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Deutsche Bank, Mudrick Sue Ambac Over $65 Million Transfer

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Mudrick Capital Management and other noteholders of Ambac Assurance Corp. sued the bond insurer for allegedly making an unauthorized transfer of $65 million to its parent company. The creditors, which also include CQS and Shenkman Capital …

Barclays Beats Two Lawsuits in US Over $17.7B Issuance Blunder

Barclays won the dismissal on Friday of two U.S. securities fraud lawsuits stemming from the British bank’s unauthorized sale of $17.7 billion more securities than U.S. regulators allowed. U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman in Manhattan said investors who acquired Barclays’ …

Amazon Defeats Shareholder Suit Over Third-Party Sellers, Capacity Expansion

A U.S. judge dismissed a lawsuit accusing Amazon.com of defrauding shareholders about its treatment of third-party sellers and plans to expand capacity, culminating in a Federal Trade Commission antitrust case against the online retail giant. Monday’s dismissal by U.S. District …

Delaware Aims to Remain Top Corporate Legal Home; Texas Marshals A Challenge

A year after Elon Musk urged U.S. companies to abandon Delaware as their legal home and follow Tesla to Texas, legislators in the two states on Wednesday considered bills in an unusual battle over corporate law that critics say benefits …

Intel Defeats Shareholder Suit Over Foundry Losses, $32B Plunge

Intel won the dismissal of a shareholder lawsuit accusing the chipmaker of fraudulently concealing problems in its foundry business, leading to job cuts and a dividend suspension that wiped out more than $32 billion of market value in one day. …

Norfolk Southern Wins Dismissal of Bondholder Lawsuit Over 2023 Ohio Derailment

A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit accusing Norfolk Southern of causing hundreds of millions of dollars of losses for bondholders by concealing safety risks prior to the February 2023 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio of a train carrying …

Cybereason CEO Sues Mnuchin, SoftBank Fund Over Funding Plan

The chief executive officer of Cybereason Inc. sued two investors — former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and the SoftBank Vision Fund — accusing them of putting the company at risk of bankruptcy by rejecting multiple plans for a much-needed capital …

SEC Says Game Service Roblox Part of ‘Active Investigation’

Roblox Corp., the video-game service used by millions of young people, is part of an active investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, according to information obtained by Bloomberg News. Responding to a Freedom of Information Act request, the …

Securities Litigation Risk for Public Companies Rose by $1 Trillion in Fourth Quarter

Securities litigation risk for U.S. public companies rose by $1 trillion as of the fourth quarter of 2024, a new report shows. SAR, a data analytics company specialized in the securities litigation risk, published its U.S. Securities Litigation Risk Report …

FDIC Sues 17 Former Silicon Valley Bank Executives, Directors Over Collapse

The FDIC on Thursday sued 17 former executives and directors of Silicon Valley Bank, seeking to recover billions of dollars for alleged gross negligence and breaches of fiduciary duty that caused the bank’s March 2023 collapse, one of the largest …