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Capital Markets - January, 2026

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• Tesla Gets Del. Justices To Cut $100M From Investor Atty Fees
• Litigation Funder Suit Against Janus Henderson Can Proceed
• 5th Circ. Gives Lumen Investors Another Shot In Lead Suit
• SEC Appoints New PCAOB Chair, Board Members
• Short Seller Seeks Exit From Blockchain Co.'s Defamation Suit
• Startup Founder Ran $37M 'Ponzi-Like' Scheme, SEC Says
• Robbins Geller To Lead Dow Investors' Tariff-Impact Suit
• Reed Smith Brings On Gibson Dunn In $102M Award Feud
• 4 Quick Emotional Resets For Lawyers With Conflict Fatigue
• Mining SPAC's $270M IPO Starts Trading As 3 Firms Advise
• Blackstone-Backed Liftoff Mobile Joins Growing IPO Pipeline
• Warsh Clinches Trump's Nomination For Fed Chair
• Robbins Geller To Lead CarMax Investors' Tariffs-Linked Suit
• Crypto Investor Says Cos. Can't Intervene In $40M Award Fight
• Ex-Synapse Compliance Chief Settles FINRA Supervisory Case
• Luminar Sues Semiconductor Co. To Recover On $2.2M Loan
• Trump SPAC Fights Chancery's $25K Daily Sanction Ruling
• SEC Lays Out Taxonomy For Tokenized Securities Trading
• CFTC's Selig Eyes Prediction Markets Rules In Debut Speech
• Tribal Gaming Groups' Support Blocked In Tenn. Kalshi Case
• FINRA Fines Compliance Chief, Firm For Reg BI Failures
• 6th Circ. Backs Gov't In $125K Crypto Forfeiture Case
• Inspire Medical Leaders Face Suit Over Apnea Device Rollout
• Playing Tennis Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Wachtell-Led International Paper To Split Into 2 Public Cos.
• GOP-Led Crypto Bill Clears Senate Panel In Party-Line Vote
• OCC Rulemaking May Clear Haze Around Trust Banks' Scope
• Justices' BDO Denial May Allow For Increased Auditor Liability
• 3 Companies Begin Trading After Raising $1.3B In IPOs
• SpaceX Eyes IPO At $1.5 Trillion Value, Plus More Rumors
• $3.1M Legal Fee At Heart Of Latest Feud In Citgo Sale Saga
• Powell Says Cook Case May Be 'Most Important' In Fed History
• Northern Trust VP Stole Millions From Elderly Client, Suits Say
• SEC Says Musk Can't Fight 'Uncontested' Facts In Twitter Case
• Ropes Leads Kraken-Linked SPAC's Upsized $300M Listing
• Data Co.'s Brass, Top Customer Face SEC 'Round-Trip' Claims
• CFTC Taps Treasury Atty To Be General Counsel
• Crypto Investors Want Mark Cuban Suit Sent To Texas
• Chinese Man Gets 46 Months In $37M Pig Butchering Scam
• SEC Urged To Adopt Insider Trading Rules For Foreign Firms
• Nomura Unit Taps Legal Chief To Steer Crypto Trust Bank Plan
• Ropes & Gray Adds 3 Partners In New York
• Digital Assets May Be In For A Growth Spurt In 2026
• Judges On AI: How Judicial Use Informs Guardrails
• Complex Financial Instruments Group Of The Year: Kirkland
• ADM To Pay $40M To Resolve SEC Accounting Fraud Claims
• Crypto Network Cofounder Hit With $100M RICO Suit
• Iowa Can't Block Schwab's Antitrust Deal, 5th Circ. Told
• Chancery Keeps Alive Jefferies Claims In EV Co. SPAC Suit
• Autodesk Investor Suit Over Internal Controls Axed For Good
• 9th Circ. Affirms Ripple's Early Win On Registration Claim
• Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2026 Editorial Boards
• Biotech Fundraising A Good Sign For Public Markets
• Northwood Space Raises $100M In Series B
• Kalshi Taps Ex-Amazon State Policy Pro For New DC Shop
• Mountain Lake's Second SPAC Raises Upsized $313M Offering
• Complex Financial Instruments Group Of The Year: Cahill Gordon
• 3 Firms Guide GigCapital's Latest SPAC, Raising $220M
• Fatburger Owner FAT Brands Hits Ch. 11 With $1.5B Debt
• SEC Tells Judge Chat Records Bolster Its Short-Selling Claims
• Citadel Securities Lobbies SEC For $119M CAT Fee Refund
• Bain-Controlled Bob's Discount Furniture Eyes $350M IPO
• Sens. Offer Crypto Bill Amendments As Storm Delays Markup
• P&G Hit With Suit Over Alleged Lead In Tampax
• Cybersecurity Must Remain Financial Sector's Focus In 2026
• USA Rare Earth Secures $3.1B Of Federal And Private Funding
• 2026 Int'l Arbitration Trends: Next Steps In Age Of AI, Crypto
• Beyond Meat's $77M Write-Down 'Shocked' Market, Suit Says
• Complex Financial Instruments Group Of The Year: Ropes & Gray
• Zenas BioPharma Slams Investor's Revamped Fraud Claim
• Canada's Allied Gold Agrees To $4B Sale To China's Zijin Gold
• Presidential Pardon Brokering Can Create Risks For Attys
• Adapting To Private Practice: 5 Tips From Ex-SEC Unit Chief
• 2 Firms Guide Data Center, Grid Parts Builder Seeking $1.5B
• Gold Mining Businesses Merge In $372M Deal
• Rivian Can't Ditch Latest Investor Suit Over EV Production
• OCC Won't Delay Trump Family-Tied Co. Bank Charter Review
• Crypto Project Laundered North Korea Crime Funds, Suit Says
• 6th Circ. Won't Revive Bread Financial Investors' Suit
• Conservative Org. Contests SEC's Delay Bid In Data Tool Case
• SEC Releases Gemini From Crypto Lending Enforcement Case
• Pump.Fun Avoids Sanctions For Users' Harassing Meme Coins
• Coinbase Moves To End Suit Over SEC, 'Bankruptcy' Warnings
• Veon Investors Gets 1st OK For $20M Deal In Bribery Case
• Law School's Missed Lessons: How To Start A Law Firm
• 5 Compliance Takeaways From FINRA's Oversight Report
• Vegan Protein Co. Claims Bad-Faith Dilution By Partner
• How SEC Civil Penalties Became Arbitrary: 3 Potential Fixes
• Mass. Judge Seeks Input On Kalshi Sports Ban
• Taxation With Representation: Vinge, A&O Shearman, Cassels
• Clifford Chance Guides €3.8B Czech Defense Group's IPO
• Wealth Management Biz To Go Public Via $300M SPAC Merger
• Latham, Davis Polk Guide Construction Gear Co.'s $747M IPO
• Mango Labs' 'Buyer's Remorse' Can't Undo SEC Settlement
• SEC Gets $900K Judgments In Bitcoin Miner CEO's Fraud Suit
• Calif. Couple Charged With $100M Stock Manipulation Scheme
• Investors In Korean Online Retail Giant Threaten Treaty Claim
• SpaceX Eyes IPO, Spirit Mulls PE Owner, And Other Rumors
• New Securities Class Actions Declined In 2025, Report Says
• Kalshi And Robinhood Slam Wis. Tribe's Bid To Block Gambling
• 5th Circ. Won't Restore Plastics Co.'s $75M IP Jury Award
• Feds Won't Retry Landmark OpenSea NFT Fraud Case
• Ga. Financial Firm CEO Cops To $380M Ponzi Scheme
• AGs Target Investor Advocacy Group As 'Climate Cartel'
• 3 Firms Guide BitGo's Upsized $212M IPO
• Opportunities Amid The Challenges Of Trump's BIS Shake-Up
• Marketers Who Sold Fraudulent StraightPath Funds Plead Out
• How SEC Civil Penalties Became Arbitrary: The Data
• Hosting Exchange Students Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• General Fusion To Go Public In $1B Nasdaq Deal
• 2 Firms Advise Energy Infrastructure Co.'s Go-Public Deal
• Ethanol Biz Loses Bid To Overturn €48M Price-Fixing Fine
• Holmes Seeks Trump Clemency For Theranos Fraud Sentence
• Senate Agriculture Unveils Crypto Bill Without Dem Backing
• Health Tech SPAC Execs Ink $10M Investor Settlement
• NJ Firm Must Face Full SEC Suit Over Investment Allocations
• Court Rejects Sanctions In Venezuelan Oil Defamation Case
• Robinhood Warns Of Gambling Suit 'Threat' After Kalshi Loss
• Delaware Justices Clarify Ruling On Loews' $1.5B Cash-Out
• Jump Trading Beats Crypto Class Action Over Terra Collapse
• Del. Justices Urged To Revive Telemedicine Co. SPAC Suit
• Cloover Raises $1.22B Via Series A, Debt Facility
• SEC Wins $9.7M In Cemtrex Fraud Case After 2nd Circ. Remand
• Feds Oppose Bail For Conn. Oil Trader During FCPA Appeal
• OCC's New Fee Clearance Shows Further Ease Around Crypto
• Coinbase Investors Knew About Regulatory Issues, Court Told
• How SEC Civil Penalties Became Arbitrary: The Framework
• Nationwide Unit Seeks Exit From Stock Dilution Scheme Suit
• Morgan Lewis Adds Crypto-Focused Investment Atty
• How A 1947 Tugboat Ruling May Shape Work Product In AI Era
• Justices Wary Of Greenlighting Trump Bid To Fire Fed's Cook
• O'Melveny Corporate Finance Chair Hops To Pillsbury In NY
• Trump's Bid For Fed Firing Faces Pivotal Supreme Court Test
• Adviser Can't Freeze Funds From $2.1B Plymouth REIT Buy
• Martin Shkreli Can't Force Wu-Tang's RZA Into Album Fight
• Trump Media Investor Says Insider Trading Trial Was Flawed
• Willkie Accused Of Aiding $735M Fraud In Buyout Deal
• Pump.Fun Faces Sanctions Bid Over Meme Coin 'Harassment'
• Blockchain Co. Ran Covert Takeover Scheme, Suit Says
• Dentsply Can't Shed Investors' Aligner Injury Cover-Up Suit
• Law360 Names Firms Of The Year
• SEC Picks Kirkland Partner For Corp. Finance Deputy Director
• Broker-Dealer, Mutual Firm Fight Trimmed By Judge
• Coinbase And Kalshi Contracts 'Siphoning' Money, Tribes Say
• What's New In ISS' Benchmark Voting Policy Updates For 2026
• Navigating Privilege Law Patchwork In Dual-Purpose Comms
• Ogletree Adds Federal Agency Vets As Practice Co-Chairs
• CFTC Chair Calls Up Ex-BigLaw Atty For Adviser Role
• Clifford Chance US Funds Leaders Leap To Sidley
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• 2 Financial Companies Unveil Plans For Total $600M IPOs
• Key Changes In World Bank's New Compliance Updates
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• Up Next At High Court: Fed Firing & Gun 'Vampire Rules'
• SEC Fines Adviser Over Black Rifle Coffee SPAC Deal Conflict
• OCC's Gould Takes Aim At Resolution Planning 'Industry'
• SEC Secures $39M Orders Wrapping Fla. Investor Fraud Suit
• SEC Fines Biopharma Co. Execs Over Hidden FDA Findings
• Lifecore Investors Ink $3.8M Deal In Accounting Controls Suit
• Blockchain Co. Wants Say In $40M Crypto Award Feud
• SIFMA Presses SEC To Reverse Nasdaq Fee Hike
• Infinite Eagle SPAC Raises $300M In Latest IPO
• Decoding The SEC's Plans To Revitalize The US IPO Market
• Judge Yanks $41M Atty Fee Award In SPAC Merger Suit
• Banking Regulation Themes To Anticipate In 2026
• Chipmaker SEEQC Merges With Blank Check Co. In $1B Deal
• 7th Circ. Won't Revive Investment Cos.' VIX-Fix Claims
• SEC Says Healthcare Exec Misspent $10.6M In Investor Funds
• Musk Slams SEC's 'Premature' Bid For Twitter Buy-Up Win
• Ex-CEO Of COVID Vax Maker Accused Of Insider Trading
• Dems Push SEC To Pursue Crypto Case Against Justin Sun
• EU Greenlights Hedge Fund's $5.89B Bid For Control Of Citgo
• Trucking Brokers Ordered To Pay $1.5M Over Ponzi Scheme
• DOL's Benefits Arm Describes New Enforcement Focus
• Easing Equity Research Firewall Shows SEC Open To Updates
• SEC Taps Ex-BlackRock, GSA Atty To Be General Counsel
• Fly-Fishing Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• 4 Ways GCs Can Manage Growing Service Of Process Volume
• Carlyle Among Bidders For Lukoil Assets, Plus More Rumors
• House OKs Restricting ESG Investment In 401(k) Plans
• Chancery Won't Fast-Track Paramount's Bid For WB Info
• Monolithic Fights Investor Claims Over Nvidia Issues
• Judge Asks If Execs 'Blindsided' Truist With Mass Exodus
• SEC Gets Mixed Marks On Handling Shareholder Proposals
• Wells Fargo Brass Gets 1st OK For 'Fake' Diversity Suit Deal
• SEC To Lean On Congress As Defense In High Court Case
• Senate Banking Committee Postpones Crypto Bill Markup
• Oracle Sued By Pension Plan Over AI-Linked Debt Disclosures
• SDNY Atty Signals Return To Private Fund Valuation Scrutiny
• IP Appellate Decisions Show 4 Shifts In 2025
• Czech Co. Seeks $873M IPO On Defense Spending Wave
• The Law Firm Merger Diaries: Forming Measurable Ties
• 2nd Circ. Suspects Forum Shopping In Credit Suisse Suit
• MoFo Taps Ex-FTX GC, Associate Counsel As Fintech Partners
• Sen. Crypto Bill Tees Up DeFi, Stablecoin Yield For Key Hearing
• CrowdStrike Beats Investor Fraud Suit Over 2024 Outage
• Old Glory Bank Plans Nasdaq Debut With SPAC Deal
• KuCoin, Chainalysis Beat RICO Suit Over Hack Proceeds
• SEC's Atkins Launches Review Of Corporate Disclosures Reg
• CoreWeave Hid Data Center Delays, Investors Say
• DiDi, Investors Can Notify Class Of Proposed $740M Deal
• Spencer Fane Atty's Advice Challenged In $5M Poaching Suit
• Insurer Didn't Owe Defense To Telecom Co. In Merger Row
• Medical Device Co. Faces New Derivative Suit In Delaware
• 2 Firms Advise On US Bancorp's Up To $1B BTIG Deal
• OFAC Sanctions Will Intensify Amid Global Tensions In 2026
• Del. Dispatch: What Tesla Decision Means For Exec Comp
• Tenn. Gaming Regulator's Kalshi Action Blocked For Now
• Wis. Sanctions Order May Shake Up Securities Class Actions
• AI Infrastructure Firm Exascale To Go Public Via $500M Deal
• 5 E-Discovery Predictions For 2026 And Beyond
• Where States Jumped In When SEC Stepped Back In 2025
• NY Judge Vacates Eletson's $102M Arbitral Award
• Gibson Dunn Hires Thrive Capital's Top Lawyer As DC Partner
• Sen. Warren Questions SEC On Crypto In 401(k) Plans
• Eventbrite Stockholders Sue To Block $500M Take-Private Deal
• 2 Firms Guide IPO Valuing Construction Rental Co. At $6.4B
• Wilson Sonsini Guides Polygon Labs On $250M Crypto Deals
• 4 Ways DOJ Probe Into Powell Could Be Risky For Trump
• FirstEnergy Investors Again Push For Class Cert. In Bribe Suit
• CFTC Chair Taps Kalshi, Polymarket CEOs To Advisory Panel
• Crypto Custody Startup Bitgo Launches Plans For $189M IPO
• Prime Capital Says Ex-Adviser Bungled His Exit In Poach Suit
• Senate Ag Panel Punts Crypto Markup As Banking Pushes On
• What's On Deck In Tribal Nations' Prediction Markets Litigation
• Adviser Claims REIT Stiffed It Over $2.1B Take-Private Deal
• SEC Virtu Deal Previews Risks Of Nonpublic Info In AI Models
• SEC Draws From BigLaw To Appoint Enforcement Deputies
• Judges On AI: How Courts Can Boost Access To Justice
• Fenwick Adds Former SEC Corporate Finance Division Atty
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• SEC Drops Action Against Ex-Rio Tinto CFO After 8 Years
• Calif. Climate Laws Violate Free Speech Rights, 9th Circ. Told
• AI Can Help Advisers With Proxy Voting, SEC Official Says
• Conn. Deems Coinbase, Kalshi Contracts 'Pure' Gambling
• NYSE Affiliates Back Calls To Block New Options Exchange
• Carbone Owner Sues Pizza Co. For Trademark Infringement
• OCC Floats Rule To Clarify Trust Companies' Broader Scope
• Ex-Doximity Exec Cops To $2.5M Insider Trading Scheme
• SEC's 'Hack-To-Trade' Suit Was Unfairly Served, UK Man Says
• 30 Dems Back Bill Limiting Officials' Prediction Market Trades
• Pa. Justices Urged To Apply Jarkesy To State Proceedings
• FINRA Fines Wells Fargo Unit $1.25M For Close-Out Failures
• Fintech Co. Ends Botched-Valuation Suit Against Ga. Firm
• Ropes & Gray Steers IPO Plan For Bob's Discount Furniture
• Fintech-Focused Lafayette Digital SPAC Prices $250M Offering
• Justices To Resolve Split On SEC Disgorgement Powers
• Sanchez Energy Lenders Float Deal To End Ch. 11 Lien Fight
• Steve Aoki, DraftKings Founder Accused Of NFT Fraud In Fla.
• The Case For Emulating, Not Dividing, The Ninth Circuit
• Elliott, Morning Calm Complete City Office REIT Take-Private
• NC Biz Court Bulletin: Trade Secrets Row, A Patient Data Deal
• Paul Hastings-Led Oncology Firm Prices Upsized $318M IPO
• Venezuela Says Citgo Auction Marred By Conflicts
• 11th Circ. Asked To Undo 'Deeply Flawed' Securities Ruling
• 4 Firms Steer Coincheck's $111M Acquisition Of Crypto Firm
• Cannabis-Linked Co. CEO To Pay SEC Fine Over Fraud Claims
• Ex-FDIC Chair, Cravath Partner Joins Fintech Firm Plaid
• SEC Floats Plan To Set Small Fund Definition At $10B
• Wolfspeed Securities Class Action Sent To NC Federal Court
• Wyoming's First-Of-Its-Kind Stablecoin Up For Purchase
• Odebrecht To Pay Investors $17.3M To End Bribe-Scheme Suit
• Targeted Action, Rule Tweaks Reflect 2025 AML Priority Shifts
• Fed Eyeing Carveouts For Confidentiality Label, Bowman Says
• Trader Gets Win On Subpoena Ahead Of Quant Secrets Trial
• 4 Executive Pay Trends Attorneys Will Be Watching In 2026
• 9th Circ. Revives Investor Suit Over Webinar Co.'s IPO
• Opendoor Investors Get Final OK For $39M Deal, Atty Fees
• Sen. Ag Committee To Hold Crypto Markup Next Week
• Muay Thai Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Trader Asks Wary Colo. Appeals Court To Award $10M Penalty
• Ex-Exec Says Dominium Wrongly Fired Him And Withheld $80M
• Prime Capital CEO 'Baffled' His Co. Was Sued For $5M
• Trump Family-Tied Stablecoin Co. Seeks Bank Charter
• 2 European Fintechs Seek OCC Bank Charters
• BlackSky Satellite SPAC Suit Settles In Del. For $7.5M
• Tribal Gaming Orgs. Back Bid To Block Kalshi Contracts
• ISS Asks Judge Not To Stall Ruling On Texas ESG Law
• Ex-TD Bank Employee Cops To Aiding Money Laundering
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Intentional Career-Building
• Citgo Ruling Offers Award Enforcement Road Map
• Jones Day Adds Ex-SEC Deputy Enforcement Director In Ga.
• Binance Taps Ex-SEC, Coinbase Atty To Head Global Litigation
• Healthpeak Tees Up IPO Plans For Senior Housing REIT
• A Day In The In-House Life: Chime GC Talks Pathfinding
• Convicted Oil Trader Agrees To $1.7M Forfeiture For Bribes
• Paul Weiss-Led D-Wave To Buy Quantum Circuits For $550M
• Ex-CFTC Chair, Robinhood's Top Atty Join FINRA Board
• Crypto Exec Says SEC Can't Silence Jurisdictional Defense
• Financial Firm Seeks $5M From Rival That Lured Adviser
• Drugmakers Fight Multifront Legal Battles Over GLP-1s
• Rick Perry's AI Energy Co. Hit With Post-IPO Lawsuit
• 4th Circ. Asked To Revive Experian Credit Investigation Suit
• Ill. Judge Trims Most Of Walgreens Shareholder Suit
• Bankers Urge Senate To Ban Stablecoin Yield Payments
• Fox Rothschild Adds Ex-Steptoe Atty To Head Fintech Practice
• Ameritas Says Prior Deal Ends Couple's Annuity Fraud Suit
• Crypto Miner Host Can't Get $1.2M Damages Order Reversed
• White & Case-Led Brazilian Digital Bank Seeks US IPO
• DOJ Fraud Section Leader Returns To Cahill Gordon In DC
• Owlet Investors Seek Final OK For $3.5M Deal, Atty Fees
• Trade Group Pushes For SEC's Off-Channel Comms Data
• Cancer Biotech Co. Eyes $182M IPO
• SEC Won't Review FINRA Delay On Carbon Offset Co. Petition
• NY Dem Looks To Curb Officials' Prediction Market Trading
• Chancery Orders $25K Daily Sanction In Trump Media Dispute
• Preparing For Congressional Investigations In A Midterm Year
• Aviation Co. Wants Rosen To Pay For 'Abusive' Legal Tactics
• Eversheds Sutherland Names Atty Trio To Leadership Posts
• More Discovery Needed In Bitcoin Miner Spat, Energy Biz Says
• How Bank M&A Prospects Brightened In 2025
• Crypto Miner Host Seeks Reversal Of $1.2M Damages Award
• Bitfinex Hacker Says He's Been Released From Prison
• Bankruptcy And Restructuring Trends To Watch In 2026
• Capital Markets Attys Eye 2026 Revival As Backlog Builds
• Shareholder Litigation To Watch In 2026
• 4 Compliance Trends To Watch In 2026
• SEC Expected To Tackle Exec Comp, Private Investing In 2026
• Crypto To Take On Rulemaking Push, And Pushback, In 2026
• Megadeals, Tariff Reset Put M&A On Firmer Footing For 2026
• 3 Securities Litigation Trends To Watch In 2026
• 4 Developments That Defined The 2025 Ethics Landscape
• 4 High Court Cases To Watch This Spring
• Blue Slip Fight Looms Over Trump's 2026 Judicial Outlook
• BigLaw Leaders Tackle Growth, AI, Remote Work In New Year