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Capital Markets - July, 2024

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• Ackman's New Investment Fund Calls Off Planned $2B IPO
• Report Finds Uptick In AI-Related Shareholder Suits
• Fla. Electric Co. Ex-CEO Gets 4 Years For Privatization Plot
• Chancery Keeps Challenge To $1.5B Genius Sports Deal Alive
• $7.25M Del. Settlement Offered In $1.35B UpHealth SPAC Suit
• SEC Settles Reg BI Case Against Calif. Broker-Dealer
• Doc 'Muddle' Stalls Trump Media SPAC Figure's Ouster Suit
• CrowdStrike Investors Sue Over Stock Drop After Outage
• DraftKings Closes NFT Platform Over 'Legal Developments'
• Dutch Regulators OK Freshfields-Guided Asset Exchange
• How To Grow Marketing, Biz Dev Teams In A Tight Market
• UPDATE: Paramount Global Bid Called Into Question After Announcement Pulled
• FDIC Moves To Revamp Brokered Deposit Regs In Policy Push
• FTX Users Say Sullivan & Cromwell Must Face Abetting Claims
• FTX Exec Gets Prison Report Date Delayed After Dog Attack
• FINRA Says Jarkesy Doesn't Apply To Its Internal Proceedings
• Chancery Rejects Forte-Camac Deal As 'Not Fair' To Class
• Ebix Ch. 11 Plan Ruling Held Up By Liability Release Dispute
• Calif. Broker-Dealer To Pay FINRA $1.5M For Excessive Trades
• Feds, SEC Say Creator Of Crypto Co. BitClout Misled Investors
• Crypto Groups Say Loper Bright Defeats SEC Dealer Rule
• SEC Asks To Amend Token Claims In Binance Complaint
• AI Dominance In Startup Funding Has Small Biz Concerned
• Jarkesy's Impact On SEC Enforcement Will Be Modest
• Husch Blackwell Hires UB Greensfelder Partner In St. Louis
• Rock Climbing Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Katten Adds Mayer Brown Practice Group Co-Chair In Chicago
• Ackman's New Investment Fund Lowers IPO Target To $2B
• Truth Social SPAC, Sponsors Battle In Chancery Over Payout
• Virtu Pushes For SEC Crackdown On 'Penny Stock' Listings
• Wells Fargo Can't Escape Investors' Sham Diverse Hiring Suit
• BofA, Citi Among Banks In $80M Deal To End Bond-Rig Suit
• 4 Takeaways After Courts Block ERISA Advice Regs
• Skadden-Led Driverless Tech Startup WeRide Seeks US IPO
• Ackman's IPO For New Pershing Square Fund Faces Delay
• Ex-Vitol Oil Trader Can't Unwind Conviction After Bribery Trial
• SEC OKs Award Of More Than $37M To Whistleblower
• SEC Says Penny Stock CEO Lied About COVID-19 Deal
• Commonwealth Financial Attacks SEC's 'Staggering' $93M Win
• Think Like A Lawyer: Dance The Legal Standard Two-Step
• Davis Polk Adds Ex-Simpson Thacher Funds Partner In DC
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• White Collar Update: 4 Developments To Watch
• ECJ Nixes Swedish Dividends Tax On Foreign Pension Funds
• Remainder Of DOL Fiduciary Regs Blocked In Texas
• FTX's Ryan Salame Asks To Delay Prison After Dog Attack
• Franklin Says DOJ, SEC Probing Western Asset Management
• Shareholder Litigation To Watch: A Midyear Report
• One Prosecutor's Quest To Carve Up Crypto's 'Pig Butchers'
• Activist Short Seller Accused Of $16M Securities Fraud
• Gas Co. Can't Wheedle Out Of Jury's Decision, Trader Says
• Fed Closes Loop On Now-Shuttered Crypto Bank Silvergate
• After Jarkesy, IRS Must Course-Correct On Captive Insurance
• Apollo Buys And Merges IGT Gaming, Everi In $6.3B Deal
• Fla. Judge Will Consider Coordination Of Truth Social Suits
• SEC Seeks To Narrow Attack On Nasdaq Board Diversity Rule
• 11th Circ. Asked To Toss Execs' Dinar Fraud Convictions
• Shkreli Says He Has Right To Use Wu-Tang Clan Album Copies
• California Disses Chamber's Climate Compliance Attack
• SEC Says Consensys 'Rushed To Court' Over Probe Notice
• Mr. Cooper Picks Up Flagstar Resi Mortgage Unit For $1.4B
• Ackman Sets $4B IPO Target For New Pershing Square Fund
• Hertz Tells Chancery Warrant Holders Are Misreading Contract
• Hedge Fund Manager Ordered To Disgorge $67M In Profits
• Binance, Ex-CEO Say FTX Users Can't Blame Them For Fallout
• Dissecting Treasury's Call For Input On AI In Financial Sector
• Paramount-Skydance Deal Is Redstone Windfall, Investor Says
• 3rd Circ. Says Service Flub Sinks SEC's Ponzi Scheme Win
• 8 Firms Guide Pair Of IPOs For Health Provider, Airline Giant
• Deals Rumor Mill: Wiz-Google, Daily Telegraph, Medline IPO
• Mass. Court Revives Malpractice Suit Over Late Arbitration
• SEC Unlikely To Relitigate Loss On Hedge Fund Regs
• FDIC's Hill Says Basel Plan Needs New Draft With All Aboard
• Ex-Arena Group CEO Says He's Owed Fees For Dueling Suits
• Latham-Led Warehouse Giant Lineage Inks Year's Largest IPO
• Meme Stock Investor Opposes Robinhood Settlement For Now
• 22% Of FINRA Member Firms Join Remote Inspection Program
• EV Co. Scores Initial OK On $13M Deal To End Investor Suits
• Latham, Stevens & Lee Guide Bitcoin Co.'s $365M SPAC Deal
• Being A Luthier Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Wilson Sonsini Leads PE-Backed OneStream's $490M IPO
• Chancery Ends Challenge To $12.5B Qualtrics' SAP Sale
• Coinbase Renews Plea For Gensler's Private Emails
• Chancery Spikes Raytheon Stockholder's Derivative Suit
• Labor Dept. ESG Rule May Survive Chevron's Demise
• 'Let's Go Brandon' Coin Buyers Seek Class Cert.
• Capital One Card Holders Sue To Block Discover Merger
• Lead Like 'Ted Lasso' By Embracing Cognitive Diversity
• 3 Areas Of Enforcement Risk Facing The EV Industry
• 4 Firms Guide SPAC Mergers Targeting AI, Cannabis Sectors
• Ambiguity Ruling Highlights Deference To Arbitral Process
• Actor, Promoter Cop To Forcount Crypto Ponzi Scheme
• Beauty Co. Misled Investors Ahead Of Its $424M IPO, Suit Says
• Investment Adviser Seeks To Ax Union Fund's Bad Advice Suit
• Allarity Warns Of SEC Suit Over Cancer Drug Statements
• Uber, Investors Ink $200M Deal To End 'Train Wreck' IPO Suit
• Ether ETPs To Begin Trading
• CryptoZoo Investor Can't Block Cross-Claims, Logan Paul Says
• Fifth Third Sued In $20M Escrow Dispute Over Dividend Solar
• Boston Fund Can't Duck SEC's Unregistered Dealer Case
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• AI-Focused Velocium To Go Public Via $445M SPAC Merger
• Litigation Funder Sues Wyoming Co. With Same Name
• American Airlines ESG Ruling Could Alter ERISA Landscape
• SEC Launches Multiagency Fraud Council
• SEC Wins $1.1M Penalty Against Crypto CEO
• SolarWinds' Ruling 'No Comfort' For Cybersecurity Leaders
• Capital One Critics Lobby To Block 'No Good' Discover Deal
• Heartland Investor Looks To Block $2B UMB Bank Takeover
• SEC Sues Brokers Linked To Alleged $112M Truck Co. Fraud
• Credit Rater Presses 4th Circ. To Trash Developers' Libel Suit
• Judge Tosses Traders' Counterclaims In Trade Secrets Case
• Judge Won't Consider CFTC Sanctions Spat In Gemini Case
• House AI Report Is 'Blueprint' For Coming Committee Action
• FTC Eyes Mid-Nov. Texas Hearing Against Mattress Merger
• 12 Firms Guiding IPO Quartet Projected To Exceed $5B
• Chancery Keeps Masimo Meeting Date, Speeds Up Politan Suit
• Cooley, Latham Lead Biotech Firm Artiva's Upsized $167M IPO
• Gemini, IRA Biz Settle Fraud Case Over $36M Crypto Hack
• Judge OKs $47.5M QuantumScape Shareholder Deal
• Bizlato Founder Avoids More Time For Illicit Crypto Deals
• Crypto Law Firm's SEC Challenge Met With Doubt At 9th Circ.
• OCC's Hsu Calls For 'More Nuanced' Preemption Approach
• LPL Reaps Benefits From Forced Cash Sweep, Suit Says
• Ukraine Businessman Looks To Arbitrate $1B Gramercy Suit
• 6 Firms Steer Latin American Airline Giant's $533M IPO Plans
• Xcel's Silence Led To $2.6M Storm Penalty, Gas Co. Says
• Auto Software Co. Cerence's Brass Sued Over Licensing Woes
• Moody's Says White Ex-Director's Depo 'Fatal' To Bias Suit
• Cozen O'Connor Targets Penny Stock Co. CEO For Legal Fees
• Mixed Results Greet 2 IPOs For Hospital Giant, Insurance Firm
• Cyber Incident Response Checklist For SEC Compliance
• Womble Bond Adds Finance Atty With Latin America Focus
• SolarWinds Beats Most Claims In SEC's Data Breach Suit
• Politan Sues Masimo Over Delayed Board Election Meeting
• Client Bids Didn't Trigger Fla. Long-Arm Law In Breach Suit
• SEC's Peirce Calls For Rule Agenda Reset After Court Rulings
• Fla. Co. Says NY Lender Charges Usurious 950% Interest Rate
• 1st Circ. Affirms SEC's $32M Win Against Investment Adviser
• Merrill Lynch Urges Arbitration Of Sweeping RICO Lawsuit
• CFTC Says Its Sanctions Spat Not Relevant To Gemini Case
• Nasdaq Seeks To Tighten Delisting Rules Governing SPACs
• Grayscale Rival's False Ad Suit Won't Move To New Court
• Ga. Man Ordered To Pay SEC Over Church Ponzi Scheme
• Rocket Mortgage Says Results Refute Investors' Fraud Claims
• Bruised SPAC Market Pins Revival Hopes On Veteran Backers
• FINRA Hires JPMorgan GC For Senior Enforcement Role
• Now More Than Ever, Lawyers Must Exhibit Professionalism
• Robinhood's $9M Promo Text Suit Settlement Gets Final Nod
• Green Dot Brass Hid Declining Biz And Fed Action, Suit Says
• Masimo Accuses Politan Of Deceit In Hostile Takeover
• Rocket Cos. Investors Drop CEO Retweet Claims From Suit
• Drugmaker BioLineRx Beats Investor Suit Over Cash Shortfall
• Platinum Co-Founder Dodges Prison For Bond Fraud Rap
• Coinbase Scales Back Its SEC Request For Gensler Docs
• What FTX Case Taught Us About Digital Asset Recoverability
• How To Survive Shareholder Activism
• 'Outsourcing' Ruling, 5 Years On: A Warning, Not A Watershed
• The 2024 Diversity Snapshot: What You Need To Know
• These Firms Have The Most Diverse Equity Partnerships
• Latham-Led Warehouse Giant Launches Potential $3.6B IPO
• Serving In The National Guard Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Big Business May Come To Rue The Post-Administrative State
• Gemini Says CFTC Can't Have It Both Ways On Materiality
• Walgreens Investor Sues Over Challenged Pharmacy Division
• Crypto Promoter Says SEC's Ripple Appeal Helps His Request
• CD&R Tells Del. Court Covetrus Sale 'Fully Informed'
• SEC Pans Database Privacy Challenge As Too Little, Too Late
• Logan Paul 'Willfully Ignored' Partners' Fraud, Investor Says
• Binance 'Knowingly' Assisted Hamas, Oct. 7 Survivors Say
• Fed's Powell Says He's Not Going Anywhere As Chairman
• CVS Hit With Investor Suit Over Benefits Unit's Losses
• Chancery Finds Truth Social SPAC Should Get Docs
• Towers Watson Asks 4th Circ. To Find Merger Dispute Covered
• Insurance Groups Want DOL Investment Advice Regs Blocked
• FTX Proposes $4B Settlement Of CFTC's Massive $52B Claim
• Will Texas Stock Exchange Provide Regulatory Haven?
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Equity Rights Offering Considerations As Maturity Cliff Looms
• Health Services Spinoff Leads 3 IPO Launches Totaling $1.1B
• A Midyear Forecast: Tailwinds Expected For Atty Hourly Rates
• Law360 Names 2024's Top Attorneys Under 40
• Loper Bright Is Shaking Up Dozens Of Regulatory Fights
• Judge Swipes Left On Match Group Investors' Suit
• 5 Firms Steer Chinese EV Co.'s $1B SPAC Merger
• Vicor Hit With Short Sellers' Suit Over Partnership Disclosure
• Gas Co. Says Trader Can't Get Bonus From Risky Trades
• Discount Window Reform Needed To Curb Modern Bank Runs
• T-Mobile Wins Time To Defend Arb. Award In 'SIM Swap' Suit
• After Chevron: Creating New Hurdles For ESG Rulemaking
• FINRA's Remote Inspection Pilot Met With Praise, Caution
• Healthcare SPAC Launches $200M IPO To Pursue Acquisition
• Taxation With Representation: Ropes & Gray, Cravath, Latham
• BofA, Goldman Get First OK For $46M Deal In Rate-Swap Suit
• Biden's FDIC Pick Hangs Tough Amid GOP Doubts On Record
• Biden Taps Warren Protege, Ex-CFPB Atty For CFTC Seat
• Tempur Sealy, Mattress Firm Blast FTC's Merger Challenge
• Broker Says FINRA Owes Him Jury Trial After Jarkesy Ruling
• Judge 'Not Moved' By Coinbase's Call For Gensler's Emails
• Expensify Says Suit Over IPO Disclosures, Biden Support Fails
• Vestis Leaders Face Suit Over Uniform Supplier's Performance
• SPAC Plans To Merge With Online Game Maker In $500M Deal
• States Should Loosen Law Firm Ownership Restrictions
• DOL Wants ERISA Investment Advice Regs Kept Afloat
• Paxos Says SEC Won't Bring Case Over Binance Stablecoin
• Deals Rumor Mill: Saudi Aramco, Paramount Global, Carlyle
• House Vote Fails To Quash Veto Of SEC Crypto Accounting Bill
• Ropes & Gray, Paul Weiss Steer Bain's $4.5B Envestnet Buy
• FCA Overhauls Share Listing Rules To Boost LSE
• Nasdaq Says It's Immune To SPAC's 'Racial Animus' Claims
• BitMEX Cops To Flouting Anti-Money Laundering Rules
• Pledging 'Accountability,' Biden's FDIC Pick Faces Senate Test
• CFTC Says Internal Criticism 'Not Relevant' To Sanctions Bid
• SEC Exchange Plan Can't Stand Post-Chevron, Uniswap Says
• BofA Trims But Can't Beat Autopay Cancellation Suit
• Deutsche Bank Settles Ex-Trader's Malicious Prosecution Suit
• AdaptHealth Investor Attys Get 25% Of $51M Deal, With Caveat
• Ellenoff-Led SPAC Raises $200M To Pursue Healthcare Merger
• Thoma Bravo's Qualtrics Bid Fell Short, SAP Tells Chancery
• Behnam Tells Senate CFTC Is Ready To Be Retail Crypto Cop
• Best Text Practices In Light Of Terraform's $4.5B Fraud Deal
• Archegos Founder Convicted Of $100B Fraud On Wall Street
• SEC Probes NYSE's Bid To Extend SPAC Merger Deadlines
• Solving Puzzles Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Shein Investors Could Have Recourse If ESG Abuses Exposed
• FINRA Fines UBS For Missing Rep's $7.2M Sell-Away Scheme
• Private Funds Say 5th Circ. Ruling Sinks SEC's AI, Cyber Bids
• Slam By CFTC Member Backs Sanctions Bid, Forex Firm Says
• 3rd Circ. Says Creditor Can't Get Privileges In Citgo Sale
• 3rd Circ. Rips 2nd Circ. In Asset Freeze Ruling For SEC
• Glocal Says UpHealth Coerced Acquisition In Ch. 11 Suit
• 2 Cooperators In Bankman-Fried Case To Be Sentenced In Fall
• Dapper Settlement Offers Rules Of The Road For NFT Issuers
• Hospital Operator Leads 2 IPOs Ready To Raise $465M Total
• Texas Ethics Opinion Flags Hazards Of Unauthorized Practice
• Ackman's Pershing Square USA Kicks Off IPO Roadshow
• Chancery OKs $22M Golden Nugget Deal, Trims Fee To $4M
• Fed's Powell Backs Do-Over For Basel Bank Capital Plan
• 2nd Circ. Lets Rail Co. Retool Suit Against Big Banks
• Blank Check Co. Sagaliam Gets Shareholder Suit Trimmed
• Full 2nd Circ. Urged To 'Correct' Panel's Insider Trading Ruling
• 3rd Truth Social Complaint Gets OK, Contempt Hearing Axed
• 3rd Circ. Doubts SEC Properly Served Ponzi Scheme Suspect
• Wall Street Watchdog Backs SEC In Texas Crypto Market Suit
• Nasdaq Seeks Tighter Listing Rules On Reverse Stock Splits
• Conn. Asset Manager Offers Grayscale $2M Out For Ad Suit
• SEC Says Crypto Promoter Should Face Trial Before Appeal
• Archegos Jury To Mull If $100B Flop A Crime Or Just Failure
• In Memoriam: The Modern Administrative State
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• UpHealth Says $110M Glocal Award Can Be Enforced
• How Reshaped Circuit Courts Are Faring At The High Court
• Breaking Down The Vote: The High Court Term In Review
• The Sharpest Dissents From The Supreme Court Term
• High Court Flexes Muscle To Limit Administrative State
• The Funniest Moments Of The Supreme Court's Term
• 5 Moments That Shaped The Supreme Court's Jan. 6 Decision
• 11th Circ. Affirms Wells Fargo's Win Over Bitcoin Fraud Suit
• NYC Developer To Pay $272M To Settle SEC Investment Suit
• SEC Issues Guidance On Confidential IPOs
• 2024 Global M&A, Mega-Deal Values Outpacing 2023
• The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court
• Voyager Investors' $6.5M Deal Over Crypto Marketing OK'd
• Cybersecurity Firm Noventiq Kills Plans To List Via SPAC Deal
• Scotts Miracle-Gro Investor Sues Board Over Inventory 'Flood'
• CFTC's Pham Says CCOs Must Be Careful With Agency
• First-Of-Its-Kind Chancery Ruling Will Aid SPAC Defendants
• How To Clean Up Your Generative AI-Produced Legal Drafts
• 6 Things To Know About The Post-Chevron Finreg Impact
• McKinsey Can Exit Rival's Bankruptcy Conflicts RICO Suit
• SEC Says Apparel Co.'s Preemptive Crypto Suit Is Unripe
• NYC Pensions Defeat Challenge To Fossil Fuel Divestments
• Canadian IPO Market Remained Largely 'Deserted' In First Half
• SentinelOne Beats Investor Suit Over $27M Revision, For Now
• Deal Reached In Del. Suit Targeting Gores-Backed UWM SPAC
• Supreme Court's ALJ Ruling Carries Implications Beyond SEC
• VC Market Relies On AI Funding To Escape Doldrums
• Cerevel Investors Allege Insider Trades Pre-$8.7B AbbVie Deal
• 2nd Circ. ERISA Ruling May Help Fight Unfair Arb. Clauses
• 2nd Circ. Overturns Enforcement Of $2B In Venezuelan Bonds
• After Chevron Deference: What Lawyers Need To Know
• Quest Diagnostics Paying $985M For OMERS' LifeLabs
• Boxing Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Judge Expedites Briefing For Consensys SEC Challenge
• Harvest Capital Class Ends Chancery Merger Suit For $3.85M
• Asia-Focused SPAC Eureka Raises $50M To Pursue Merger
• Pharma Co. Scores Exit In Investor Suit Over Primate Imports
• After Chevron: No Deference, No Difference For SEC Or CFTC
• Levi & Korsinsky Appointed Lead In Instacart Pre-IPO Action
• Chancery Cuts Sears Shareholders' $18.3M Award To $8.7M
• Industry Self-Regulation Will Shine Post-Chevron
• Bond-Rigging Suit Revived Over Judge's Wife's Stock Conflict
• 3 Ways Agencies Will Keep Making Law After Chevron
• After Chevron
• FTC Challenges Tempur Sealy's $4B Mattress Firm Deal
• SEC's High Court Loss May Sting For Banking Enforcement
• CFPB, Loan Trusts Push Back On PIMCO Deal Objections
• Silvergate To Pay $63M Over Internal Monitoring 'Deficiencies'
• Carvana Seeks Toss Of Chancery Suit Alleging Faulty Sales
• Metals Recycler Strikes $170M Go-Public SPAC Merger
• IPO Rebound Leads Capital Markets Recovery At Midyear
• Caribou Bio Inks $3.9M Deal In Investors' Cancer Therapy Suit
• Binance, Ex-CEO Must Face 'Bulk' Of SEC Case
• FC Barcelona Media Arm's $1B SPAC Merger Is Scrapped
• Atty Well-Being Efforts Ignore Root Causes Of The Problem
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• CFTC Opponent Says No Chevron, No Election Betting Ban
• Ardian Raises $3.2B For 6th Co-Investment Fund
• Proposed Customer ID Rule Could Cost Investment Advisers
• Simpson Thacher Guides $15.4B New Mountain Fund Close
• What Passage Of House Crypto Bill Could Mean For Industry