Capital Markets Archive » February, 2019

Capital Markets - February, 2019

214 articles

• DLA Piper Adds Partner To Miami Corporate Practice
• SEC Hires 1st Risk Chief From Revolving-Door Powerhouse
• Deals Rumor Mill: Universal Music, Careem, Nexi
• Energy Transfer Class Attys Deserve $4.5M, Chancery Says
• Gap To Spin Off Old Navy Into Separate, Publicly Traded Biz
• CFTC Says 21-Year-Old Led A Forex Investment Fraud
• VW Bondholder's Emissions Fraud Suit Still Alive, Unchanged
• Senate Urged To Ease Investor Rules For Private Offerings
• Real Estate, Energy SPACs Launch IPOs Totaling $475M
• Atty's Metal Manipulation Claims Are Untimely, 2nd Circ. Says
• Cross-Border Confidentiality And The Swaps Antitrust Case
• Kaleido Biosciences Prices $75M IPO Below Range
• Ex-Barclays Trader Accused Of 'Selective Memory' On Stand
• Trivago Escapes Investors' Stock Drop Suit
• Ex-Wilmington Trust Execs Can Remain On Bail During Appeal
• PTAB Grants CBM Review Of Nasdaq Trading Patent
• DOJ Targets Fintech 'Unicorn' Founder Over Investment Scam
• Experts At Odds Over Call To Overhaul Securities Litigation
• OCC Takes Aim At NY Regulator's Fintech Charter Suit
• IRS Never Proved Forex Traders' Rates Rigged, DC Circ. Told
• CFTC Won't Appeal Futures Manipulation Trial Loss
• Gibson Dunn, Latham Steer Ultragenyx's $304M Follow-On
• Hong Kong Bars Ex-China Brokerage Exec Over IPO Breach
• 3 Firms, London Exchange Pour $20M Into UK Fintech Co.
• Cryptocurrency Owner Accused Of $6M Theft From Investors
• Smart Contract Coders May Face Aiding And Abetting Risk
• Credit Suisse Taps New Compliance, Risk Czars
• Deals Rumor Mill: Petrobras, ArcLight Capital, CVC Capital
• PE-Backed Esports Co. Super League Scores $25M IPO
• Tech, Life Science IPOs Set To Remain Strong In 2019
• Chinese Online Brokerage Futu Primes $120M IPO
• Mt. Gox Founder Says Japan Payout Could Moot Ill. Claims
• IRS To Extend Spinoff Guidance Program Past Original Cutoff
• Rosen Law Firm To Lead Cement Investors' $1B IPO Suit
• SPAC Gears Up For $250M IPO While Another Ditches Plan
• Wealth Management Co. YieldStreet Gets $62M In Funding
• UK Reinsurer Issues World's 1st Terrorism Catastrophe Bond
• Euribor Submissions Were '1-Minute Job,' Trader Tells Jury
• Nine West's Ch. 11 Plan OK'd After Sweetened Creditor Deal
• Big Banks Fixed Freddie, Fannie Bond Prices, Investors Say
• Crypto Fund Says Investor Lost Right To Inspect Books
• VW Asks Redo In Bid To Ax Bondholder Emissions Fraud Suit
• Investors Can't Bring Tender Offer Suits, Ex-SEC Heads Say
• CFTC Says Spoofer's Cooperation Will Determine Fine
• Deals Rumor Mill: OneConnect, Nestle, Peloton
• Barclays, Deutsche Oppose Redo Bid In Libor Antitrust Suit
• 4 Things Smaller Banks Can Do To Prep For Libor's End
• Weigh Profits In Euribor Submissions? 'Nonsense,' SFO Says
• Venture-Backed Medical Device Biz Launches $75M IPO
• Standards Vary For 'Misleading' Statements In Stock Suits
• UK, US Regulators Build Brexit 'Bridge' For Derivatives
• Nasdaq Aims To Keep Up With NYSE With Direct Listing Rules
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sika, Berkshire Hathaway, Centogene
• Elenoff-Led Blank Check Co. Acamar Makes $300M Debut
• Loeb & Loeb Steers Asia-Focused SPAC's $50M IPO
• Pulling Up Stakes: Orrick, McGuireWoods, King & Spalding
• WuXi Accused Of Shorting Investors In Go-Private Deal
• 3 Lessons From A Crypto Mock Trial
• Blockvest Reversal Makes Clear That ICOs Are Securities
• Tracing Puerto Rico's Journey Through Bankruptcy
• Norton Rose Beefs Up Cap Markets Team With Davis Polk Atty
• HK Regulators Tout 'Front-Loaded' Approach To Tackle Fraud
• Deals Rumor Mill: Disney, Pinterest, DoublePoint Energy
• Rare Disease Biotech Mereo BioPharma Pulls $70M US IPO
• Virtual Coin Owners' Suit Against Currency Exchange Tossed
• Exposure To Market Fraud Suits Is Not A Major Risk
• Bond-Fixing Dispute Belongs In US Courts, Investors Say
• Philly Sues BofA, Wells Fargo, Others Over Bond Rates
• How VC-Backed Companies Can Mitigate #MeToo Risk
• EU, Singapore Reach Deal To Continue Derivatives Trading
• Standard Chartered Sets Aside $900M To Cover UK, US Fines
• Feds Say New Data Won't Buy Spoofer Coscia A New Trial
• Ex-Barclays Forex Chief Faces Calif. Jury Over HP 'Spanking'
• OCC Pushes Back On Discovery Bid In Fintech Charter Fight
• SEC's Plan To Spur IPOs A Boost But Not A Game Changer
• Deals Rumor Mill: Lyft, GIP, Toshiba Memory
• Cyber Co. Dodges SEC Fine By Self-Reporting Coin Offering
• Charges Of Bad Market Access Controls End In $625K Fine
• Ex-State Street Exec Decries Evidence Used To Convict Him
• Dentons, Skadden Steer 2 REIT Offerings Totaling $1B
• Give Your Recession Obsession A Break
• Emulex Will Likely Dictate Venue For Merger Shareholder Suits
• A Chat With McDermott COO John Yoshimura
• When An SEC Settlement Leads To Disqualification By FINRA
• Ex-Barclays Chair In Dark Over Secret Qatar Fees, Jury Told
• US Bank Can't Save RMBS Suit, Keeps 2nd Chance In Another
• SEC Floats Letting All Cos. 'Test The Waters' Before IPOs
• Deals Rumor Mill: Denel, Just, WeDoctor
• Legal Services Provider Axiom Confidentially Files IPO
• Mass. Biopharma Co. Launches IPO That Could Raise $120M
• Auto Parts Co. Denied Redo On Investor Suit Dismissal Bid
• What Crypto Exchanges, Holders Can Learn From QuadrigaCX
• Royal Park Loses 2nd Cert. Try In BNY Mellon MBS Suit
• The Problem With 'Optimal' Diversity
• SEC Can't Ignore State Action On Fiduciary Rules
• Ex-Barclays Chair Feared Capital Plans Looked 'Too Clever'
• The $1B Question: Can Puerto Rico Afford Its Bankruptcy Bills?
• Puerto Rico's Law Firms Find Their Footing After Disaster
• Puerto Rico Fed Board Was Illegally Appointed: 1st Circ.
• Sears Creditors May Probe Sale Of $900M In Debt To Cyrus
• SEC Charges 4 In Elaborate Microcap Stock Fraud
• SEC Nudges Cos. Toward More Robust Diversity Disclosures
• Jurisdiction Key In 2nd Circ.'s Reviving Of US Bank-BofA Row
• In Spending Plan, CFTC Gets Funding Boost, SEC Can Move
• Deals Rumor Mill: Radian, Thomas Cook, TSE
• Molson Coors Artificially Inflated Stock Price, Investor Claims
• Ex-Goldman Exec Agrees To Face 1MDB Charges In US
• WilmerHale-Led Stealth Biotherapeutics Debuts With $78M IPO
• Ill. Officials Eye Graduated Tax, Bond Sale For Pension Debt
• NYSE, Nasdaq Ask DC Circ. To Review SEC's Fee Program
• How Newly Broadened Venezuela Sanctions Affect Securities
• Puerto Rico Fed. Board Sues For Island Senate's Financial Info
• FHFA Nominee Backs 30-Year Mortgage, Broader Reform
• Blockvest's ICO Promo Ruled A Security After Second Look
• 2 VC-Backed Health Care Cos. Price IPOs Totaling $145M
• CFTC Asks Court To Nix Bid To Move EOX Insider Trading Suit
• SEC Takes Back Approval Of Clearinghouse Capital Plan
• Deals Rumor Mill: Nestle, Apollo, Primo Japan
• Gene-Editing Co. Cibus Delays IPO, Citing Market Conditions
• Maker-Taker Fees In A Fragmented Equity Market
• SEC Should Revisit Its Special Purpose Acquisition Co. Regs
• CFTC Publishes 1st Exam Cheat Sheet, Plans More Checks
• Covington Snags Ex-Wilson Sonsini Tech M&A Pro In Calif.
• Ex-Barclays Trader Tells Jury Euribor Tweaks 'Even' Out
• Nvidia Faces Shareholder Suit Over Crypto Statements
• Cooley, Sullivan & Cromwell To Steer Jeans Maker Levi's IPO
• Holland & Knight Nabs Ex-Pillsbury Infrastructure Finance Pro
• Rubio Aims To Hike Stock-Buyback Tax To Pay For Expensing
• Petrobras, Wells Fargo Securities Deals Rank Among Top 100
• Tesla Directors Hit With Derivative Suit Over Musk Tweet
• Altria Taps US, Euro Bond Markets To Fund $12.8B Juul Buy
• BofA Sues NCUA For Breach Of Contract Over MBS Claims
• PE-Backed Virgin Trains Cancels IPO Plans
• Tibet Pharma Observers Not Liable In IPO Row, 3rd Circ. Told
• VC-Backed Biopharma Co. Anchiano Launches $30.5M IPO
• Fresh Takes On Seeking Costs And Fees Under Rule 45
• MPs Demand End To £1B Windfall For UK Gilt-Holders
• YogaWorks Hid Financial Troubles Around IPO, Investors Say
• Platinum Exec Can't Halt Trial Over Jury Info Leak Claims
• Deals Rumor Mill: Peloton, Apollo, EQT Partners
• PE-Backed Lab Supplier, Med Device Co. File IPOs
• Kraft Blasts Cert. Bid In Wheat Market Rigging Suit
• Ex-Barclays Trader On Trial Felt 'Used' By Euribor Rate Plot
• Judging A Book: Smith Camp Reviews 'Echo Of Its Time'
• Securities Class Action Filings Show No Signs Of Abating
• Euronext Ups Offer For Oslo Exchange To $790M In Bid War
• One Woman's Attempt To Rebuild After Hurricane Maria
• 'Now Is The Real Crisis': Puerto Ricans Struggle For Disaster Aid
• Looking To Start Over, Storm-Tossed Lawyers Land In Fla.
• Deutsche Cooperator Skirts Prison In Libor-Rigging Case
• 11 Firms To Lead 6 IPOs Aiming To Price Before Feb. Pause
• Latham Reps Blank Check Co. RMG On $200M IPO
• Momentive Disrupts Intercreditor Agreements And Reorgs
• VC-Backed Gossamer Bio Begins Trading After $276M IPO
• Agencies Want Fewer Volcker Rule Restrictions
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• The Role Of Data Analytics In Mass Torts
• Global Cartel Enforcement Down, But Not Out
• SPAC IPO Market Expected To Stay Strong In 2019
• Platinum Exec Wants Trial Halted Pending Media Leak Review
• Rate-Rigging Suit Targeting NYSE Owner Stays Out Of MDL
• Bitcoin Biz-Linked Pump-And-Dump Schemers To Pay $2.3M
• PE-Backed Postmates Aims For IPO With Confidential Filing
• Chamber Opposes Spoofing Case Against Deutsche Traders
• 'The Mooch' Talks Mayhem, Con Law, Lessons From Harvard
• Wilson Sonsini Guides VC-Backed Alector To $176M IPO
• Credit Card Co. Investors Score $2.4M In IPO Suit Atty Fees
• Deals Rumor Mill: EQT Partners, Cevian, Cboe Global
• Time Is Right For Fintech Charter Ruling, State Bank Org Says
• Fla. Justices Told Hospital's History Backs $115M Bond Plan
• Wealthbridge Prices $50M IPO Hoping To Buy Chinese Air Co.
• Jefferies Uses New York Law To Escape Texas Investors' Suit
• WilmerHale-Led Stealth Biotherapeutics Aims For $81M IPO
• Sheppard Mullin Lures Morgan Lewis Finance Pro
• Why Proper Document Redaction May Be An Ethical Duty
• Novo Banco Looks To Ax Hedge Fund's Debt Default Suit
• Companies Urged To Clarify Risks As Brexit Deadline Looms
• Barclays To Disclose Trader Data In $850M Metals Trading Suit
• Fed Says 2019 Stress Tests Will Include Biggest Jobless Jump
• Feds Resist Judge's Call To Retrace Paul Weiss Libor Probe
• Businessman Wants $194M Award Nixed In Egypt Bond Row
• Deals Rumor Mill: VW, Tyson Foods, FirstGroup
• Why I Became A Lawyer: A Refugee's Journey Of Firsts
• Experts Predict Strong 2019 For IPOs Amid Gov't Uncertainty
• Nasdaq, 300 Public Cos. Urge SEC To Update Proxy Rules
• SEC Exams Chief Puts Focus On New Technology, New Firms
• Ex-Barclays Trader Tells Jury Influencing Euribor Was OK
• Testing Securities Market Efficiency With Cammer Factors
• EU Lawmakers Reach Deal To Simplify Derivatives Rules
• Puerto Rico Gets Green Light For $18B Sales Tax Debt Plan
• Sycamore Under Attack As Nine West Ch. 11 Trial Opens
• Sens. Urge Limiting Dividend Payouts By Changing Tax Code
• Forex Market Maker, Creator Escape FXCM Class Action
• Ex-SEC Senior Counsel, Crypto Expert Joins Seward & Kissel
• No Conspiracy, Just Competition, Bitcoin Cos. Say
• VC-Backed Slack Confidentially Files Public Listing Plans
• PE Firm Sued For Return Of $2M Crypto Investment
• Trader Testifies To Lack Of Euribor Training At London Trial
• 3 Cos. Launch IPOs Totaling $250M Amid Early Feb. Rush
• Keeping PR Strategy Communications Privileged: Part 2
• Nasdaq Rival Euronext Eyes Higher Bid For Oslo Exchange
• As Puerto Rico Recovers, Courts Heed Lessons Of Disaster
• Idaho Sen. Unveils Outline For Housing Finance Reform
• Indirect Investors May Lose Out Under New Pass-Through Regs
• 9th Circ. Lifts Injunction On Ex-Paron Exec In CFTC Suit
• Banks Can't Redact Docs In Gold Price-Fix Suit, Sellers Say
• 10 Firms Will Steer 6 IPOs Raising $724M To Start February
• Nine West Pleads Case For Ch. 11 Plan OK Ahead Of Trial
• Colorado Could Carve Smoother Path For Digital Tokens
• Judge Trims Contract Claim In Chicago Merc's Trademark Suit
• Indonesian Shipping Giant To Rework $437M Debt Load
• NY Tax Minutes: Wayfair, Executive Budget, Goldman Offshore
• Applying UCC Notice Exemptions To Cryptocurrency Sales
• Keeping PR Strategy Communications Privileged: Part 1