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January 28, 2026
CFTC Taps Treasury Atty To Be General Counsel
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced Wednesday it has hired a Treasury Department lawyer with BigLaw experience to serve as the derivatives regulator's new general counsel.
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January 28, 2026
Crypto Investors Want Mark Cuban Suit Sent To Texas
Crypto investors suing billionaire Mark Cuban and his former NBA team the Dallas Mavericks over their alleged promotion of the collapsed exchange Voyager have asked a Florida federal judge to transfer their claims to Texas, a month after the judge dismissed the claims on personal jurisdiction grounds.
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January 28, 2026
Chinese Man Gets 46 Months In $37M Pig Butchering Scam
A Chinese national was sentenced to 46 months in prison Tuesday in California federal court for participating in a global network that tricked 174 victims lured in from dating apps into pouring money into fake digital asset investments, and ultimately laundering $36.9 million in cryptocurrency proceeds to scam centers overseas.
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January 28, 2026
SEC Urged To Adopt Insider Trading Rules For Foreign Firms
A former member of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is among a trio of academics pressing the agency to write rules cracking down on insider trading at foreign companies that trade on U.S. exchanges, urging action before a congressionally mandated deadline runs out in March.
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January 28, 2026
Nomura Unit Taps Legal Chief To Steer Crypto Trust Bank Plan
A crypto-focused subsidiary of financial services group Nomura has applied to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to establish a national trust bank headed by its legal chief.
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January 28, 2026
Ropes & Gray Adds 3 Partners In New York
Ropes & Gray LLP has expanded its offerings in New York with the addition of three attorneys, one each from Debevoise, Paul Weiss and Wachtell Lipton.
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January 28, 2026
Complex Financial Instruments Group Of The Year: Kirkland
Kirkland & Ellis LLP's acumen in structured finance helped it push a number of high-value deals across the finish line last year — including a multibillion-dollar financing package in connection with the acquisition and restructuring of Metronet by KKR and T-Mobile — earning the firm a spot as one of the 2025 Law360 Complex Financial Instruments Groups of the Year.
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January 27, 2026
ADM To Pay $40M To Resolve SEC Accounting Fraud Claims
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. has agreed to shell out $40 million to put to rest U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission allegations the company and several former executives committed accounting and disclosure fraud, according to announcements made Tuesday.
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January 27, 2026
Crypto Network Cofounder Hit With $100M RICO Suit
The co-founder and board members of cryptocurrency-associated data cloud platform Cere Network were sued in California federal court Tuesday over an alleged pump-and-dump scheme where they secretly sold over $41 million in Cere tokens on various exchanges and misappropriated investor funds.
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January 27, 2026
Iowa Can't Block Schwab's Antitrust Deal, 5th Circ. Told
A group of investors who settled with The Charles Schwab Corp. in an antitrust suit over the financial services company's merger with TD Ameritrade has urged the Fifth Circuit to dismiss an appeal filed by the state of Iowa, which had previously objected to the settlement's lack of monetary benefit to the class and proposed attorney payouts.
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January 27, 2026
Chancery Keeps Alive Jefferies Claims In EV Co. SPAC Suit
Aiding and abetting and breaches of fiduciary duty claims went forward in Delaware Chancery Court on Tuesday against Jefferies LLC in connection with the $1.4 billion take-public blank check company merger of electric vehicle company Electric Last Mile Solutions Inc.
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January 27, 2026
Autodesk Investor Suit Over Internal Controls Axed For Good
A California federal judge has dismissed, for good, a class action alleging that software company Autodesk misled investors on its financial metrics and internal controls, finding that there is nothing actionable or misleading about the three remaining challenged statements in the suit.
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January 27, 2026
9th Circ. Affirms Ripple's Early Win On Registration Claim
The Ninth Circuit won't revive class action claims alleging cryptocurrency company Ripple Labs sold the digital token XRP in an unregistered securities offering, upholding in its decision Tuesday a lower court's finding that the claims are time-barred.
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February 05, 2026
Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2026 Editorial Boards
Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2026 editorial advisory boards.
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January 27, 2026
Biotech Fundraising A Good Sign For Public Markets
At the start of what many healthcare attorneys hope will be a busy year, public biotechs are raising cash, signaling a thawing public market and potentially fertile ground for IPOs.
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January 27, 2026
Northwood Space Raises $100M In Series B
Northwood Space Corp., a California-based company that provides infrastructure for space missions, said Tuesday that it has raised $100 million in its latest funding round, co-led by investors Washington Harbour Partners and Andreessen Horowitz.
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January 27, 2026
Kalshi Taps Ex-Amazon State Policy Pro For New DC Shop
Trading platform Kalshi is expanding its policy efforts amid battles with state gambling regulators and tribes with a new office in Washington, D.C., staffed by government relations specialists, including a former Amazon executive who spent close to a decade with the Mississippi Attorney General's Office.
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January 27, 2026
Mountain Lake's Second SPAC Raises Upsized $313M Offering
Mountain Lake Acquisition Corp II, a blank-check company led by Axos Financial board chair Paul Grinberg, began trading Tuesday after pricing an upsized $313.2 million initial public offering.
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January 27, 2026
Complex Financial Instruments Group Of The Year: Cahill Gordon
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP's leveraged finance and private credit attorneys have continued to guide headline-grabbing deals in the midst of complex regulatory and tumultuous economic conditions, including financing Nexstar's proposed $6.2 billion mega-merger of television broadcasters, earning the firm a spot among the 2025 Law360 Complex Financial Instruments Groups of the Year.
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January 27, 2026
3 Firms Guide GigCapital's Latest SPAC, Raising $220M
GigCapital9 Corp., the latest special purpose acquisition company led by serial SPAC sponsor Avi Katz, began trading publicly Tuesday after pricing its $220 million initial public offering.
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January 27, 2026
Fatburger Owner FAT Brands Hits Ch. 11 With $1.5B Debt
FAT Brands Inc., the owner of Fatburger and Johnny Rockets, and its affiliates have filed for Chapter 11 protection in a Texas bankruptcy court with $1.45 billion in funded debt, felled by an unsustainable debt load and flagging liquidity.
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January 26, 2026
SEC Tells Judge Chat Records Bolster Its Short-Selling Claims
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is looking for an early victory on certain claims against an investment adviser and its managing partner accused of engaging in an illicit short-selling scheme, arguing the managing partner's online messages and his own admission that he'd made a "poor business decision" support a finding in its favor.
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January 26, 2026
Citadel Securities Lobbies SEC For $119M CAT Fee Refund
Citadel Securities is pressing for the return of $119 million it argues was unlawfully collected to fund a key market surveillance database known as the consolidated audit trail, telling the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission the collection of the fees violated an Eleventh Circuit decision.
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January 26, 2026
Bain-Controlled Bob's Discount Furniture Eyes $350M IPO
Bob's Discount Furniture Inc. on Monday revealed plans to sell nearly 19.5 million shares of its common stock at an estimated $17 to $19 per share via an initial public offering, allowing the Connecticut-based retailer to potentially raise $350 million, assuming midpoint estimates.
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January 26, 2026
Sens. Offer Crypto Bill Amendments As Storm Delays Markup
The Senate Agriculture Committee said Monday that it will postpone its markup of a bill to regulate crypto markets to Thursday in light of the weekend's winter storm, while Democrats submitted proposals to insert ethics language and ensure appointments to the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Expert Analysis
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SEC Virtu Deal Previews Risks Of Nonpublic Info In AI Models
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s recent settlement with Virtu Financial Inc. over alleged failures to safeguard customer data raises broader questions about how traditional enforcement frameworks may apply when material nonpublic information is embedded into artificial intelligence trading systems, says Braeden Anderson at Gesmer Updegrove.
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Series
Judges On AI: How Courts Can Boost Access To Justice
Arizona Court of Appeals Judge Samuel A. Thumma writes that generative artificial intelligence tools offer a profound opportunity to enhance access to justice and engender public confidence in courts’ use of technology, and judges can seize this opportunity in five key ways.
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Opinion
The Case For Emulating, Not Dividing, The Ninth Circuit
Champions for improved judicial administration should reject the unfounded criticisms driving recent Senate proposals to divide the Ninth Circuit and instead seek to replicate the court's unique strengths and successes, says Ninth Circuit Judge J. Clifford Wallace.
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Targeted Action, Rule Tweaks Reflect 2025 AML Priority Shifts
Though 2025’s anti-money-laundering landscape was characterized not by volume of penalties but by the strategic recalibration of how illicit finance risk is handled, a series of targeted enforcement actions signaled that regulators aren't easing off the accelerator, even as they refine the rules of the road, say attorneys at MoFo.
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Series
Muay Thai Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Muay Thai kickboxing has taught me that in order to win, one must stick to one's game plan and adapt under pressure, just as when facing challenges by opposing counsel or judges, says Mark Schork at Feldman Shepherd.
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Intentional Career-Building
A successful legal career is built through intention: understanding expectations, assessing strengths honestly and proactively seeking opportunities to grow and cultivating relationships that support your development, say Erika Drous and Hillary Mann at Morrison Foerster.
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Citgo Ruling Offers Award Enforcement Road Map
A recent opinion from the Delaware federal court approving a $5.892 billion bid for Citgo Petroleum shares brings the long-running enforcement of the Crystallex arbitration award against Venezuela closer to resolution and offers crucial lessons for creditors pursuing sovereign debt, says Vitaly Morozov at Pierson Ferdinand.
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Series
A Day In The In-House Life: Chime GC Talks Pathfinding
On a recent Tuesday in the office, Chime's general counsel Adam Frankel shares his typical work day, tackling everything from strategically guiding product launches and testing AI tools to mastering the perfect latte and making time for extracurricular interests.
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Preparing For Congressional Investigations In A Midterm Year
2026 will be a consequential year for congressional oversight as the upcoming midterm elections may yield bolder investigations and more aggressive state attorneys general coalitions, so companies should consider adopting risk management measures to get ahead of potential changes, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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How Bank M&A Prospects Brightened In 2025
Even with less-than-ideal macroeconomic conditions in 2025, federal banking regulators' shift away from procedural concerns to focus more on core financial risks boosted M&A in several key ways, including shorter review timelines and increased interest in de novo charters, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.
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3 Securities Litigation Trends To Watch In 2026
Pending federal appellate cases suggest that 2026 will be a significant year for securities litigation, with long-standing debates about class certification, new questions about the risks and value of artificial intelligence features, and private plaintiffs' growing role in cryptocurrency enforcement likely to be major themes, say attorneys at Willkie.
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4 Developments That Defined The 2025 Ethics Landscape
The legal profession spent 2025 at the edge of its ethical comfort zone as courts, firms and regulators confronted how fast-moving technologies and new business models collide with long-standing professional duties, signaling that the profession is entering a period of sustained disruption that will continue into 2026, says Hilary Gerzhoy at HWG Law.
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Navigating AI In The Legal Industry
As artificial intelligence becomes an increasingly integral part of legal practice, Law360 guest commentary this year examined evolving ethical obligations, how the plaintiffs bar is using AI to level the playing field against corporate defense teams, and the attendant risks of adoption.
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2025 Calif. Banking Oversight Centered On Consumer Issues
The combination of statutory reform, registration mandates and enforcement activity in 2025 signals that California's financial regulatory landscape is focused on consumer protection, particularly in the areas of crypto kiosk fee practices, earned wage access providers and elder fraud, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.
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The Major Securities Litigation Rulings And Trends Of 2025
The past 12 months saw increased regulator focus on disclosures concerning artificial intelligence, signs of growing judicial scrutiny at the class certification stage, and shifting regulatory priorities at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission — all major developments that may significantly affect securities litigation strategy in 2026 and beyond, say attorneys at Debevoise.