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June 12, 2025
Trump Admin Parries Fed Talk As Judge Weighs NCUA Firings
A Trump administration attorney studiously deflected questions about the Federal Reserve at a Thursday court hearing on President Donald Trump's firing of two Democratic credit union regulators, leaving the central bank's independence as the elephant in the room.
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June 12, 2025
Judge Pans 'Breathtaking' 蜜桃视频 Disavowal Of Redlining Deal
An Illinois federal judge Thursday refused to allow the Trump administration to abandon a recently settled Consumer Financial Protection Bureau redlining case, calling the 蜜桃视频's bid to refund a Chicago-area mortgage lender accused of discriminatory lending practices "breathtaking."
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June 12, 2025
Mitek's Bid To Be Cleared On USAA Patents Fails At Fed. Circ.
The Federal Circuit on Thursday barred banking software company Mitek Systems from seeking a declaration that it doesn't infringe United Services Automobile Association's mobile check-deposit patents, saying Mitek has not shown that it is likely to be sued.
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June 12, 2025
PNC Gets Fed. Circ. To Undo Its $223M Patent Loss To USAA
The Federal Circuit on Thursday wiped out two jury verdicts totaling nearly $223 million that United Services Automobile Association won against PNC Bank on mobile check deposit patents, finding the patents cover only abstract ideas.
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June 12, 2025
'My Big Coin' Operators To Pay $26M To End CFTC Claims
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced that the alleged orchestrators of the My Big Coin digital asset fraud scheme that swindled over $6 million from 28 investors will hand over $25.7 million to end claims against them.
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June 12, 2025
Crypto Investor Says Trading Education Firm Was A Fraud
A Denver business set up to provide investment training services was hit with a lawsuit from a Florida resident accusing it and an affiliated crypto exchange of bilking him out of hundreds of thousands of dollars while purportedly teaching him how to trade digital assets.
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June 12, 2025
Meta Eyes $14B AI Bet, Bullish Seeks IPO, And More Rumors
Facebook owner Meta is eying a $14 billion investment in Scale AI, while Bullish plans to join the recent surge in cryptocurrency-related initial public offerings and investors want to take pizza chain Papa John's private at more than $60 per share.聽Here, Law360 breaks down the notable deal rumors from the past week.
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June 12, 2025
Brokers Provide FINRA With Regulatory Wish List
The brokerage industry is calling for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to change the way it conducts arbitration, to loosen rules on customer communication and to limit which firm employees must register with the financial regulator as it considers modernizing its rules and regulations.
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June 12, 2025
Deloitte Consulting Hit With TM Suit Over AI Platform
A blockchain-focused web platform that offers artificial intelligence tools has launched a lawsuit in New York federal court accusing Deloitte Consulting of infringing its trademark rights with its generative AI services product.
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June 12, 2025
Judiciary Committee Clears Squires For Full Senate Vote
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee approved former Goldman Sachs intellectual property attorney John Squires to serve as U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director on Thursday, putting his nomination in the hands of the full Senate.
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June 12, 2025
Protego Ends $200M Suit Alleging Failed Crypto Bank Promise
Protego Holdings Corp. has agreed to drop a lawsuit accusing a Texas-based firm of failing to deliver on a $200 million investment pledge in its launch of a cryptocurrency bank, which never materialized because rare conditional approval from the U.S. government lapsed over financing concerns.
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June 12, 2025
Redfin Investor Seeks $450K In Fees In Merger Disclosure Suit
A Redfin investor asked a Washington federal judge to award $450,000 in legal fees to Monteverde & Associates PC and Wohl & Fruchter LLP, claiming his lawsuit was beneficial to shareholders despite the court's decision to deny his preliminary injunction request to postpone an investor vote.
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June 11, 2025
Senate Dems Probe Meta, Trump Stablecoin Plans And Deals
U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal sent a pair of letters this week asking for more information on Meta's renewed plans to launch its own stablecoin as well as details on MGX's decision to use Donald Trump's World Liberty stablecoin to make a $2 billion investment in the cryptocurrency exchange Binance.
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June 11, 2025
Del. Justices Press Atty On Earnout Damage Bid Despite Miss
Delaware Supreme Court justices focused on the basics Wednesday during data management venture STX Business Solutions LLC's bid to revive a suit that was tossed by the Court of Chancery in October and accused a buyer of skipping a profitable deal to avoid paying an "earnout" bonus of up to $5.5 million.
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June 11, 2025
Fintech Startup Chimes In With $864M IPO Above Price Range
Venture-backed fintech startup Chime Financial Inc. priced an $864 million initial public offering above its marketed range on Wednesday, represented by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC and underwriters counsel Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, furthering the IPO market's recent momentum.
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June 11, 2025
Senate Advances Stablecoin Bill As Dems Decry Swift Pace
The Senate's proposal to regulate stablecoins cleared another procedural hurdle on Wednesday with bipartisan support despite some Democratic outcry over an allegedly limited opportunity to amend the bill.
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June 11, 2025
Stripe Buying Crypto Wallet Co. Privy Amid Expansion
Privy, a startup offering crypto wallet technology for developers, said Wednesday that it will be acquired by payments company Stripe and expects to close the transaction "in the coming weeks."
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June 11, 2025
Bain Capital Drops Nearly $1.3B Bid For Craneware
Less than a month after Bain Capital disclosed it was considering a potential buyout of Scottish healthcare software company Craneware, both parties confirmed Wednesday that a nearly $1.3 billion offer is off the table.聽
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June 11, 2025
Transactions Duo Joins Morgan Lewis In New York, Philly
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP has expanded its transactions team in the firm's New York and Philadelphia offices with the recent additions of two attorneys who moved their practices from Dechert LLP.
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June 10, 2025
House Ag Committee Advances Crypto Market Structure Bill
The House Committee聽on聽Agriculture聽on Tuesday advanced a bill to regulate digital asset markets with broad bipartisan support despite concerns from Democrats that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission will need more funding to accomplish the broad crypto mandate contemplated by the bill.
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June 10, 2025
Vertex Says Tax Software Rival Purposely Destroyed Evidence
Tax compliance software company Vertex Inc. told a Pennsylvania federal judge Monday that Avalara intentionally destroyed and failed to preserve "key sources of electronically stored information crucially relevant" to Vertex's lawsuit accusing its rival of poaching workers to steal trade secrets.
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June 10, 2025
Senate Dems Seek To Slow GOP Roll On 蜜桃视频 Defunding Bill
Senate Banking Committee Democrats are demanding a hearing on GOP budget legislation that would defund the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and make other financial agency cuts, arguing that its "sweeping" plans should be scrutinized before going to the floor.
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June 10, 2025
Shaq To Pay $1.8M Over FTX Investors' Promotion Claims
Retired NBA star Shaquille O'Neal has agreed to pay $1.8 million to resolve claims he promoted crypto exchange FTX to the detriment of investors prior to its stunning collapse.
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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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Teaching Business Law Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Teaching business law to college students has rekindled my sense of purpose as a lawyer 鈥� I am more mindful of the importance of the rule of law and the benefits of our common law system, which helps me maintain a clearer perspective on work, says David Feldman at聽Feldman Legal Advisors.
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SEC's Crypto Statement Offers Clarity On Disclosures
While the crypto industry awaits a definitive rule from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on whether a crypto-asset is a security, its recent guidance provides a road map for registrants seeking to comply with current disclosure requirements and shows the commission is working toward a comprehensive regulatory framework, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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Deregulation Memo Presents Risks, Opportunities For Cos.
A recent Trump administration memo providing direction to agencies tasked with rescinding regulations under an earlier executive order 鈥� without undergoing the typical notice-and-review process 鈥� will likely create much uncertainty for businesses, though they may be able to engage with agencies to shape the regulatory agenda, say attorneys at Blank Rome.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Mastering Discovery
The discovery process and the rules that govern it are often absent from law school curricula, but developing a solid grasp of the particulars can give any new attorney a leg up in their practice, says Jordan Davies at Knowles Gallant.
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DOJ Signals Major Shift In White Collar Enforcement Priorities
In a speech on Monday, an official outlined key revisions to the U.S. Department of Justice鈥檚 voluntary self-disclosure, corporate monitorship and whistleblower program policies, marking a meaningful change in the white collar enforcement landscape, and offering companies clearer incentives and guardrails, say attorneys at McGuireWoods.
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Breaking Down 4th Circ. 'Actual Knowledge' Ruling For Banks
A recent decision from the Fourth Circuit finding that banks must have "actual knowledge" to be found liable for losses arising from an automated clearinghouse transfer warns that the more financial institutions know about a name mismatch issue for any particular transaction, the more liability they may face, say attorneys at Katten.
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Strategies To Limit Inherent Damage Of Multidefendant Trials
As shown by the recent fraud convictions of two executives at the now-shuttered education startup Frank, multidefendant criminal trials pose unique obstacles, but with some planning, defense counsel can mitigate the harm and maximize the chances of a good outcome, says Kenneth Notter at MoloLamken.
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CFTC Memos Clarify When 'Sorry' Still Gets You Subpoenaed
A pair of Commodity Futures Trading Commission advisories released in February and April open a new path to self-reporting but emphasize that serious breaches still warrant a trip to the penalty box, prompting firms to weigh whether 鈥� and how 鈥� to disclose potential violations in the future, say attorneys at Pryor Cashman.
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What Banks Should Note As Regulators Plan To Nix CRA Rule
While federal bank regulators鈥� recently announced intent to rescind a Biden-era Community Reinvestment Act final rule will loosen the framework for evaluating banks鈥� lending, service and investing activities, the decision means industry innovations and changes will remain unaddressed, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.
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Playing Guitar Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Being a lawyer not only requires logic and hard work, but also belief, emotion, situational awareness and lots of natural energy 鈥� playing guitar enhances all of these qualities, increasing my capacity to do my best work, says Kosta Stojilkovic at Wilkinson Stekloff.
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Crisis Management Lessons From The Parenting Playbook
The parenting skills we use to help our kids through challenges 鈥� like rehearsing for stressful situations, modeling confidence and taking time to reset our emotions 鈥� can also teach us the fundamentals of leading clients through a corporate crisis, say Deborah Solmor at the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and Cara Peterman at Alston & Bird.
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蜜桃视频 Vacatur Bid Sheds Light On Agency Decision-Making
While the 蜜桃视频's joint motion to vacate the settlement it reached with Townstone Financial last year won't affect precedent on the Equal Credit Opportunity Act's scope, it serves as a road map to 蜜桃视频 decisional processes and provides insight into how other regulators make similar decisions, says Jason McElroy at Saul Ewing.
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The Potential Efficiencies, Risks Of Folding PCAOB Into SEC
Integrating the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board into the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission offers the potential for regulatory efficiencies, as well as a more streamlined and consistent enforcement approach, but it also presents constitutional and operational uncertainties, say attorneys at Hilgers Graben.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From NY Fed To BigLaw
While the move to private practice brings a learning curve, it also brings chances to learn new skills and grow your network, requiring a clear understanding of how your skills can complement and contribute to a firm's existing practice, and where you can add new value, says Meghann Donahue at Covington.
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Reviewing Trump Admin's Rapid Pro-Crypto Regulatory Pivot
The digital asset industry has received a boost from the explicitly pro-crypto Trump administration, which in its first few months reversed Biden-era rules and installed industry proponents at regulatory agencies, marking one of the biggest regulatory about-faces by a government in recent memory, says Robert Appleton at Olshan Frome.