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  • July 25, 2025

    11th Circ. Overturns Funding Model For SEC Database

    The Eleventh Circuit sent the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission back to the drawing board on Friday to chart a path forward for its $500 million market surveillance tool, telling the regulator that it was unreasonable to potentially force broker-dealers to fund the entire project.

  • July 25, 2025

    Veteran ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ Enforcement Atty Heads For The Exit

    A longtime Consumer Financial Protection Bureau litigator told a Virginia federal court on Friday that she is leaving after more than a decade at the agency, becoming the latest departure at the regulator as its future under the Trump administration remains in limbo.

  • July 25, 2025

    Chase, Other Banks To Pay $3.75M To End Crypto Ponzi Suit

    JPMorgan Chase and other financial firms have agreed to pay a combined $3.75 million to settle claims they helped funnel investor cash into a cryptocurrency-linked Ponzi scheme run by a man who was slapped with a $231 million court judgment last year over the fraud.

  • July 25, 2025

    Dentons Stalling Discovery In Terraform Ch. 11, Court Told

    The bankruptcy plan administrator for failed cryptocurrency platform Terraform Labs has accused Dentons US LLP of blocking his discovery requests in an attempt to secure final approval of some $25 million in fees, saying the law firm is seeking to "run out the clock" to dodge an investigation into its role in Terraform's collapse.

  • July 25, 2025

    Latham-Led Strategy Raises $2.5B To Acquire More Bitcoin

    Entrepreneur Michael Saylor's Strategy Inc., advised by Latham & Watkins LLP, on Friday priced yet another preferred stock offering that raised $2.5 billion in order to acquire bitcoin, a move that comes as the company has been ramping up its capital-raising efforts to stockpile the flagship cryptocurrency.

  • July 25, 2025

    Coinbase Accuses German Of Illegally Squatting On URL

    A German man is wrongfully using an online URL to pose as the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase and leveraging his ownership to get the company to buy the domain name at a high price, a new lawsuit in California federal court has alleged.

  • July 25, 2025

    Ballard Spahr Atty To Co-Chair Buchalter State AG Group

    Buchalter PC announced Thursday that it has hired a former Ballard Spahr LLP partner as a shareholder in its white collar and investigations group who will also co-chair its state attorneys general group.

  • July 25, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: Weil, Freshfields, Linklaters

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, CC Capital and One Investment Management acquire Insignia Financial Ltd., catering giant Compass Group PLC acquires Dutch food and hospitality company Vermaat Groep BV, drugmaker Sanofi acquires biotech company Vicebio, and The Ether Machine launches as a public company.

  • July 25, 2025

    Crypto Group Appoints Ex-Legal Chief, Willkie Alum As CEO

    A Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP alum will become the Crypto Council for Innovation's permanent leader after serving as acting CEO since December and previously serving as chief legal and policy officer.

  • July 25, 2025

    3 Firms Advise On $8.6B Pinnacle-Synovus Merger Deal

    Pinnacle Financial Partners and Synovus Financial Corp. have agreed to combine in an all-stock transaction valued at about $8.6 billion, with three law firms guiding a deal that the companies said will create the "highest-performing regional bank focused on the fastest-growth markets in the Southeast."

  • July 24, 2025

    Feds Rest Crypto Laundering Case Against Tornado Founder

    Manhattan federal prosecutors on Thursday rested their case against Tornado Cash founder Roman Storm, who's accused of scheming to launder more than $1 billion in proceeds from criminal activity through the cryptocurrency tumbler and conspiring to evade U.S. sanctions on North Korea.

  • July 24, 2025

    Judge Won't Block Exela Ch. 11 Plan For Claims Dilution Suit

    A Texas bankruptcy judge Thursday declined to stop automation technology group Exela from exiting Chapter 11 next week, but said he would condition the over $1 billion debt-for-equity swap plan's effectiveness on a roughly 30% recovery rate for its general unsecured claims.

  • July 24, 2025

    Logan Paul's Bid In CryptoZoo Suit Not Yet Ripe, Judge Says

    Media personality Logan Paul shouldn't be able to pin the collapse of his CryptoZoo project on the "empty chairs" of his co-founders for the time being, a Texas magistrate judge has counseled.

  • July 24, 2025

    Wash. AG Sues Contractor To Keep Benefits Data From Feds

    Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown launched a lawsuit in Evergreen State court on Thursday seeking to block a fintech contractor from providing the federal government with the private details of food assistance benefit recipients, saying the Trump administration intends to use the data for its "mass deportation project."

  • July 24, 2025

    FTX Ends 6 Suits Over Political Donations In Ch. 11

    Fallen cryptocurrency exchange FTX has agreed to dismiss adversary proceedings in Delaware bankruptcy court against six political organizations, lawsuits that were aimed at recovering roughly $28.75 million in donations made to the groups prior to FTX's bankruptcy.

  • July 24, 2025

    Fintech Orgs. Urge Trump Admin To Back Open Banking Rule

    A coalition of fintech and crypto industry groups on Thursday called on the Trump administration to defend the open banking rule in an ongoing legal challenge after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sided with banking trade groups to argue the data-sharing mandate exceeded its authority.

  • July 24, 2025

    Chancery OKs $12.75M Settlement In MoneyLion SPAC Suit

    Saying parts of the deal "reflect a poster-child scenario for the problems and malincentives associated with the de-SPAC form," a Delaware vice chancellor on Thursday approved a $12.75 million settlement in a stockholder suit challenging a take-public deal for digital finance platform MoneyLion.

  • July 24, 2025

    NCUA Board Members 'Glad To Be Back' Amid Trump Fight

    The National Credit Union Administration officials who were ousted this spring by President Donald Trump took part Thursday in their first board meeting since a federal judge reinstated them just two days earlier, even as the court fight for their jobs continues.

  • July 24, 2025

    Judge Blocks Crypto REIT From Collecting Rent In Detroit

    A Michigan state judge has barred a cryptocurrency-based real estate investment firm and affiliates from collecting rent at hundreds of Detroit properties until it brings them into compliance with city code.

  • July 24, 2025

    Judge Says UiPath Investors Disappointed, Not Deceived

    Automation software firm UiPath Inc. has, for now, defeated a consolidated investor suit accusing it of falsely touting the success of a new development strategy, after a federal judge said that security laws do not shield against bad outcomes and investors did not plausibly allege material misstatements or fraudulent intent.

  • July 23, 2025

    ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ Sued Over Retreat From Biden-Era Small-Biz Loan Rule

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was sued Wednesday in Washington, D.C., federal court over claims it is illegally dismantling a data-collection rule meant to expose discrimination in small-business lending, the latest twist in multi-front litigation over the Biden-era measure.

  • July 23, 2025

    MIT Grads Can't Escape $25M Crypto Heist Charges

    Two Massachusetts Institute of Technology-educated brothers accused of executing a $25 million cryptocurrency theft remain on the hook for fraud after a New York federal judge ruled Wednesday that prosecutors have shown that the pair's novel methods intended to deceive certain traders and meddled with transactions.

  • July 23, 2025

    9th Circ. Clarifies Bored Ape NFTs Are Trademarkable Goods

    The Ninth Circuit issued a significant ruling for digital asset creators Wednesday finding that Yuga Labs' Bored Ape Yacht Club nonfungible tokens are protectable "goods" under federal law, while also reversing Yuga Labs' $8 million summary judgment win and ruling that a jury must decide whether rival NFTs confuse consumers.

  • July 23, 2025

    Trump Admin Appeals Ruling On NCUA Board Member Firings

    The Trump administration has asked a Washington, D.C., federal judge to pause a ruling reinstating two ousted Democratic members of the National Credit Union Administration board, arguing the decision represents an "extraordinary intrusion" into presidential power and is being swiftly appealed.

  • July 23, 2025

    Meme Coin Buyers Say Pump.Fun Offered 'Illegal Gambling'

    Users of the meme coin launchpad Pump.Fun accused the company of operating an illegal digital casino in an updated complaint that added racketeering allegations to their earlier proposed securities class action and named developers of the project's underlying blockchain as defendants.

Expert Analysis

  • Tips For Cos. From California Climate Reporting FAQ

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    New guidance from the California Air Resources Board on how businesses must implement the state's sweeping climate reporting requirements should help companies assess their exposure, understand their disclosure obligations and begin documenting good-faith compliance efforts, says Thierry Montoya at Frost Brown.

  • DOJ Crypto Enforcement Is Shifting To Target Willfulness

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    Three pending criminal prosecutions could be an indication of how the U.S. Department of Justice's recent digital assets memo is shaping enforcement of the area, and show a growing focus on executives who knowingly allow their platforms to be used for criminal conduct involving sanctions offenses, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.

  • Why SEC Abandoned Microcap Convertible Debt Crackdown

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has recently dismissed several cases targeting microcap convertible debt lenders, a significant disavowal of what was a controversial enforcement initiative under the Biden administration and a message that the new administration will focus on clear fraud, say attorneys at O'Melveny.

  • The Metamorphosis Of The Major Questions Doctrine

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    The so-called major questions doctrine arose as a counterweight to Chevron deference over the past few decades, but invocations of the doctrine have persisted in the year since Chevron was overturned, suggesting it still has a role to play in reining in agency overreach, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

  • GENIUS Act Creates 'Commodity' Uncertainty For Stablecoins

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    Half a century ago, Congress made trading in onion futures on commodity exchanges unlawful, and payment stablecoins could soon face a similarly unstable fate in the markets as the GENIUS Act heads to the president's desk for signature, says Peter Malyshev at Cadwalader.

  • Feds' Shift On Reputational Risk Raises Questions For Banks

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    While banking regulators' recent retreat from reputational risk narrows the scope of federal oversight in some respects, it also raises practical questions about consistency, reputational management and the evolving political landscape surrounding financial services, say attorneys at Smith Anderson.

  • Series

    Playing Mah-Jongg Makes Me A Better Mediator

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    Mah-jongg rewards patience, pattern recognition, adaptability and keen observation, all skills that are invaluable to my role as a mediator, and to all mediating parties, says Marina Corodemus.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Navigating Client Trauma

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    Law schools don't train students to handle repeated exposure to clients' traumatic experiences, but for litigators practicing in areas like civil rights and personal injury, success depends on the ability to view cases clinically and to recognize when you may need to seek help, says Katie Bennett at Robins Kaplan.

  • What To Expect As UK, US Gov'ts Develop Stablecoin Policies

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    While the U.K. and U.S. governments’ policies both suggest that fiat-backed stablecoins can improve efficiency and safety in payments systems, a perception that crypto-assets remain high risk means consumers are unlikely to use them in significant volume anytime soon, say lawyers at Cadwalader.

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    Texas Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q2

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    In the second quarter of 2025, the Texas Business Court's newly expanded jurisdiction set the stage for rising caseloads, while the state Legislature narrowed an exception to state bank control requirements and closed a cryptocurrency dividends payments loophole, say attorneys at Mayer Brown.

  • Opinion

    4 Former Justices Would Likely Frown On Litigation Funding

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    As courts increasingly confront cases involving hidden litigation finance contracts, the jurisprudence of four former U.S. Supreme Court justices establishes a constitutional framework that risks erosion by undisclosed financial interests, says Roland Eisenhuth at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.

  • Quantifying Trading-Based Damages Using Price Impact

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will likely increasingly rely on price impact analyses to demonstrate pecuniary harm from trading-related misconduct, meaning measuring price impact will be helpful in challenging SEC disgorgement, determining appropriate remedies, and assessing loss causation and damages in private litigation, says Vyacheslav Fos at Boston College and Erin Smith at Compass Lexecon.

  • Congress Crypto Movement Could Bring CFTC 'Clarity' At Last

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    The Clarity Act's arrival at the House floor during "Crypto Week" in Congress demonstrates enduring bipartisan support for legislation addressing digital assets and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's important role in a future regulatory structure, say attorneys at DLA Piper.

  • Practical Implications Of SEC's New Crypto Staking Guidance

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent staff guidance that protocol staking does not constitute securities offerings provides a workable compliance blueprint for crypto developers, validators and custodial platforms willing to keep staking strictly limited to protocol-driven rewards, say attorneys at Cahill.

  • Stablecoin Bills Present Opportunities, Challenges For Banks

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    Stablecoin legislation that Congress is expected to adopt in the coming weeks — the GENIUS and STABLE Acts — would create openings for banks to engage in digital asset activities, but it also creates a platform for certain tech-savvy nonbanks to directly compete, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.

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