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Capital Markets - October, 2022

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• Coinbase, Others Side With Ripple In SEC Token Sales Case
• Musk Dissolves Twitter Board Of Directors After $44B Buy
• Dem Senator Calls For CFIUS Probe Of Saudi Twitter Stake
• My Favorite Law Prof: How I Learned To Put Law Into Practice
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Feds Fight To Affirm Ex-Platinum Exec's Fraud Conviction
• 5 Firms Steer Go-Public Mergers For Taxi App, Biotech Firm
• Blackstone Buys Majority Stake In $14B Emerson Climate Biz
• DLA Piper's Ex-Client Wants Malpractice Suit In State Court
• High Times Buyer Says Shareholder Lied About Ex-CEO's Suit
• Buzzfeed Doesn't Have To Arbitrate Employee Stock Dispute
• Musk's Control Of Twitter Comes With Freedom, Drawbacks
• BlockFi Account Holders Ask Judge To Keep Crypto Suit Alive
• Celsius Network Gets OK To Auction, GWG To Raise Money
• Energy Cos. Must Keep Options Open Amid Treaty Turmoil
• SPAC Needs More Time For Merger With Semiconductor Firm
• Insurer Says No Coverage For Claims Over $36M Crypto Theft
• Reed Smith Adds Investment Management Team
• What To Know About SEC Shareholder Disclosure Reforms
• Bed Bath & Beyond Readies Potential $150M Share Sale
• Former BitMEX Exec Asks For No Prison In AML Case
• Don't Miss It: Morgan Lewis, Skadden Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Midterms Could Sway Capital Markets Agenda In Congress
• Twitter Pulled From NYSE After Musk Closes $44B Buyout
• Musk Reportedly Closes $44B Twitter Deal After 6-Month Saga
• Ex-Pzena Exec Slows Suit Over Investment Firm's $795M Deal
• Truck Co. Says Immigration Fraud Suit Lacks RICO Specificity
• Bankruptcy Ruling Shows Limits Of Safe Harbor Application
• CFTC Commish Likens Crypto Risks To 2008 Financial Crisis
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, Aerojet, Instacart
• EVO Investor Sues In Delaware For Docs On $4B Merger
• Latham Adds Health-Focused Partners In Chicago, DC
• Ex-SEC Policy Counsel, Private Funds Atty Joins Paul Weiss
• Twitter Wired For NYSE Exit Friday As Musk Buyout Looms
• Shell Launches $4B Share Buyback Program Ending Feb. 2
• Credit Suisse To Raise $4B In Capital With Saudi Backing
• Archegos Says SEC's Manipulation Case Fails To Show Fraud
• Telecom Shareholders Say Sanctions Award Is Unfair
• How A GOP Surge Could Squeeze Biden Financial Regulators
• Altria Investors' $117M Deal Gets OK 2nd Time Around
• Talkspace, Investors Spar Over SPAC Suit Dismissal Bid
• Another Moelis-Backed SPAC Pulls IPO Plans
• Celsius Creditors Ask Court To Bar Stablecoin Sales
• SEC Tightens Mutual Fund Reports, Seeks New Adviser Rules
• US Cannabis Cos. Must Beware Predatory Lending Practices
• Investor Damage Claims Advance In Del. Chancery SPAC Suit
• How New Guidelines Reinforce The CFIUS Mandate
• What To Consider When Leaving BigLaw To Go Solo
• Crypto Investors Win Class Cert. In ATBCoin Fraud Suit
• SEC Finalizes Rule For Executive Bonus Clawbacks
• 2 Firms Guide Lithium Miner's $838M SPAC Merger
• Skadden-Led Intel Spinoff Prices $861M IPO Above Range
• Self-Driving Car Software Co. Wants Investor Suit Nixed
• Canadian Pot Producer Forms Holding Co. To Enter US Market
• Dems Press Regulators On 'Revolving Door' Of Crypto Jobs
• Masimo Slams Hedge Fund Attack On Board Vote Defenses
• EU Criteria Will Help Aviation Finance Sustainability Push
• SEC Taps Agency Vet, Fried Frank Alum To Lead Denver Office
• 2 Firms Steer Shrimp Farming Co.'s $275M SPAC Merger
• Feds Want Jones Walker DQ'd In $1.2B Venezuelan Fraud Case
• Voyager CEO Dropped From Crypto 'Ponzi Scheme' Suit
• Crypto Lender Says Roche Remarks Should Sink Class Action
• Medronic Separating Monitoring, Respiratory Intervention Unit
• Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Plans To Launch Crypto Platform
• Crypto Trading Firm Must Justify Atty Fees In $1.5M Judgment
• CFTC Chair Urges Congress To Unlock Crypto 'Handcuffs'
• Bitcoin Mining Operator Inks $2.1M Deal To End Investors' Suit
• SEC Chair Eyes Tighter Rules Around Off-Exchange Trades
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• SEC Seeks Early Victory In Proxy Advisory Rule Challenge
• Judge OKs Celsius Ch. 11 Auction, Rejects Equity Committee
• My Favorite Law Prof: How I Learned Education Never Ends
• Full 5th Circ. Won't Rehear SEC In-House Courts Challenge
• SEC Slams Ripple For Trying To 'Rework' Securities Law
• SEC Fines Mattel $3.5M, Sues Ex-PwC Partner Over Bad Audit
• Berry Corp. Hit With Derivative Suit Over Oil Permit Problems
• Ex-OpenSea Staffer Can't Get Insider Trading Charge Tossed
• Argo's Underwriting Flaws Caused 60% Stock Drop, Suit Says
• Hedge Fund Sues Masimo Corp. In Del. Over Bylaw Changes
• SEC Gets $550K Of Fines In Penny Stock Scam Case
• Bitcoin 'Inventor' Wife Asks To Compel Roche Freedman Docs
• Navient Collections Halted, Mallinckrodt Faces $1.6B Suit
• Don't Miss It: Cooley, Davis Polk Guide Week's Hot Deals
• McCarter & English Advises On $346M Jersey City Sale
• Rite Aid Hid Falling PBM Numbers From Investors, Suit Says
• 3 Firms Steer $989M Quality Gold SPAC Deal
• Canadian SPAC To Combine With New Mexico CBD Co.
• Health Co. Agrees To Classwide Deal In Merger Suit
• Weekly Internal Revenue Bulletin
• Barclays Faces £50M Fine For 'Reckless' 2008 Capital Raise
• Citi Faces Goliath Moment As 2nd Circ. Revives Pro Se Case
• 2 Firms Steer $425M SPAC Deal With Chilean Fruit Exporter
• BNY Mellon's Crypto Move Doesn't Show Favoritism, Fed Says
• CFTC Says It Netted $2.5B In Sanctions Over Last Fiscal Year
• FDIC Acting Head Outlines Vision For Stablecoin Safeguards
• Feds Say Convicted Launderer Violated Bank Secrecy Act
• Muddy Waters Says SEC Tipster Award Suit Is A 'Shakedown'
• Investors Battle To Lead Golden Nugget-DraftKings Suit
• 2 Firms Steer Singaporean Biotech Firm's $400M SPAC Merger
• Berger Montague, Glancy Prongay Seek Lottery.com Lead
• Celsius Adjusts Asset Auction Request To December
• Credit Suisse Beats Forex Price-Fixing Allegations At Trial
• Goodwin, Davis Polk Steer Biotech Firm's Upsized $175M IPO
• Deals Rumor Mill: Westpac, Credit Suisse, Nationals
• New-Parent Attorneys Need Automatic Litigation Stays
• After Crypto Leaks Report, Roche Out At Firm He Co-Founded
• Keep Morgan Stanley, Goldman In Archegos Suit, Judge Told
• KPMG Units To Pay $275K To End Audit Disclosure Claims
• Red State AGs Target Big Banks' Climate Goals
• Oil And Gas Price Jumps Aren't Swaying Leery Lenders
• Voyager's Ch. 11 Deal With FTX Gets Nod To Move Forward
• Health Co. Ex-CEO Touted Bogus CBD Drink Line, SEC Says
• Ex-Regulators Challenge SEC In Grayscale Bitcoin ETF Brief
• Associate Skills That Impress Firms In A Cooling Job Market
• Jury Weighs Possible Credit Suisse Forex-Fixing Liability
• Malaysian Tech Firm Merging With SPAC In $1.1B Deal
• HK Seeks To Relax Revenue Requirements For Startup IPOs
• Altria Investors Take Another Shot At $117M Deal Approval
• 2nd Circ. Says Yen Libor-Rigging Suit Belongs Overseas
• Feds Say Ex-OpenSea Staffer's Case Is Clearly Insider Trading
• SEC Sues Dead Adviser's Estate Over $29M Ponzi Claims
• Crypto VC Firm Challenges CFTC's Chatbot 'Gambit'
• Crypto Investors Jab Back At Mayweather's Bid To KO Suit
• Voyager To Settle Three Arrows Loan Claims Against Execs
• PCAOB Boots Accounting Firm, Hits Auditor With Record Fine
• SEC Anti-Fraud Settlement Is A Warning For Fund Advisers
• Gambling Media Firm To Go Public Through SPAC Merger
• Counsel Caught Off Guard By Chancery's RL Polk Trial Date
• Willkie Farr Taps Client's In-House Ranks To Add PE Partner
• Intel's Self-Driving Unit Mobileye Charts Path For $779M IPO
• Del. Chancery Finds SPAC Founder Must Face Investor Suit
• Crypto 'Thought Leader' Takes Default Loss In Defamation Suit
• Data, Crypto Firms Allege Contractor Disparaged Them Online
• SEC's Lizárraga Backs Climate, ESG Disclosure Proposals
• Robinhood Investors Urge 11th Circ. To Save Meme Stock Suit
• Robinhood $2.1B IPO Suit Should Be Kept Alive, Investors Say
• Nikola Founder's Fraud Conviction A Cautionary Tale
• SPAC Investors Sue In Del. Over 'Unfair' Electric Vehicle Deal
• Texas' FTX Probe Poses New Threat To Voyager's Ch. 11 Deal
• Enel Unit Says $200M Allianz Dispute Must Be Arbitrated
• Credit Suisse Wants Investors' XIV Crash Class Push Denied
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Hydrogen Supplier Ends SPAC Merger With Benessere Capital
• Three Arrows Liquidators Say Founders Ducking Subpoenas
• DOJ Digital Asset Recs Would Widen Prosecutorial Authority
• 4 Firms Guide SPAC's $600M Merger With Private Jet Firm
• WilmerHale Adds Steptoe & Johnson Financial Service Leader
• Fed, FDIC Eye New Big-Bank Resolution Requirements
• Robinhood Must Face Claims In Order Flow Suit, Judge Says
• Fed Governor 'Skeptical' Of Need For US-Backed Crypto Coin
• Celsius Network Creditors Oppose Ch. 11 Equity Committee
• Tilray Says Wrong Standard Used In Securities Fraud Order
• Don't Miss It: Latham, Kirkland Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Loeb & Loeb-Led DiaCarta Unveils $460M SPAC Merger
• Ulmer & Berne Debuts Venture Capital Practice In Ohio
• High Court Could Resolve Thorny Atty-Client Privilege Issue
• Computing Co. Investor Seeks Appraisal, Damages In Del.
• Munich Re's Oil Exit Boosts ESG Efforts, Insurance Pros Say
• Vedder Price Adds Former Akin Gump Corporate Finance Vet
• Microcap Dealer Files 4th Shot At Taking Down FINRA
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Health Hires: Dentons, Nelson Mullins, Dorsey & Whitney
• 5 Firms Drive $24.6B Merger Of Kroger And Albertsons
• DLA Piper Slams Ex-Client's 'Sanctionable' Malpractice Suit
• Ripple Gets Payment Processor Co.'s Backing In SEC Case
• 2nd Circ. Taps NY Court In $1.9B Venezuelan Bond Dispute
• Maalouf Ashford & Talbot Opens Office In London
• How Much Information Should Cos. Share With Auditors?
• Climate Disclosures Could Slow IPO Plans, SEC Panel Told
• Voyager Creditors Balk At Officer Releases In Ch. 11 Plan
• Direct Biologics, Good Works II Sign Potential $1B SPAC Deal
• Investor Accuses Kohl's Board, Again, Of Poor Management
• Deals Rumor Mill: Toshiba, Exxon Mobil, Brad Pitt
• Bitfinex Judge Boots Roche, Rejects 'Drunk & Stupid' Excuse
• Senate Dem Tells SEC Chair Crypto Rulemaking 'Needed Now'
• PBGC Looks To Clarify Withdrawal Liability Methodology
• NJ Real Estate Firm Execs Charged With $650M Ponzi Scheme
• Revisiting Employee Communication Policies After DOJ Memo
• Twitter Given Two Weeks To Respond To Shareholder Suit
• India's Zoomcar To Go Public Via $456M SPAC Merger
• Fed's Barr Cautions Banks On Efforts To 'Tokenize' Deposits
• JPMorgan Traders Say Witnesses Couldn't Justify Conviction
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rethink Citi's Win In $500M Transfer Error
• Buyback Tax Could Hit SPACs With Higher Costs
• FirstEnergy Disputes Investor's Challenge To $180M Deal
• SEC OKs Diversity-Based Investment Advice
• Grayscale Asks DC Circ. To Vacate SEC's Bitcoin ETF Denial
• Democrats Press Texas Grid Operator On Crypto Energy Use
• Credit Suisse Traders Say Crass Chats Were No Conspiracy
• A Call For A More Nuanced Take On Digital Asset Regulation
• SEC Greenlights Cloud-Based Recordkeeping For Brokerages
• Refining Info Governance As E-Discovery Gets More Complex
• Texas Business Will Pay $1M To End CFTC Forex Suit
• Walden Macht Adds Ex-Federal Prosecutor From MoFo
• Glancy Prongay Will Lead Combined Netflix Investor Suits
• Vista Equity Strikes $4.6B Deal To Take KnowBe4 Private
• Jury Poll Error Shouldn't Win Atty New Trial, 1st Circ. Told
• DOJ's Top Crypto Cop Says Mixers, Tumblers Are In Focus
• Twitter Investor Says Musk Intentionally Tanked Its Stock Price
• SEC Official Cautions Auditors About Lax Fraud Investigations
• Credit Suisse Forex Price-Fixing Trial Opens With 'Bad' Chats
• Freight Transportation Startup Slams Brakes On SPAC Merger
• 'People Get Hurt' When Crypto Mimics Banks, OCC's Hsu Says
• Investors' Attys Want $39M After Big Banks' Sibor Deal
• Judge OKs Cannabis Co. Investors' $7M Deal To End IPO Suit
• Investor Says Abbott Laboratories Hid Formula Plant Woes
• D&O Insurer Challenges Amid Market, Economic Turbulence
• Flexjet Hopes To Fly To Public Markets Via $3.1B SPAC Merger
• Risk Mitigation In Face Of Rising Legal Malpractice Claims
• State Street Taps Wells Fargo Vet As Global Compliance Head
• G-20 Gets Draft Regs To Stop Systemic Risk In Crypto Assets
• Trump-Linked SPAC Again Seeks More Time To Negotiate Deal
• Board Vote Violated Court Order In DLA Piper Suit, Judge Says
• Feds Nix JPMorgan Trader's RICO Counts Before Nov. Trial
• UK Trading Firm Says It Can't Be Blamed For Oil Crash
• Colo. Judge Approves $3.9M Liberty Oilfield IPO Settlement
• Don't Miss It: Cleary, Goodwin Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Stalled IPO Market Forces Many Companies To Sidelines
• White Moody's Director Says Diversity Policy Got Him Fired
• Ex-SEC Chairman Joins American Express Board
• SEC Reopens Climate Disclosure, ESG Rules For Comment
• JPay Founder Says Insider Trading Case Falls Short
• Calif. Man Pleads Not Guilty To Crypto Money Laundering
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Celsius Customers To Get Crypto Ownership Answers In Dec.
• BofA Strikes $1.84B Deal To Settle Ambac RMBS Litigation
• Keys To A 9-0 High Court Win: Look For Common Ground
• 5 Insights Into Treasury's Trio Of Digital Assets Reports
• Latest Sanctions Narrow Path To Legal Dealings In Russia
• Binance-Linked Blockchain Platform Hit By $565M Hack
• Credit Suisse Offers To Repurchase $3B Of Its Own Debt
• KKR-Led Group To Buy 30% Of Norway Fiber Co. For $1B
• OCC Examiners' Plan Includes Fintech, Climate Risk Focuses
• CFTC Says Delaware Silver Trader Ripped Off Customers
• Currency Buyers Ask To Keep Forex-Rigging Suit Alive
• Celsius Execs Withdrew $17M In Crypto Before Bankruptcy
• Banks' $2B WhatsApp Admission Tees Off Courtroom Battle
• 3 Firms Guide $500M Oncology SPAC Merger
• GOP Lawmakers Prod DOJ For Digital Dollar Legal Analysis
• Deals Rumor Mill: Twitter, TikTok, Soros's Nephew
• After Banks' $1.8B Texting Fines, Who Will Feel Heat Next?
• Barclays, ICAP's $22.5M Deal OK'd In Benchmark-Rigging Suit
• DeFi Groups Push Back On How CFTC Served Suit
• Leading Business Group Backs Slack's High Court Appeal
• Blockchain Payments Firm's $3.6B SPAC Merger Falls Apart
• Limiting The Scope Of Representation Is Critical For Lawyers
• Funko Inc. To Pay $7M To Settle Investor Class Action
• Del. Supreme Court Denies Tech Co.'s Interlocutory Appeal
• London Stock Exchange Sees Slow Q3 For IPO Activity
• MVP: Quinn Emanuel's Jonathan Pickhardt
• Latest Ripple Development Highlights SEC's Crypto Approach
• UBS To Pay FINRA $2.5M Over Short-Selling Regs Violations
• The CFTC Commish Who Wants Wrongdoers To Fess Up
• 9th Circ. Won't Undo SEC's Win Against Settlement Holdouts
• Wilson Sonsini Guides Aquaron Acquisition SPAC In $50M IPO
• Fine Over Bank Texts Signals Books, Records Crackdown
• As Celebs Shill Crypto, SEC Aims To Be Ultimate Influencer
• Chinese Vape Co. Investors' IPO Suit Goes Up In Smoke
• Deal Maker Seeks To Close 2 Big SPACs After Empty Searches
• Kirkland, Pillsbury Drive Movella's $537M SPAC Deal
• MVP: Paul Weiss' Bob Zochowski
• Chipmaker Plans $100B Facility Investment In New York
• Musk Says He Will Close $44B Twitter Deal On Original Terms
• High Court Declines To Hear Challenge To Libor Jurisdiction
• FSOC Urges Legislation To Curb Crypto's Systemic Risks
• 'Uniquely Stupid' Roche Comments Leave Bitfinex Judge Torn
• Ex-OpenSea Staffer Seeks Gag On 'Insider Trading' Remarks
• Dechert's Thierfelder Sees M&A Opportunities Amid Turmoil
• Goodwin Hires Ex-SEC Senior Enforcement Division Official
• Kodak Wants Exit From Investor Suit Over COVID Supply Deal
• Attys Shouldn't Assume Judicial Critique Is Protected Speech
• Myovant Sees Stock Soar After Rejecting $2.5B Takeover Bid
• Billionaire Bros. Can't Dodge $2.5B LA Hotel Project Suit
• FDIC's Gruenberg Pledges 'Measured' Approach On Climate
• 3 Companies Unveil Plans To Go Public Via SPAC Mergers
• Pharma Co. Lied About CBD License To Investors, SEC Says
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• MVP: Cahill Gordon's Lisa Collier & Jennifer B. Ezring
• Kim Kardashian Settles SEC Crypto Case For $1.26M