Lawyers

• Snapchat Files for IPO; Company’s Value is Predicted to Reach $25 Billion

  Snap Inc. the maker of Snapchat filed an IPO to begin trading its shares in the stock market on Thursday, Feb. 2. The listing is expected to start in March.

• NYSE withdraws proposal to determine deviation in trading exchange traded funds

  The Securities and Exchange Commission confirmed that the New York Stock Exchange withdrew its proposal of determining "aberrant" pricing of exchange-traded funds. The rule would have allowed NYSE to warn traders of ETF pricing deviation.

• U.S. graft probes may cost Petrobras record $1.6 billion or more - source

  Brazil's Petrobras may need to pay record penalties of $1.6 billion or more to settle U.S. criminal and civil probes into its role in a corruption scandal, a person recently briefed by the company's legal advisors told Reuters.

• U.S. executives lay out regulatory vision for venture exchanges

  Two top stock exchanges laid out their vision on Tuesday for how they believe U.S. regulators could craft rules to foster the creation of "venture exchanges" that list small-cap companies.

• Exchange operator BATS calls for U.S. regulatory reform

  Exchange operator BATS Global Markets on Tuesday called for changes to U.S. stock market rules, including slashing exchange fees for the most actively traded stocks, in the latest plea for regulatory reform from within the industry.

• Ex-CFO of China's Longtop found liable in rare U.S. investor trial

  A U.S. jury found that a former Longtop Financial Technologies chief financial officer was reckless in making untrue statements or omitting facts about the Chinese technology company, a rare verdict among securities class actions.

• NYSE to take back policing duties from Wall Street watchdog

  NYSE Group said on Monday it would take back the majority of the policing duties for its two U.S. options exchanges and three stock markets, including the New York Stock Exchange, from Wall Street's self-funded watchdog at the end of 2015.

• Goldman Sachs wins role stabilizing early trade in Alibaba IPO: source

  Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) will be the bank in charge of overseeing early share trading in China's Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's (IPO-BABA.N) initial public offering, according to a source.

• $4.5 M NYSE fine seen as first SEC salvo following 'Flash Boys' revelation

  An industry expert told Bloomberg that the latest penalty imposed on the New York Stock Exchange by the US Securities and Exchange Commission simply means that the regulator is emphasizing that it will ensure that trading exchanges have stricter rules in place to curb potential trading crimes or violations.