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April 10, 2025
Grayscale Settles Bitcoin Rival's Conn. Biz Interference Suit
Cryptocurrency firm Osprey Funds LLC and its larger digital asset management rival Grayscale Investments LLC have agreed to settle a lawsuit over the transition of a Grayscale bitcoin investment trust into an exchange-traded fund, or ETF.
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April 10, 2025
YouTuber Defends Calling Logan Paul Crypto Project A 'Scam'
A YouTuber who called social media personality Logan Paul's failed crypto project a "scam" objected to a magistrate judge's recommendation to keep Paul's defamation claims in play, arguing the word has no objective definition.
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April 10, 2025
Nevada Can't Sue Kalshi Over Sports, Elections Betting
A Nevada federal judge has ruled that the state cannot prohibit online trading platform KalshiEx LLC from allowing users to place bets on the outcome of sports events and elections because both are currently permitted under federal law, preventing the state from pursuing legal action against the company.
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April 10, 2025
Texas Group Seeks Halt Of Trump Admin Border Cash Order
A Texas trade group has urged a federal judge to immediately block the Trump administration's order singling out cash-moving businesses along the southwest border for heightened anti-money laundering reporting, saying the order is unjustified and discriminates against businesses that serve predominately Latino immigrant communities.
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April 10, 2025
NY AG Calls For 'Common-Sense' Rules In Crypto Legislation
New York Attorney General Letitia James sent a letter to leaders of both chambers of Congress on Thursday urging them to ensure that any crypto legislation includes strong guardrails to protect consumers, national security and market stability.
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April 10, 2025
Binance A Crypto Laundering 'Get-Away Driver,' Suit Says
A group of cryptocurrency owners who said they were targeted by online thieves and ransomware have filed a proposed class action alleging the cryptocurrency exchange Binance ran a loose ship that provided the cybercriminals with a platform to launder and hide the stolen property.
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April 10, 2025
Fla. Judge Won't Revisit 'Let's Go Brandon' Coin Class Cert.
A Florida federal judge won't reconsider his partial certification of 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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April 10, 2025
No Plan To Trim Do Kwon Case After Crypto Memo, Feds Say
A U.S. Department of Justice memo outlining the Trump administration's cryptocurrency policy and enforcement priorities has not prompted prosecutors to alter their $40 billion criminal fraud case against Terraform founder Do Kwon, a government lawyer told a Manhattan federal judge Thursday.
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April 10, 2025
NY Fines Block $40M For Cash App Compliance Failures
Jack Dorsey's financial technology firm Block Inc. said Thursday that it will pay a $40 million penalty to New York regulators over allegedly lax anti-money laundering procedures on its payments platform Cash App following a multistate settlement in January over similar alleged violations.
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April 09, 2025
Trump Instructs Agencies To Quietly Repeal Regs If Possible
President Donald Trump on Wednesday directed federal agencies to prioritize repealing regulations that don't comply with a list of recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions regarding, among other things, the environment, administrative courts and affirmative action, instructing them to do so without public notice and comment if possible.
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April 09, 2025
'Evasive' Unions Told To List Fired Probationary Workers
The California federal judge who ordered the reinstatement of many fired probationary federal workers before the U.S. Supreme Court stayed his ruling on Wednesday ordered the public sector unions representing federal staffers to provide a list of their booted members, calling their claims that the information would be difficult to produce "evasive."
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April 09, 2025
Dems Decry 'Industry Wishlist' As House Mulls Crypto Rules
House Democrats on Wednesday sought to keep the Trump family's involvement in crypto ventures and the industry's lobbying efforts in sharp focus as lawmakers began devising market structure legislation for digital assets during a hearing.
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April 09, 2025
Shaq's $11M Deal With NFT Investors Gets Judge's Final OK
Hall of Fame basketball player Shaquille O'Neal and the creators of the Astrals nonfungible token project have received a judge's final approval of an $11 million deal to resolve a proposed securities class action with buyers of the tokens that O'Neal allegedly promoted.
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April 09, 2025
Fed Pick To Call For 'Reformed' Supervision, 'Pragmatic' Rules
President Donald Trump's nominee for a key bank policymaking role at the Federal Reserve will tell senators on Thursday that a back-to-basics "refocusing" of bank supervision and a return to regulatory "tailoring" are among the top priorities she plans to pursue on the job.
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April 09, 2025
Coinbase Judge Won't Rethink Greenlighting Investor Suit
A New Jersey federal judge declined to review his ruling to keep a Coinbase investors' class action alive, saying his order did not gloss over any legal or factual issue when finding the company and its executives must face the suit accusing them of concealing certain regulatory and bankruptcy risks from investors.
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April 09, 2025
Senate Confirms Trump Pick Atkins To Lead A Leaner SEC
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Paul Atkins to be the next chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, clearing the way for an agency veteran and regulatory critic who is expected to slow the SEC's enforcement agenda and pursue smaller corporate penalties at a time when the agency is grappling with staff cuts and market turmoil.
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April 09, 2025
DC Circ. Seems Open To Narrowing Ƶ Injunction
A D.C. Circuit panel seemed divided Wednesday on the Trump administration's bid to stave off a lower court order barring it from shutting down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as a U.S. Department of Justice attorney disavowed plans to shutter the agency.
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April 09, 2025
House Slates Ƶ Payment, Overdraft Rules For Repeal
The House on Wednesday voted to overturn two Biden-era Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules aimed at increasing oversight of larger digital payment providers and curbing big-bank overdraft fees, setting the pair up for final repeal at the White House.
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April 09, 2025
Justices Urged To Look At Fed. Circ. Ax Of $13M IP Verdict
A patent-holding company has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Federal Circuit decision that threw out a $13 million jury verdict against NCR Corp. in a suit accusing it of infringing two payment processing patents.
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April 09, 2025
SafeMoon CEO Flags DOJ Crypto Memo In Bid For Dismissal
The CEO of crypto firm SafeMoon alerted a Brooklyn federal judge Wednesday to a U.S. Justice Department directive not to pursue charges related to digital assets under the Securities Exchange Act or Commodity Exchange Act, suggesting that the judge should dismiss his investor fraud case.
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April 09, 2025
Bessent: 'It's Main Street's Turn' For Regulatory Rollbacks
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday sketched out ambitious Trump administration plans to cut financial rules for smaller, so-called community banks and rein in federal bank supervision, saying the goal is to lock up "bureaucratic hubris."
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April 09, 2025
Winston & Strawn Leads Fintech-Focused SPAC's $240M IPO
Special purpose acquisition company Titan Acquisition Corp. began trading Wednesday after pricing a $240 million initial public offering in pursuit of a merger with a fintech or related business, represented by Winston & Strawn LLP and underwriters' counsel Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP.
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April 08, 2025
Trump's Ƶ Pick Could Be Confirmed By May, Scott Says
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott, R-S.C., said Tuesday that a final confirmation vote could be just weeks away for Jonathan McKernan, who is President Donald Trump's nominee to head up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
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April 08, 2025
Charles Schwab, Comerica & More Hit With EDTX Patent Suits
At least eight banks and financial institutions were caught up in a wave of patent lawsuits filed Tuesday in the Eastern District of Texas over technology covering a way of securing payment systems from data breaches.
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April 08, 2025
Crypto Investor Sues In Del. Alleging $16M Pump, Dump Loss
Cayman Islands-registered cryptocurrency venture Hash Asset Management Ltd. sued two other crypto entities and four individuals in Delaware's Court of Chancery on Tuesday, alleging a "pump and dump" scheme that saw more than $16 million allegedly siphoned away in violation of token deposit and lending agreements.
Expert Analysis
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Small Biz Caught In Corporate Transparency Act Crossfire
Despite compliance being put on hold due to a nationwide preliminary injunction, small businesses have been caught in the middle of the legal battle over the Corporate Transparency Act — and confusion over the law's requirements could result in major penalties, say attorneys at Snell & Wilmer.
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5 Notable Information Security Events In 2024
B. Stephanie Siegmann at Hinckley Allen discusses 2024's largest and most destructive data breaches seen yet, ranging from ransomware disrupting U.S. healthcare systems on a massive scale, to tensions increasing between the U.S. and China over cyberespionage and the control of U.S. data.
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Series
Playing Rugby Makes Me A Better Lawyer
My experience playing rugby, including a near-fatal accident, has influenced my legal practice on a professional, organizational and personal level by showing me the importance of maintaining empathy, fostering team empowerment and embracing the art of preparation, says James Gillenwater at Greenberg Traurig.
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What Broker-Dealers Must Know Before Selling Bitcoin ETPs
Interest in bitcoin exchange-traded products is already high, and only expected to grow in light of the incoming Trump administration's pro-crypto stance, but broker-dealers must still consider numerous regulatory requirements before recommending a bitcoin ETP to a client, say Frank Weigand and Justine Woods at Cahill Gordon.
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Texas Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q4
The fourth quarter of 2024 brought noteworthy developments to the Texas financial services sector, particularly a new state artificial intelligence bill and a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule that will affect an outsize number of Texas community banks, says Tyler George at Naman Howell.
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Cyber Disclosure Is A Mainstay In 2025 SEC Exam Priorities
Despite a new administration and a new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chair incoming, the SEC's 2025 examination priorities signal that cybersecurity disclosures and risk management practices will remain important due to the growing threat of cyberattacks, says Anjali Das at Wilson Elser.
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Opinion
No, Litigation Funders Are Not 'Fleeing' The District Of Del.
A recent study claimed that litigation funders have “fled” Delaware federal court due to a standing order requiring disclosure of third-party financing, but responsible funders have no problem litigating in this jurisdiction, and many other factors could explain the decline in filings, say Will Freeman and Sarah Tsou at Omni Bridgeway.
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5 E-Discovery Predictions For 2025 And Beyond
In the year to come, e-discovery will be shaped by new and emerging trends, from the adoption of artificial intelligence provisions in protective orders, to the proliferation of emojis as a source of evidence in contemporary litigation, say attorneys at Littler.
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Best Practices To Find Del. Earnout Provisions That Hold Up
Recent Delaware earnout litigation illustrates the need for careful drafting and proactive planning to avoid later divergent interpretations of the signed contract, and a series of drafting tips can help, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.
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What's Ahead As Transparency Act Comes To A Crossroads
Synthesizing the contrasting federal district and appellate court rulings on the Corporate Transparency Act’s validity reveals several main areas of debate that will likely remain at issue as challenges to the law continue winding through the courts, say attorneys at Farella Braun.
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Preparing For Mexican Drug Cartels' Terrorist Designation
In the event President-elect Donald Trump designates Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, businesses will need to consider how their particular industry is affected and evaluate previously legitimate practices given the cartels' involvement so many sectors of the economy, say attorneys at King & Spalding.
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Where Payments Law And Regulation Are Headed In 2025
The Trump administration will likely bring significant changes to payments regulations in 2025, but maintaining internal compliance efforts in the absence of robust federal oversight will remain key as state authorities and private plaintiffs step into the breach, say attorneys at Stinson.
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Ohio Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q4
Ohio's banking and financial services sector saw several significant developments in the fourth quarter of 2024, including a landmark Uniform Commercial Code ruling, adjustments to the state's Homebuyer Plus Program and the launch of the state's first women-led bank, says attorney Alex Durst.
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National Trust Bank Charter Can Widen Reach Of Fintech Cos.
U.S. fintech companies that want to expand nationwide are at a competitive disadvantage with foreign companies, which can much more easily branch into the U.S., but setting up a national trust bank charter could offer a path forward, say attorneys at Davis Wright.
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Illinois Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q4
While the last quarter of 2024 didn't bring any notable state financial legislation, Illinois banks did see developments in the challenge to the Interchange Fee Prohibition Act, and received some awaited guidance on credit line disclosures and bank-fintech relationships, say attorneys at Dykema.