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  • April 10, 2025

    NY AG Calls For 'Common-Sense' Rules In Crypto Legislation

    New York Attorney General Letitia James sent a letter to leaders of both chambers of Congress on Thursday urging them to ensure that any crypto legislation includes strong guardrails to protect consumers, national security and market stability.

  • April 10, 2025

    Ex-PE Fund CEO Rejoins Legal Field As Nelson Mullins Partner

    After spending over a decade serving as president and CEO of an international private equity fund, corporate partner Hendrik Jordaan has jumped back into the legal field, joining Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP's mergers and acquisitions practice in the firm's Denver office.

  • April 10, 2025

    Conn. Firm Fights Atty Fee Award In Client's Suit Over Scam

    Connecticut law firm Mancini Provenzano & Futtner LLC has asked a Constitution State court to reconsider its decision to award attorney fees and prejudgment interest to a former client after a fraudster used the firm's email system to rob the client of $90,586, arguing there was no bad faith to warrant such an award.

  • April 10, 2025

    Judge On Bid To Redo Wawa Breach Atty Fees: 'I Don't Buy It'

    A Third Circuit panel on Thursday considering a class member's request to reconsider a $3.2 million attorney fee award in the Wawa data breach litigation seemed unconvinced of the argument that the number was the result of side-dealing attorneys, with one judge telling counsel, "I don't buy it."

  • April 10, 2025

    No Plan To Trim Do Kwon Case After Crypto Memo, Feds Say

    A U.S. Department of Justice memo outlining the Trump administration's cryptocurrency policy and enforcement priorities has not prompted prosecutors to alter their $40 billion criminal fraud case against Terraform founder Do Kwon, a government lawyer told a Manhattan federal judge Thursday.

  • April 10, 2025

    NY Fines Block $40M For Cash App Compliance Failures

    Jack Dorsey's financial technology firm Block Inc. said Thursday that it will pay a $40 million penalty to New York regulators over allegedly lax anti-money laundering procedures on its payments platform Cash App following a multistate settlement in January over similar alleged violations.

  • April 10, 2025

    Del. Justices Urged To Revive Gellert Seitz Malpractice Case

    A homebuilder is asking the Delaware Supreme Court to undo Gellert Seitz Busenkell & Brown LLC's win in a legal malpractice case over damages the builder says it suffered due to negligent representation in loan restructuring disputes with a bank.

  • April 10, 2025

    Rocket Mortgage Says Feds Can't Scuttle Appraisal Suit

    Rocket Mortgage LLC is fighting back against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's bid to dismiss the mortgage lender's suit, arguing in Colorado federal court that HUD is unlawfully forcing the company to change a residential appraisal that was allegedly discriminatory.

  • April 09, 2025

    Trump Instructs Agencies To Quietly Repeal Regs If Possible

    President Donald Trump on Wednesday directed federal agencies to prioritize repealing regulations that don't comply with a list of recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions regarding, among other things, the environment, administrative courts and affirmative action, instructing them to do so without public notice and comment if possible.

  • April 09, 2025

    'Evasive' Unions Told To List Fired Probationary Workers

    The California federal judge who ordered the reinstatement of many fired probationary federal workers before the U.S. Supreme Court stayed his ruling on Wednesday ordered the public sector unions representing federal staffers to provide a list of their booted members, calling their claims that the information would be difficult to produce "evasive."

  • April 09, 2025

    Dems Decry 'Industry Wishlist' As House Mulls Crypto Rules

    House Democrats on Wednesday sought to keep the Trump family's involvement in crypto ventures and the industry's lobbying efforts in sharp focus as lawmakers began devising market structure legislation for digital assets during a hearing.

  • April 09, 2025

    Fed Pick To Call For 'Reformed' Supervision, 'Pragmatic' Rules

    President Donald Trump's nominee for a key bank policymaking role at the Federal Reserve will tell senators on Thursday that a back-to-basics "refocusing" of bank supervision and a return to regulatory "tailoring" are among the top priorities she plans to pursue on the job.

  • April 09, 2025

    Furniture Co. Will Pay $1.5M Over PPP Loan Fraud Charge

    A North Carolina leather furniture supplier has agreed to a nearly $1.5 million deal ending government claims that it used manipulated payroll numbers to meet requirements for loan forgiveness under the COVID-era federal Payment Protection Program.

  • April 09, 2025

    Senate Confirms Trump Pick Atkins To Lead A Leaner SEC

    The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Paul Atkins to be the next chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, clearing the way for an agency veteran and regulatory critic who is expected to slow the SEC's enforcement agenda and pursue smaller corporate penalties at a time when the agency is grappling with staff cuts and market turmoil.

  • April 09, 2025

    Wigdor Can Drop Client But Must Face Black's Sanctions Bid

    A Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday allowed Wigdor LLP to withdraw as counsel for a Jane Doe plaintiff in a sexual assault lawsuit against ex-Apollo Global Management CEO Leon Black, but said the firm would remain in the case to face a sanctions motion by the billionaire.

  • April 09, 2025

    Insurer Settles Suit Blaming Bank Consultant For Data Breach

    National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh has settled a suit accusing a Washington-based consultant of security lapses after the personal data of over 10,000 bank customers ended up online, according to new filings in Evergreen State court.

  • April 09, 2025

    DC Circ. Seems Open To Narrowing ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ Injunction

    A D.C. Circuit panel seemed divided Wednesday on the Trump administration's bid to stave off a lower court order barring it from shutting down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as a U.S. Department of Justice attorney disavowed plans to shutter the agency.

  • April 09, 2025

    House Slates ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ Payment, Overdraft Rules For Repeal

    The House on Wednesday voted to overturn two Biden-era Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules aimed at increasing oversight of larger digital payment providers and curbing big-bank overdraft fees, setting the pair up for final repeal at the White House.

  • April 09, 2025

    2nd Circ. Doubtful Of Push To Thaw Assets For Debt Relief Biz

    A Second Circuit panel seemed unconvinced Wednesday by a debt relief network's argument that the rule federal and state enforcers invoked to shut it down didn't apply because the targeted business practices included in-person interactions, with two judges noting that the home visits followed phone conversations where the actual selling was likely made.

  • April 09, 2025

    Car Dealership Magnate To Pay $12M Over Pandemic Loans

    Massachusetts car dealership magnate Herb Chambers and several of his companies have agreed to pay $11.8 million to resolve allegations that they falsely certified their eligibility for pandemic-era aid under a U.S. Small Business Administration program, civil prosecutors said on Wednesday.

  • April 09, 2025

    Bessent: 'It's Main Street's Turn' For Regulatory Rollbacks

    U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday sketched out ambitious Trump administration plans to cut financial rules for smaller, so-called community banks and rein in federal bank supervision, saying the goal is to lock up "bureaucratic hubris."

  • April 09, 2025

    Winston & Strawn Leads Fintech-Focused SPAC's $240M IPO

    Special purpose acquisition company Titan Acquisition Corp. began trading Wednesday after pricing a $240 million initial public offering in pursuit of a merger with a fintech or related business, represented by Winston & Strawn LLP and underwriters' counsel Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP.

  • April 09, 2025

    3 Firms Build Bain's $825M Lincoln Financial Stake Buy

    Insurance company Lincoln Financial on Wednesday revealed that it has secured an $825 million strategic growth investment from private equity giant Bain Capital in exchange for a minority equity stake in a deal built by three law firms.

  • April 08, 2025

    Ex-Outcome CEO, Co-Founder Challenge $1B Fraud Convictions

    Outcome Health's former CEO and co-founder are challenging their convictions for lying about the company's capabilities and value in a $1 billion fraud, arguing a legally deficient fraud theory, unfair narrative evidence and the government's admitted pre-trial asset over-restraint warrant unwinding the jury's verdict.

  • April 08, 2025

    Trump's ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ Pick Could Be Confirmed By May, Scott Says

    Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott, R-S.C., said Tuesday that a final confirmation vote could be just weeks away for Jonathan McKernan, who is President Donald Trump's nominee to head up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Expert Analysis

  • How Decline Of Deference Will Affect Trump Policymaking

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    An administrative law regime without Chevron deference may limit the Trump administration’s ability to implement new policies in the short term, but ultimately help it in the long term, and all parties with an interest in regulatory changes will have to take a fresh approach to litigation, say attorneys at Covington.

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    Ohio Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q4

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    Ohio's banking and financial services sector saw several significant developments in the fourth quarter of 2024, including a landmark Uniform Commercial Code ruling, adjustments to the state's Homebuyer Plus Program and the launch of the state's first women-led bank, says attorney Alex Durst.

  • National Trust Bank Charter Can Widen Reach Of Fintech Cos.

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    U.S. fintech companies that want to expand nationwide are at a competitive disadvantage with foreign companies, which can much more easily branch into the U.S., but setting up a national trust bank charter could offer a path forward, say attorneys at Davis Wright.

  • 6 Predictions For Cyber Risk And Insurance In 2025

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    This year is likely to bring with it some thorny and expensive cyber challenges, including increased ransomware activity, more data breach class actions and continued efforts to define business interruption loss calculations, say attorneys at Wiley.

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    Illinois Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q4

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    While the last quarter of 2024 didn't bring any notable state financial legislation, Illinois banks did see developments in the challenge to the Interchange Fee Prohibition Act, and received some awaited guidance on credit line disclosures and bank-fintech relationships, say attorneys at Dykema.

  • 7 Ways 2nd Trump Administration May Affect Partner Hiring

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    President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House will likely have a number of downstream effects on partner hiring in the legal industry, from accelerated hiring timelines to increased vetting of prospective employees, say recruiters at Macrae.

  • How Trump 2.0 May Change Business In Latin America

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    Companies in Latin America should expect to face more trade restrictions, tighter economic sanctions and enhanced corruption risks, as the incoming administration shifts focus to certain non-U.S. actors, most notably China, says Matteson Ellis at Miller & Chevalier.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Custodian Selection

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    Several recent rulings make clear that the proportionality of additional proposed custodians will depend on whether the custodians have unique relevant documents, and producing parties should consider whether information already in the record will show that they have relevant documents that otherwise might not be produced, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Impact Of Successful Challenges To SEC's Rulemaking Ability

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    In 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission faced significant legal challenges to its aggressive rulemaking agenda as several of its rules were vacated by the Fifth Circuit, which could hinder the SEC's ability to enact rules extending beyond express statutory authority in the future, say attorneys at Debevoise.

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    NY Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q4

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    In 2024's final quarter, the New York State Department of Financial Services published guidance on mitigating the rising cybersecurity risks of artificial intelligence and remote technology workers with North Korean ties, and the state attorney general launched an antitrust investigation into Capital One's proposed Discover merger, say attorneys at Haynes Boone.

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    Exercising On My Peloton Bike Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    While I originally came to the Peloton bike for exercise, one cycling instructor’s teachings have come to serve as a road map for practicing law thoughtfully and mindfully, which has opened opportunities for growth and change in my career, says Andrea Kirshenbaum at Littler.

  • How To Manage During A Trade Dispute With USMCA Partners

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    Companies can try to minimize the potential impacts of future tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods, and uncertainty about future trade relations, by evaluating supply chains, considering how they may be modified, and engaging with the new administration over exemptions and the upcoming review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

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    In The ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ Playbook: A Sprint To The Finish Line

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    The fourth quarter of 2024 was an impressive demonstration of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's ability to regulate, enforce and supervise, even on borrowed time following the election results, and we should expect the current bureau to run nonstop until Jan. 20, say attorneys at Covington.

  • Predicting What's Next For SEC By Looking At Past Dissents

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    While Paul Atkins' nomination to be the next chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has taken center stage, an analysis of Republican Commissioners Hester Peirce and Mark Uyeda's past votes and dissents provides a preview of where enforcement may shift in the new administration, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.

  • Exploring Venue Strategy For Trump-Era Regulatory Litigation

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    Litigation will likely play a prominent role in shaping policy outcomes during the second Trump administration, and stakeholders have several tools at their disposal to steer regulatory litigation toward more favorable venues, say attorneys at Covington.

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