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June 10, 2025
Trump's CFTC Pick Won't Push To Fill Leadership Vacancies
President Donald Trump's pick to lead the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission told senators Tuesday that the financial regulator would likely need to beef up its staff should Congress grant it more authority over the cryptocurrency industry, but he would not commit to pushing the president to fill vacancies at the top of the agency.
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June 10, 2025
Farella Braun Wins Partial Fee Award In FDIC Dispute
A California federal judge has awarded Farella Braun & Martel LLP around $10,000 in attorney fees for the work its lawyers did for the bankrupt parent of Silicon Valley Bank, finding the receiver for the bank, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., failed to comply with discovery orders.
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June 10, 2025
Most M&A Dealmakers Are Targeting AI Acquisitions
Corporate and private equity dealmakers are rapidly integrating artificial intelligence into their mergers and acquisitions strategies, with 51% having acquired an AI business and 46% planning to do so soon, according to a new Norton Rose Fulbright report.
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June 10, 2025
Top ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ Enforcer Quits Over 'Devastating' Agency Pullback
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's top enforcement official resigned Tuesday, saying she can no longer effectively do her job under leadership that "has no intention to enforce the law in any meaningful way."
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June 10, 2025
MoFo Adds Troutman Pepper Financial Services Duo In DC
Morrison Foerster LLP said Tuesday it is boosting its financial services and fintech groups with the addition of a former Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. executive and a past Federal Reserve Board attorney.
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June 10, 2025
SEC's Investment Management Chief Greiner To Leave Agency
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission veteran Natasha Vij Greiner is stepping down as the director of the agency's investment management division, ending a nearly 24-year career serving the SEC in multiple roles, regulators announced Tuesday.
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June 10, 2025
Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
Delaware's Court of Chancery showed new resistance to suits alleging corporate weaponizing of advance notice bylaws, and a new report highlighted the high fees that attorneys are cashing in on in Delaware courts compared to the federal court system. Several new suits were also filed concerning allegedly under- or overvalued sales and acquisitions being pushed through.
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June 09, 2025
Squires Dodges Trump Questions, Emphasizes AI For Backlog
The Trump administration's nominee for U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director avoided answering whether Joe Biden won the 2020 election, how to describe defendants in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and whether he would follow an illegal directive from the president, along with addressing concerns about USPTO resources and artificial intelligence in post-hearing responses to senators.
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June 09, 2025
OCC Rebuffs State Bankers' Call To Rescind Preemption Rules
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said Monday that it is standing by its regulations that purport to exempt banks it oversees from a swath of state-law limitations, swatting down a request from state regulators that want these rules overturned.
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June 09, 2025
Russian Crypto CEO, Charged With $530M Fraud, Can't Get Bail
The Russian CEO of Miami-based cryptocurrency firm Evita was arrested and charged Monday with 22 criminal counts for allegedly orchestrating a $530 million scheme to dodge U.S. sanctions and export controls and launder funds, prompting a New York federal judge to deny him bail given his incentive to flee.
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June 09, 2025
BiT Global Drops Antitrust Suit Against Coinbase
Digital asset custodian BiT Global has ended its antitrust suit accusing cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase of delisting its "wrapped" bitcoin product to promote its own, ending an antitrust suit a federal judge said she was inclined to dismiss last month.
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June 09, 2025
SEC's Atkins Floats 'Innovation Exemption' For Crypto
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins said Monday that he's directed agency staff to mull rulemaking that would protect developers of decentralized finance platforms and enable registered firms to interact with their "DeFi" systems, including through a potential "innovation exemption" framework.
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June 09, 2025
Treasury Warns Of Iranian 'Shadow Banking,' Oil Smuggling
The Treasury Department has laid out red flags that financial institutions should monitor for identifying and reporting possible sanctions evasion schemes and other suspicious activity tied to the Islamic Republic of Iran, including illicit oil smuggling and the use of "shadow banking" networks.
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June 09, 2025
Bitcoin Platform Parataxis Eyes Public Listing Via SPAC Deal
Bitcoin-focused investment startup Parataxis Holdings LLC plans to go public through a merger with special purpose acquisition company SilverBox Corp IV, both parties announced Monday, marking the latest crypto-related foray into public markets.
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June 09, 2025
Chancery Tosses Suit For $7.2B Squarespace Sale Docs
Shareholders of website builder Squarespace Inc. lost a suit Monday seeking more records on events leading up to the company's $7.2 billion take-private deal with private equity giant Permira Advisors LLC, despite an acknowledged "proper purpose" for the inquiry.
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June 09, 2025
MoneyLion Must Wait To Challenge ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ's Fed Funding
A New York federal judge has said that while MoneyLion may challenge the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding as a defense to an enforcement lawsuit, the fintech must first answer the agency's allegations that it overcharged service members.
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June 09, 2025
Solar Mosaic Files Ch. 11 As Congress Plans Tax Credit Cuts
Home solar panel financing company Solar Mosaic has filed for Chapter 11 protection in a Texas bankruptcy court with more than $264 million in debt and sale plans, saying it is facing a contracting solar energy market and uncertainty over the future of federal solar panel tax credits.
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June 06, 2025
Senate Banking Bill Would Zero Out ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ's Fed Funding
U.S. Senate Banking Committee Republicans called Friday for eliminating the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Federal Reserve funding as part of their proposal package for the "One Big Beautiful" budget bill, a move that could effectively restructure the agency.
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June 06, 2025
Crypto Holding Co. Can Pursue Counterclaim Against Ex-Exec.
A Puerto Rico-based crypto holding company can pursue a counterclaim against its former president who alleged the company's CEO fraudulently recruited him to the venture and then fired him, a Delaware vice chancellor ruled Friday, finding legal expenses the company incurred are recoverable.
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June 06, 2025
Judge Signs Off On SEC Dismissal Of Crypto Promoter Suit
A Texas federal judge signed off on the end of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's case against crypto promoter Ian Balina, resolving the dispute over Balina's promotion of so-called SPRK tokens amid the agency's policy pivot on digital assets.
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June 06, 2025
Fed's Bowman Calls For Oversight Built On 'Pragmatism'
Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman on Friday previewed a sweeping industry-friendly agenda to ease burdens on smaller lenders, overhaul supervisory ratings and reevaluate capital rules as the central bank's new top regulator, drawing immediate praise from banking industry groups.
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June 06, 2025
Circle's Smash IPO Could Pave Way For More Crypto Listings
Stablecoin issuer Circle's explosive debut will likely stimulate more crypto listings and possibly jolt the broader pipeline of initial public offerings, capital markets attorneys say.
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June 06, 2025
Synapse Trustee Says No Funds Remain To Trace Client Cash
The court-appointed trustee overseeing the Chapter 11 of fintech middleware firm Synapse Financial Technologies Inc. is asking a California bankruptcy judge to convert the case to a Chapter 7 liquidation, despite some customer funds remaining unaccounted for.
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June 06, 2025
Feds Seek 15 Months For Russian Crypto Market Manipulator
A Russian national who pled guilty to manipulating crypto markets through his market-making service says the time he has already served is sufficient punishment, but the government is seeking 15 months in addition to his company's $23 million forfeiture.
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June 06, 2025
Crypto Groups Want Protections For Developers In House Bill
A coalition of crypto industry groups urged lawmakers and courts to shield developers from certain legal liabilities if their creations do not take hold of customer funds, including by enshrining protections in a proposal to regulate crypto markets that lawmakers continue to debate.
Expert Analysis
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E-Discovery Quarterly: The Perils Of Digital Data Protocols
Though stipulated protocols governing the treatment of electronically stored information in litigation are meant to streamline discovery, recent disputes demonstrate that certain missteps in the process can lead to significant inefficiencies, say attorneys at Sidley.
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Making Sense Of Small Biz Fair Lending Compliance
Despite the uncertainty brought on by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's recent efforts to revise fair lending data collection requirements under Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act, the compliance dates have not yet been stayed, so covered institutions should still start to monitor any disparities now, say attorneys at Frost Brown Todd.
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Opinion
Ripple Settlement Offers Hope For Better Regulatory Future
The recent settlement between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Ripple — in which the agency agreed to return $75 million of a $125 million fine — vindicates criticisms of the SEC and highlights the urgent need for a complete overhaul of its crypto regulation, says J.W. Verret at George Mason University.
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Preparing For Corporate Work
Law school often doesn't cover the business strategy, financial fluency and negotiation skills needed for a successful corporate or transactional law practice, but there are practical ways to gain relevant experience and achieve the mindset shifts critical to a thriving career in this space, says Dakota Forsyth at Olshan Frome.
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OCC Patriot Bank Order Spotlights AML Issues For Managers
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's focus on payments and prepaid card program managers in its recent consent order with Patriot Bank is noteworthy and shows regulators are unlikely to back down on enforcement related to Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering, say attorneys at Troutman Pepper.
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FDIC Shift On ALJs May Show Agencies Meeting New Norms
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s recent reversal, deciding to not fight a Kansas bank’s claim that the FDIC's administrative law judge removal process is unconstitutional, shows that independent agencies may be preemptively reconsidering their enforcement and adjudication authority amid executive and judicial actions curtailing their operations, say attorneys at Snell & Wilmer.
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A Cold War-Era History Lesson On Due Process
The landmark Harry Bridges case from the mid-20th century Red Scare offers important insights on why lawyers must be free of government reprisal, no matter who their client is, says Peter Afrasiabi at One LLP.
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How Latin American Finance Markets May Shift Under Trump
Changes in the federal government are bringing profound implications for Latin American financial institutions and cross-border financing, including increased competition from U.S. banks, volatility in equity markets and stable green investor demand despite deregulation in the U.S., says David Contreiras Tyler at Womble Bond.
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Series
Improv Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Improv keeps me grounded and connected to what matters most, including in my legal career where it has helped me to maintain a balance between being analytical, precise and professional, and creative, authentic and open-minded, says Justine Gottshall at InfoLawGroup.
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How BigLaw Executive Orders May Affect Smaller Firms
Because of the types of cases they take on, solo practitioners, small law firms and public interest attorneys may find themselves more dramatically affected by the collective impact of recent government action involving the legal industry than even the BigLaw firms named in the executive orders, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.
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Opinion
Lawsuits Shouldn't Be Shadow Assets For Foreign Capital
Third-party litigation financing amplifies inefficiencies from litigation and facilitates national exposure to foreign influence in the U.S. justice system, so full disclosure of financing arrangements should be required as a matter of institutional integrity, says Roland Eisenhuth at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.
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How To Accelerate Your Post-Attorney Career Transition
Professionals seeking to transition to nonattorney careers may encounter skepticism as nontraditional candidates, but there are opportunities for thought leadership and to leverage speaking and writing to accelerate a post-attorney career transition, say Janet Falk at Falk Communications and Evgeny Efremkin at Toronto Metropolitan University.
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3 Action Items For Innovators Amid Fintech Regulatory Pivot
As the federal banking agencies seek to smooth the way for banks to engage in crypto-related activities, banks and technology companies should take note of this new chapter in payments services, especially as leadership in digital financial technology becomes a national priority, says Jess Cheng at Wilson Sonsini.
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Opinion
GENIUS Act Can Bring Harmony To Crypto-Banking Discord
​​​​​​​By embracing crypto innovation while establishing appropriate guardrails, the so-called GENIUS Act charts a path forward that promotes financial inclusion and technological advancement without compromising stability or constitutional rights, says J.W. Verret at George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School.
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Series
Law School's Missed Lessons: Be An Indispensable Associate
While law school teaches you to research, write and think critically, it often overlooks the professional skills you will need to make yourself an essential team player when transitioning from a summer to full-time associate, say attorneys at Stinson.