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Fintech

  • March 26, 2025

    Fintech Biz Hits $3.5B Valuation After $300M Funding Round

    San Francisco-based fintech company Mercury, advised by Freshfields LLP, on Wednesday announced that it reached a $3.5 billion valuation after completing a $300 million Series C investment round led by venture capital giant Sequoia Capital.

  • March 26, 2025

    Toronto Exchange Says Court In Texas Can't Hear TM Suit

    The Toronto Stock Exchange says a Texas federal court lacks jurisdiction over the Texas Stock Exchange's trademark lawsuit, telling the court it only submitted a cease-and-desist letter to stop the nascent stock exchange from using allegedly similar marks.

  • March 26, 2025

    Goldstein's Devices Must Be Monitored, Judge Affirms

    A Maryland federal judge on Tuesday rejected U.S. Supreme Court lawyer and SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein's request to dismiss a bail condition that requires his electronic devices to be monitored out of concerns that he's been hiding millions in cryptocurrency from the government and could flee while facing tax evasion charges.

  • March 25, 2025

    SoLo Funds Interest Rate Suit Sent To Arbitration

    Financial app SoLo Funds Inc. can arbitrate allegations it deceived users by describing its advances as no-cost, a Pennsylvania federal judge has ruled after the Third Circuit reversed her earlier decision to deny an arbitration bid.

  • March 25, 2025

    Fintech DLocal Beats Investors' Suit Over IPO

    A New York state court judge has dismissed claims against fintech firm dLocal and its underwriters in a proposed class action alleging the company misstated a key financial metric and misrepresented the state of its financial controls in advance of its June 2021 initial public stock offering that saw the company valued at nearly $9.5 billion.

  • March 25, 2025

    FINRA Fines Firm, CCO For Pandemic-Era Oversight Lapses

    The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has fined broker-dealer United First Partners LLC and fined and suspended its chief compliance officer to settle claims they failed to implement a sufficient system to monitor the firm's representatives' outside business activities, and completely failed to do so during the pandemic.

  • March 25, 2025

    MoneyLion Gets Ƶ Military Lending Suit Cut, But Not Axed

    A New York federal judge has trimmed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's suit against MoneyLion Technologies, tossing claims that alleged improper use of an arbitration agreement and disclosure violations while allowing the remainder to proceed.

  • March 25, 2025

    GOP-Led House Committee Mulls Bills To Ease Capital Raising

    The U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee on Tuesday debated bills that would ease rules governing private and public securities offerings, marking Congress' latest push to deregulate capital markets under President Donald Trump's second term.

  • March 25, 2025

    FDIC Will Seek To 'Eradicate' Its Use Of Reputation Risk

    The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. plans to "eradicate" the concept of reputation risk from its oversight of banks and is working to take its approach to digital assets in "a new direction," the agency's acting chief has told Congress.

  • March 25, 2025

    Insurance Mogul Seeks To Overturn $122M Contempt Order

    A convicted billionaire embroiled in lawsuits over the demise of his insurance empire wants out of a nine-figure contempt order, telling the North Carolina Court of Appeals that neither he nor his company has the ability to pay more than $122 million to purge the contempt.

  • March 25, 2025

    Ripple Labs To Pay SEC $50M To End Case, Legal Chief Says

    Ripple Labs legal chief Stuart Alderoty said Tuesday the cryptocurrency firm will pay the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission a $50 million civil penalty to resolve the agency's landmark enforcement action, or a fraction of the $125 million fine that a federal court originally imposed upon it over past unregistered institutional token sales.

  • March 24, 2025

    Wash. Bill Pay Biz Can't Exit FTC Consumer Protection Suit

    A Washington federal judge has declined to throw out a Federal Trade Commission consumer protection suit against a Seattle-based online bill pay platform, rejecting the company's stance that disclaimers on its website absolve it claims of deceptive business practices.

  • March 24, 2025

    Bank Groups Take Aim At Fed's Stress-Test Methodology

    Top bank trade groups are pressing their Ohio federal court challenge to the Federal Reserve Board's stress tests of big banks, asking for a ruling that would force major changes to the way the annual assessments of firm resilience are designed and executed.

  • March 24, 2025

    Feds, Javice Rest In Trial Over JPMorgan's $175M Frank Buy

    Manhattan federal prosecutors and Charlie Javice on Monday both wrapped up their cases in the trial of the former Frank CEO and another executive, who are accused of tricking JPMorgan into buying the education startup for $175 million based on false information.

  • March 24, 2025

    'Enough Is Enough': Tornado Cash Users Demand Judgment

    Challengers to the Treasury Department's now-dissolved sanctions of crypto mixer Tornado Cash on Monday urged a Texas federal judge to make clear that the designation was unlawful despite the government's claims that the case is moot now that it has removed Tornado Cash from its blocked persons list.

  • March 24, 2025

    Bread Financial Gets Investor's Spinoff Suit Tossed For Good

    Bread Financial Holdings Inc. and some of its executives have beaten a shareholder suit alleging that they tried to defraud investors by concealing issues with now-bankrupt spinoff company Loyalty Ventures, with a court ruling that the defendants had made necessary disclosures to investors.

  • March 24, 2025

    Visa Ducks Antitrust Suit Rife With 'Elementary Mistakes'

    A California federal judge took a credit card transaction middleman to task Monday for "muddled" antitrust claims supported by "elementary mistakes" and tossing its proposed class action against Visa Inc.

  • March 24, 2025

    Mass. Wants Info On Robinhood's March Madness Contracts

    Massachusetts' secretary of state has issued a subpoena to Robinhood Markets Inc. related to the trading platform's sporting event contracts tied to this year's March Madness tournaments, officials said Monday.

  • March 24, 2025

    Chancery Won't Restart Disputed Bitcoin ATMs For Now

    Delaware's Court of Chancery refused on Monday to order reactivation of dozens of bitcoin cryptocurrency ATM kiosks shut down by an Iowa grocery chain after that state's attorney general sued Bitcoin Depot and a similar operation for alleged scamming of users.

  • March 24, 2025

    Danish Court Sends Fintech Into Bankruptcy

    Fintech company Spark Technology A/S on Monday hit bankruptcy in the Bankruptcy Division of the Danish Maritime and Commercial Court after several months of being in hot water with the Danish Business Authority.

  • March 24, 2025

    SEC, FINRA Enforcement Heads Say Crypto Still A Focus

    Heads of enforcement at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority indicated Monday the agencies are keeping their eyes on cryptocurrency, even as the former has backed off of various cases and investigations involving crypto.

  • March 24, 2025

    Trump Asks High Court To Halt Fed. Workers' Reinstatement

    The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to pause a California federal court order reinstating tens of thousands of probationary federal workers who were fired from six agencies, arguing the band of nonprofit groups that obtained the order have no standing to challenge the firings.

  • March 24, 2025

    Supreme Court Skips Fed. Circ. 1-Word Order Cases

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a pair of challenges to the Federal Circuit's use of one-word orders in patent cases.

  • March 21, 2025

    Only FDIC Can Sue Over Signature Bank Collapse, Judge Says

    A New York federal judge on Friday tossed a shareholder lawsuit over alleged misstatements about Signature Bank's health ahead of its 2023 collapse, saying shareholders lacked standing to sue in light of the FDIC being a receiver of both the failed bank's assets and rights of the bank's stockholders.

  • March 21, 2025

    4th Circ. Won't Pause Order To Reinstate Federal Workers

    The Fourth Circuit on Friday refused to pause a Maryland federal judge's restraining order requiring the reinstatement of thousands of probationary workers who were fired from 18 federal agencies.

Expert Analysis

  • A Look At SEC, CFTC's Record Year For Whistleblower Awards

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    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.

  • What 2024 Trends In Marketing, Comms Hiring Mean For 2025

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    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.

  • Expect Continuity In 2025 Anti-Money Laundering Policy

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    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.

  • 5 Notable Anti-Money Laundering Actions From 2024

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    Regulators' renewed interest in anti-money laundering programs in 2024 led to numerous enforcement actions and individual prosecutions in industries like banking, cryptocurrency and gaming, including the blockbuster TD Bank settlement and investigations of casinos in Nevada, says Michael Beckwith at Dickinson Wright.

  • Series

    Group Running Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The combination of physical fitness and community connection derived from running with a group of business leaders has, among other things, helped me to stay grounded, improve my communication skills, and develop a deeper empathy for clients and colleagues, says Jessica Shpall Rosen at Greenwald Doherty.

  • Strategies For Home Equity Investment Providers In 2025

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    The home equity investment product market is thriving even amid consumer concerns, regulatory scrutiny and conflicting court decisions, setting the stage for a promising but challenging environment for providers in 2025, say attorneys at Sheppard Mullin.

  • Opinion

    6 Changes I Would Make If I Ran A Law School

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    Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner identifies several key issues plaguing law schools and discusses potential solutions, such as opting out of the rankings game and mandating courses in basic writing skills.

  • Implications Of NY Climate Case For Generating Facilities

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    Regardless of how Greenidge Generation LLC v. New York Department of Environmental Conservation develops on remand, this decision has immediate repercussions for generating facilities seeking permit applications and renewals in New York, likely involving Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act considerations, say attorneys at Hodgson Russ.

  • How Ƶ Rule Would Affect Data Brokers And Beyond

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    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently proposed a rule that would not only expand data broker oversight by classifying many as consumer reporting agencies, but would also impose new limitations on companies seeking to obtain information from them, potentially requiring such entities to alter their business models, say attorneys at Orrick.

  • Firms Still Have The Edge In Lateral Hiring, But Buyer Beware

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    Partner mobility data suggests that the third quarter of this year continued to be a buyer’s market, with the average candidate demanding less compensation for a larger book of business — but moving into the fourth quarter, firms should slow down their hiring process to minimize risks, say officers at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.

  • 5th Circ. Crypto Ruling Shows Limits On OFAC Authority

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    The Fifth Circuit's recent decision that immutable smart contracts on the Tornado Cash crypto-transaction software protocol are not "property" subject to Office of Foreign Assets Control jurisdiction may signal that courts can construe OFAC's authority more restrictively after Loper Bright, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • Preparing For The New Restrictions On Investment Into China

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    In light of a new regulatory program governing U.S. investments in China-related technology companies of national security concern, investors should keep several considerations in mind, including the rules' effect on existing and new investments, compliance hurdles, and penalties for noncompliance ahead of the rules' January implementation, say attorneys at Gunderson Dettmer.

  • Think Like A Lawyer: 1 Type Of Case Complexity Stands Out

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    In contrast to some cases that appear complex due to voluminous evidence or esoteric subject matter, a different kind of complexity involves tangled legal and factual questions, each with a range of possible outcomes, which require a “sliding scale” approach instead of syllogistic reasoning, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.

  • FTX Exec's Sentencing Shows Pros And Cons Of Cooperation

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    The sentencing of former FTX tech deputy Gary Wang, whose cooperation netted him a rare outcome of no prison time, offers critical takeaways for attorneys and clients navigating the burgeoning world of crypto-related prosecutions, says Andrew Meck at Whiteford.

  • SEC Custody Rule Creates Crypto Compliance Conundrum

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    While the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's application of the custody rule may be a good faith attempt to enhance consumer protections for client assets, it doesn't appreciate the unique characteristics of crypto-assets, forcing advisers to choose between pursuing their clients' objectives and complying with the rule, say attorneys at Willkie.

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