust that I can teach myself the skills to tackle new and difficult projects — even when I don’t have a pattern to work from, says Kara Kuritz at V&E.

  • Series

    The Biz Court Digest: Welcome To Miami

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    After nearly 20 years in operation, the Miami Complex Business Litigation Division is a pioneer upon which other jurisdictions in the state have been modeled, adopting many innovations to keep its cases running more efficiently and staffing experienced judges who are accustomed to hearing business disputes, say attorneys at King & Spalding.

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