Banking

  • January 31, 2025

    Small Biz Attys Jump Into 4th Circ. Shell Co. Law Challenge

    A business group has urged the Fourth Circuit to stop the U.S. Department of the Treasury from enforcing a law that requires companies to disclose personal identifying information about their beneficial owners and applicants to the agency, saying the law exceeds the limit of Congress' power to regulate intrastate economic activity.

  • January 31, 2025

    January's IPO Market Was Active Despite Tepid Debuts

    Capital markets lawyers kept busy in January thanks to a sizable increase in initial public offerings, but the largest IPOs performed weaker than expected, likely sobering market participants' expectations going forward.

  • January 31, 2025

    Bank Wants Investment Co.'s $60M RICO Suit Tossed

    Western Alliance Bank is seeking the dismissal of a $60 million suit filed by an investment management firm alleging the bank played a role in a mortgage loan sale scheme to steam the firm's property rights in the loans and their proceeds, saying the complaint "attempts to recast a series of secured lending transactions as a vast racketeering conspiracy."

  • January 31, 2025

    Visa, Mastercard And Banks Oppose Swipe Fee Do-Over Bid

    Visa, Mastercard and several major banks have filed a motion opposing cardholders' solicitations for a New York federal judge to reconsider dismissing claims from their interchange fee suit.

  • January 31, 2025

    Supreme Court Eyes Its 'Next Frontier' In FCC Delegation Case

    A case about broadband subsidies will give the U.S. Supreme Court the chance to revive a long-dormant separation of powers principle that attorneys say could upend regulations in numerous industries and trigger a power shift that would make last term's shake-up of federal agency authority pale in comparison. And a majority of the court already appears to support its resurrection.

  • January 31, 2025

    Former Fed Adviser Charged With Spying For China

    A former senior adviser to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors was arrested Friday on charges of stealing confidential data for the government of China, which prosecutors said could be used to conduct market manipulation.

  • February 14, 2025

    Law360 Seeks Members For Its 2025 Editorial Boards

    Law360 is looking for avid readers of our publications to serve as members of our 2025 editorial advisory boards.

  • January 31, 2025

    Trump Funding Freeze Blocked As Court Doubts Reversal

    A Rhode Island federal judge on Friday issued a temporary restraining order barring the Trump administration from freezing spending on federal grant and aid programs, calling the move illegal and saying the issue was not mooted by a White House memo claiming the directive had been rescinded.

  • January 31, 2025

    Seasoned Patterson Belknap Trial Team Joins Linklaters In NY

    Linklaters LLP announced Friday it has brought aboard a high-profile team of litigation partners from Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, including one who is the current president of the New York City Bar Association and a lawyer former President Joe Biden had nominated to the Third Circuit.

  • January 30, 2025

    Wise Reaches $2.5M CFPB Deal Over Disclosure, Fee Issues

    In its first new enforcement action since President Donald Trump's return to office, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday ordered Wise, a global money transfer fintech, to pay nearly $2.5 million on allegations it committed misleading fee marketing and disclosure-related violations.

  • January 30, 2025

    R. Allen Stanford's $6.8B SEC Bill In Ponzi Suit Finalized

    A Texas federal court on Wednesday entered a judgment finalizing a 2013 order requiring convicted Ponzi schemer Robert Allen Stanford to fork over $6.76 billion in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's nearly 16-year-old suit over the $7 billion fraud scheme.

  • January 30, 2025

    PNC Units Face Investor Suit Over 'Cash Sweep' Program

    PNC Financial and its investment unit are the latest to face a proposed class action alleging their cash sweep program funneled customer funds into low interest-bearing accounts, hurting investors who should have seen their money earn a reasonable market interest rate.

  • January 30, 2025

    Ex-Rabobank Exec Asks Justices To Hear 9th Circ. OCC Fight

    A former Rabobank compliance chief who wants to clear her name after a now-abandoned Office of the Comptroller of the Currency enforcement action has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take up her case following the Ninth Circuit's dismissal of her appeal for lack of standing.

  • January 30, 2025

    Card Co. Netspend Inks $1.1M NY AG Deal Over Fees, Freezes

    The New York Attorney General's Office said Thursday that Netspend, a fintech debit and prepaid card provider, will pay nearly $1.1 million to settle claims that it charged New Yorkers illegal fees and allowed debt collectors to seize protected funds.

  • January 30, 2025

    Investors Push To Consolidate Suits On Cash Sweep Programs

    Investors claiming brokerage firms' cash sweep investment programs unfairly enriched the brokers at the expense of customers asked the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation Thursday to consolidate their suits, arguing they risk ending up with wildly different judicial rulings without it.

  • January 30, 2025

    Chancery Tosses Last Of Deutsche Bank, Vik Debt Suit

    A more than seven-year Delaware Court of Chancery battle tied to Norwegian billionaire Alexander Vik's alleged efforts to avoid a $236 million U.K. judgment in 2009 ended on Wednesday with a quiet fizzle.

  • January 30, 2025

    SEC Eyes Pretrial Win On $57M Fraud After Lindberg Plea Deal

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission asked a North Carolina federal judge to give it a pretrial win on its fraud claims against convicted former insurance mogul Greg Lindberg and his investment adviser firm, arguing multiple convictions in parallel criminal cases against Lindberg and others are a "straightforward" indicator of his liability.

  • January 30, 2025

    NC Biz Court Bulletin: Sanctions Miss, Philip Morris Refund

    In the second half of January, the North Carolina Business Court tussled with sanctions against a biogas company, heard claims an insurer tried to deliberately embarrass Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP and ordered an $11 million tax refund for Philip Morris.

  • January 30, 2025

    Orrick Adds Head Of Antitrust Litigation From Weil

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has hired Eric Hochstadt from Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP as the firm's new head of antitrust litigation and a member of its management committee, the firm announced Thursday.

  • January 29, 2025

    'DO NOT RESPOND': CFPB Union Calls Buyout Email A Trap

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's union has urged staff at the agency to refrain from responding to the Trump administration's buyout offer for federal employees, describing it as a potential trap and suggesting they consider marking it as spam instead.

  • January 29, 2025

    Binary Options Fraudsters Must Pay $451.6M To CFTC

    An Illinois federal judge on Tuesday ordered three Israeli businessmen and the overseas businesses they owned or ran to pay over $451.6 million to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, holding them liable for lying about the profitability of binary options transactions and misappropriating customer funds.

  • January 29, 2025

    Dentons Taps SEC Enforcement Vet From Morrison Cohen

    Dentons has brought on a former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement attorney from Morrison Cohen LLP, where his work made headlines when he won a rare sanctions order against the regulator over its handling of a case against a client, the crypto project known as Debt Box. 

  • January 29, 2025

    5th Circ. Rejects Outside Bid To Defend CFPB Small-Biz Rule

    The Fifth Circuit on Wednesday stood by its decision to refuse two advocacy groups' request to help defend the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's small business lending data rule, a day after the bureau and the suing banking trade groups pushed back and said they are fine to litigate themselves, without intervention.

  • January 29, 2025

    Pension Plans Seek Trader's Testimony In $2B Tax Fraud Suit

    Pension plans and individuals who Denmark's government alleges received fraudulent refunds have asked a New York federal court to allow U.K. court testimony into the record from a trader who Danish authorities say masterminded a $2.1 billion tax fraud, saying it shows he deceived other participants.

  • January 29, 2025

    4 Questions About Trump's Federal Worker Resignation Policy

    President Donald Trump’s offer of letting federal workers resign with several months of paid administrative leave raises questions about its legality and whether workers will actually get paid, attorneys said. Here, Law360 explores four questions that stem from the policy.

Expert Analysis

  • Opinion

    In Visa Case, DOJ Continues To Misapply The Sherman Act

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    The recent U.S. Department of Justice debit market monopolization case against Visa fuels concerns that a misguided Biden administration DOJ is inappropriately expanding its interpretation of the Sherman Antitrust Act beyond the demonstrable economic effects that business conduct has on consumers, says Shubha Ghosh at Syracuse University.

  • Series

    Playing Ultimate Makes Us Better Lawyers

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    In addition to being fun, ultimate Frisbee has improved our legal careers by emphasizing the importance of professionalism, teamwork, perseverance, enthusiasm and vulnerability, say Arunabha Bhoumik and Adam Bernstein at Regeneron. 

  • Call For Input Shows How Banks, Fintechs Can Address Risks

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    A recent request for information by federal banking regulators suggests that watchdogs are zeroing in on the bank-fintech partnerships they have long perceived as risky to consumers, but analyzing the publication can help companies anticipate regulators’ chief concerns and take steps to avoid becoming enforcement targets, say attorneys at K&L Gates.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On Metadata

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    Several recent rulings reflect the competing considerations that arise when parties dispute the form of production for electronically stored information, underscoring that counsel must carefully consider how to produce and request reasonably usable data, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • How New OCC Priorities Will Affect Bank Compliance

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    With the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency recently releasing a new bank supervision plan for fiscal year 2025, all banks, not only those primarily supervised by the OCC, should consider how compliance with its guidelines creates opportunities and challenges, says Andrew Karp at Cadwalader.

  • 2nd Circ. Hostile Workplace Ruling Widens Arbitration Pitfalls

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    The Second Circuit’s recent decision, affirming the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act applies to a worker whose workplace hostility claims arose before the law’s 2022 enactment, widens the scope of the law — and the risks of unenforceable arbitration agreements for employers, say attorneys at Hinshaw.

  • Why Secured Lenders Must Mind The Gap In UCC Searches

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    If not adequately addressed, the Uniform Commercial Code filing indexing gap can interfere with a lender's expected lien priority, but taking appropriate preclosing actions and properly timing searches can eliminate this risk, says Robert Wonneberger at Barclay Damon.

  • What FTC's 'Bitcoin ATM' Report Tells Us About Crypto Scams

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    The Federal Trade Commission's recent insights into bitcoin ATM scams highlight the technical evolution of fraudsters, the application of old scams to new technology, and the persistent financial impact on victims, say attorneys at DLA Piper.

  • The Fed. Circ. In October: Aetna And License-Term Review

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    The Federal Circuit's recent decision that Aetna's credit card licensing agreement with AlexSam did not give the insurer immunity from patent infringement claims serves to warn licensees to read their contracts carefully, say attorneys at Knobbe Martens.

  • A Look At Grewal's Record-Breaking Legacy After SEC Exit

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    Gurbir Grewal resigned as director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Enforcement last month after more than three years on the job, leaving behind a legacy marked by record numbers of penalties and enforcement actions, as well as mixed results in aggressive lawsuits against major crypto players, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • Striking A Balance Between AI Use And Attorney Well-Being

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    As the legal industry increasingly adopts generative artificial intelligence tools to boost efficiency, leaders must note the hidden costs of increased productivity, and work to protect attorneys’ well-being while unlocking AI’s full potential, says Ed Sohn at Factor.

  • Takeaways From The IRS' Crypto Doc Summons Win

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    A recent First Circuit decision holding that taxpayers do not have a Fourth Amendment reasonable expectation of privacy in cryptocurrency transaction records should prompt both taxpayers and exchanges to take stock of past transactions and future plans, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.

  • Empathy In Mediation Offers A Soft Landing For Disputes

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    Experiencing a crash-landing on a recent flight underscored to me how much difference empathy makes in times of crisis or stress, including during mediation, says Eydith Kaufman at Alternative Resolution Centers.

  • A Look At The Increased Scrutiny Of Cash Sweep Programs

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    Financial industry regulators have increasingly probed the adequacy of so-called cash sweep disclosures and policies, underscoring the heightened risk faced by investment advisers and broker-dealers, as well as the importance of adequately disclosing material conflicts of interest, say attorneys at Dechert.

  • Series

    Being An Artist Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My work as an artist has highlighted how using creativity and precision together — qualities that are equally essential in both art and law — not only improves outcomes, but also leads to more innovative and thoughtful work, says Sarah La Pearl at Segal McCambridge.

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