Capital Markets

  • June 10, 2026

    CFTC Plans To OK Sports Betting On Prediction Markets

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission proposed a rule Wednesday that could govern the way the agency oversees the prediction markets, indicating that trading platforms will be allowed to continue accepting bets on the outcome of professional and college-level sports.

  • June 10, 2026

    Goodwin, Covington Lead Parabilis' $670M Upsized IPO

    Venture-backed biotechnology firm Parabilis Medicines hit the public markets Wednesday after raising $670 million in its upsized initial public offering.

  • June 10, 2026

    Warren Asks SEC To Delay SpaceX IPO Over 'Troubling' Risks

    U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren called on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to delay SpaceX's anticipated $75 billion initial public offering until steps are taken to protect investors and market integrity, expressing concerns that the company's books contain "troubling gaps," and the IPO poses "unique and precedent-setting" risk.

  • June 10, 2026

    5 Firms Guide AI Startup Robseek's $1B SPAC Merger

    Robseek Intelligence Inc. has agreed to go public through a merger with blank-check company QuasarEdge Acquisition Corp. in a deal valuing the AI company at about $1 billion pre-money equity, with five law firms advising across the U.S., China and offshore jurisdictions. 

  • June 10, 2026

    Gibson Dunn Leads Data Center Power Provider's $600M IPO

    Houston, Texas-based ERock, which supplies natural gas power systems to data centers, began trading Wednesday after raising $600 million at the midpoint of its range with Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP and Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP advising.

  • June 10, 2026

    Tenn. Remittance Tax Is Unconstitutional, Fintech Group Says

    A top fintech industry organization sued Wednesday to block an impending new Tennessee tax on outgoing international money transfers, challenging what the trade group contends is an unconstitutional toll on the billions of dollars sent abroad from the state each year.

  • June 10, 2026

    Figure, Sixth Street Team Up On $717M Kiavi Mortgage Deal

    Figure Technology Solutions said Wednesday it is acquiring residential real estate lender Kiavi in a $717 million deal that pairs a blockchain-native capital markets platform with an AI-driven mortgage origination engine, with the backing of private credit firm Sixth Street and three law firms advising. 

  • June 09, 2026

    Crystallex Warns Of Delay Tactic In Citgo Sale Appeal

    Defunct Canadian miner Crystallex on Friday urged the Third Circuit to order Venezuela's counsel to prove its authority as the country challenges an order greenlighting the nearly $6 billion sale of Citgo to satisfy billions of dollars of its debt, pointing to the new administration of Delcy Rodriguez. PC: Elliott Affiliate Urges 3rd Circ. To Keep Citgo Sale On Track.

  • June 09, 2026

    Kalshi To Start Requiring Employer Info For Certain Markets

    Prediction market platform Kalshi Inc. announced on Tuesday that it will start requiring users to verify their employer before they can trade on certain markets, and will further implement features allowing users to directly report suspicious trading activity.

  • June 09, 2026

    NY Floats Rule To Align Its Stablecoin Regs With Genius Act

    New York's Department of Financial Services on Tuesday proposed regulations to ensure its existing stablecoin framework aligns with the U.S. Treasury Department's coming requirements for state regimes under the federal law governing stable-value tokens.

  • June 09, 2026

    FDIC's Hill Eyes Resolution Planning, Assessment Changes

    Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Travis Hill said Tuesday that his agency will seek to dial back its living-will requirements for large banks and recalibrate how it charges for deposit insurance, part of a broader push to rethink the agency's approach to handling bank failures.

  • June 09, 2026

    OCC Says Fidelity's Crypto Bank Doesn't Need State Licenses

    The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on Tuesday told Fidelity's crypto-focused trust bank that it can operate nationwide without state money transmitter licenses, taking the firm's side in a licensing dispute with Iowa following its conversion to a national trust charter.

  • June 09, 2026

    Latham, V&E Lead WhiteHawk Minerals' Upsized $200M IPO

    Natural gas mineral and royalty interests company WhiteHawk Income Corp. began trading publicly Tuesday after raising $200 million in its upsized initial public offering.

  • June 09, 2026

    SEC Flags Improper Investment Adviser Conflict Disclosures

    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission examiners Tuesday urged investment advisers to ensure they are properly disclosing economic conflicts of interest to clients, warning that exams staff have identified undisclosed conflicts and incomplete or misleading disclosures.

  • June 09, 2026

    Investor Says Vikasa Still Owes $1.15M For Settlement

    A California investor has sued in the Delaware Chancery Court seeking to enforce a settlement with investment firm Vikasa Capital Inc., claiming the company paid only a fraction of the $1.25 million it agreed to pay to resolve claims that it fraudulently induced a $5 million investment through misrepresentations and doctored corporate records.

  • June 09, 2026

    Texas Appeals Court Reinstates $439M Infrastructure Bonds

    A split Texas appeals court on Tuesday permitted a fast-growing Texas county near Austin to proceed with $439 million worth of infrastructure projects, dealing a setback to a group of county residents who claimed the election approving the bonds was invalid.

  • June 09, 2026

    Wash. Man Gets 5 Years For $100M Oil Investor Crypto Con

    A Washington man was sentenced to five years in prison by a federal judge on Tuesday stemming from a scheme where he conned unwitting victims out of nearly $100 million after falsely promising them their funds would go toward oil and gas investments, and routing them to cryptocurrency wallets instead. 

  • June 09, 2026

    PCAOB Eyes Rollbacks Of Biden-Era Quality Control Rules

    The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board on Tuesday put forth a proposal that would rescind some quality control standards adopted in 2024, including a requirement that the largest public company auditors employ an outside expert to evaluate the effectiveness of their quality control systems.

  • June 09, 2026

    SPAR Board Hit With $22M Insider Control Suit In Chancery

    A SPAR Group Inc. stockholder has filed a derivative lawsuit in the Delaware Chancery Court accusing several current and former directors and officers of orchestrating a yearslong scheme to maintain control of the company's board, enrich insiders and approve conflicted transactions that allegedly cost the company $22 million.

  • June 01, 2026

    Cere Founder Says Sale Pact Bars $13M Crypto Fraud Suit

    Cere Network's co-founder and others targeted in a $13 million suit over a purported cryptocurrency fraud scheme involving the decentralized data cloud platform have asked a California federal judge to send the dispute to arbitration in San Francisco.

  • June 09, 2026

    Blue Owl Tech Credit Adviser Hit With Excessive Fee Lawsuit

    An adviser subsidiary of private credit giant Blue Owl Capital Corp. faces shareholder derivative claims that it improperly inflated the assets of a technology-focused fund to boost its fees even as those fee increases outpaced the fund's growth.

  • June 09, 2026

    The Law360 400: A Look At The Top 100 Firms

    The race to build the legal industry's largest law firm accelerated in 2025, with major firms leaning on mergers, lateral hiring and strategic expansion to climb the ranks of the Law360 400.

  • June 09, 2026

    QXO Stockholder Sues Over TopBuild Deal Disclosures

    A QXO Inc. stockholder has filed a proposed class action in the Delaware Chancery Court seeking to block a shareholder vote tied to the company's planned $17 billion acquisition of TopBuild Corp., alleging that investors were not given enough information to make an informed decision on the deal.

  • June 08, 2026

    OpenAI Joins Anthropic In Confidentially Filing IPO Plans

    OpenAI said Monday that it had confidentially submitted a proposed initial public offering to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, an announcement that comes a week after artificial intelligence rival Anthropic said it had done the same.

  • June 08, 2026

    PNC Beats Suit Over Bank Customer's Investor Fraud

    The Sixth Circuit ruled Monday that investors who gave millions of dollars to a man who lost their money before taking his own life cannot sue PNC or a bank employee, and the court held the plaintiffs improperly added the employee to their case to have it heard in state court.

Expert Analysis

  • Opinion

    Agentic AI And Securities Law: Steps Congress Should Take

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    Agentic artificial technology doesn't fit comfortably into the existing securities regulatory landscape, so Congress should avoid repeating the mistakes that led to the legal uncertainty crypto companies and investors have faced over the past decade-plus by providing a legislative framework before AI fully matures, says Joseph A. Hall at Davis Polk.

  • Weighing Trade-Offs Of SEC's Semiannual Reporting Proposal

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    Though public companies could benefit from a recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proposal that would allow them to file earnings reports just twice a year, widespread adoption could also increase market volatility, complicate capital raising and fragment disclosure standards to the detriment of issuers and investors, say attorneys at Seward & Kissel.

  • 3 Disgorgement Questions Linger After Justices' SEC Ruling

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    While the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Sripetch v. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission avoided placing new limits on the SEC’s disgorgement powers, it passed over several questions, including whether the commission can seek disgorgement when returning the money to investors isn't possible, says David Slovick at Kopecky Schumacher.

  • How Crypto Firms Can Prep As Clarity Act Inches Toward Law

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    Though the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act’s road to enactment remains uncertain, the statutory framework for regulating digital commodities recently advanced by the Senate Banking Committee is now sufficiently developed that market participants can begin preparing in several areas where the complicated legislation would affect them, say attorneys at Cahill Gordon.

  • Checking For AI Errors Is Now A Two-Way Street

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    A handful of recent federal and state cases demonstrate the importance of checking for errors generated by artificial intelligence not only in your own court submissions, but also your opponent's, as well as when catching opposing counsel's AI mistakes could result in an award for attorney fees, says Tamara Barago at Hollingsworth.

  • Opinion

    SEC Enforcement Reforms Must Address Post-Wells Limbo

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent changes to how it notifies companies of a potential enforcement action fail to address what happens after the Wells process is over, highlighting the need for meaningful process reform that includes a formal closure determination, says Kimble Cannon at Mahdavi Bacon.

  • Foot Locker Fine Illustrates SEC's Whistleblower Priorities

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent fining of Foot Locker for its separation agreements is a reminder that the commission remains serious about maintaining open channels for reporting whistleblower concerns and that provisions can violate Rule 21F-17(a) without specifically barring communications with the SEC, says Jonathan Richman at Brown Rudnick.

  • Series

    The Biz Court Digest: Shoring Up Corporate Law In Maryland

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    Launched more than 20 years ago to improve complex corporate adjudication, Maryland's Business and Technology Case Management Program has been a solid success in some areas, but there always is room for improvement, says Bill Krulak at Miles & Stockbridge.

  • How End Of SEC 'Gag Rule' Affects Free Speech Certiorari Bid

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    The Securities and Exchange Commission's recent rescission of the so-called gag rule, which forbade defendants in settlements from denying the SEC’s allegations, may sway the outcome of a petition to the Supreme Court in a case challenging the rule on First Amendment grounds, say attorneys at Troutman.

  • Banks Should Reassess Warehouse Lines Amid Credit Stress

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    Growing stress in private credit markets means banks with warehouse lines to nonbank lenders should inventory exposures, revisit covenants and prepare for tougher regulator scrutiny, as repayment strains and weakening fund liquidity could turn seemingly indirect risks into material compliance concerns, say attorneys at Barack Ferrazzano.

  • Series

    Competing At Poker Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Playing poker in male-dominated rooms taught me to treat skepticism as background noise when my opponents seem to underestimate me, to apply pressure when it matters and to adapt without losing strategic discipline — skills that are all indispensable in restructuring and insolvency matters, says Alexis Gambale at Pashman Stein.

  • 5 Things Associates Must Ask About Their Firm's Merger Plan

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    The associates who navigate law firm mergers best ask the right questions early, such as inquiring about partners' plans, to assess how the merger could affect their workflow and career path, says Jackie Bokser-LeFebvre at Major Lindsey.

  • 2 'Rocket Dockets' And The Rules That Propel Them

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    The fastest civil trial courts in the country are currently in the Eastern District of Virginia and the Southern District of Florida, and their chief judges provide insights into the court rules that keep them ahead, says Robert Tata at Hunton.

  • Opinion

    SEC Must Clarify Crypto Guidance For Investment Advisers

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    Until the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission clarifies a conundrum created by recently issued guidance that classifies crypto tokens as digital commodities rather than securities, every registered investment adviser managing a digital commodity portfolio will be simultaneously compliant and exposed, says Nicole Trudeau at Wave Digital Assets.

  • What End Of SEC Settlement Gag Rule Means For Defendants

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent rescinding of its gag rule prohibiting defendants from publicly denying allegations in settled SEC enforcement actions actually heightens the need to think strategically when negotiating resolutions and pursuing public denials of wrongdoing, say attorneys at Cleary.

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