Securities

  • June 12, 2026

    Jane Street Used Tips To Dodge Losses, Terraform Says

    The administrator for bankrupt cryptocurrency company Terraform Labs has urged a New York federal court not to dismiss his suit against trading firm Jane Street over claims the firm used confidential information to profit from Terraform's collapse, arguing that it is liable as an insider and a tippee.

  • June 12, 2026

    CFTC Secures Trading Ban Against Celsius' Mashinsky

    A New York federal judge Friday signed off on a consent order that would resolve the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's claims against Alexander Mashinsky, founder and former CEO of the now-defunct Celsius Network, and permanently bar him from trading commodities or running another commodity business.

  • June 12, 2026

    DC Judge Refuses To Wipe DOJ's Powell Subpoena Loss

    A D.C. federal judge has rejected a bid by federal prosecutors to erase their loss earlier this year in a now-closed fight over subpoenas tied to former Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, leaving in place a decision that had blocked those subpoenas as improper.

  • June 12, 2026

    Zoetis Brass Face Derivative Suit Over Pet Meds Statements

    Directors and officers of animal health company Zoetis Inc. have been hit with shareholder derivative claims that they breached their fiduciary duties by concealing that safety warnings about one of its products and increasing competition were hurting the company's bottom line.

  • June 12, 2026

    CFTC Sues New Mexico Over Prediction Market Enforcement

    The legal feud between federal and state regulators over sports-related prediction market offerings expanded Friday as New Mexico became the eighth state to be sued by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission for treating those contracts as illegal gambling.

  • June 12, 2026

    Insider Trading Defense May Draw On 'Varsity Blues' Playbook

    After enlisting a crew of experienced attorneys, defendants charged in an insider trading case allegedly involving deal information stolen from huge law firms are preparing to use a strategy that could take some cues from the "Varsity Blues" case in the same Boston courthouse.

  • June 12, 2026

    Former Pot Co. Execs And Wrigley Heir Settle Stock Fraud Suit

    A group of former executives for medical marijuana company Parallel and the heir to the Wrigley gum fortune have reached a settlement in principle to end claims that Wrigley lied about share prices to lure in executive talent.

  • June 12, 2026

    Taxation With Representation: Gibson Dunn, Davis Polk, S&C

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, SpaceX prices a $75 billion initial public offering at its designated price range, Apollo Global Management leads a capital commitment for a Broadcom initiative to build artificial intelligence infrastructure for companies including Anthropic, and pharma giant GSK acquires cancer therapy specialist Nuvalent.

  • June 12, 2026

    Trader Admits Fib To SEC, Avoids $600M Fraud Trial

    A former California investment executive told a Manhattan federal judge Friday that he lied to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, copping to a lesser count of obstruction after prosecutors initially charged him with a $600 million "cherry-picking" fraud.

  • June 11, 2026

    Meta Beats Investors' Suit Over AI-Powered Facebook Scams

    A California federal judge tossed a proposed class action alleging that Meta's AI tools enabled investment schemes advertised on Facebook, finding Thursday that his own earlier ruling means that the plaintiffs' state claims are barred under federal securities law.

  • June 11, 2026

    Ex-CEO Seeks To Again Depose Lutnick In Trump Media Suit

    The former CEO of a company that merged with President Donald Trump's Truth Social platform urged a Florida state court on Thursday to again allow him to depose U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, arguing his testimony is highly relevant to the lawsuit over a botched public offering.

  • June 11, 2026

    Gibson Dunn, Davis Polk Launch SpaceX's Record $75B IPO

    Elon Musk's SpaceX on Thursday priced a $75 billion initial public offering at its designated price range, represented by Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP and underwriters' counsel Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, marking the largest IPO in history.

  • June 11, 2026

    Guess Investors Claim Take-Private Deal Skirts Reforms

    Guess Inc. investors have hit the luxury apparel company's top brass with a putative securities class action in Delaware Chancery Court, alleging the company's take-private sale to Authentic Brands Group LLC unfairly cashed out public investors to benefit executives and circumvented governance reforms imposed to curb co-founder Paul Marciano's alleged sexual misconduct.

  • June 11, 2026

    SEC Says PE Fund Hiding Info In Sealed Monitor Reports

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission asked a Florida federal court on Wednesday to unseal reports by a court-appointed monitor of a private equity firm accused of defrauding investors in a $1 billion fund, arguing that the firm is abusing a sealing order to hide information from investors.

  • June 11, 2026

    Sports Prediction Co. Wins CFTC OK To Launch Event Market

    Sports prediction company ProphetX on Thursday received approval from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to register as a federally regulated prediction market exchange focused on sports-based event contracts, becoming the first American sports-native, direct-clearing prediction market to launch and operate in full compliance with federal law.

  • June 11, 2026

    Ex-Bank Chief Admits Role In Odebrecht Tax Evasion Plot

    The former CEO of Austrian lender Meinl Bank AG on Thursday pled guilty in Brooklyn federal court after a yearslong fight over accusations he helped Odebrecht SA hide $170 million in funds used to bribe officials around the world and defraud the Brazilian government out of more than $100 million in taxes. 

  • June 11, 2026

    Another GOP Nominee For SEC Could Violate Law, Dems Say

    Senate Banking Committee Democrats are warning the White House not to put another Republican on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission without also naming a Democrat, saying it would violate a federal mandate for partisan balance.

  • June 11, 2026

    Ex-Pharma Exec Fights SEC 'Shadow Trading' Win At 9th Circ.

    An ex-Medivation Inc. executive urged the Ninth Circuit on Thursday to scrap a jury verdict finding him liable in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's first-ever "shadow trading" case, arguing the company's own policies permitted the trades and affirming the verdict will allow companies to adopt vague trading policies.

  • June 11, 2026

    CFTC Eyes Faster 30% Whistleblower Awards In Small Cases

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is looking to amend its whistleblower rules to align with those of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and to establish an immediate minimum 30% payout for whistleblower awards of $5 million or less.

  • June 11, 2026

    SEC Proposes Rescinding Trade-Through Rule

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday proposed rescinding its rule preventing exchanges from executing trades at lower prices than the best displayed price available on other exchanges, with SEC Chairman Paul Atkins calling the measure "a grave misstep."

  • June 11, 2026

    Cloudflare Founders Are Sued Over Voting Control Plan

    Technology company Cloudflare Inc. and its founders, Matthew Prince and Michelle Zatlyn, are facing a Delaware Chancery Court shareholder lawsuit that seeks to block a proposed recapitalization plan, alleging the transaction would let them continue selling billions of dollars' worth of stock while preserving their voting control over the internet infrastructure company.

  • June 11, 2026

    239M Napster Shares Stolen By NC Man And Atty, SEC Says

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil suit in New York federal court Thursday against a North Carolina resident and his lawyer over an alleged stock scheme, claiming they defrauded the company that acquired Napster out of 239 million shares of its stock.

  • June 11, 2026

    Pasco Bank Ex-CEO Alleges He Was Fired For Going To OCC

    The First National Bank of Pasco faces accusations it retaliated against its CEO by firing him after he made a whistleblower report about suspected compliance issues at the bank to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

  • June 11, 2026

    Investment Adviser Gets 4 Years For Fake Shares Sales

    An Italian citizen who managed a New York-based investment advisory firm will serve four years in prison for his role in a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud investors hoping to access shares of private companies.

  • June 11, 2026

    SDNY US Atty Jay Clayton Picked For DNI After Pulte Pushback

    President Donald Trump announced on Thursday he's nominating Jay Clayton, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, to be director of national intelligence.

Expert Analysis

  • How A Founder's AI Pitch Deck Can Become A Crime Scene

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    As recent indictments and prosecutions against tech executives illustrate, AI washing is a criminal enforcement priority, not a regulatory formality, highlighting the importance of ensuring that founders don't overstate what their artificial intelligence does, particularly in the initial pitch deck to investors, says attorney Alan Walter.

  • SEC Disgorged Fund Distribution Is Next Query After Sripetch

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    Following the Supreme Court's Sripetch v. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission decision, investor harm isn't required for the SEC to obtain a disgorgement award, but future cases must resolve whether the commission will be freed from a requirement to distribute disgorged funds to the victims of alleged misconduct, says Daniel Walfish at Katsky Korins.

  • Direct Fed Payment Access Finally In Sight For Fintechs

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    A recent executive order and a Federal Reserve proposal could finally allow direct payment system access for fintechs and other nonbanks, potentially reducing reliance on sponsor banks and reshaping competition, as well as prompting organizations to reassess partnership strategies as litigation and rulemaking unfold, say attorneys at Freshfields.

  • How FCA, FCPA Risks Are Shifting As Feds Pull Back

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    As the federal government continues its retreat from white collar enforcement, companies should expect False Claims Act risk to grow through private whistleblower suits and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act scrutiny to shift toward foreign prosecutors, requiring more adaptability as accountability becomes less centralized, says Temidayo Aganga-Williams at Selendy Gay.

  • New State AI Laws Create Dual Misrepresentation Risk

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    As artificial intelligence transparency laws are enacted across the country and the volume and specificity of compliance records increase, companies will be required to speak more often, more precisely and to more audiences about the same systems, compounding the risk of litigation, say attorneys at Cooley.

  • Series

    Cow Horse Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Moving an unwilling 800-pound cow while riding a horse at high speed is exhilarating, a little unhinged and, at least for me, a surprisingly effective training ground for litigation — both demand focus, preparation over rigid planning and the willingness to act despite fear, says Ashley Zitrin at Glenn Agre.

  • O Brother, Where Art DAO? Jurisdiction Issues Abound

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    While there is a dearth of decisions examining a decentralized autonomous organization's citizenship for diversity jurisdiction purposes, Second Circuit case law has defined citizenship for other unincorporated entities, which may guide how courts evaluate an increasing number of cases involving DAOs, says Michael Mix at Morrison Cohen.

  • NY's UCC Updates Spell Change In Digital Asset Lending

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    Given the state’s role as a preferred jurisdiction for financing transactions, New York’s recent enactment of Uniform Commercial Code amendments, which establish control as a central concept for determining who has rights to a digital asset, will encourage nationwide growth toward a more technology-neutral approach to secured transactions, say attorneys at Manatt.

  • Opinion

    Agentic AI And Securities Law: Steps Congress Should Take

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    Agentic artificial intelligence 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.

  • Operational AI Washing: The Next Frontier Of Fiduciary Risk

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    While there are still no final Delaware decisions applying Caremark specifically to artificial intelligence governance failures, previous case law provides a blueprint, so the question for boards is whether their governance architectures will satisfy Caremark when the first cases are decided, say attorneys at Akerman.

  • 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.

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