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SEC Says Crypto Task Force Could Resolve Coinbase Case
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission told the Second Circuit that its newly formed cryptocurrency task force effort may lead to a resolution in its enforcement case against Coinbase, warranting a brief delay to the regulator responding to the crypto exchange's bid for appellate review of whether securities laws apply to the transactions on its platform.
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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' CFPB 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
CFPB 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 CFPB
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.
Expert Analysis
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The OCC's Newly Relaxed Approach To Bank Crypto Activity
With the early March rescission of Biden-era interpretive guidance, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has loosened its approach to regulating national banks and federal savings associations' crypto-asset activities, possibly removing one barrier to banks engaging in such activities, say attorneys at Debevoise.
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Firms Must Embrace Alternative Billing Models Or Fall Behind
As artificial intelligence tools eliminate inefficiencies and the Big Four accounting firms enter the legal market, law firms that pivot from the entrenched billable hour model to outcomes-based pricing will see a distinct competitive advantage, says attorney William Brewer.
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How Trump Policies Are Affecting The Right To Repair
Recent policy changes by the second Trump administration — ranging from deregulatory initiatives to tariff increases — are likely to have both positive and negative effects on the ability of independent repair shops and individual consumers to exercise their right to repair electronic devices, say attorneys at Carter Ledyard.
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How Attorneys Can Master The Art Of On-Camera Presence
As attorneys are increasingly presented with on-camera opportunities, they can adapt their traditional legal skills for video contexts — such as virtual client meetings, marketing content or media interviews — by understanding the medium and making intentional adjustments, says Kerry Barrett.
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Series
Baseball Fantasy Camp Makes Me A Better Lawyer
With six baseball fantasy experiences under my belt, I've learned time and again that I didn't make the wrong career choice, but I've also learned that baseball lessons are life lessons, and I'm a better lawyer for my time at St. Louis Cardinals fantasy camp, says Scott Felder at Wiley.
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Paul Atkins' Past Speeches Offer A Glimpse Into SEC's Future
Following Paul Atkins' Thursday Senate confirmation hearing, a look at his public remarks while serving as a commissioner at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission between 2002 and 2008 reveals eight possible structural and procedural changes the SEC may see once he likely takes over as chair, say attorneys at Covington.
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Series
Adapting To Private Practice: From Fed. Prosecutor To BigLaw
Making the jump from government to private practice is no small feat, but, based on my experience transitioning to a business-driven environment after 15 years as an assistant U.S. attorney, it can be incredibly rewarding and help you become a more versatile lawyer, says Michael Beckwith at Dickinson Wright.
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Service By Token Is Transforming Crypto Litigation Landscape
As the Trump administration advocates a new course of cryptocurrency regulation, courts in the U.S. and abroad are authorizing innovative methods of process service, including via nonfungible tokens and blockchain messaging, offering practical solutions for litigators grappling with the anonymity of cyber defendants, says Jose Ceide at Salazar Law.
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Opinion
SEC Shouldn't Complicate Broker-Dealers' AML Compliance
Recent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission anti-money laundering enforcement actions show that regulators should not second-guess broker-dealers' reasonable judgment, or stretch the law or their jurisdiction to regulate through enforcement, lest they expect broker-dealers to vigorously defend their AML programs, say attorneys at WilmerHale.
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Executive Orders Paving Way For New Era Of Crypto Banking
Recent executive orders have already significantly affected the day-to-day operations of financial institutions that have an interest in engaging with digital assets, and creating informed strategies now can support institutions as the crypto gates continue to open to the banking industry, say attorneys at Spencer Fane.
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Explaining CFPB's Legal Duties Under The Dodd-Frank Act
While only Congress can actually eradicate the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Trump administration has sought to significantly alter the agency's operations, so it's an apt time to review the minimum baseline of activities that Congress requires of the CFPB in Title X of the Dodd-Frank Act, say attorneys at Bradley Arant.
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State Securities Enforcers May Fill A Federal Enforcement Gap
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission appears poised to take a lighter touch under the new administration, but state enforcement efforts are likely to continue unabated, and potentially even increase, particularly with regard to digital assets and ESG disclosures, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.
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Firms Still Have Lateral Market Advantage, But Risks Persist
Partner and associate mobility data from the fourth quarter of 2024 shows that we’re in a new, stable era of lateral hiring where firms have the edge, but leaders should proceed cautiously, looking beyond expected revenue and compensation analyses for potential risks, say Julie Henson and Greg Hamman at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.
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Recent Cases Highlight Latest AI-Related Civil Litigation Risks
Ongoing lawsuits in federal district courts reveal potential risks that companies using artificial intelligence may face from civil litigants, including health insurance coverage cases involving contractual and equitable claims, and myriad cases concerning securities disclosure claims, say attorneys at Katten.
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What Rodney Hood's OCC Stint Could Mean For Banking
Acting Comptroller of the Currency Rodney Hood's time at the helm of the OCC, while temporary, is likely to feature clarity for financial institutions navigating regulations, the development of fintech innovation, and clearer expectations for counsel advising on related matters, say attorneys at Vedder Price.