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April 02, 2026
The former CEO of a real estate company accused of collecting $230 million by targeting Chinese investors will face an investigation by authorities before resolving a Washington federal lawsuit, which came after a bankruptcy judge called the venture a Ponzi scheme.
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April 02, 2026
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission continued its bid to assert "exclusive jurisdiction" over prediction markets on Thursday with a trio of suits against Arizona, Connecticut and Illinois regulators over the states' attempts to shut down certain event contract trading as unregistered gambling.
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April 02, 2026
Coinbase said Thursday that it has received the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's conditional approval to charter a national trust bank, a move that would position the crypto giant to broaden its business offerings under federal oversight.
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April 02, 2026
A slew of industry and legal groups have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a challenge to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's disgorgement powers, arguing in Wednesday amicus briefs that Congress explicitly empowered the regulator to seek disgorgement without showing investor harm.
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April 02, 2026
Everus Construction Group said Thursday it has acquired North Carolina-based contractor SE&M for $158 million, as the company looks to expand its presence in the fast-growing Southeast U.S.
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April 02, 2026
A group of investors were told by a Tennessee federal judge that they cannot claim that a property holding company is liable for debts to investors under state statute in a suit accusing a purported green energy outfit and its executives of using promises of extravagant returns to induce investments.
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April 02, 2026
Amazon is considering an acquisition of satellite company Globalstar in a $9 billion deal, cosmetics giant Estee Lauder is in talks to merge with Spanish beauty firm Puig in a deal that would create a $40 billion beauty giant, and private equity behemoth Apollo is in discussions to acquire Atlantic Aviation from KKR in a $10 billion deal.
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April 02, 2026
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is moving forward with a case accusing Elon Musk of failing to timely disclose his ownership stake in Twitter, with Musk telling a Washington, D.C., federal judge that the case may head to trial, just weeks after the parties told the judge they were negotiating a possible deal to end the case.
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April 01, 2026
A former partner at Goodwin Procter LLP's Silicon Valley office has rejoined the firm in San Francisco after co-leading Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC's mergers and acquisitions practice for five years, Goodwin announced on Wednesday.
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April 01, 2026
The founder of crypto payments firm Evita on Wednesday admitted to what prosecutors say was a scheme to launder over half a billion dollars in cross-border transactions through the U.S. financial system, including funds held by sanctioned Russian banks.
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April 01, 2026
Elon Musk's SpaceX has reportedly filed confidential plans with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a blockbuster initial public offering that could value the private space exploration company at up to $1.75 trillion, setting up the highly anticipated IPO to be one of the largest ever.
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April 01, 2026
Investors in X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, have been granted class certification in litigation alleging tech billionaire Elon Musk secretly amassed a significant stake in the company while its stock traded at artificially depressed prices.
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April 01, 2026
Oil and gas equipment manufacturer HMH Holding hit the public markets Wednesday after raising $210 million in an initial public offering that priced within its expected range.
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April 01, 2026
An Illinois federal judge said equity funds alleging Boeing defrauded investors by downplaying the 737 Max jets' safety flaws can pursue claims related to certain statements made after two deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019, but not claims tied to a separate door-plug blowout in 2024.
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April 01, 2026
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has voluntarily dismissed cases against five defendants accused of manipulating the cryptocurrency markets through wash trading, telling a Massachusetts federal court it will not pursue monetary remedies against one convicted fraudster who had already consented to an agency settlement.
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April 01, 2026
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission Wednesday announced a New York federal court had entered an order resolving fraud charges against the former chief engineer of defunct cryptocurrency investment platform FTX.
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April 01, 2026
9fin, an analytics platform using artificial intelligence for debt capital markets, announced on Tuesday the raising of $170 million in Series C funding at a $1.3 billion valuation.
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April 01, 2026
Peloton has extinguished a second attempt by investors to hold the company and its top brass liable for how Peloton handled a recall of its defective bicycle seats, with a New York federal judge finding that the company did not make any material misstatements or omissions to investors.
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April 01, 2026
McGuireWoods LLP announced Wednesday that it has hired two New York partners with extensive experience in special purpose acquisition company transactions to boost the firm's capital markets offerings.
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March 31, 2026
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's enforcement chief said Tuesday that the agency plans to give entities a "clear path" to avoiding cases if they self-report issues early, but warned that the agency plans to staff up to pursue fraud and manipulation, including in burgeoning prediction markets.
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March 31, 2026
Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman signaled Tuesday that changes could be on the horizon for a set of longstanding rules that limit banks' lending to their own executives and other insiders, identifying them as an upcoming target for reconsideration.
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March 31, 2026
The U.S. Department of Labor's recent proposal to give retirement plan fiduciaries legal cover to select a broader range of investments aims to reduce ERISA litigation, but attorneys on both sides of the bar say they expect the rule to face legal challenges if finalized as proposed.
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March 31, 2026
A New York federal judge has ruled that Quantum BioPharma Ltd. can pursue most of its lawsuit accusing the brokerage arms of the Royal Bank of Canada and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce of spoofing the biopharmaceutical company's stock, finding that Quantum plausibly alleged that the scheme occurred and that the banks acted recklessly.
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March 31, 2026
The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board on Tuesday put out a call for public feedback on how it should prioritize its regulatory and enforcement efforts over the next five years, including a request for input on what role artificial intelligence should play in its efforts to police auditors.
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March 31, 2026
Three Democratic senators have asked U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to provide information on Elon Musk's possible involvement in the rollback of the Corporate Transparency Act, saying the department's moves allow entities tied to the billionaire to operate in obscurity.