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September 19, 2025
Ellenoff-Led SPAC Among 3 IPOs Seeking Total $450M
Galata Acquisition Corp. II, a special purpose acquisition company formed by Callaway Capital Management, began trading Friday after raising $150 million by offering 15 million units at $10.
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September 19, 2025
SEC Wins 'Scalping' Trial Against Penny Stock Trader
A Manhattan federal jury held an Ohio man liable on Friday in a case brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleging he fraudulently earned over $2.5 million by buying up penny stocks, hyping them online and then selling for gains in a "scalping" scheme.
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September 18, 2025
Ex-FBI Informant Gentile Owes SEC Over $15.5M, Judge Rules
A onetime FBI informant and his shuttered, unregistered broker-dealer owe the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission monetary obligations of over $15.5 million before interest, a Miami federal judge has determined, though the defendant's attorneys said Thursday he plans to appeal.
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September 18, 2025
BofA Unit To Pay $5.6M To End DOJ Market Manipulation Case
The U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday that an investment banking arm of Bank of America Corp. will pay roughly $5.6 million to resolve a criminal investigation into market manipulation allegations involving two now-former traders on its U.S. Treasurys desk.
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September 18, 2025
SEC Eases Path For Crypto ETPs With New Listing Rules
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has eased a key part of the listing process for crypto exchange-traded products, and attorneys say the move may create a shorter path to market for years to come.
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September 18, 2025
Arbitration Clauses Won't Protect IPOs From Investor Suits
With the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission greenlighting the use of mandatory arbitration clauses for newly public companies, securities litigation experts are waiting to see whether any company is willing to risk the almost inevitable legal blowback that will come with taking advantage of the policy.
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September 18, 2025
Dems Demand DOJ Explain Binance Plea Deal Compliance
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and two of her Democratic colleagues have asked U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi for information on Binance's compliance with its 2023 plea agreement stemming from anti-money laundering lapses, pointing to President Donald Trump's ties to the crypto exchange.
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September 18, 2025
Crypto Promoter Gets Prison For $14M Forcount Fraud
A Manhattan federal judge Thursday sentenced a promoter of the fake cryptocurrency outfit Forcount Trader Systems Inc. to a year and a day in prison for his role in a $14 million Ponzi and pyramid scheme that defrauded thousands of primarily Spanish-speaking investors around the globe.
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September 18, 2025
SafeMoon Ch. 7 Trustee Pitches $12M Settlement
Cryptocurrency asset company SafeMoon US LLC's Chapter 7 trustee has asked a Utah bankruptcy judge to approve a settlement for a class action alleging the company defrauded investors, saying the deal to pay plaintiffs at least $12 million is fair and wise.
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September 18, 2025
Jury Mulls Claims Man Duped Penny Stock Traders On Twitter
A Manhattan federal jury on Thursday weighed fraud claims against an Ohio salesman from securities regulators who say he duped other traders as he took in over $2.5 million buying penny stocks, hyping shares on Twitter before selling in a "scalping" scheme.
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September 18, 2025
Firms Look To Drop Shareholder Client Sapien In Linqto Ch. 11
Lawyers for Sapien Group, a shareholder that has taken an active role in investment platform Linqto's Chapter 11 in Texas, have asked to withdraw from the case — saying their client has not paid outstanding legal bills.
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September 18, 2025
Trading Adviser, Convicted Owner Hit With $2.8M CFTC Fine
A commodity trading adviser and pool operator who pled guilty in Florida federal court to orchestrating a novel cryptocurrency-related scheme to cheat investors has agreed to pay more than $2.8 million as part of a settlement with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
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September 18, 2025
Sports Group Brera Raises $300M To Launch Solana Treasury
Irish sports ownership holding company Brera Holdings, led by Lowenstein Sandler LLP, on Thursday announced that it plans to rebrand as a digital asset treasury company called Solmate following a $300 million private fundraise.
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September 18, 2025
Group Of US Investors To Buy TikTok, Plus More Rumors
A consortium of big-name buyers including Oracle, Silver Lake and Andreessen Horowitz are rumored to be taking a majority stake in TikTok after a long search to find the app a U.S. owner; Paramount Skydance is reportedly ready to make an offer for Warner Bros. Discovery; and private equity shop CVC is close to inking a $1.5 billion deal to acquire web-hosting provider Namecheap. Here, Law360 breaks down these and other deal rumors from the past week.
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September 18, 2025
Trump Asks High Court To Let Him Remove Fed's Cook
President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to allow him to move forward with firing Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook, escalating a fight over presidential removal power that will test the boundaries of the central bank's traditional independence.
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September 18, 2025
Bonds Valid Under Venezuelan Law, Judge Rules In $2B Case
A New York federal judge on Thursday denied a bid by Venezuela's state-owned oil company to refuse enforcement of some $2 billion in defaulted bonds, finding after an "exhaustive review of Venezuelan law" that the bonds were validly issued.
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September 17, 2025
Trump Could Swing Fed With This 1 Weird Trick: Ex-Fed Gov.
A former top Federal Reserve official told Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday that if President Donald Trump succeeds in quickly ousting Fed Gov. Lisa Cook, it could unlock an obscure mechanism for his allies at the Fed to sway future interest-rate decisions.
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September 17, 2025
Crypto Exec Cops To $200M Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme
The chief executive officer of a cryptocurrency trading company pled guilty on Tuesday in Virginia federal court to a $200 million Ponzi scheme that federal prosecutors said defrauded more than 90,000 investors worldwide and allowed the executive to buy luxury vehicles, clothing and homes worth several million dollars.
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September 17, 2025
Credit Investment Firm Sues UBS Over Naked Juice Loan Deal
A Connecticut branch of UBS faces a credit-investment firm's claims that UBS breached the terms of a loan participation agreement funding bottled juice company Naked Juice LLC after a restructuring of the agreement resulted in less favorable terms for the limited partnership.
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September 17, 2025
Crypto Exchange Bullish Gets BitLicense From NY Regulator
Venture-backed crypto exchange Bullish announced Wednesday that it has obtained a so-called BitLicense from the New York State Department of Financial Services, allowing it to offer crypto spot trading and custody to institutions and sophisticated investors in the state.
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September 17, 2025
VC-Backed Cybersecurity Biz Netskope Prices $908M IPO
Netskope, a cybersecurity firm with venture capital backing, is set to begin trading on the Nasdaq Thursday after pricing a $908 million initial public offering, at the top of its upwardly revised range.
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September 17, 2025
FINRA Fines Okla. Investment Firm For Mishandling Funds
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has fined Oklahoma-based Oak Hills Securities Inc. $125,000 to settle claims that it failed to return money owed to investors, did not deposit invested funds into authorized accounts and did not properly file certain offering documents.
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September 17, 2025
Chancery Mulls Limited Discovery In $8.7B Cerevel Sale Suit
A Delaware vice chancellor said Wednesday he is considering denial of a motion to dismiss as well as limited plaintiff discovery in a suit accusing Cerevel Therapeutics Holdings Inc. insiders of lining up a secondary stock sale ahead of the biopharma's disclosure of a proposed $8.7 billion sale to AbbVie.
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September 17, 2025
Noteholders Say $219M Mexico Claim Can Proceed
Noteholders owed hundreds of millions of dollars by Mexican television producer TV Azteca are defending their $219 million investor-state claim against Mexico after its courts allegedly stymied collection efforts, saying any procedural deficiency in their claim arose as a result of the Mexican court's actions.
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September 17, 2025
Chancery Approves $30M Match.com Spinoff Suit Settlement
A Delaware vice chancellor approved a $30 million mediated settlement Wednesday to resolve a five-year dispute over the fairness of Match.com's 2019 reverse spinoff from Barry Diller-controlled IAC/Interactive, with stockholder attorneys taking home $6.9 million.
Expert Analysis
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Practicing Self-Care
Law schools don’t teach the mental, physical and emotional health maintenance tools necessary to deal with the profession's many demands, but practicing self-care is an important key to success that can help to improve focus, manage stress and reduce burnout, says Rachel Leonard at MG+M.
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Nev. Steps Up Efforts To Attract Incorporations With New Law
Recent amendments to Nevada corporate law, which will narrow controlling stockholders’ liability, streamline mergers and allow companies to opt out of jury trials, show the interstate competition to attract new and reincorporating companies is still heating up, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.
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ABA Opinion Makes It A Bit Easier To Drop A 'Hot Potato'
The American Bar Association's recent ethics opinion clarifies when attorneys may terminate clients without good cause, though courts may still disqualify a lawyer who drops a client like a hot potato, so sending a closeout letter is always a best practice, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.
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3rd-Party Audit Tactics To Improve Export Control Compliance
Companies should take a strategic approach to third-party audits in response to the Trump administration's ramp-up of export control enforcement with steps that strengthen their ability to identify the control weaknesses of distributors, dealers and resellers, say Michael Huneke at Hughes Hubbard, and John Rademacher and Abby Williams at Secretariat Advisors.
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How Trump's Trade Policies Are Shaping Foreign Investment
Five months into the Trump administration, investors are beginning to see the concrete effects of the president’s America First Investment Policy as it presents new opportunities for clearing transactions more quickly, while sustaining risk aversion related to Chinese trade and potentially creating different political risks, say attorneys at Covington.
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How Trump Admin Treasury Policies Are Reaching Banks
The Treasury Department has emerged as an important facilitator of the Trump administration's financial policies affecting banks, which are now facing deregulation domestically and the use of international economic authorities in cross-border trade and investment, say attorneys at Davis Polk.
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Series
My Opera And Baseball Careers Make Me A Better Lawyer
Though participating in opera and the world of professional baseball often pulls me away from the office, my avocations improve my legal career by helping me perform under scrutiny, prioritize team success, and maintain joy and perspective at work, says Adam Unger at Herrick Feinstein.
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A Look At DOJ's Dropped Case Against Early Crypto Operator
The prosecution of an early crypto exchange operator over alleged unlicensed money transmission was recently dropped in Indiana federal court, showcasing that the U.S. Justice Department may be limiting the types of enforcement cases it will bring against digital asset firms, say attorneys at Greenberg Traurig.
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8 Ways Lawyers Can Protect The Rule Of Law In Their Work
Whether they are concerned with judicial independence, regulatory predictability or client confidence, lawyers can take specific meaningful actions on their own when traditional structures are too slow or too compromised to respond, says Angeli Patel at the Berkeley Center of Law and Business.
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Assessing New Changes To Texas Officer Exculpation Law
Consistent with Texas' recent modernization of its corporate law, the recently passed S.B. 2411 allows officer exculpation, streamlines certificate of formation amendments, authorizes representatives to act on shareholders' behalf in mergers and makes other changes aimed toward companies seeking a more codified, statutory model of corporate governance, say attorneys at Bracewell.
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Communicating With Clients
Law school curricula often overlook client communication procedures, and those who actively teach this crucial facet of the practice can create exceptional client satisfaction and success, says Patrick Hanson at Wiggam Law.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From US Rep. To Boutique Firm
My transition from serving as a member of Congress to becoming a partner at a boutique firm has been remarkably smooth, in part because I never stopped exercising my legal muscles, maintained relationships with my former colleagues and set the right tone at the outset, says Mondaire Jones at Friedman Kaplan.
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Opinion
Senate's 41% Litigation Finance Tax Would Hurt Legal System
The Senate’s latest version of the Big Beautiful Bill Act would impose a 41% tax on the litigation finance industry, but the tax is totally disconnected from the concerns it purports to address, and it would set the country back to a time when small plaintiffs had little recourse against big defendants, says Anthony Sebok at Cardozo School of Law.
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Comparing Stablecoin Bills From UK, EU, US And Hong Kong
For multinational stablecoin issuers, navigating the differences and similarities among regimes in the U.K., EU, Hong Kong and U.S., which are currently unfolding in several key ways, is critical to achieving scalable, compliant operations, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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What Baseball Can Teach Criminal Attys About Rule Of Lenity
Judges tend to assess ambiguous criminal laws not unlike how baseball umpires approach checked swings, so defense attorneys should consider how to best frame their arguments to maximize courts' willingness to invoke the rule of lenity, wherein a tie goes to the defendant, says Jonathan Porter at Husch Blackwell.