NextEra Investors Ink 'Record-Breaking' $150M Settlement

By Jessica Corso

NextEra investors say they have secured a "record-breaking" $150 million settlement with the utility company to resolve a lawsuit accusing NextEra of involvement in a scheme to place "ghost candidates" on Florida ballots.

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CFTC Advances Prediction Market Data Reporting Plan

By Aislinn Keely

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has sent a proposal outlining certain prediction market data reporting requirements to the White House for review, adding to its push to set rules and assert jurisdiction over fast-growing prediction markets.

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6th Circ. Says CFTC Can't Argue In Kalshi, Ohio Betting Fight

By Katryna Perera

The Sixth Circuit denied a bid by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to appear as an amicus during oral arguments in Kalshi's appeal of a lower court ruling denying it a temporary enforcement shield in the prediction market platform's dispute with Ohio state officials.

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Mark Cuban Urges 6th Circ. To Rehear Case Against FINRA

By Jessica Corso

Mark Cuban is throwing his weight behind a Sixth Circuit challenge to the constitutionality of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority's in-house disciplinary proceedings, arguing in a Tuesday brief that the regulator shouldn't be allowed to penalize the owner of a consulting company without first affording him a trial. 

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Citi Illegally Fired Risk Exec For Raising Issues, Suit Says

By Sarah Jarvis

Citigroup Inc. has been sued by a former senior risk management executive who alleged the bank fired her after she flagged risk deficiencies and identified problems with Citi's anti-money laundering risk management controls, and the bank has pushed back on her bid to proceed anonymously.

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Dems Press Treasury, DOJ On Binance Sanctions Compliance

By Aislinn Keely

A group of Senate Democrats led by Adam Schiff, D-Calif., is pressing the U.S. Treasury Department and Justice Department for updates on the oversight of crypto exchange Binance in light of reports that the platform has facilitated Iranian sanctions evasion and maintains ties to members of the Trump administration.

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SEC Settles Insider Trading Suit Against Biotech Investor

By Sydney Price

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced on Tuesday that a Texas-based investor will pay over $240,000 to settle the agency's claims he improperly traded stocks on insider information by buying shares of a public biotech firm ahead of its 2020 merger with a privately held biotechnology company.

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NC Man Must Pay $36K To End SEC's Suit Over 'Free-Riding'

By Abigail Harrison

A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit accusing a North Carolina man of taking advantage of broker-dealer services to trade hundreds of thousands in securities despite not having the funds came to an end Monday in a final judgment after he failed to appear.

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Mich. Trader Admits $2.7M Commodities Investor Fraud Scam

By Melanie Dorsey

A Michigan man who had already been barred from commodity futures trading admitted that he had defrauded investors out of more than $2.7 million through a commodities trading scheme that falsely promised guaranteed returns and concealed his federal trading ban, according to a plea agreement filed in federal court and a U.S. Department of Justice announcement Tuesday.

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GameStop Investor Fights $35B CEO Pay Vote In Chancery

By Jarek Rutz

A GameStop stockholder has filed a class action in Delaware Chancery Court seeking to block shareholder votes tied to CEO Ryan Cohen's potential $35 billion compensation package and a plan to more than double the company's authorized shares, alleging GameStop unlawfully changed voting rules to secure approval.

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Highpower Investor Seeks Receiver For Dissolved Battery Co.

By Jarek Rutz

A former Highpower International Inc. stockholder has asked the Delaware Chancery Court to appoint a receiver to take control of the dissolved battery maker's remaining assets and affairs, arguing it stripped itself of valuable assets while an appraisal case was pending and may no longer be capable of addressing outstanding claims.

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2 Firms To Lead Target Investor Suit Over Pride Month Merch

By Sydney Price

Grant & Eisenhofer PA and Boyden Gray PLLC will lead a group of shareholders suing Target Corp. over its Pride-themed merchandise that they claim was "exceptionally offensive" and "betrayed" investors.

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Florida Judge Blocks Lutnick Deposition In Trump Media Suit

By David Minsky

A Florida judge has denied a second bid to depose U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick in the lawsuit over the delayed public offering of President Donald Trump's social media website, ruling that the court has no jurisdiction over the Cabinet official because he's not a party to the action.

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Trade Desk Brass Face Derivative Suit Over New Ad Platform

By Katryna Perera

A Trade Desk shareholder has launched a derivative suit against the company's top brass, claiming they misled investors about the adoption and performance of the company's Kokai advertising platform and knew customers were slow to adopt the product and were encountering significant usability and functionality problems, but represented otherwise. 

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NY Judge 'Doubtful' Of Oil Co.'s Suit Against Ex-Florida Rep.

By David Minsky

A New York federal judge said Tuesday he was "doubtful" that a breach of contract lawsuit filed by the U.S. subsidiary of Venezuela's state-owned oil company can go forward, given the agreement's potential invalidation following a trial that resulted in the conviction of a former Florida congressman last month.

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Skadden Adds Investment Management Trio In DC, Abu Dhabi

By Jack Rodgers

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP has hired three former lawyers from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP who will work with investment management clients in Abu Dhabi and Washington, D.C., according to a Tuesday announcement.

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How Nasdaq's 23/5 Rule Will Alter Public Offering Strategies

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent approval of Nasdaq's proposal to extend trading hours to 23 hours a day, five days a week, may reshape how certain public offerings are executed, particularly for confidentially marketed public offerings, say attorneys at Faegre Drinker.

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How Boards Can Shrink The AI Governance Gap

While companies have overwhelmingly embraced artificial intelligence, most lack corresponding governance structures and director-level fluency to oversee these programs, highlighting the importance of board and executive supervision to keep pace with growing litigation risk, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.

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The Paradoxical Duty To Adopt AI When You Can't Bill For It

Both billing for hours saved using artificial intelligence and preserving billable time by not adopting AI may violate rules of professional conduct, but until bar associations' ethics rules catch up to this emerging economic dilemma, firms must decide how to adjust fee structures themselves, says Ines Lassalle at Peyrot & Associates.

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Full Fed. Circ. To Hear Immigration Judges' Firing Challenge

By Ganesh Setty

The Federal Circuit on Wednesday agreed to conduct en banc review over the firing of two immigration judges, after the Merit Systems Protection Board ruled that they constituted inferior officers who are subject to at-will removal by the president.

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No Discipline For DOJ Atty's 'Lapse Of Judgment' In ICE Case

By Emily Sawicki

A Rhode Island federal prosecutor who knowingly withheld information about a detainee's criminal history at the behest of immigration enforcement, leading to an "unfounded attack" against a federal judge by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement following the detainee's release, violated his duty of candor but will not face discipline, the district's chief judge determined.

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Trump Halts Clayton Director Hearing Over Blue-Slip Dispute

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump directed Jay Clayton, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, not to appear for his confirmation hearing Wednesday on his nomination to be director of national intelligence, in part over a blue-slip issue.

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Maya Kowalski Sues Ex-Atty Over Fees, Funding Loan

By Carolina Bolado

Maya Kowalski, the subject of the Netflix documentary "Take Care of Maya," filed a malpractice suit against her former attorney on Wednesday, accusing him of charging excessive fees and improperly orchestrating an advance funding loan after winning a $213 million judgment.

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Sanctioned IP Atty Tells Fed. Circ. 'Integrity' On The Line

By Elliot Weld

An attorney who was sanctioned in a trade dress infringement case due to what a judge said were his repeated misrepresentations has asked the Federal Circuit to lift the penalties against him and his client, saying his "professional and personal integrity, and my family, depends on it."

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Bosch Receives First DOJ Declination Under New Policy

By Sarah Jarvis

German technology company Bosch on Wednesday became the first company to avoid criminal prosecution under a new U.S. Department of Justice enforcement policy after it cooperated with the federal government and agreed to pay $36 million to settle allegations it improperly exported technology products to sanctioned Chinese company Huawei.

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DOJ's Pot Shift Leaves Key Questions For Cannabis Industry

By Sam Reisman

The Trump administration's recent moves to relax federal restrictions on marijuana through the administrative process will have unclear ramifications for all industry players unless Congress steps in to rewrite cannabis law, attorneys heard Wednesday.

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