Securities Law
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Securities Law
The SEC States The Obvious: DAO Tokens Are Securities
If citrus groves can be securities, cryptocurrencies can be securities. -
Securities Law, Wall Street
What’s In A Label? Beyond The Accredited Investor Definition
What do all of these venture capital/securities terms mean? Gary J. Ross explains. - Sponsored
Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
Zach Warren from the Thomson Reuters Institute discusses the potential and the pitfalls. -
Money, Securities Law, Small Law Firms, Wall Street
Looking Back On A Year Of Crowdfunding
What are the pros and cons of crowdfunding for startup companies seeking capital?
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Securities Law, Small Law Firms
What Is This 'Security' Of Which You Speak?
How can you explain to a client why the securities laws apply to their scheme to finance their venture? -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 04.11.17
Uh-oh! Trouble in paradise? It looks like Martin Shkreli’s lawyer — who also happens to be his co-defendant — has turned on him.
* Florida has released the results from its administration of the February 2017 bar exam, and they were not pretty. The percentage of those who passed dipped a bit since 2016, but students at both Orlando law schools were more likely to have failed. But which law school did the worst of all? We’ll have more on this later. [Orlando Sentinel]
* Trouble in paradise? Martin Shkreli’s former lawyer, Evan Greebel — who also happens to be his co-defendant — has turned on him, accusing the pharma bro of submitting false documents to the Securities and Exchange Commission and engaging in illegal stock trading. Greebel, of course, now wants to be tried separately from Shkreli. [Bloomberg]
* “I never in my wildest dreams imagined I would be back.” Five women who once worked at Davis Polk and had been gone for at least two years to raise their families have returned to the firm for one-year stints with a program called “Davis Polk Revisited.” If all goes well, they may be able to return for a longer period of time. [WSJ Law Blog]
* A former Hunton & Williams partner who spent 20 years on the lam as a fugitive has finally been caught. Scott Wolas, who was disbarred in 1999, was most recently accused in a $1.5 million real estate investment fraud scheme. Over the course of his alleged criminal career, Wolas reportedly assumed a number of other aliases. [Am Law Daily]
* Each year around Easter, the ABA Journal hosts a Peeps in Law diorama contest. It’s time to cast your vote for your favorite, and this time around, the competition is pretty stiff. We’re particularly partial to the entry that’s been dubbed “State of Peepington v. Trump,” but “Peepsburg and Sugarmayor” is also very cute. Vote! [ABA Journal]
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Labor / Employment, On The Job
The SEC Doesn't Like Your Employment Agreements
Companies should examine their employment agreements to ensure compliance with SEC rules. -
Biglaw, White-Collar Crime
Biglaw Partner Convicted Of Insider Trading After Jury Trial
Per the prosecution, the partner got drunk on wine before spilling the beans. -
Hedge Funds / Private Equity, Money, Wall Street
Marketing To Alternatives Investors
For securities lawyers and litigation financiers, the issue of how to successfully market to investors is crucial. - Sponsored
Law Firms Now Have A Choice In Their Document Comparison Software
Six months on since its launch, over 200 firms worldwide are now using Draftable Legal for accurate and reliable document comparison, including UK Top 50… -
Biglaw, Money, Politics
A Peek Inside Sullivan & Cromwell Partner Pay
A financial disclosure form gives us hints about the wealth of S&C partners. -
Securities and Exchange Commission
Violation Of SEC Pay-To-Play Rule Indicates Bill Ackman’s New Year Not Off To Awesome Start
The fine is weak sauce, but the embarrassment lingers like an itchy scar. -
Biglaw, Politics, Securities and Exchange Commission
Trump Nominates Sullivan & Cromwell Partner To Lead SEC
The president-elect really can't get enough of Biglaw partners. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 11.15.16
* A Wisconsin judge has ordered that Brendan Dassey, one of the subjects of “Making a Murderer,” be freed from prison while the state appeals a ruling overturning his conviction, as authorities have “failed to demonstrate that Dassey represents a present danger to the community.” The date of his release is not yet known, but the state plans to file another appeal. [USA Today]
* “If you have baseball commissioner to offer me, then I can tell you what my plans are.” Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White is stepping down from her position even though she still has two years left before her term is up. The departure of the former Debevoise partner and federal prosecutor will make way for President-elect Donald Trump to start dismantling the Dodd-Frank Act. [DealBook / New York Times]
* For a man who seems to be completely obsessed with all things tremendous, big league, great, and yuge, the vast majority of the judges on President-elect Trump’s Supreme Court shortlist have at least one thing in common: They didn’t go to Ivy League law schools. That being said, just like his outsider campaign as a whole, the names on Trump’s Supreme Court pick list are a “revolt against the elites.” [New York Times]
* While he was still on the campaign trail, President-elect Trump pledged to “open up our libel laws” so celebrities and public officials can “sue [the media] and win lots of money,” but it might not be so easy to do. The Supreme Court doesn’t seem to have any designs on overturning the precedent set in New York Times v. Sullivan, and the only other way to change libel laws would be to amend the Constitution. [WSJ Law Blog]
* Chadbourne & Parke has filed a motion for summary judgment in the $100 million gender discrimination class-action suit filed by one of its current partners and one of its former partners, contending that not only are their claims “utterly baseless,” but that the plaintiff partners are not or were not employees of the firm who fall under employment discrimination laws. We’ll have more on this news later today. [Big Law Business]
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Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.13.16
* According to a new survey published by legal search firm Major Lindsey & Africa, on average, female Biglaw partners make 44 percent less than male Biglaw partners, and the pay disparity is largely due to who receives origination credit for business. We’ll have more on this study later today. [DealBook / New York Times]
* Uh-oh! This Australian law firm may be going even further down under… Following a restructuring and several rounds of layoffs, Slater & Gordon, the world’s first publicly traded law firm, has found itself on the receiving end of a class-action securities case on behalf of its shareholders over its continually tumbling share prices. [WSJ Law Blog]
* “Today’s ruling marks an end to Mr. Paxton’s almost year-long attempt to avoid being judged by a jury of his peers.” Even though a federal judge tossed out similar charges last week, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will face trial on state securities fraud charges. Paxton’s lawyers plan to appeal the ruling to a state appellate court. [Big Law Business]
* The last time your jeans were cool was when they were a lyric in “My Humps”: After falling out of fashion, True Religion has hired Kirkland & Ellis to explore some debt restructuring options. With about $500 million in debt to deal with, the company may have to file for bankruptcy or hope for kind negotiations with its lenders. [Reuters]
* “What is he thinking? Already his conduct is going to make him a pariah in many law school contexts — and this just fuels the flames.” Former Berkeley Law Dean Sujit Choudhry’s next court hearing for his racial discrimination case is on November 3. What is the law school’s latest argument against his claims? [San Francisco Chronicle]
* Jack Greenberg, former leader of NAACP Legal Defense Fund, RIP. [New York Times]
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Hedge Funds / Private Equity, Securities Law, Technology, Wall Street
Self-Learning Machines Beating Hedge Funds -- What Lawyers Need to Know
Even if one believes that lawyers themselves are insulated from the changing nature of financial markets, their clients are not. -
Hedge Funds / Private Equity, Securities Law, Wall Street
Low-Cost Hedge Fund Replication May Threaten Securities Lawyers
It’s a brave new world, and securities lawyers should be considering how their role in that world will work. -
Litigation Finance, Litigators, Money
Finance And Law: Litigation Finance ETFs
Exchange-traded funds could address litigation finance's problem of a limited investor base. -
Securities Law, Wall Street
Finance And Law: Activist Investing Creates New Challenges in Securities Law
In complex situations involving disclosure decisions and legal strategy as much as investment savvy, attorneys can play a key role. -
Litigators, Technology
Can Data Be Your Litigation Edge? A Conversation With Lex Machina's Owen Byrd
Will this be an analytics tool that every firm begins to use in order to get a leg up? -
Securities Law, Technology
Lex Machina Expands Analytics From IP Into Securities Law; Other Practice Areas To Follow
Securities cases are available in Lex Machina starting today; antitrust cases will come in September. -
Biglaw, Job Searches, Securities Law
10 Things To Know About Securities Litigation And Enforcement
A good overview of what it's like to work as a lawyer in securities litigation and enforcement.