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SPACs
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Litigation Finance Journal
Forbes Explores SPAC’s $32.6B Medicare Litigation Enterprise
By John Freund
A new Medicare/Medicaid technology company is leveraging the fundamentals of litigation investment via SPAC, with billions of dollars on the line. MSP Recovery claims it differs from Omni Bridgeway and…
Public Chatter
SEC Commissioner Crenshaw Speaks on SPACs
By Andrew Moore, Arian Galavis
A few weeks ago, SEC Commissioner Crenshaw delivered a speech on SPACs that’s worth reading. Agree or disagree, it’s an excellent summary of the policy considerations behind the SEC’s recent…
GT Israel Law Blog
Join us: Raising Capital, M&A, SPACs and other Exits in the United States
Raising Capital, M&A, SPACs and other Exits in the United States Join us for a seminar to discuss current trends in the public and private Capital Markets and M&A arena…
The Securities Law Blog
Small Business Advisory Committee to Host Virtual Meeting to Discuss Proposed Rules on Climate Disclosures and SPACs
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee today released the agenda for its virtual meeting on Friday, May 6, which will examine the Commission’s proposed rules…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
SEC Commissioner Speaks on IPOs and the Rise of SPACs
Thank you Hal [Scott] for that kind introduction and for inviting me to speak today. I am honored to precede such an esteemed panel of practitioners and academics. As always,…
The D&O Diary
Two More SPAC-Related Securities Suits Launched
Consistent with what is already a well-established current securities class action litigation filing trend, plaintiff shareholders last week filed two more SPAC-related securities suits. Although the two new suits are…
The Capital Commitment
SEC Proposes Extensive New Rules Applicable to SPACs and de-SPAC Transactions
By William D. Dalsen, Steven R. Burwell, Peter Castellon, Michael Choate, Steven L. Lichtenfeld, Ben Orlanski, Louis Rambo, Frank Zarb, Simon J. Wood
We previously noted that SEC Chair Gary Gensler suggested the SEC would adopt new rules governing SPACs because, in his view, SPACs are very similar to initial public offerings but…
Free Writings + Perspectives
A Sea Change: The SEC’s Proposed Rules Applicable to SPACs
April 27, 2022 Webinar Register here. On March 30, 2022, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed new rules and amendments to existing rules and forms (the “Proposed Rules”)…
The D&O Diary
After Short Seller Report, Lithium Battery Recycler Hit with SPAC-Related Securities Suit
In a new lawsuit that closely mirrors the features of many recent SPAC-related securities lawsuits, and that indeed almost entirely replicates the most recent suits, a plaintiff shareholder has initiated…
M&A Insights
Delaware Court Subjects de-SPAC Transaction to Entire Fairness Standard of Review
By Nancy B. Bostic, Kyle Benson
In In re MultiPlan Corp. Stockholders Litigation, the Delaware Court of Chancery denied defendants’ motions to dismiss and ruled that the plaintiffs’ may proceed with their claims that the insiders…