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  • May 20, 2025

    SafeMoon CEO's Crypto Talk 'Riddled With Lies,' Jury Told

    A Brooklyn federal jury was set to deliberate charges accusing a U.S. Army veteran from Utah of conspiring to loot crypto company SafeMoon, after federal prosecutors on Tuesday walked jurors through what they called powerful evidence of the former CEO's guilt.

  • May 20, 2025

    蜜桃视频's Guidance Purge May Have Limited Impact For Industry

    The Trump administration's recent culling of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau guidance may help advance the agency's pivot to lighter-touch regulation, but consumer advocates and even some financial services attorneys say the rescinded policies could still shape litigation and leave companies guessing about the agency's current views.

  • May 19, 2025

    Goldstein Assails 'Radical' DOJ Case, Probe Of 'Sexual Habits'

    In his most forceful attack on tax evasion charges that have roiled the U.S. Supreme Court bar, indicted appellate icon Thomas C. Goldstein is accusing the U.S. Department of Justice of embracing "breathtaking" legal theories and revealing prurient information about him "to bias the grand jury."

  • May 19, 2025

    Senate Advances Stablecoin Bill After Dem Backers Return

    The U.S. Senate's proposal to regulate stablecoins is headed to the floor after lawmakers voted to close debate on the bill Monday evening, clearing a procedural hurdle after first stumbling earlier this month when Democrats pulled support to pursue further negotiations.

  • May 19, 2025

    Real Estate CEO Gets 87 Months For $63M Crowdfund Fraud

    The former CEO of a real estate investment firm who copped to ripping off investors in a crowdfunded $63 million development scheme was hit with a seven-plus-year prison sentence Monday from a Georgia federal judge who said the financier's "addiction to optimism" had been his ruin.

  • May 19, 2025

    Binance Calls FTX Ch. 11 Clawback Suit 'Legally Deficient'

    Binance has asked a Delaware bankruptcy judge to dismiss FTX's lawsuit seeking to recover $1.76 billion that was transferred to Binance, accusing the estate of FTX of trying to "shift the blame" for that company's November 2022聽collapse.

  • May 19, 2025

    SEC's 'New Day' Could Cause Financial Crisis, Member Warns

    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins on Monday promised a "new day" for the agency that could bring a host of changes around private fund investments, cryptocurrency and the collection of market data, but the commission's sole Democrat warned that new leadership was playing a "dangerous game" that could lead to a 2008-style financial crisis.

  • May 19, 2025

    MicroStrategy Faces Investor Suit Over Bitcoin Strategy

    Analytics software company MicroStrategy was hit with a proposed shareholder class action alleging that it downplayed the risk of major financial losses that would follow an update to its crypto accounting methodology.

  • May 19, 2025

    Binance Argues All Class Members Must Arbitrate Claims

    Crypto exchange Binance has urged a New York federal judge to require arbitration for all plaintiffs in a proposed class action accusing the crypto exchange of improperly selling securities, saying its terms of use include a class action waiver.

  • May 19, 2025

    'Tornado Cash' Founder Says Feds Withheld Key Evidence

    Tornado Cash founder Roman Storm is demanding federal prosecutors conduct a "thorough" review for additional evidence in his case after the government disclosed in a separate crypto mixer prosecution that Treasury employees had a contrary view of the Justice Department's unlicensed money transmission theory.

  • May 19, 2025

    CFTC Should Pay $3M Atty Fees After Sanctions, Firm Says

    A foreign exchange firm that won dismissal of a U.S. Commodity Futures Exchange Commission case after a New Jersey federal judge sanctioned the agency for bad faith behavior now says the CFTC should have to pay nearly $3 million for failing to own up to its mistake sooner.

  • May 16, 2025

    DC Circ. Judges Skeptical Of Blockade On 蜜桃视频 Mass Layoffs

    A D.C. Circuit panel majority聽Friday sounded inclined to lift lower court restrictions on what the Trump administration contends is its lawful push to "radically downsize" the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, potentially clearing the way for mass layoffs of its staff.

  • May 16, 2025

    FINRA Faces Calls To Narrow Its Outside Biz Rule Revamp

    The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has received a range of feedback on its proposal to streamline reporting requirements for firm representatives' outside business activities, with industry groups urging various tweaks to the measure, and a state regulator and investment adviser group opposing it outright.

  • May 16, 2025

    IPO Pipeline Restarts As Tariff-Related Volatility Eases

    Initial public offerings are showing life again after a tariff-induced slumber, buoyed by strong debuts and a growing pipeline as more venture-backed technology startups are lining up public listings before Memorial Day and into June.

  • May 16, 2025

    CFTC May Be Hobbled As Another Member Announces Exit

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Christy Goldsmith Romero announced Friday that she will be stepping down as commissioner at the end of the month, potentially leaving the agency struggling to move forward with only two members as it awaits congressional action on President Donald Trump's nominee for chair.

  • May 16, 2025

    SEC X Account Hack Conspirator Gets 14 Months

    An Alabama man was sentenced in D.C. federal court Friday to 14 months behind bars for聽his role in last year's hack of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's account on the social platform X to post a bogus development in the agency's cryptocurrency policy.

  • May 16, 2025

    Coinbase Users Sue Over Bribery-Linked Data Breach

    Crypto exchange Coinbase faces a wave of聽lawsuits from users accusing it of negligent information security practices after the exchange disclosed that an unknown perpetrator had stolen customer data by bribing overseas workers.

  • May 16, 2025

    Fed. Circ. Makes Apple Face Fintiv Payment IP Again

    The Federal Circuit revived Fintiv Inc.'s infringement suit against Apple Inc. over contactless payments Friday, saying the Texas federal judge who freed Apple viewed what evidence is聽acceptable聽too narrowly.

  • May 16, 2025

    Coinbase Users Sue Under Illinois Biometric Privacy Law

    Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has been sued in Illinois federal court by users who claim its identity verification process flouts Illinois' biometric privacy law, alleging it fails to get written, informed consent before collecting, analyzing and storing biometric data from users' government IDs and photographs.

  • May 16, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: Blakes, Davies, Goodmans

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Charter Communications Inc. merges with Cox Communications, Hub International Ltd. boosts its valuation after securing an investment, Pan American Silver Corp. acquires Mag Silver Corp. and Robinhood buys WonderFi.

  • May 15, 2025

    蜜桃视频 Slashes Final Chopra-Era Fine From Over $2M To $45K

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday slashed an enforcement fine for Wise, a global money transfer fintech, by nearly 98%, shaving almost $2 million off a previous settlement for misleading customers about its fees and other costs.

  • May 15, 2025

    Coinbase Confirms SEC Probe, Discloses User Data Breach

    Crypto exchange Coinbase said Thursday that it's cooperating with a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigation over concerns about how it reported its user metrics in past disclosures, addressing the matter hours after it separately disclosed that it had been extorted over stolen user data.

  • May 15, 2025

    DC Circ. Questions Exchanges' Challenge To SEC Fee Caps

    A D.C. Circuit panel expressed skepticism on Thursday of stock exchanges' arguments that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission exceeded its authority when it approved across-the-board caps on exchange fees tied to new rules aimed at reducing trading costs.

  • May 15, 2025

    Coinbase May Avoid BiT Global's $1B Antitrust Suit, For Now

    A California federal judge indicated Thursday she'll likely toss a $1 billion antitrust case against Coinbase claiming the cryptocurrency exchange delisted BiT Global after launching a competing "wrapped" bitcoin product for trading on decentralized exchanges, saying the suit didn't plausibly allege that Coinbase gave false justifications for dropping the rival.

  • May 15, 2025

    Consumer Bid To Block Capital One-Discover Deal Falters

    A California federal judge Wednesday rejected a group of consumers' last-minute bid to delay Capital One Financial Corp.'s impending purchase of Discover Financial Services, unpersuaded that the deal poses serious enough potential antitrust concerns to support a preliminary injunction.

Expert Analysis

  • Texas Fraud Case Shows Dangers Of Faulty Crypto Reporting

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    The recent sentencing of a man who failed to properly report capital gains from bitcoin sales is a reminder that special attention must be given to the IRS' reporting requirements in order to stay out of the government's crosshairs, says Saverio Romeo at Fox Rothschild.

  • 5 Keys To Building Stronger Attorney-Client Relationships

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    Attorneys are often focused on being seen as the expert, but bonding with clients and prospects by sharing a few key personal details provides the basis for a caring, trusted and profoundly deeper business relationship, says Deb Feder at Feder Development.

  • How Rising Secondary Private Markets Affect Tech Disputes

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    The rise of secondaries is a natural by-product of growing and evolving private markets and, as such, we can expect their growth will continue, signaling an increase in the use of secondaries in damages as well as litigation revolving around secondaries themselves, says Farooq Javed at The Brattle Group.

  • Suggestions For CFTC Enforcement's New Leadership

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    The recent change in leadership at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission presents an opportunity to reflect on past practices and consider opportunities for improvement at the commission's Enforcement Division, including in observing precedent and providing greater enforcement transparency, say attorneys at Clifford Chance.

  • How Crypto Firms Should Approach Patchwork Of State Laws

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    The Money Transmission Modernization Act was designed to create uniformity across state digital regulations, but the reality remains far from consistent 鈥 as demonstrated by the patchwork of laws in states like Texas, Vermont, New York and California 鈥 so as state legislatures convene in the coming weeks, crypto firms should watch closely for developments that could shape the regulatory landscape, say attorneys at Paul Hastings.

  • The Current And Future State Of Bank-Fintech Partnerships

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    Though the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under President Donald Trump seems likely to cultivate an environment friendlier to the financial services industry, bank-fintech partnerships should stay devoted to proactive compliance and be ready to adapt to regulatory shifts that may intensify scrutiny from enforcers, say attorneys at Greenberg Traurig.

  • Opinion

    NFT Bill Needs Refining To Effectively Regulate Digital Assets

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    A recent bill in the U.S. House proposing to regulate nonfungible tokens as digital assets would leave key concepts undefined until the U.S. comptroller general completes an after-the-fact study of NFTs, showing it needs more work before it is comprehensive enough to meaningfully protect the market, say attorneys at Duane Morris.

  • Series

    Racing Corvettes Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The skills I use when racing Corvettes have enhanced my legal practice in several ways, because driving, like practicing law, requires precision, awareness and a good set of brakes 鈥 complete with the wisdom to know how and when to use them, says Kat Mateo at Olshan Frome.

  • Opinion

    Attorneys Must Act Now To Protect Judicial Independence

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    Given the Trump administration's recent moves threatening the independence of the judiciary, including efforts to impeach judges who ruled against executive actions, lawyers must protect the rule of law and resist attempts to dilute the judicial branch鈥檚 authority, says attorney Bhavleen Sabharwal.

  • Short-Term Predictions For The 蜜桃视频's Fate Under Trump

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    Though the Trump administration is unlikely to succeed in abolishing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, new leadership will likely moderate enforcement, possibly prompting state attorneys general to step up supervision, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell.

  • Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises

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    鈥淣o comment鈥 is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.

  • A Closer Look At FDX's New Role As Banking Standard-Setter

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    Should the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau let 鈥嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧媠tand the decision empowering Financial Data Exchange as an industry standard-setter, it will be a significant step toward broader financial data-sharing, but its success will depend on industry adoption, regulatory oversight and consumer confidence, say attorneys at Clark Hill.

  • What To Expect In Crypto Banking After SEC Nixed Guidance

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    With the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission recently rescinding its controversial cryptocurrency accounting guidance, the industry's focus will turn to the potentially significant hurdle to crypto banking posed by the federal banking regulators, say attorneys at Duane Morris.

  • Fund Names Rule FAQs Leave Some Interpretative Uncertainty

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    Although recently released FAQs clarify many specific points of the 2023 expansion to the Investment Company Act's fund names rule, important questions remain about how U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission staff will interpret other key terms when the end-of-year compliance date arrives, say attorneys at Dechert.

  • How Design Thinking Can Help Lawyers Find Purpose In Work

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    Lawyers everywhere are feeling overwhelmed amid mass government layoffs, increasing political instability and a justice system stretched to its limits 鈥 but a design-thinking framework can help attorneys navigate this uncertainty and find meaning in their work, say law professors at the University of Michigan.

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