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Alyssa Aquino

Alyssa Aquino

Alyssa Aquino is a Litigation Reporter for the New York Law Journal, covering the New York City courts, securities and financial services litigation. She can be reached at [email protected].

December 10, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Morgan Stanley Hit With $15M Fine After Advisers Take Millions

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said that Morgan Stanley failed to detect hundreds of unauthorized transfers that occurred between May 2015 and July 2022 and to “reasonably supervise” its employees.

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December 06, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Venezuela Faces Creditor Ire After Missing $1.5B Bond Payments

Backed by Duane Morris, the bondholder claims Venezuela breached the terms of the bonds when it stopped making semiannual 9.375% interest payments and failed to repay the principal when the loans matured in 2018.

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December 06, 2024 | International Edition

Venezuela Faces Creditor Class Action Suit After Missing $1.5B Bond Payments

Backed by Duane Morris, the bondholder claims Venezuela breached the terms of the bonds when it stopped making semiannual 9.375% interest payments and failed to repay the principal when the loans matured in 2018.

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December 05, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Internet Archive Won't Take E-Library Case to Supreme Court

The Internet Archive said it will not be fighting an appeals court ruling requiring the removal of its free digital library following a copyright showdown from major publishers represented by Davis Wright Tremaine and the archive's Morrison & Foerster counsel.

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December 04, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Founder of Failed Crypto Lender Confesses to Fraud

Alex Mashinsky pleaded guilty to commodities fraud and to a scheme to manipulate the price of Celsius' token weeks before he was scheduled to stand trial.

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December 03, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Advocates Renew Campaign for Immigrant Right to Counsel in New York

Supporters of the Access to Representation Act say that guaranteed legal representation—regardless of ability to pay—will ensure that immigrants receive due process at court, where they must present their case to stay in the country against government attorneys.

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December 03, 2024 | New York Law Journal

CFPB Aims to Regulate Data Brokers Selling Personal Info

If finalized, the proposed rule would have the federal agency treating data broker sales of a person’s credit history, credit score, debt payments, or income as credit report sales subject to the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

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December 02, 2024 | New York Law Journal

JPMorgan, Tesla Call Off $162M Stock Warrant Case

The companies informed the Manhattan federal court on Friday that they were dropping the case with prejudice.

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November 27, 2024 | New York Law Journal

GE Agrees to $362.5M Deal to End Shareholder Claims Over Power, Insurance Risks

The deal between General Electric and investors represented by Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check had been reached in the lead-up to a trial that would have seen the company and investors squaring off on when executives became aware of what shareholders called “an undisclosed ticking time bomb."

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November 26, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Warner Bros. Accused of Misleading Investors on NBA Talks

Richard Collura alleges that Warner Bros. only came clean about the riskiness of its contract renegotiation efforts in August, after it logged a $9.1 billion noncash goodwill impairment charge from, among others, “uncertainty related to affiliate and sports rights renewals, including the NBA.”

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