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April 01, 2025
Javice Must Don Ankle Bracelet For Now, Despite Pilates Gig
Frank founder Charlie Javice must wear a location-monitoring ankle bracelet, pending further court review, as she awaits sentencing, following her conviction at trial on fraud and conspiracy charges for purportedly conning JPMorgan Chase & Co. into buying her now-defunct educational startup, in spite of her claims that it will leave her unable to work in her new gig as a fitness instructor.
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April 01, 2025
Trump Administration Sued Over Border Cash-Reporting Order
A Texas trade group on Tuesday sued the Trump administration over its order singling out cash-moving businesses along the southwest border for heightened anti-money laundering reporting, calling the move overreaching, discriminatory and "financially ruinous."
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April 01, 2025
Republicans Float Wish List Of Biden Financial Rule Rollbacks
Republican lawmakers on the House Financial Services Committee sent a bevy of letters to financial regulators on Tuesday calling for the withdrawal or modification of rules and guidance issued under the Biden administration addressing topics like risk management, mergers, banking capital requirements and crypto business reporting.
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April 01, 2025
Conn. Banking Boss Orders Fintech Duo To Repay Investors
Connecticut's banking regulator has ordered two dissolved Greenwich-based companies to reimburse dozens of investors $843,000 for making them believe their money was earmarked for an investment algorithm patent, when instead company founders blew some of the cash at salons and department stores and on plastic surgery.
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April 01, 2025
Trump Admin Fights Wash.'s Bid To Expand Layoff Injunction
The Trump administration has urged a California federal judge to reject the state of Washington's request to expand an injunction blocking federal agencies from firing probationary employees, saying the bid to broaden the order to other agencies is unnecessary and based on unfounded speculation of harm.Â
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April 01, 2025
Bitcoin Rival Appeals Grayscale's Win In $2M False Ads Suit
Cryptocurrency company Osprey Funds LLC is appealing a Connecticut state judge's ruling against it in its unfair trade practice suit accusing digital asset management firm Grayscale Investments LLC of misleading bitcoin investors about the security of their investments after the state court declined to reconsider its decision.
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April 01, 2025
House GOP Infighting Delays Push To Repeal 2 ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ Rules
Plans for the U.S. House to vote on overturning two Biden-era Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rules were scuttled Tuesday by an unrelated fight among Republicans about whether to allow proxy voting for lawmakers with infant children.
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April 01, 2025
Crypto Co. OKX Taps Ex-NY Regulator Linda Lacewell As GC
Cryptocurrency exchange OKX said Tuesday that Linda Lacewell, former superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services, has joined the company as its general counsel, a month after the firm agreed to a $504 million deal with federal prosecutors over compliance failures.
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March 31, 2025
Wells Fargo Sued Over Online Wire Fraud Protections
Wells Fargo has been hit in by a proposed class action California federal court accusing the bank of leaving its online and mobile banking customers exposed to costly losses from fraudulent wire transfers.
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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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NY Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q4
In 2024's final quarter, the New York State Department of Financial Services published guidance on mitigating the rising cybersecurity risks of artificial intelligence and remote technology workers with North Korean ties, and the state attorney general launched an antitrust investigation into Capital One's proposed Discover merger, say attorneys at Haynes Boone.
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Exercising On My Peloton Bike Makes Me A Better Lawyer
While I originally came to the Peloton bike for exercise, one cycling instructor’s teachings have come to serve as a road map for practicing law thoughtfully and mindfully, which has opened opportunities for growth and change in my career, says Andrea Kirshenbaum at Littler.
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Takeaways From SEC's Mixed Results In '24 Crypto Litigation
Though the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's new leadership seems likely to create a more favorable cryptocurrency regulatory environment, it must also confront the consequences of, and lingering questions raised by, the SEC's 2024 policy of investigating and charging cryptocurrency trading platforms for operating unregistered exchanges, say attorneys at Dechert.
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In The ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ Playbook: A Sprint To The Finish Line
The fourth quarter of 2024 was an impressive demonstration of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's ability to regulate, enforce and supervise, even on borrowed time following the election results, and we should expect the current bureau to run nonstop until Jan. 20, say attorneys at Covington.
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7 Pitfalls To Watch In Tech Referral Fee Programs
The recent attempt by FluidStack to recover $10 million in referral fees allegedly promised by software vendor Denvr Dataworks should alert potential participants in so-called partnership programs to seven signs that a proposed technology referral agreement may not equally benefit all sides, says Chris Wlach at Huge Inc.
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Predicting What's Next For SEC By Looking At Past Dissents
While Paul Atkins' nomination to be the next chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has taken center stage, an analysis of Republican Commissioners Hester Peirce and Mark Uyeda's past votes and dissents provides a preview of where enforcement may shift in the new administration, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.
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Exploring Venue Strategy For Trump-Era Regulatory Litigation
Litigation will likely play a prominent role in shaping policy outcomes during the second Trump administration, and stakeholders have several tools at their disposal to steer regulatory litigation toward more favorable venues, say attorneys at Covington.
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What 2024's Noncompete Turmoil Means For Banks In 2025
A look back at the most significant legal challenges to the enforceability of various restrictive covenants like noncompete and nonsolicitation agreements in 2024 can help financial institutions address the use of these critical tools this year, say attorneys at Maynard Nexsen.
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New Year, New Risks: 8 Top Cyber Issues For Finance In 2025
As financial institutions forge ahead in 2025, they must strike a delicate balance between embracing technological innovation and guarding against its darker threats, which this year could include everything from supply chain vulnerabilities to deepfakes, say attorneys at Baker Donelson.
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5th Circ.'s Nasdaq Ruling Another Piece In DEI Policy Puzzle
The Fifth Circuit's recent en banc opinion vacating Nasdaq's board diversity listing rule wades into the hotly debated topic of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at a time when many public companies are navigating the attention that DEI commitments are drawing from activists and shareholders, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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Playing Esports Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Competing in a global esports tournament at Wimbledon last year not only fulfilled my childhood dream, but also sharpened skills that are essential to my day job, including strategic thinking, confidence and networking, says AJ Schuyler at Jackson Lewis.
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Lessons From The SEC's 2024 Crackdown On AI Washing
AI washing was the subject of increased scrutiny from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in 2024 following a surge in the commercial adoption of generative artificial intelligence technologies in 2023, highlighting the importance of transparency, accuracy and accountability when communicating about AI, say attorneys at Perkins Coie.
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An Associate's Guide To Career Development In 2025
As the new year begins, associates at all levels should consider establishing career metrics, fostering key relationships and employing other specific strategies to help move through the complexities of the legal profession with confidence and emerge as trailblazers, say EJ Stern and Amanda George at Fractional Law Firm.
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The Securities Litigation Trends That Will Matter Most In 2025
2025 is shaping up to be a significant year for securities litigation, as plaintiffs and defendants alike navigate shifting standards for omission theories of liability, class certification, risk disclosure claims and more, say attorneys at Willkie.
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Predicting The Lasting Changes ÃÛÌÒÊÓÆµ May Face In 2025
President-elect Donald Trump and the incoming Republican-controlled Congress' likely attempts to reshape the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could significantly alter its rulemaking, supervisory and enforcement abilities for years to come, says Jim Sandy at McGlinchey Stafford.