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Cozen Currents: In Trump's Image

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The Cozen Lens- •Even if this year’s Republican Party platform is shorter than usual, former President Trump’s influence is evident in not only the policies it proposes, but perhaps more so in the ones it avoids. •In a...more

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Threading the Needle in “Tax-Free” Spinoffs

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With the rise in inflation and downturn in economies, spin-offs have become an increasingly popular method of unlocking shareholder value in a down market. Often, the ability to obtain tax-free treatment in the U.S. for the...more

Epstein Becker & Green

#WorkforceWednesday: Whistleblower Risks in an Economic Downturn, Whistleblower Protection Settlement - Employment Law This Week®

This week, we’re detailing how self-remediation can help health care employers avoid whistleblower retaliation lawsuits following company downsizing. We’re also bringing you a breaking news story on the $35 million settlement...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Enforcement Priorities Could Shift in a Downturn

In 2022, we saw steep drops in the U.S. stock market, comparable to the bursting of the dot-com bubble of 2000-01 and the crash set off by the global financial crisis of 2007-09. Additionally, cryptocurrency markets have lost...more

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Markets Close Out Worst First-Half Performance in 50 Years

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Those of us even glancing at the business section each morning shouldn’t be surprised at all, but let’s make it official: the first half of 2022 was the worst for investors in more than 50 years. Crytpo’s fallen off the...more

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Financial Daily Dose 5.4.2021 | Top Story: Buffett Reveals Greg Abel as Successor to Helm Berkshire Hathaway Empire

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It didn’t come as a feature of the big Berkshire Hathaway shareholder extravaganza over the weekend, but Mr. Buffett made news nonetheless by revealing in an interview with CNBC that Gregory Abel ...more

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Financial Daily Dose 1.28.2021 | Top Story: GameStop’s Wild Ride Continues, Pummeling Hedge Funds Along the Way

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GameStop’s continuing surge this week has gone from something of a lark to a collective small-trader effort to stick it to Wall Street hedge funds and institutionalists, with share-price fundamentals discarded entirely in...more

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Financial Daily Dose 11.19.2020 | Top Story: FAA Clears Boeing’s Troubled 737 Max to Return to Skies

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The FAA has once again given Boeing the green light to send its troubled 737 Max models into the sky, “20 months after it was grounded following two fatal crashes blamed on faulty software and a host of company and government...more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.12.2020 | Top Story: Court Rules Apple Doesn’t Have to Offer Fortnite in App Store

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Big Friday win for Apple in its ongoing battle with Epic Games, as N.D. Cal. Federal Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled that Cook & Co. didn’t “need to reinstate the popular video game Fortnite in its App Store,” a blow to...more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.6.2020 | Top Story: Cybersecurity Pioneer John McAfee Arrested, Accused of Tax Evasion Over Crypto...

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The SEC has sued “cybersecurity pioneer John McAfee” for “promoting the sale of cryptocurrencies without disclosing that he was being paid to do so.” McAfee allegedly recommended “at least seven initial coin offerings to his...more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.1.2020 | Top Story: Palantir and Asana Make Strong Showing In Direct Listing Public Debut

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Palantir’s direct listing experiment generally went well yesterday, with the company’s shares beginning trading up nearly 40% from the $7.25 reference price set Tuesday evening. Fellow direct lister Asana also had a good...more

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Financial Daily Dose 9.25.2020 | Top Story: US Jobless Claims Rise As Recovery Stagnates

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New U.S. unemployment claims rose last week according to data released on Thursday, the latest sign that America’s recovery from the pandemic-induced recession is slowing—a “particularly worrisome” trend as cold-state...more

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Registered U.S. Securities Offerings in the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, companies continue to access the capital markets. In fact, liquidity concerns have put even greater emphasis on securities offerings for some companies....more

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Financial Daily Dose 5.12.2020 | Top Story: Fed Launches ETF Buying in Effort to Aid Credit Markets

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For the first time, the Federal Reserve system will begin buying corporate bonds—all part of the central bank’s efforts to “support the economy and financial system in the coronavirus crisis.” The NY Fed will kick things off...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Securities and Other Shareholder Litigation in the Wake of COVID-19

The current bear market began only a month ago and the securities plaintiffs’ bar wasted no time bringing its first set of actions. The stock market decline caused by COVID-19 has led to economic conditions this country has...more

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SEC Chairman and Division of Corporation Finance Director Release Public Statement on COVID-19 Impact Disclosure in Earnings...

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On April 8, 2020, Jay Clayton, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (Commission), and William Hinman, Director of the Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance, released an unusual public statement addressing...more

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Regulators Warn of Scams During Coronavirus Pandemic and Economic Downturn

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US Regulators are warning against scams that are being perpetrated out of the Coronavirus Pandemic and the Economic Downturn. On March 20, the SEC tweeted out warnings about investment scams, earmarking certain “too good to...more

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Financial Daily Dose 3.24.2020 | Top Story: Fed’s “Unlimited” QE Promise Doesn’t Reassure Markets Amid D.C. Deadlock

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A promise of “unlimited” QE from the Fed Monday morning briefly turned the tides on Dow futures but wasn’t enough to overcome another day of COVID-19-related fears and DC gridlock over the $1.8 trillion stimulus package III...more

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Preparing for Market Disruption: Circuit Breakers and Discretionary Trading Halts

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The COVID-19 outbreak and the breakdown of negotiations between oil producers have contributed to a fall in the stock market, ending the longest bull market in history and bringing about a period of volatility. As of March...more

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Financial Daily Dose 3.3.2020 | Top Story: Promised Central Bank Action Halts Market Slide (for now)

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Despite news of additional COVID-19-related deaths and infections in America, central bankers appear to have bought at least one day of peace for US markets, which posted strong gains on a late surge on Monday, breaking a...more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.10.2019 | Top Story: US/China Trade Talks Resume Even as Tensions Grow

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Senior negotiators from the U.S. and China will officially resume trade negotiations today, “with higher tariffs looming if [they] fail to break a five-month stalemate.” The U.S.’s moves this week to blacklist 28 Chinese tech...more

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Financial Daily Dose 9.10.2019 | Top Story: Activist Investor Singer Discloses Stake in AT&T and Pushes for Change

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Paul Singer’s Elliott Management hedge fund revealed a $3.2 billion stake in AT&T and, along with it, a healthy-skepticism of the company’s 2018 purchase of Time Warner and general calls to divest as part of a 24-page letter...more

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Financial Daily Dose 9.5.2019 | Top Story: YouTube Fined $170 Million for Violating Kids’ Privacy Law

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Google will pay a “record $170 million fine and make changes to protect children’s privacy on YouTube” as part of a deal it reached this week with the FTC and NY AG’s office, both of whom had accused YouTube of “violating the...more

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Financial Daily Dose 8.23.2019 | Top Story: Financial World Anxiously Awaits Fed Chair’s Jackson Hole Speech for Rate-Cut Clues

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A recent report showing slowing US manufacturing activity and a sliding 10-year Treasury note yield is only making Chair Powell’s balancing act that much tougher....more

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Financial Daily Dose 8.22.2019 | Top Story: CBO Projects $1 Trillion Annual US Deficit in 2020

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The CBO sent shivers down the spines of deficit hawks yesterday with its latest forecast that shows federal cost overruns hitting $1 trillion for fiscal 2020, an increase of more than $100 billion from projections just 3...more

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