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August 20, 2025
Exec's Friends Made $1M On Insider Trades, SEC Says
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is suing the former head of a Kaman Corp. subsidiary and his friends in New York federal court, accusing him of insider trading ahead of the aircraft component maker's $1.8 billion sale to a private equity firm.
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August 20, 2025
Northwell Health Inks $2.75M Deal In 403(B) Suit
New York healthcare giant Northwell Health Inc. has agreed to pay $2.75 million to end a former employee's claims it breached its fiduciary duties to participants and beneficiaries in its retirement plan by allegedly saddling workers with excessive recordkeeping fees and offering an underperforming fund.
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August 20, 2025
Masimo's 'Empty Voting' Suit Against Founder Gets Green Light
A California federal judge has rejected a bid to dismiss Masimo Corp.'s suit alleging the medical technology company's founder and an investment firm manipulated a shareholder vote through an "empty voting" scheme, finding there is enough evidence at this point to show the pair formed an undisclosed insider group under federal securities laws.
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August 20, 2025
Argent To Shell Out $4.5M To Exit Workers' ESOP Suit
Argent Trust Co. will pay $4.5 million to exit a class action alleging it approved a sale of undervalued shares in an electrical component company's employee stock ownership plan in a deal to shut the program down, according to a filing in Massachusetts federal court.
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August 20, 2025
7th Circ. Backs JPMorgan Traders' Fraud, Spoofing Convictions
The Seventh Circuit on Wednesday refused to throw out the convictions of three former JPMorgan traders for manipulating the market with fake orders for precious metals, saying there was "ample evidence" backing the jury's verdicts and that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision doomed one of their key arguments on appeal.
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August 20, 2025
States Say Kidde-Fenwal Ch. 11 Disclosures Still Inadequate
Attorneys for seven states and Washington, D.C., have told a Delaware bankruptcy court that firefighting foam maker Kidde-Fenwal Inc. failed to meet court-directed disclosure statement requirements for its latest, fifth-amended Chapter 11 liquidation plan and called for rejection of the document.
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August 20, 2025
Reinsurer Must Face Investors' Omission Suit, 3rd Circ. Says
The Third Circuit Wednesday wiped out Maiden Holdings' summary judgment win over investors accusing the reinsurance company of misrepresenting its underwriting and risk management practices, saying the district court misapplied U.S. Supreme Court precedent regarding the materiality of withheld information.
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August 20, 2025
Talphera Beats Investors' Bid To Save Slogan Suit At 9th Circ.
The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday refused to revive a proposed shareholder class action accusing Talphera Inc. of misleading investors about the simplicity of administering the pharmaceutical company's "Tongue and Done" opioid, saying in a published opinion that no reasonable investor would "blindly" accept the slogan without considering other information.
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August 20, 2025
Ouraring Maker Looks To Nix $16M Stymied Stock Option Suit
A U.S. subsidiary of the maker of the Ouraring health and fitness tracker is looking to escape an early investor's $16 million lawsuit accusing the company of refusing to honor a stock option deal, saying it should be dismissed or, alternatively, that the whole dispute must be arbitrated in Finland.
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August 20, 2025
Investors Pan FirstEnergy's 'Unprecedented' Discovery Appeal
A group of FirstEnergy Corp. investors is urging the Sixth Circuit not to hear a dispute over their access to internal investigation documents produced in the wake of a $1 billion bribery scandal, saying the documents weren't privileged and that granting the appeal would be "unprecedented."
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August 20, 2025
Fla. Man Who Evaded $7M In Federal Taxes Gets Probation
A Florida investor who admitted to cheating the Internal Revenue Service out of $7 million in taxes was sentenced Wednesday to probation after telling a federal judge he suffers from serious health issues, including Stage 4 kidney cancer and early-onset dementia.
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August 20, 2025
Twitter Shareholders Say Musk Can't Hide Behind Attys
Twitter shareholders have asked a New York federal judge to force Elon Musk to either hand over discussions he had with his attorneys prior to his pre-acquisition purchase of Twitter shares or to declare that he does not plan to use the advice of counsel defense, saying Musk cannot use his attorneys as both "a sword and a shield."
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August 20, 2025
Palo Alto Networks Beats Suit Over Strategy For Good
Cybersecurity company Palo Alto Networks has secured permanent dismissal of a proposed class action alleging it overstated the success of its platform consolidation strategy, with a California federal court ruling the investors do not show the company's statements were misleading when made.
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August 20, 2025
Error-Filled Pro Se Recusal Bid Draws Conn. Judge's Ire
A Connecticut federal judge will not docket a pro se recusal request in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission fraud action accusing a man of skimming nearly $1 million in investments designated for hotel repair work, saying in a minute order that the defendant otherwise has counsel and submitted a meritless, error-riddled bid.
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August 20, 2025
Boeing Eyes Exit From Retooled 737 Max Securities Fraud Suit
Boeing told an Illinois federal judge that equity funds cannot stuff their amended securities fraud lawsuit with vague and overblown allegations the American aerospace giant defrauded investors by downplaying the 737 Max jets' safety flaws after two deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019.
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August 20, 2025
Biotech Replimune Faces Derivative Suit Over Trial Claims
Executives and directors of biotechnology company Replimune Group Inc. face shareholder derivative claims that they concealed issues affecting a clinical trial of one of the company's lead immunotherapy candidates.
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August 20, 2025
Trump Says Fed's Cook 'Must Resign' Amid Loan Fraud Claim
President Donald Trump's Federal Housing Finance Agency chief on Wednesday accused Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook of potential mortgage fraud and said he has referred the matter to federal prosecutors, prompting Trump to call for Cook's immediate resignation — a call she has rejected.
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August 19, 2025
NJ Judge Files Corrected Version Of Error-Filled Opinion
A New Jersey federal judge Tuesday filed a new, corrected version of an opinion he withdrew last month in securities litigation against CorMedix Inc. after an attorney for the biopharmaceutical firm pointed out the opinion contained "a series of errors."
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August 19, 2025
PE Firm Hit With Contempt, Receiver In Del. Over Legal Bills
A magistrate in the Delaware Chancery Court has entered an order for contempt and sanctions, as well as a receivership, against private equity firm 777 Partners in its former chief financial officer's suit seeking advancement of legal fees in connection with a fraud investigation and multiple lawsuits related to the company's business.
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August 19, 2025
Inovalon Investor Suit Over $7.3B Nordic Deal Gets Class Cert.
A Delaware chancellor has certified a class of Inovalon Holdings common stockholders who challenged the $7.3 billion go-private sale of the company to Nordic Capital and claimed Inovalon failed to disclose that the investors who bought it paid $400 million in fees to its financial adviser before the transaction.
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August 19, 2025
3D Systems Brass Sued Over Revenue Projections
Executives and directors of 3D Systems Corp. have been hit with a shareholder derivative suit accusing them of concealing issues that negatively impacted the 3D printer company's revenue prospects, including an update to a partnership agreement with a large customer to develop artificial lungs.
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August 19, 2025
Sotera Urges 6th Circ. To Toss Investors' Toxic Gas Suit
Sotera Health Co. urged the Sixth Circuit to affirm the dismissal of a lawsuit accusing it of concealing the carcinogenic nature of a gas used at its sterilization plants, saying "defending yourself in litigation is not securities fraud."
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August 19, 2025
Robinhood Sues NJ, Nevada Over Blocked Sports Contracts
A Robinhood subsidiary sued the states of New Jersey and Nevada on Tuesday in an effort to ward off a potential enforcement action as it has begun allowing users to trade on the outcome of sports games despite the states' warnings not to do so.
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August 19, 2025
SEC Probes GenAI Media Co. For Offering Fraud
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has revealed it is investigating a self-described generative artificial intelligence media software company for evading federal securities registration requirements, when the regulator urged a California federal court to enforce a subpoena against the mother of a company executive.
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August 19, 2025
9th Circ. Backs Approval Of LoanDepot Investor Settlement
The Ninth Circuit has dismissed a challenge brought by a LoanDepot shareholder to a $3.5 million settlement ending a lawsuit that accused the company of misleading investors ahead of its initial public offering, saying the district court applied proper scrutiny when approving the settlement last year.
Expert Analysis
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Bipartisan Bill Could Aid ESOP Formation, Valuation Clarity
The proposed Retire through Ownership Act represents a meaningful first step toward clarifying whether transactions qualify under the adequate consideration exemption in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, potentially eliminating the litigation risk that has chilled employee stock ownership plan formation, say attorneys at Moore & Van Allen.
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ESG-Focused Activism Persists Despite Proxy Curbs
Shareholder activism focused on environmental, social and governance factors appears poised to continue, despite the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent move toward exclusions in proxy voting proposals around ESG, say attorneys at Mintz.
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Opinion
Bar Exam Reform Must Expand Beyond A Single Updated Test
Recently released information about the National Conference of Bar Examiners’ new NextGen Uniform Bar Exam highlights why a single test is not ideal for measuring newly licensed lawyers’ competency, demonstrating the need for collaborative development, implementation and reform processes, says Gregory Bordelon at Suffolk University.
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A Simple Way Courts Can Help Attys Avoid AI Hallucinations
As attorneys increasingly rely on generative artificial intelligence for legal research, courts should consider expanding online quality control programs to flag potential hallucinations — permitting counsel to correct mistakes and sparing judges the burden of imposing sanctions, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl and Connors.
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Opinion
SEC Should Restore Its 2020 Proxy Adviser Rule
Due to concerns over proxy advisers' accuracy, reliability and transparency, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission should reinstate its 2020 rule designed to suppress the influence that they wield in shareholder voting, says Kyle Isakower at the American Council for Capital Formation.
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What's At Stake In High Court Review Of Funds' Right To Sue
The U.S. Supreme Court's upcoming review of FS Credit Opportunities v. Saba Capital Master Fund, a case testing the limits of using Investment Company Act Section 47(b) to give funds a private right of action to enforce other sections of the law, could either encourage or curb similar activist investor lawsuits, say attorneys at Goodwin.
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The Road Ahead For Digital Assets Looks Promising
With new legislation expected to accelerate the adoption of blockchain technology, and with regulators taking a markedly more permissive approach to digital assets, the convergence of traditional finance and decentralized finance is closer than ever, say attorneys at Dechert.
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How Securities Defendants Might Use New Wire Fraud Ruling
Though the Second Circuit’s recent U.S. v. Chastain decision — vacating the conviction of an ex-OpenSea staffer — involved the wire fraud statute, insider trading defendants might attempt to import the ruling’s reasoning into the securities realm, says Jonathan Richman at Brown Rudnick.
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M&A Ruling Reinforces High Bar For Aiding, Abetting Claims
The Delaware Supreme Court's recent decision in In re: Columbia Pipeline may slow the filing of aiding and abetting claims against third-party buyers in situations where buyers negotiate aggressively, putting buy-side dealmakers' minds at ease that they likely won't be liable for seeking the best possible deal, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.
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Series
Creating Botanical Art Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Pressing and framing plants that I grow has shown me that pursuing an endeavor that brings you joy can lead to surprising benefits for a legal career, including mental clarity, perspective and even a bit of humility, says Douglas Selph at Morris Manning.
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Del. Dispatch: Conflicted Transactions And New Safe Harbors
Two recent Delaware Court of Chancery decisions involving conflicted transactions underscore that the new safe harbors established by the Delaware General Corporation Law amendments passed in March, going forward, provide a far easier route to business judgment review of conflicted transactions than were previously available, say attorneys at Fried Frank.
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Opinion
The Legal Education Status Quo Is No Longer Tenable
As underscored by the fallout from California’s February bar exam, legal education and licensure are tethered to outdated systems, and the industry must implement several key reforms to remain relevant and responsive to 21st century legal needs, says Matthew Nehmer at The Colleges of Law.
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The Int'l Compliance View: Everything Everywhere All At Once
Changes to the enforcement landscape in the U.S. and abroad shift the risks and incentives for global compliance programs, creating a race against the clock for companies to deploy investigative resources across worldwide operations, say attorneys at Dentons.
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Unpacking Notable Details From FTC's 'AI Washing' Cases
The Federal Trade Commission has brought many cases involving allegedly deceptive artificial intelligence claims over the past couple of years, illustrating overlooked aspects of AI washing generally and a few new types of AI marketing claims that may line up in regulatory crosshairs down the road, says Michael Atleson at DLA Piper.
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'Pig Butchering' Seizure Is A Milestone In Crypto Crime Fight
The U.S.' recent seizure of $225 million in crypto funds in a massive "pig butchering" scheme highlights the transformative impact of blockchain analysis in law enforcement, and the increasing necessity of collaboration between law enforcement agencies, cryptocurrency exchanges and stablecoin issuers, says David Zaslowsky at Baker McKenzie.