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Join the Securities Litigation and Enforcement Group on LinkedInWhy SEC Lawyers Will Keep Flocking to Private Practice | National Law Journal
Data from Leopard Solutions’ attorney database shows that 17 attorneys left the SEC’s legal ranks in the first six months of 2021. A significant number of moves from government into private practice are expected in the first six months of a new administration. But in the first six months of 2022, the number of laterals […]
Twitter Seeks Quick Trial in Suit Against Elon Musk for Dropping Takeover – Bloomberg
Twitter Inc. wants a lightning-quick trial to resolve its claim that billionaire Elon Musk wrongfully canceled his proposed $44 billion buyout of the social-media platform. Lawyers for the San Francisco-based company say they need only four days in Delaware Chancery Court to prove that the world’s richest man should be forced to honor his agreement […]
Corporate Backlash Over SEC Climate Plan Takes Shape: Green Insight – Bloomberg
Over the past four months, the agency has received dozens of letters from individuals and groups making their own recommendations on how it should proceed. It’s possible the SEC will water down specifics of the plan before holding a second vote to finalize the regulation. But the idea that the SEC will retract its plan is arguably close […]
David Bartels, Former Deputy Chief Counsel of the SEC’s Division of Investment Management, Joins Dechert’s SEC Regulatory Practice
Dechert LLP is pleased to announce that David Bartels has joined the firm’s financial services group as a partner in the Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Bartels joins Dechert from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, where he served as Deputy Chief Counsel of the Division of Investment Management. As one of five senior officers overseeing […]
Berkshire Hathaway’s Charlie Munger: Crypto is ‘an open sewer’
Berkshire Hathaway’s billionaire vice chairman Charlie Munger renewed his scathing criticism of the cryptocurrency sector – calling the industry a “sewer” full of bad actors selling digital coins that lack any actual value. Munger, one of the financial world’s most vocal critics of cryptocurrencies, referred to the “crypto craze” as a “mass folly” during an […]
California Is Investigating ‘Multiple’ Crypto Lending Companies
The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) is investigating several U.S.-based crypto lenders after a series of prominent lenders indefinitely halted withdrawals and transfers between user accounts, according to a press release issued on Tuesday. The department didn’t name the companies under investigation, but it did say it is eyeing “multiple” companies that […]
Twitter Unloads on Musk – The New York Times
Twitter filed a much-anticipated lawsuit yesterday as it looks to force Elon Musk to close his $44 billion acquisition of the company. Twitter argues that it has every right to do so under a specific performance provision in the deal contract. The company, with the help of lawyers at Wachtell (which has also worked for […]