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March 31, 2025
Trump Admin Asks DC Circ. To Stay 'Lawless' ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ Injunction
The Trump administration moved Monday to thwart a Washington, D.C., federal judge's preliminary injunction that bars it from stopping work and firing employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, asking the D.C. Circuit for an emergency stay.
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March 31, 2025
Ex-CFTC Enforcement Chief Joins Sidley As Partner
Ian McGinley, who served as the enforcement director for the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has joined Sidley Austin as a partner at its New York office, where he will be handling regulatory enforcement and white-collar matters with a focus on commodities and securities laws, the firm said Monday.
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March 31, 2025
9th Circ. Revives Investor Suit Over $8B Avalara Sale
The Ninth Circuit on Monday partially revived a proposed class action accusing tax software company Avalara Inc. of underselling investors on its future prospects before taking the company private in an $8.4 billion deal.
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March 31, 2025
SEC Closed Inquiry Into Hawk Meme Coin, Promoter Says
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has closed an investigation into the celebrity promoter of the viral "Hawk Tuah" meme coin Haliey Welch, Welch's attorney told Law360 on Monday.
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March 31, 2025
Kalshi Sues Nevada, New Jersey Gaming Regulators
KalshiEx LLC has sued Nevada and New Jersey agencies for attempting to preempt federal regulations with their demands that the trading platform remove event contracts that allow users to trade on the outcomes of sporting events.
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March 31, 2025
Justices Ask US To Respond To IRS Crypto Doc Seizure Case
The U.S. Supreme Court asked the federal government Monday to weigh in on a cryptocurrency investor's challenge to the IRS' seizure of his account records, a request that followed a spate of support for the investor, including by attorneys general and Elon Musk's X Corp.
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March 31, 2025
Regulators Seek Pause On 5th Circ. Fight Over CRA Rules
Federal regulators have asked the Fifth Circuit to halt further proceedings in a banking industry challenge to their Biden-era Community Reinvestment Act rules, citing their recently announced plans to go back to the drawing board with them.
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March 31, 2025
Ex-SEC Chair's Enforcement Counsel Joins Kostelanetz
The former enforcement officer to the recently departed U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler has joined Kostelanetz LLP in New York as partner, the firm announced Monday.
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March 31, 2025
Ex-Sen. Sinema Joins Hogan Lovells' Regulatory Group
Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, who made headlines by changing her party affiliation from Democrat to independent in 2022, will join Hogan Lovells in Washington, D.C., as a senior adviser in its global regulatory and intellectual property practice groups, the firm announced Monday.
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March 31, 2025
'Let's Go Brandon' Coin Buyers Class Partially Certified
A Florida federal judge partially certified a class of purchasers of meme-inspired cryptocurrency LGBCoin in a suit alleging the price of the tokens cratered after its much-hyped plan to sponsor the coin's eponymous NASCAR driver fell apart.
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March 31, 2025
Aspiration Partners Hits Ch. 11 After Founder's Fraud Arrest
Sustainability-focused financial services company Aspiration Partners Inc. filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware, less than a month after founder Joseph Sanberg was arrested and hit with federal fraud charges.
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March 28, 2025
Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme Suit Shouldn't Be Tossed, Judge Says
A Delaware federal judge on Friday recommended denying motions to dismiss from former executives of bitcoin mining company VBit Technologies Corp. looking to ditch an investor proposed class action, rejecting the executives' qualms with how they were served and the plausibility of the claims.
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March 28, 2025
Trump Pardons BitMEX Crypto Co., Four Ex-Executives
President Donald Trump has pardoned the business entity behind cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX and four of the firm's former executives years after they copped to Bank Secrecy Act violations and lax anti-money laundering controls, the White House confirmed Friday.
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March 28, 2025
Bitcoin Mining Insurance Co. Sued In Del. For $32M Breach
A financial products and services venture sued individuals and companies behind a purported bitcoin mining "total protection" insurance plan in Delaware's Court of Chancery Friday, alleging failures to honor commitments to pay out up to $32.7 million in customer returns on nearly $7 million in investments.
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March 28, 2025
AI Startup CoreWeave's Tepid Debut Chills IPO Enthusiasm
Artificial intelligence startup CoreWeave Inc.'s skittish debut following a scaled-down initial public offering chills recovery hopes for an IPO market that was already wobbly, though experts say viable candidates are waiting to strike if conditions stabilize.
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March 28, 2025
Galaxy To Pay $200M In NY Deal Over Terraform Fallout
Crypto institutional investment and trading firm Galaxy Digital agreed to a $200 million settlement with the New York attorney general over allegations it failed to disclose its sales of a Terraform ecosystem token while it widely promoted the asset prior to its collapse.
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March 28, 2025
FDIC Eases Crypto Rules For Banks, No Prior Approval Needed
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. affirmed Friday that FDIC-supervised institutions may engage in certain cryptocurrency-related activities without receiving prior approval from the corporation.
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March 28, 2025
ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ Says It Won't 'Prioritize' Payday Rule Enforcement
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Friday it will refrain from enforcing the remaining parts of its long-delayed payday lending rule and may seek to narrow them further, pledging forbearance ahead of their effective date.
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March 28, 2025
Judge 'Cannot Look Away,' Halts Trump Admin Cuts At ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ
A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from stopping work and pursuing mass firings at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, saying she had to take action to spare the agency from potential illegal "destruction."
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March 28, 2025
Crypto Firm Wants To Trim Marketer's $3.6M Contract Suit
A cryptocurrency company says a Florida marketing business's $3.6 million breach of contract lawsuit must be trimmed because the presence of an express agreement means two contract-related claims automatically fail under Connecticut law.
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March 28, 2025
SEC Dismisses Kraken, Consensys, Cumberland Crypto Suits
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed to dismiss crypto-focused enforcement actions against Kraken, Consensys and Cumberland DRW, solidifying a series of resolutions the firms announced earlier this month as the SEC charts a new path on crypto policy.
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March 28, 2025
FTX Sitting On $11.4B In Cash To Distribute To Creditors
FTX has $11.4 billion in funds ready to be handed out to creditors, but it still has much work to do to sort out the massive number of claims asserted against the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange, an attorney for the company told a Delaware bankruptcy judge Friday.
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March 28, 2025
Startup Founder Guilty In $175M JPMorgan Deal Gone Awry
A Manhattan federal jury on Friday convicted Frank founder Charlie Javice and another former executive of the educational startup of tricking JPMorgan Chase & Co. into spending $175 million to buy the now-shuttered company by lying about its user base.
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March 28, 2025
Protego Says Texas Firm Broke $200M Crypto Bank Promise
Protego Holdings Corp. said a Texas-based firm promised to invest $200 million in its launch of a cryptocurrency bank but delivered only excuses as the funding failed to materialize and a rare conditional approval from the U.S. government lapsed when financing wasn't in place.
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March 28, 2025
Bank Regulators Will Seek To Rescind Biden-Era CRA Rules
Federal banking regulators said Friday that they plan to roll back Biden-era rules intended to increase bank lending in underserved areas, a pivot that comes after they had previously defended the rules amid a banking industry legal challenge.
Expert Analysis
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The Story Of 2024's Biggest Bank Regs, And Their Fate In 2025
U.S. federal bank regulators were very active in 2024 with initiatives ranging from antitrust and capital to proposals regarding controlling shareholders and incentive-based compensation, but many regulations face an uncertain future under the new administration, say attorneys at Latham.
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Opinion
Justices Rightly Corrected Course In Nvidia And Facebook
By dismissing both the Nvidia and Facebook class actions, over investors' ability to hold corporations accountable for fraud, the U.S. Supreme Court was right in refusing to favor corporations over transparency, and reaffirmed its commitment to corporate accountability, investor protection and the rule of law, says Laura Posner at Cohen Milstein.
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Gov't Scrutiny Of Workplace Chat Apps Set To Keep Growing
The incoming Trump administration and Republican majorities in Congress are poised to open numerous investigations that include increasing demands for entities to produce communications from workplace chat apps, so companies must evaluate their usage and retention policies, say attorneys at Orrick.
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2024 Regulatory Developments For Bank-Fintech Partnerships
Joseph Silvia at Duane Morris reviews a handful of particularly noteworthy 2024 updates regarding bank-fintech partnerships, including federal banking agencies issuing a number of important pieces of guidance that reiterate and update previous guidance in the area of third-party risk management.
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When US Privilege Law Applies To Docs Made Outside The US
As globalization manifests itself in disputes over foreign-created documents, a California federal court’s recent trademark decision illustrates nuances of both U.S. privilege frameworks and foreign evidentiary protections that attorneys must increasingly bear in mind, say attorneys at Hunton.
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Why Asset-Based Loans May Suit PE Companies In 2025
As the prospect of higher tariffs and interest rates expands the need for liquidity, private equity investors would do well to explore the timing and provisions of asset-based loans offered in the burgeoning credit-fund sector, say attorneys at McDermott.
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Changes To Expect From SEC Under Trump Nominee
President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of Paul Atkins for U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chair will likely lead to significant shifts in the Division of Enforcement's priorities, likely focused on protecting retail investors and the stability of the capital markets, say attorneys at Morrison Foerster.
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Executive Orders That Could Affect Financial Services In 2025
The incoming Trump administration is likely to quickly revive or update a number of prior executive orders, and possibly issue new ones, that could affect financial services by emphasizing market discipline rather than regulatory initiatives to drive change in the industry, say attorneys at Davis Wright.
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What To Know About FinCEN's Deepfake Warning
A recent alert from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network warns about the increased use of deepfake media to target financial institutions and their customers, showing that what seems like futuristic technology is a current threat that requires diligent controls and awareness of red flags, say attorneys at Davis Wright.
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'Minimal Participant' Bar Is Tough To Clear For Whistleblowers
Under the U.S. Department of Justice’s corporate whistleblower pilot program, would-be whistleblowers will find it tough to show that they only minimally participated in criminal misconduct while still providing material information, but sentencing precedent shows how they might prove their eligibility for an award, say attorneys at MoloLamken.
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2024 IPO Market Trends, And What To Expect Next Year
The initial public offering market returned to historically typical levels on a deal count basis in 2024 but continued to lag based on proceeds raised due to a larger number of smaller IPOs this year, and signs point to continued ongoing momentum in the next year, say attorneys at Paul Hastings.
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Impact Of Corporate Transparency Act Ambiguity On Banks
Even though banks generally needn't file beneficial ownership information reports, financial institutions must continue to monitor the status of the Corporate Transparency Act and understand its requirements in case the nationwide injunction that was issued against the CTA earlier this month is overturned, say attorneys at Armstrong Teasdale.
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A Look At SEC, CFTC's Record Year For Whistleblower Awards
Another banner year shows that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission have developed the gold standard for whistleblower award programs, but a CFTC funding crisis threatens to derail that program's success, say Andrew Feller and Geoff Schweller at Kohn Kohn.
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What 2024 Trends In Marketing, Comms Hiring Mean For 2025
The state of hiring in legal industry marketing, business development and communications over the past 12 months was marked by a number of trends — from changes in the C-suite to lateral move challenges — providing clues for what’s to come in the year ahead, says Ben Curle at Ambition.
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Expect Continuity In 2025 Anti-Money Laundering Policy
The past year has seen a range of anti-money laundering actions from federal financial regulators, and notwithstanding the imminent change from the Biden administration to the Trump administration, continuity may be more prevalent than change in the AML compliance space in 2025, say attorneys at White & Case.