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University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law

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2022

Litigation

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Spac Attack, Justin Kuehn Dec 2022

Spac Attack, Justin Kuehn

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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Top Ten Issues In De-Spac Securities Litigation, Wendy Gerwick Couture Dec 2022

Top Ten Issues In De-Spac Securities Litigation, Wendy Gerwick Couture

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

I am delighted to contribute to this symposium on special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). The securities litigation associated with the de-SPAC transaction is at an early stage, but courts are already wrestling with a number of unsettled issues that cast a mirror on SPACs and the securities laws more broadly. As these issues are resolved, they will affect the future of de-SPAC transactions as well as the regulatory environment in which they operate. In this essay, I identify ten such issues, drawing from the pleadings, briefings, and hearings in pending de-SPAC securities cases, with the goal of highlighting the key …