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Capital Markets - April, 2023

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• Biden Administration Greenlights Citgo Sale
• After SVB Report, Banking Industry Points Finger Back At Fed
• Credit Suisse Investors Call It Quits On Forex-Rigging Suit
• SEC Wants More Input On Beneficial Ownership Proposal
• SPAC Investor Sues In Del. Over Digital Platform Value Plunge
• SEC Told Small Businesses Face Hurdles Accessing Capital
• Ex-CFO Gets 3 Years For $5M Meme Stock Embezzlement
• NFT Tax Guidance Shows IRS Interest In Crypto Enforcement
• Nationstar Mortgage Settles COVID Adjustment Class Claims
• What SBF's FCPA Charge Means For Crypto Enforcement
• Pregnancy Care Biz Nuvo Valued At $269M In Go-Public Deal
• LiveOne's Slacker To Merge With SPAC At $160M Valuation
• Reverse Mortgage Del. Ch. 11 Plan Confirmed On 2nd Try
• Fed Takes Some Blame For SVB Collapse
• Short Message Data Challenges In E-Discovery
• Coinbase Makes Public Clapback At SEC Enforcement Notice
• Republicans Demand SF Fed Docs In Probe Of SVB Collapse
• Crypto Buyer Admits To Defrauding Banks, Exchange Of $4M
• Judge Sinks Venezuela DQ Bid In Citgo Suit As Appeal Looms
• SEC's Gensler Says Crypto Lacks Compliance, Not Clarity
• Lyft Rips Objections To $25M Deal In IPO Disclosures Suit
• Chancery Grumbling Over AMC Deal Docs Gets Fast Response
• BlockFi Gets OK For Alternative Cash Deposits
• Reverse Mortgage Trust's Ch. 11 Plan Ruling Delayed
• 5 Firms Guide Drug-Delivery Firm's $374M SPAC Merger
• Federal Legislators Reintroduce SAFE Cannabis Banking Bill
• O'Melveny Adds M&A, Private Equity Partner From Pillsbury
• Substantiation Is Key When Gifting Crypto To Charity
• Deals Rumor Mill: First Republic, Millennium Trust, Senators
• Investor Incentives Needed To Revive London Listings Market
• Citigroup Can Combine Derivative Suits Over Oversight Issues
• Calif. Judge Mulls Certifying Crypto Class In Ripple ICO Fight
• House Committee Advances Bills To Ease Capital Raising
• Kraken Decries 'Overbroad' IRS Summons For Taxpayer Info
• Mexico Won't Recognize US Ch. 11, TV Azteca Says
• Energy Co. Fights Asset Freeze In $60M Enforcement Dispute
• FTC's Khan Says Antitrust Laws Favor 'Building Over Buying'
• SolarWinds Investors Say Cyberattack Showed Lax Oversight
• House Approves Debt Limit Bill With IRS Funding Repeal
• Space Co. Execs Hit With Derivative Suit Over $1B SPAC Deal
• Intercontinental, Black Knight Say FTC Violates Rights
• 2nd Circ. Sets New Issue Preclusion Standard In RMBS Suits
• Orbital Snags $270M Series A Financing To Build Out RNA Biz
• SEC Seeks Injunction, $836K Against Penny Stock Co.'s CEO
• No Easy Fix For Shunning Of London Listing, LSE Boss Says
• Thomas Report Is Final Straw — High Court Needs Ethics Code
• Commercial Real Estate Lending Checkup Amid Market Unrest
• Getty Refuses To Entertain $3.95B Activist Takeover Proposal
• Voyager Shifting To Liquidation After Binance Deal Collapse
• Duane Morris Adds K&L Gates Securities Expert In DC
• Paul Hastings Adds 2 Structured Credit Partners From A&O
• FTX Reaches $50M LedgerX Deal With Miami Exchange Owner
• Biz Groups Ask High Court To Take Up 7th Circ. Pension Case
• Clover Health To Pay $22M In Investor Suit Over DOJ Probe
• SEC Gets Another Court Win Over Proxy Rule Challenge
• Binance And CEO Hire Gibson Dunn, Latham To Face CFTC
• First Republic Execs Puffed Up Bank's Strength, Investors Say
• Conn. Firm Can Co-Lead DCG Crypto Case With Kaplan Fox
• London Stock Exchange Operator Gets $11.7M Award OK'd
• SVB Investor Says Bank Underplayed Risk For Years
• Carrier To Buy Viessmann Climate Solutions In €12B Deal
• Fla. Judge Presses Pause On FTX Celebrity Promoters Suit
• Sullivan & Cromwell Hires Ex-SEC Division Head Blass
• Bank Chaos Isn't The Only Factor Hurting The Lending Market
• Binance.US Terminates $1B Deal For Voyager's Assets
• Joint Representation Ethics Lessons From Ga. Electors Case
• AMC Seeks Del. Fast Track For $120M Share Plan Settlement
• Ohio Trader Admits To $10M Binary Options Fraud
• Industrial Tech-Focused SPAC To Dissolve Amid Tough Market
• Calif. Bill Eyes Legal Structure For Decentralized Crypto Orgs
• Coinbase Asks 3rd Circ. To Force SEC's Hand On Crypto
• Judge Won't Toss Civil Suit In Alleged Insider Trading Scheme
• Genesis Global Says Ch. 11 Creditor Info Is Commercial Asset
• Cravath-Led J&J Spinoff Kenvue Eyes $3.3B IPO
• Bed Bath & Beyond Gets OK For $40M Ch. 11 Loan
• ESG-Focused Blank-Check Company Plans To Liquidate
• Spain Faces New Attack In Fight Over Solar Arbitral Awards
• Prickett Jones Atty Tapped To Be Special Master For AMC Suit
• Katten-Guided 6-Way Merger Aims To Fill Craft Brew Void
• Aurinia Shareholder Urges Strategic Review, Company Sale
• Advent Intl. Slams Funeral Co. Buyer's 'Extortion' Suit
• 2 Firms Lead Artificial Heart Tech Maker's $480M SPAC Merger
• Lawyer Discernment Is Critical In The World Of AI
• Haynes Boone Lands Capital Markets Partner From Kirkland
• Crypto Influencer Says He Never Harassed FTX Investors' Atty
• What To Know About Filing SVB, Signature Creditor Claims
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Trillium Capital Announces $3.95B Bid To Buy Getty Images
• Law360 Reveals Titans Of The Plaintiffs Bar
• Bed Bath & Beyond Files For Bankruptcy
• Oil Co. Ex-CEO To Pay $2.5M For Revenue-Pumping Scheme
• Texas Bill Raising Standards For Crypto Firms Passes House
• Fed Governor Sees 'Considerable Promise' In Blockchain
• SEC Wants Pot Pill Co., Promoter's Fraud Suits Consolidated
• Kirkland-Led Ares Acquisition's Upsized IPO Raises $450M
• US Trustee Blasts Releases In Reverse Mortgage Ch. 11
• SEC Alleges $8.5M Fine Wine Scam Targeting Elderly
• Ex-Execs Provoked Mass Exit From Truist Unit, NC Suit Says
• Blockchain Security Co. Objects To Magistrate Judge's Report
• Beleaguered SPAC Industry Seeks Warmer Waters Offshore
• Kroger, Albertsons Oppose Shoppers' Bid To Block Merger
• ValueAct Wants 'Entrenched' President Of 7-Eleven Parent Out
• Avalara Seeks To Exit Shareholder Dispute Over $8.4B Deal
• SVB's Collapse Is A Setback For Tech Startups
• FSOC Eyes Overhaul Of Nonbank Too-Big-To-Fail Labeling
• Kleiman Estate Wants Sanctions For Bitcoin 'Inventor'
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Credit Suisse Bondholders Sue Swiss Watchdog Over Wipeout
• European Parliament's Crypto Regulation: 3 Things To Know
• SEC Staff Caution Advisers On Risky Investment Products
• No Bail For Bannon Ally Kwok In $1B Fraud Case
• Invoking Samson, Judge Axes Claim From Trade Secrets Suit
• AMC Reverse Split Deal Looms In Del. As Investors Object
• Water Tech Biz Goes Public Via SPAC Merger Led By 2 Firms
• Crypto Scammer Must Pay $300K For Ponzi Scheme
• Deals Rumor Mill: Carlyle Group, Lululemon And BBB
• Don't Forget Alumni Engagement When Merging Law Firms
• Barclays To Hire Ex-HSBC Compliance Head
• Attys For Xerox Spinoff Investors Seek $8M Amid $32M Deal
• Considerations For 2024 Proxy Season After Exec Pay Rules
• A Convergence Of Factors Hurts SVB Securities Class Action
• Crypto Influencer Defies Court Order To Appear In FTX Case
• Ex-Allianz Exec Says DOJ Behind Sullivan & Cromwell Sellout
• Voyager, Feds Reach Deal To Send Through $1B Binance Sale
• Accounting Board Report Flags Problematic Audits For SPACs
• Stablecoin Draft Bill Far From Finished Product, Reps. Say
• GOP, Dems Express Dismay About Private Investment Rules
• Nasdaq Rule Spurred Boards' LGBT Policies, Report Says
• California Tells 5 AI Crypto Platforms To Get Out
• 3 Silvergate Investor Suits Over FTX Combined In Calif.
• Scott + Scott Beats Boies Schiller To Lead Voyager Class Suit
• Barclays To Pay FINRA $2.5M For Reporting Violations
• SEC Sees First Post-Cochran Challenge To In-House Courts
• Societe Generale Gets 1st OK On $105M Rate-Rigging Deal
• Without Stronger Due Diligence, Attys Risk AML Regulation
• HSBC Says Asia Reorg Would Be Harmful, Rebutting Investor
• BlockFi Gets Month Extension On Ch. 11 Plan Deadline
• Eversheds, Ellenoff Guide Fla. Solar Co. In $475M SPAC Deal
• ​​​​​​​Investor Says Australian Trust Must Face REIT Suit In DC
• BDT Capital Leads $290M EquipmentShare Funding Round
• Failed Bank Execs Could Be Targets After Biden Proposals
• 1st Circ. Says Jury Poll Gaffe In Civil Case Merits New Trial
• Betterment To Pay $9M In SEC Deal Over Tax-Loss Harvesting
• House GOP Berates Gensler On SEC's Crypto, Climate Scope
• 'Insider Trading' Lingo Not Off-Limits At OpenSea NFT Trial
• Short-Term Rental Investment Co. Tees Up Direct Listing
• Fed Governor Weighs Pros And Cons Of A Digital Dollar
• Gilstrap Fuses Security Tech IP Suits Against Amazon, Others
• 2 Firms Vie To Lead Investor Suit Over Co.'s COVID Claims
• 7-Eleven Parent Rejects ValueAct-Backed Board Nominees
• What To Note In FinCEN, DOJ Action Against Crypto Exchange
• 2 Firms Guide Hearing-Implant Maker's $150M SPAC Merger
• Every Lawyer Can Act To Prevent Peer Suicide
• Aimco Shareholder Pushes For Review, Possible Sale
• Top Investor Slams HSBC Group's 'Closed-Minded Attitude'
• Bank Failures Contribute To Increased Restructuring Activity
• Cert In Honest Co. Row May Be 'Kicking The Can,' Judge Says
• Ex-FDA Officials, Legal Scholars Rip Abortion Pill Ruling
• SEC Sues Crypto Exchange Bittrex Amid US Exit
• Wyoming Says Fed Mischaracterized Its Rules In Custodia Suit
• Tech-Focused SPAC To Liquidate After Failing To Land Merger
• High Court Previews Possible Path To Direct Listing Suits
• Business Loan Co. Says Former Officer Gave Secrets To Rival
• Shaq Served In FTX Investors' Suit After Long 'Sideshow'
• Heed PCAOB's Warning On Proof-Of-Reserves Reports
• Celebrities Say FTX Investor Suit Doesn't Involve Them
• EY US To Cut 3K Jobs After Canceling Spinoff Plan
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• SEC Taps AmeriCorps Official As New Inspector General
• 2nd Circ. Enforces $3M Atty Fee Award On Lebanese Bank
• Building On Successful Judicial Assignment Reform In Texas
• PCAOB Moves To Toss Attack On In-House Proceedings
• Fed Official Worries US 'Falling Short' On New Bank Formation
• Crypto Lobby Serves More FOIA Requests Post Bank Closures
• Securities Experts React To The High Court's SEC Decision
• SEC Eyes Crypto And DeFi In Reissued Exchange Proposal
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Currency Trader's Claims In Forex Settlement
• SPACs Set Sights On Public Co. Targets Amid Market Distress
• Oil Refinery Hid Acquisition Transactions, Investor Suit Claims
• Suit Says Allbirds Pushed New Products With Narrow Appeal
• 9th Circ. Won't Ax Atty's Lifetime SEC Ban Over Fraud Claim
• Sysco Barred From Dragging Burford Into Broiler Chicken Suit
• Don't Miss It: Kirkland, DLA Piper Guide Week's Hot Deals
• Stock Promoter Loses Bid To Nix SEC Cannabis Co. Claims
• Lawmakers Want SEC Docs On Bankman-Fried Case, Or Else
• Celsius Says Other Bidders Eyeing Bankrupt Crypto Lender
• Investors Fear Slack's High Court Case Will 'Gut' Protections
• DOJ Antitrust Unit Warns SEC About Stock Market Proposals
• Kroger And Albertsons Ask To Toss Private Case Over Buyout
• Crypto Firm Owes Marketing Consultant $3.6M, Suit Says
• Satellite Co. Sounds Alarm On Potentially Illegal Short Sales
• Rakuten Bank Prices Japan's Largest IPO Since 2021
• SEC Asks Justices Not To Touch Win In $21M Case
• Judge Wants Ex-FTX Influencer In Court After Threats To Atty
• Renewable Energy M&A Is Still Strong, Despite Challenges
• Deals Rumor Mill: TotalEnergies, Exxon, Sunday Natural
• Dechert Leads Named Global Corporate And Securities Chairs
• Activist Investor Wants Getty Images To Explore Options
• BCLP Hires Ex-Vedder Price Atty As US Fund Formation Head
• DOJ To Take 5th Circ. Abortion Pill Ruling To Supreme Court
• SAS Defers $26.4M Bond Interest Payment Amid Restructuring
• Fla. Trader Ordered To Pay $16M For Commodity Pool Fraud
• SEC Says Fair Notice Decision Supports Case Against Ripple
• Investors Allege Caribou Oversold Cancer Therapy's Promise
• FDIC's Hill Says SVB Wasn't Felled By Bank Rule Rollbacks
• Blockchain Co. Announces SPAC Deal With Metal Sky Star
• FTX Says Ch. 11 Plan Could Call For Restarting Exchanges
• SEC Wins Suit Over Fraud Involving Bogus Atty Letters
• Do Videoconferences Establish Jurisdiction With Defendants?
• Standing May Prove To Be Abortion Pill Ruling's Achilles' Heel
• Ex-Deutsche Bank Rep Charged With Crypto Fraud Scheme
• Levi & Korsinsky, Faruqi & Faruqi Vie To Lead Crypto IPO Suit
• OneCoin Exec Can Be Sentenced On $4B Loss, Judge Finds
• Judge Rejects Bid To Serve Shaq Via DM In FTX Class Action
• Reddit Wants WallStreetBets Founder's Suit Tossed
• SPAC, Space-Oriented Startup Settle Investors' Stock Suit
• 2nd Circ. Keeps $1B Voyager Deal With Binance On Hold
• Game Co. Investors Sue In Del. Over $600M Buyback
• Help Wanted: SEC Seeks Crypto, Cyber Enforcement Attys
• Investor Sues Murdoch Over Fox's 2020 Election Coverage
• Robinhood Rips Mass. Regulator For Rulemaking By 'Fiat'
• Industrial Headset Maker's $376M SPAC Merger Is Terminated
• Takeaways From DOJ's Novel Insider Trading Indictment
• Activist Investor Blasts Getty Board For Missed Opportunities
• Humanism Should Replace Formalism In The Courts
• Investment Trust Announces Float To Raise £100M In London
• Reed Smith Guides Medical Biz Deal With Nasdaq-Listed Co.
• JPMorgan Wants Info On Frank Founder's Fund Transfers
• Tivity Seeks Quick Win In Investors' Nutrisystem Buy Suit
• Calif. Tax Preparer Cops To $3.8M Fake Tax Return Scheme
• Funds Say Boeing Can't Ditch 737 Max Securities Fraud Suit
• Goldman, BofA, Others Face Fresh Suit Over SVB Collapse
• Chancery Trial Nears On Purple Mattress Poison Pill Challenge
• Apache Shareholders Push For Class Cert. In Stock Drop Suit
• FTC Seeks TRO In Intercontinental's $11.7B Black Knight Buy
• Blackstone, Juxtapose Inject $200M Into Commerce Co. Kite
• Investors Allege Hesai Group Lied About Margins Before IPO
• Dems Question SVB Depositors On Bank's 'Backscratching'
• CFTC Hits Goldman Sachs With $15M Swap Conduct Fine
• Richards Layton Atty Appointed Custodian Of Bitcoin Biz
• SVB Collapse Highlights Ch. 11 Issues With Bank Holding Cos.
• Pot Co. Investor Drops 9th Circ. Wash. State Residency Appeal
• Kirkland Adds Ex-Latham Partner To Capital Markets Team
• Gemini Says 'Earn' Program Users Must Arbitrate Claims
• Report Says FTX Suffered 'Profound' Management Failures
• Investment Firm Liable In SEC Conflict Suit, Judge Says
• EU Neobank Eyes US Charter To Reach More 'Digital Nomads'
• London Stock Exchange Operator Seeks OK Of $11.5M Award
• Pot Co. Says Investors Can't Link Sale To Stock Drops
• FTX Investors Seek Approval Of Serving Shaq Via DM
• Conn. Aircraft Supply Fraudster Must Repay $7M To Victims
• Investors Seek Class Cert. In Touch Screen Co. Securities Suit
• Prepare For Stricter Capital Rules: The Basel Endgame Is Nigh
• SEC Slams Mozido Founder's 3rd Circ. Bid To Shed $9M Fine
• IPO Prospects Seek Calm After Turbulent Start To 2023
• Law Firms, Plaintiffs In DCG Crypto Case Want To Co-Lead
• Taxation With Representation: Davis Polk, Hogan Lovells
• Don't Miss It: Latham, Paul Weiss Lead Week's Hot Deals
• 3rd Circ. Preview: Comments Rule, Fee Fights Launch April
• New Suit Says Ill. Investment Co. Sold Unregistered Securities
• When Preferred Equity Is A Shareholder Vote Alternative
• Deals Rumor Mill: NGP Energy, KKR And Intelsat
• How Bank Turmoil Is Affecting Real Estate Purchases, Sales
• VC Firm Canaan Secures $850M In New Capital
• Don't Let Client Demands Erode Law Firm Autonomy
• Making The Argument Against No-Contact Bail Conditions
• Distressed Cannabis Cos. Have A Few Options, With Caveats
• SPAC To Liquidate After Merger With Rainwater Tech Co. Fails
• Stevens & Lee Adds Capital Markets, IP Attys In NY And NJ
• Chancery Keeps Stay In Place Despite AMC Reverse Split Deal
• Coinbase Wants Fees, Costs For Insider Trading Case
• BlackRock To Sell $114B Of Signature, SVB Securities
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Inovalon Says Guardrails Legitimized $7.3B Take-Private Sale
• Crypto Execs Must Face $37M SEC Pump-And-Dump Suit
• Elderly Atty Jailed For Contempt Loses Passover Release Bid
• Crypto Mixer Users Seek Pretrial Win Over Treasury Sanctions
• FTC's Intercontinental-Black Knight Trial Set For July
• Crestview Invests $200M In Ex-Goldman Execs' New RIA
• Twitter Investors Say Musk Can't Sink Suit Over Buyout
• 2 Firms Steer Tech-Focused SPAC's $200M Offering
• Crypto Mogul, Accused Of Tax Evasion, Cops To False Return
• Audit Watchdog Imposed Record $11M In Penalties Last Year
• Why Event-Driven Securities Class Actions Often Succeed
• 3rd Circ. Calls For Sanctions In 'Lawyer-Driven' Stock Suit
• Attys Seek $937K For $3.75M Wells Fargo Ponzi Settlement
• Chinese Solar Co. Investors Nab Initial OK Of $21M Deal
• Voyager Gets OK For Loan Claim Deal With FTX
• 5 Firms Seek To Rep Ryvyl Investors In Calif. Class Action
• Wells Fargo Seeks $205M For Chicago Opera House Debt
• Lottery.com Wants Investor Suit Over IPO Tossed
• Boxed Inc. Gets Initial Del. Ch. 11 OK For Private Sale Bid
• Burford Fights Sysco Bid To Join Antitrust, Injunction Cases
• 3 Firms Lead Vaping Brand Ispire's Downsized $19M IPO
• Buchalter Adds 3 Attys To Launch New Family Law Practice
• SEC Compounds Crypto Confusion With Coinbase Case
• Ga. Justices Won't Review Wells Fargo's FINRA Arbitral Award
• Deutsche Bank Says Ex-Trader's Prosecution Not Its Fault
• CFTC Commissioner Voices Support For NFA Crypto Rule
• Morgan Stanley, Goldman Escape Archegos Suits For Now
• AMC, Stockholders Settle Suit Over Reverse Stock Split
• Voyager Asks 2nd Circ. To Lift Stay On $1B Binance Sale
• ValueAct Doubts Strategy Of 7-Eleven Parent, Urges Spinoff
• Second SPAC Investor Sues Over $16B Mortgage Co. Merger
• 3 Firms Steer Canadian Energy Explorer's $193M SPAC Merger
• Silk Road Bitcoin Theft Merits Prison, Feds Say
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Federal Judge's Amici Invitation Is A Good Idea, With Caveats
• Binance Hit With Investor Suit Following CFTC Action
• SPAC That Sparked Delaware Charter Law Rework Hits Ch. 11
• IRA Loan Hopefuls Must Do Their Homework, Official Says
• UFC And WWE Merging To Create $21.4B Fight Sports Giant