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Capital Markets - April, 2025

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• House GOP Bill To Cut CFPB Budget, Audit Board Clears Panel
• SEC Says Bond Trade Business Was $91M Ponzi Scheme
• Citadel Securities Gives SEC Regulatory Wish List
• 2 SPACs Tap Public Markets For $321M Combined
• 5 Takeaways From PitchBook's Surprising Q1 Report
• Activant Unit Seeks $7.5M Fee After $37M Bolt Suit Win
• Winston & Strawn Guides $450M Loan For Miami Stadium Plan
• Coinbase Urges Justices To Take User's IRS Data Seizure Suit
• Feds Barred From Reviving 'Unlawful' Tornado Cash Sanctions
• Crunching The Numbers Of Trump SEC's 1st 100 Days
• Kirkland, Latham Lead Chinese Online Insurer's $30M US IPO
• Extradited Fund Manager Admits To $3.4M Fraud Scheme
• Adapting To Private Practice: From DOJ Enviro To Mid-Law
• GOP Plan To Shutter Audit Watchdog Could Strain SEC
• SEC Sues Over Cannabis Co. Stock Manipulation Scheme
• SEC Abandons Investigation Into PayPal's Dollar Stablecoin
• Adviser Renews Bid To Toss SEC Suit Over Liquidity Rule
• Kim Kardashian, Celebs Challenge Crypto Buyers' Cert. Bid
• Perkins Coie Leads 2 SPAC Listings Raising $300M Combined
• A Look At Probabilistic Tracing After High Court's Slack Ruling
• 2 Insurance Firms Join Frozen IPO Pipeline Seeking $440M
• Celsius Founder Should Get 20 Years For Fraud, Feds Say
• Schulte Roth Adds Finance Pro From Linklaters In NY
• NJ Can't Take Action Over Kalshi's Sports Contracts, For Now
• SEC Defends Witholding Info On Text Message Sweeps
• Tax Services Provider Andersen Files Confidential IPO Plans
• Wells Fargo Says Atty Is To Blame For SEC's EB-5 Fraud Suit
• FDIC Rules Rollback Foretells More Pro-Industry Changes
• Nasdaq Presses SEC To Enact Clearer Digital Asset Rules
• Defense-Focused SPAC Kochav Files $220M IPO
• Chancery Tosses Palantir Suit Targeting Direct Sale Gains
• NY Tax Talk: Sourcing, Retroactivity, Information Services
• DOJ Memo Maps Out A Lighter Touch For Digital Assets
• SEC Update May Ease Accredited Investor Status Verification
• FINRA Urges Justices To Reject Constitutional Challenge
• Judge Orders Atlas Co. To Arbitrate $3.1M Fraud Suit
• Judge Keeps Boeing Fraud Case In Chicago
• Migration Agency Faces $100M EB-5 Investor Fraud Suit
• Tesla, Allies Urge Reversal Of Musk's $56B Pay Veto
• SPAC Deals Are Buzzing Again Despite Tariff Turmoil
• Legal Ethics Considerations For Law Firm Pro Bono Deals
• Vinco Ventures Chair Pleads Guilty To Lying To Investors
• SPAC Raises $220M As It Eyes Partners In 'Disruptive' Sectors
• Sullivan & Cromwell Adds V&E Shareholder Activism Leaders
• Atkins Vows SEC Will Pursue 'Common-Sense' Crypto Policy
• Playing Football Made Me A Better Lawyer
• Judge Won't Halt Auction Over Unpaid SPAC Finder's Fee
• Investor Sues To Halt 'Cheap' VC Buyout Of Fla. Health Co.
• Long Island Man Gets 18 Years For Father-Son Crypto Scam
• Trump's Regulatory Thaw On Crypto Reaches Federal Reserve
• FINRA Says 5th Amendment Doesn't Apply In Adviser's Case
• Ex-CEO Of Trump-Tied SPAC Reaches Deal With SEC
• 2 SPACs Join Recovering Market With $461M In New Capital
• Nevada Asks Court To Toss Kalshi Sports Contract Suit
• 8th Circ. Quizzes SEC About Fate Of Climate Regs
• Ex-Bank GC Gets 4-Year Sentence In $7.4M Fraud Scheme
• Rivian Secures Calif. State Court Win Over Investors' IPO Suit
• Ready Capital Sued Again Over Real Estate Loan Losses
• Pardon Me? Why Offers To Secure Clemency Might Be A Scam
• Ala. Ends Coinbase Enforcement Case As Feds Pursue Policy
• DOJ Probing Disney-FuboTV Deal, And Other Rumors
• 10 Arbitrations And A 5th Circ. Ruling Flag Arb. Clause Risks
• SEC Annuity Fraud Case Ends In Mixed Verdict
• The SEC's Administrative Law Courts Are At A Crossroads
• Proskauer Adds DC-Based Secondaries Atty From Akin
• Shareholders Back Miami's £70M Bid For European Exchange
• Shaq Settles FTX Litigation Over Alleged Promotions
• Feds Seek At Least 6½ Years For Mango Markets Trader
• Ind. Broker-Dealer Pays FINRA Fine To Settle L Bonds Claims
• CEOs Urge SEC To Ban Political Activists' Proxy Proposals
• Ex-SEC Counsel Joins Blockchain Co. Plume Network As GC
• Citron Research Founder Can't Escape SEC Fraud Suit
• FINRA Acts On Entrex Application After SEC Gets Complaint
• Law Firm Fights Sanctions Bid In Mootness Fee Row
• Tech-Focused Texas Ventures SPAC Raises $200M IPO
• Crypto Co. Drops Suit Against K&L Gates, For Now
• Ex-Rabobank Exec Seeks $5M To Cover OCC Fight Legal Bill
• Silvergate Settles Securities Class Action For $37.5M In Ch. 11
• Morgan Stanley's Capital Markets Lead Joins A&O Shearman
• SEC's Noteworthy Stablecoin Guidance Comes With Caveats
• 3 Firms Guide Launch Of $3.6B SoftBank-Backed Bitcoin Co.
• Skadden Adds Partner To NY Financial Institutions Group
• M&A 'Pause' Requires Nimble, Creative Dealmaking
• Power To The Paralegals: The Value Of Unified State Licensing
• Bernstein Litowitz Looks To Hire SEC's Ex-Top Crypto Cop
• Swiss Drug Developer Veraxa To List In US In $1.6B SPAC Deal
• Fed's Buffer Plan Marks Start Of Stress Test Reform 'Journey'
• Feds Say Crypto Exec Spent Investors' $57M On Lamborghinis
• Majority Shareholders Sanctioned In Telecoms Control Fight
• FTX Ch. 11 Trust Says Ex-Exec's Wife Spent $600K Since Dec.
• SEC Won't Renew Case Against Hex Crypto Founder
• CFTC Wants Input On 24/7 Trading, Perpetual Contracts
• Kalshi, Crypto.com Fight Md. Regulator On Sports Contracts
• Del. Suit Alleges Execs Eroded Value Of Texas Auto Repair Biz
• Tivity Health Denied Win In Suit Over Nutrisystem Buy
• Deutsche Bank Appeals Conn. Asset Price Suit Loss
• Key Digital Asset Issues Require Antitrust Vigilance
• Court Appoints Monitor In SEC's $1B PE Fraud Case
• JPMorgan Fined $650K Over Regulation M Reporting Failures
• Del. Justices Order Matterport CEO Cash-Out Recalculation
• Nuclear Startup To Go Public Through $475M SPAC Deal
• Morgan Lewis Hires Ex-CFTC General Counsel
• Contrarian Unit's $3.7B Citgo Bid Gets OK Despite Objections
• Google Gets 'Fail-Safe' AI Copyright Class Axed, For Now
• Binance Crypto Suit Sent To Florida To Avoid Duplication
• Trump Media Exec Seeks Penalties In 'Frivolous' Hacking Suit
• NJ Says KalshiEx Can't Rebrand Bets To Dodge Gambling Law
• Crypto Cos. Sued Over 'Covert' Meme Coin 'Pump-And-Dump'
• YouTube's 'Nelk Boys' Want Suit Over NFTs Tossed
• Staying The Course On Consumer Financial Law Compliance
• 10 Soft Skills Every GC Should Master
• 3 Firms Guide Brazilian Energy Producer's $155M SPAC Deal
• Squire Patton Adds Ex-Polsinelli Ace As Private Credit Head
• CMOC Buying Lumina Gold For $420M
• SafeMoon CEO Can't Ax Fraud Case Ahead Of Trial
• FDIC Eases Big Banks' 'Living Will' Requirements
• Gamestop CEO Can't Stop Bed Bath & Beyond Trading Suit
• JPMorgan, BofA Face GOP Pressure Over Chinese Co.'s IPO
• Ore. AG Sues Coinbase In Bid To Fill 'Enforcement Vacuum'
• Celsius Founder Asks For A Year And A Day For Crypto Fraud
• CFTC Details Violation Materiality After Cooperation Guidance
• How Manatt Beat A Crypto Trader's 'Code As Law' Defense
• Traversing The Shifting Sands Of ESG Reporting Compliance
• Feds Seek Up To 6 Years For Ex-Bank GC's $7.4M Theft
• An Unrestrained, Bright-Eyed View Of Legal AI's Future
• Miles & Stockbridge Hires Career Troutman Atty In Richmond
• Taxation With Representation: Davis Polk, Simpson Thacher
• 5 Takeaways From Texas Stock Exchange's SEC Filing
• DLA Piper Adds Partner To Investment Funds Practice
• Capital One's Discover Deal Gets Bank Regulators' Approval
• DOJ To Move Ahead In SafeMoon Case Despite Crypto Memo
• Ban On Reputation Risk May Help Bank Enforcement Defense
• Judge Warns Rocket Cos. Investor: Seek Cert. At 'Own Peril'
• Polymarket Operator To Pay Fine Over Binary Options Claims
• Feds Say Estonians Won't Be Deported Before Fraud Sentence
• K&L Gates Bungled Crypto Co.'s Bankruptcy Claim, Suit Says
• Tracking The Evolution In Litigation Finance
• Crypto Casino Owner Gambled With Investor Funds, Feds Say
• QXO Prices $500M Offering Connected To $11B Beacon Buy
• OpenAI Eyes Windsurf, Activist Targets HP, And More Rumors
• Assessing Market Manipulation Claims In Energy Markets
• Hidden Road Nabs Broker-Dealer Approval After Ripple Deal
• 7-Eleven Parent Floats Refreshed Board With 4 New Nominees
• Zenas BioPharma Faces Investor Suit Over Post-IPO Plunge
• Chinese Tea Chain Prices $411M US IPO Amid Trade Tension
• Haynes Boone Atty Joins Mintz Capital Markets Team
• Volunteer Firefighting Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Red State AGs' SEC Suit Paused Amid Crypto Policy Shift
• Carvana Stockholders Urge Revival Of Insider Trading Suit
• Venture Global Faces Investor Suit Over Post-IPO Slump
• Pot Co. Says Board Member Should Stay In 'Neobank' Suit
• Limit On SEC Enforcement Authority May Mean Fewer Actions
• Consumer-Focused SPAC Details $150M IPO Plans
• Reed Smith Wins Stay Order In Eletson Shipping Feud
• Disbarred Atty Gets 2½ Years For Investment Scheme
• As SEC, CFTC Retreat, Who Will Police The Crypto Markets?
• Securities Org. Says SEC Must Hand Over Texting Sweep Data
• Atty Sues After His Dog-Themed Meme Coin Gets Hacked
• No Appeal For Green Energy Co. CEO In $40M Investor Suit
• Ex-AutoZone CEO Beats Investor's 'Short Swing' Profits Suit
• Cloud Startup Figma Confidentially Files IPO Amid Volatility
• Chinese Real Estate Developer Hit With Involuntary Ch. 11
• Financial Adviser Fights Ex-Employer's Bid To Pierce Privilege
• Pot Co. Settles With Capital Firm In 'Neobank' Fraud Suit
• Insurer Denies Coverage For Short Seller Cohodes' Libel Case
• 5 Ways Banking Has Changed In 5 Years Since COVID
• Ares Nabs Stake In Legal Asset-Focused PE Fund For $203M
• E-Discovery Quarterly: The Perils Of Digital Data Protocols
• Cooley Advises Cell Therapy Biz On London Market Exit
• SEC Won't Revisit WhatsApp Settlements With 16 Firms
• Coinbase Wants 3rd Circ. To Look At Share Traceability Ruling
• SEC Clears Green Impact Exchange To Enter Market In 2026
• Chinese Fintech Says Investors' IPO Suit Still Misses The Mark
• Crypto Firm DCG Can't Dodge NY AG Suit Over Genesis Woes
• BigBear AI Faces Suit Over Accounting Of Convertible Notes
• Real Estate-Focused SPAC Prepares For $200M IPO
• Morgan Stanley Raises $2.3B For 3rd Co-Investment Fund
• Wilson Sonsini, Kirkland Lead $2.5B Driverless Truck Biz Deal
• Ripple Settlement Offers Hope For Better Regulatory Future
• Estonians Flag 'Disturbing' Deportation Threat In Fraud Case
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Preparing For Corporate Work
• 3 Firms Guide $3.1B KKR Purchase Of S&P, CME Trading Unit
• SEC Digs Into Policing Crypto Trading At Roundtable
• Investors Claim $43M Fraud By Miami Adviser's Firms
• Tether-Backed Crypto Co. Can't Duck Swan's Trade Secrets Suit
• SEC Taps 2 Agency Staffers For Senior Enforcement Roles
• Tariff Reprieve Offers Little Comfort For Venture-Backed IPOs
• GM Execs Want Out Of Cruise Securities Fraud Suit
• Software Co. Freshworks Scores Early Win In IPO Suit
• SEC, Ripple Put 2nd Circ. Case On Ice To Confirm Resolution
• NFT Owner Admits To Dodging Tax On Crypto Art Sales
• OCC Patriot Bank Order Spotlights AML Issues For Managers
• Did DOJ Bless A Crypto Free-For-All? Think Again, Attys Say
• Taxation With Representation: Norton Rose, Ropes & Gray
• The SEC Must Protect Its Best Tool For Discovering Fraud
• 2nd Circ. Says Investor Can't Join $250M Sri Lanka Bond Suit
• Senate Dems Press Fed's Bowman On Political Independence
• Grayscale Settles Bitcoin Rival's Conn. Biz Interference Suit
• SEC Urged To Look At FINRA's 'Unprecedented' Review Delay
• YouTuber Defends Calling Logan Paul Crypto Project A 'Scam'
• Chinese Tea Chain Serves Up IPO Plans In Rocky Market
• Nevada Can't Sue Kalshi Over Sports, Elections Betting
• NY AG Calls For 'Common-Sense' Rules In Crypto Legislation
• Fla. Judge Won't Revisit 'Let's Go Brandon' Coin Class Cert.
• Amazon CEO, Bain Take Spotlight Amid Recent Rumors
• Ready Capital Brass Face Suit Over Real Estate Loan Losses
• Meta Case Brings Customer-Facing Statements Issue To Fore
• No Plan To Trim Do Kwon Case After Crypto Memo, Feds Say
• A Cold War-Era History Lesson On Due Process
• Cooley-Led Drone Operator Launches Plans For $75M IPO
• How Latin American Finance Markets May Shift Under Trump
• Improv Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Trump Instructs Agencies To Quietly Repeal Regs If Possible
• Dems Decry 'Industry Wishlist' As House Mulls Crypto Rules
• Shaq's $11M Deal With NFT Investors Gets Judge's Final OK
• Fed Pick To Call For 'Reformed' Supervision, 'Pragmatic' Rules
• AI Audio Co. Brass Accused Of Acquisition Accounting Errors
• Coinbase Judge Won't Rethink Greenlighting Investor Suit
• Senate Confirms Trump Pick Atkins To Lead A Leaner SEC
• How BigLaw Executive Orders May Affect Smaller Firms
• CrowdStrike Says Outage 'Unfortunate,' Not Securities Fraud
• SafeMoon CEO Flags DOJ Crypto Memo In Bid For Dismissal
• Bessent: 'It's Main Street's Turn' For Regulatory Rollbacks
• Del. Justices Grapple With 'Knowability' In Stock Sale Appeal
• Winston & Strawn Leads Fintech-Focused SPAC's $240M IPO
• Pillsbury Expands Houston Office With 3 Corporate Attys
• Lawsuits Shouldn't Be Shadow Assets For Foreign Capital
• 4th Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of IonQ Shareholder Fraud Suit
• Crypto Investor Sues In Del. Alleging $16M Pump, Dump Loss
• Four Robinhood Users Must Arbitrate Meme Stock Claims
• FDIC To Look At 'Indexing' Size Thresholds For Bank Rules
• SEC's Uyeda Urges Review Of Federal-State Oversight Splits
• German Pharma Giant Stada Pauses IPO As Volatility Endures
• Compliance Chief Wants Out Of SEC Fraud Suit
• MSP Recovery Sued For Docs In Del. After $33B SPAC Dispute
• How To Accelerate Your Post-Attorney Career Transition
• Fla. Cloud Co. Accuses Ex-Board Member Of SPAC Fraud
• 3 Firms Advise On $1.25B Ripple-Hidden Road Crypto Deal
• 3 Action Items For Innovators Amid Fintech Regulatory Pivot
• DOJ Shuts Crypto Unit, Shifts Focus From Intermediaries
• Sidley Austin Expands M&A Group, Hires Ex-Milbank Partner
• How Tariffs May Affect Proxy Contests This Season
• Chancellor Asks About High Court Case In $2.1B SPAC Row
• Starbucks Asks To Dump Investors' 'Triple Shot' Strategy Suit
• Pair Of Blank Check IPOs Raising $411M To Pursue Mergers
• SEC Orders Crypto Guidance Review As Deregulation Looms
• Nelson Mullins Team Joins Duane Morris In DC, Atlanta, Miami
• A Closer Look At New NYSE, Nasdaq Listing Rule Changes
• GENIUS Act Can Bring Harmony To Crypto-Banking Discord
• Loeb & Loeb Adds Ex-Hong Kong Atty To LA Corp. Group
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Be An Indispensable Associate
• Deutsche Bank Not Liable For ISIS Terror, Judge Finds
• IPO Plans Appear Iced As Trump's Tariffs Rock Markets
• Appeals Court Won't Halt Russian Investment Litigation
• Crypto Firm Shorted Exec On Wages And Commissions, Suit Says
• SEC Says Reserve-Backed Stablecoins Aren't Securities
• 11th Circ. Told Omitted Issues Void UBS Arbitration Award
• Masimo Shareholder Vote Suit Against Founder Moved To Calif.
• SEC Confidential Review Process Provides Issuers Flexibility
• Birding Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• FINRA Member Can't Avoid Testifying In Fraud Investigation
• AI Dominated Venture Funding In Q1 As Broader Market Lags
• Crypto Co. Sentenced In Fed Market Manipulation Suit
• CFTC Taps New Acting Head Of Market Oversight Division
• House Moves Stablecoin Bill Despite Dems' Conflict Concerns
• SEC's Gemini Crypto Trading Suit Paused For More Deal Talks
• Amazon Bids For TikTok As US Ban Nears, And More Rumors
• Ginnie Mae Wins Fight Over Reverse Mortgage Collateral
• Senate Advances Noms Of Trump's SEC, OCC Picks
• Cango Selling China Biz For $352M In Bitcoin Mining Push
• Binance Can't Send All Investors' Claims To Arbitration
• Trump Media Refiles President's Shares For Potential Sale
• Opendoor To Settle Shareholders' Real Estate Tech Suit
• Spanish Co. Says No Federal Jurisdiction In Finder's Fee Spat
• Venezuela Oil Co. Wins Reprieve In $85M Bond Fight
• Magistrate Backs Bank Directors' Win In Dispute With Pot Biz
• Fintech Execs Want $2M Award Confirmed For 'Nonperformer'
• As Global Markets Struggled, Private Equity Pounced In Q1
• Davis Polk, Skadden Lead Stablecoin Issuer Circle's IPO Filing
• Davis Wright Welcomes Longtime Jones Day Finance Atty
• Adapting To Private Practice: From DOJ Leadership To BigLaw
• Haynes Boone Taps Seward & Kissel Atty To Lead Derivatives
• Tesla Asks Del. Justices To Undo $176M Atty Fee 'Windfall'
• Saudi Co. Wants 11th Circ. To Revive Oil Suit Against Siemens
• Nelson Mullins-, Latham-Guided SmartStop Prices $810M IPO
• House GOP Calls For Further Crackdown On SEC Proxy Rules
• Republicans Float Wish List Of Biden Financial Rule Rollbacks
• Conn. Banking Boss Orders Fintech Duo To Repay Investors
• InterCement Gets Ch. 15 Recognition Of Brazil Restructuring
• Loeb, Skadden Steer Siddhi Acquisition's Upsized $240M IPO
• Bitcoin Rival Appeals Grayscale's Win In $2M False Ads Suit
• Judge Tosses Hertz Investor's $126M Short-Swing Profits Suit
• SEC Crypto Mining Statement Delivers Regulatory Clarity
• Hogan Lovells Adds Hunton Andrews Capital Markets Ace
• Paul Hastings Atty Joins Dechert's Global Finance Team In NY
• Law Firm Executive Orders Create A Legal Ethics Minefield
• Oil & Gas Dealmakers Undaunted Despite Industry Worries
• Davis Polk Adds Structured Finance Pro From Cadwalader