Fintech

  • October 15, 2024

    The 2024 Law360 Pulse Social Impact Leaders

    Check out our Social Impact Leaders ranking, analysis and interactive graphics to see which firms stand out for their engagement with social responsibility and commitment to pro bono service.

  • October 14, 2024

    Permira Wraps $7.2B Deal For Squarespace Amid Litigation

    Private equity firm Permira said Monday that it has successfully bought the outstanding stock of Squarespace Inc. in its proposed $7.2 billion deal to take the website builder private, amid ongoing shareholder litigation in the U.S. challenging the transaction.

  • October 14, 2024

    Crypto-CEO Faces US Extradition In Market Manipulation Case

    The former chief executive of a $7.5 billion crypto-asset company appeared at a London court Monday accused by the U.S. government of manipulating the market for the company's dog-themed "Saitama Inu" crypto-tokens before selling them for tens of millions in profit.

  • October 11, 2024

    With Swipe At Attys, CFPB's Chopra Defends Use Of Guidance

    At a tough-talking appearance in Utah on Friday, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra said he doesn't sweat potential legal challenges to his agency's rules and suggested some industry-side attorneys can be "leeches" who relish compliance uncertainty if it boosts their billable hours.

  • October 11, 2024

    Ill. Restaurants Fire Back At Banks' Bid To Halt Swipe Fee Law

    Trade groups for restaurants and retailers have urged an Illinois federal judge to reject a proposed preliminary injunction to block a first-of-its-kind state law restricting swipe fees, arguing that relief from such fees is badly needed for small family businesses and consumers.

  • October 11, 2024

    Apple Pushes To Duck DOJ's Antitrust Suit

    Apple Inc. continued to cast the Justice Department's monopolization lawsuit as an attempt to control how the technology giant deals with iPhone app developers, telling a New Jersey federal judge that the government's case against app access restrictions is "one and the same" as deciding who it does business with and thus warrants dismissal.

  • October 11, 2024

    New Squarespace Suit Filed For Take-Private Docs

    A second shareholder of website builder Squarespace Inc. has sued in the Delaware Court of Chancery for books and records on the company's proposed $7.2 billion take-private deal with private equity giant Permira Advisors LLC, less than two weeks after the sidelining of an earlier books suit focusing on the same deal, which is set to expire late Oct. 11.

  • October 11, 2024

    Fintech-Focused Cohen SPAC Leads 2 IPOs Worth $250M

    Cohen Circle Acquisition Corp. I, a special purpose acquisition company founded by financial services industry veteran Betsy Cohen, began trading Friday, one of two SPACs that completed initial public offerings for a combined $250 million.

  • October 11, 2024

    Judge Doubts FTX Alum Needs Further Dog Bite Recovery

    A Manhattan federal judge has denied a bid from former FTX executive Ryan Salame to further postpone the start of his 7½-year prison sentence, saying he had already benefited from "extremely generous" delays, and agreeing with prosecutors that Salame appeared to have largely recovered from a dog bite that he said he suffered in June.

  • October 11, 2024

    Promises Of Metaverse Art Club Were A Sham, Investors Claim

    A group that claimed it would start a members-only art collection club in the Metaverse has been hit with a proposed class action alleging it misled investors about the value of the project and the benefits and returns investors would see.

  • October 11, 2024

    Quinn Emanuel Faces DQ Bid For Musk-Dogecoin Deal Leak

    Dogecoin investors want Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP to be disqualified in their case against Elon Musk and Tesla Inc. because the law firm and its attorneys publicly disclosed a confidential settlement offer in the contentious lawsuit.

  • October 11, 2024

    Bitnomial Suit Says SEC Is Muscling Into CFTC's Crypto Turf

    Cryptocurrency platform Bitnomial Exchange LLC is suing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Illinois federal court, alleging that the regulator is overstepping its jurisdiction by attempting to block it from listing futures contracts for Ripple Labs' token XRP despite a court ruling that such secondary sales are valid.

  • October 11, 2024

    Nelson Mullins Can't Beat DQ In Foreign Exchange Fraud Suit

    A Florida state appeals court panel unanimously sided with a trial court Friday in deciding that Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP can't represent the defendant in a lawsuit accusing him of duping the plaintiff into doing business with online foreign exchange platform FxWinning Ltd. because the firm previously represented the plaintiff in a "substantially related" suit against the company.

  • October 11, 2024

    Bank Info Fair Game In Crypto Exec's Appeal, Gov't Says

    A cryptocurrency executive charged in a 2020 bitcoin fraud investigation can't stop the IRS from using the financial information it gathered through summonses while he appeals the demands in the Fifth Circuit, the U.S. government told a Texas federal court.

  • October 10, 2024

    Feds Slam Ex-FTX Exec's '11th Hour' Prison Delay Bid

    Federal prosecutors slammed an "eleventh hour request" from former FTX co-CEO Ryan Salame to further delay the start of his prison sentence, telling a New York federal judge that Salame has apparently recovered from the dog attack that postponed his first surrender date and any remaining medical care appears "largely cosmetic and nonurgent."

  • October 10, 2024

    SEC Sues Crypto Arm Of Proprietary Trading Firm DRW

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission accused the crypto-focused subsidiary of proprietary trading firm DRW Holdings of operating as an unregistered securities dealer by effecting more than $2 billion in crypto transactions, according to a complaint filed Thursday in Illinois federal court.

  • October 10, 2024

    FINRA Fines Citadel Securities, IMC Over Audit Trail Reporting

    Citadel Securities LLC and IMC Financial Markets agreed to fines of $1 million and $1.2 million, respectively, to settle allegations from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority that they failed to accurately or timely report tens of billions of equity and option orders to the consolidated audit trail.

  • October 10, 2024

    Ejudicate Ran 'Bogus' Student Loan Arbitrations, CFPB Says

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced Thursday that it has banned private dispute resolution platform Ejudicate from arbitrating disputes about consumer financial products, saying the company misled student borrowers about its neutrality and initiated "bogus" arbitration proceedings.

  • October 10, 2024

    Attys For Voyager Digital Users Get $1.3M After Earn Deal

    Attorneys representing a proposed class of users of the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency firm Voyager Digital Holdings will receive $1.3 million in fees after brokering the settlement of claims the company "aggressively marketed" unregistered securities.

  • October 10, 2024

    Chancery OKs $9.5M Deal For Katapult SPAC Challenge

    A $9.5 million deal settled a Delaware Court of Chancery stockholder suit Thursday seeking damages arising from a stock slump following the $883 million blank check company deal that took subprime consumer lender Katapult Holdings Inc. public in June 2021.

  • October 10, 2024

    Feds Ask 18 Months For 'Razzlekhan's' Role In Crypto Hack

    The wife of a hacker who admitted to stealing what is now billions of dollars worth of bitcoin from the crypto exchange Bitfinex deserves 18 months in prison for her role in the heist, federal prosecutors say in a recommendation that takes her cooperation into account.

  • October 10, 2024

    SEC Says Adviser's $4M Scheme Included 'AI-Washing'

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday fined a California-based investment adviser that it said raised nearly $4 million through a series of false promises, including deceptive statements about artificial intelligence capabilities.

  • October 10, 2024

    Ripple Labs Files Cross-Appeal Of Judgment In SEC Suit

    Blockchain firm Ripple Labs on Thursday notified a New York federal judge of its intention to cross-appeal the judgment in its U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement case after the regulator kicked the decision to the Second Circuit last week.

  • October 10, 2024

    Calif. Says FDIC Must Wait For $21M Tax Refund

    A California tax agency urged a New York federal court to toss a lawsuit by the FDIC seeking a $20.7 million tax refund on behalf of the shuttered Signature Bank, saying it's entitled to wait for a possible IRS audit before delivering the payment.

  • October 09, 2024

    Top Bank Lobbyist Touts Basel Endgame, CFPB Court Wins

    The head of the nation's largest banking industry trade group took a victory lap on Wednesday for beating back steep proposed bank capital hikes and halting other recent Biden administration banking regulations in court, pledging to continue its muscular advocacy for banks as the election nears.

Expert Analysis

  • Navigating New Enforcement Scrutiny Of 'AI Washing'

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    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent lawsuit against Joonko Diversity, its first public AI-focused enforcement action against a private company, underscores the importance of applying the same internal legal and compliance rigor to AI-related claims as other market-facing statements, say attorneys at Fried Frank.

  • What's Next For Federal Preemption In Financial Services

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    The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's review of its preemption interpretations and growing pressure from state regulators signal potential changes ahead for preemption in U.S. financial services, and the path forward will likely involve a reevaluation of the entire framework, say attorneys at Clark Hill.

  • Increased Scrutiny Raises Int'l Real Estate Transaction Risks

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    Recently proposed regulations expanding the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States' oversight, a White House divestment order and state-level legislative efforts signal increasing scrutiny of real estate transactions that may trigger national security concerns, say Luciano Racco and Aleksis Fernández Caballero at Foley Hoag.

  • Why Attorneys Should Consider Community Leadership Roles

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    Volunteering and nonprofit board service are complementary to, but distinct from, traditional pro bono work, and taking on these community leadership roles can produce dividends for lawyers, their firms and the nonprofit causes they support, says Katie Beacham at Kilpatrick.

  • 'Pig Butchering': The Scam That Exploits Crypto Confusion

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    Certain red flags can tip off banks to possible "pig-butchering," and with the scam's increasing popularity, financial institutions need to take action to monitor entry points into the crypto space, detect suspicious activity and provide a necessary backstop to protect customers, say Brandon Essig and Mary Parrish McCracken at Lightfoot Franklin.

  • How Transaction Lookbacks Can Guide Fintech Companies

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    As transaction lookbacks continue to be a key focus of enforcement actions, newer financial institutions like fintech companies should know they can benefit from proactively investigating their potential failure to identify suspicious activity, creating a compliance road map and building trust with regulators in the process, say attorneys at Jenner & Block.

  • Firms Must Offer A Trifecta Of Services In Post-Chevron World

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    After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision overturning Chevron deference, law firms will need to integrate litigation, lobbying and communications functions to keep up with the ramifications of the ruling and provide adequate counsel quickly, says Neil Hare at Dentons.

  • Roundup

    A Day In The In-House Life

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    As more attorneys make the jump to fintech companies, and the regulatory landscape continues to shift, this Expert Analysis series follows in-house fintech counsel on an average workday as they grapple with everything from regulatory challenges and product launches to work-life balance and lunch orders.

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    A Day In The In-House Life: Narmi GC Talks Peak Productivity

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    On a work-from-home day in August, Narmi general counsel Amy Pardee chronicles a typical day in her life in which she organizes her time to tackle everything from advising on products and contract negotiations to volunteering and catching up on the New York Times crossword.

  • Opinion

    CFPB's AI Stance Backslides On Innovation Issues

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    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's recent response to a Treasury Department's request for information about artificial intelligence in the financial services sector uses alarmist rhetoric about the technology's risks, ceding an opportunity to help shape this important discussion, says Mike Silver at Husch Blackwell.

  • How Ripple Final Judgment Fits In Broader Crypto Landscape

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    The Southern District of New York's recent $125 million civil penalty levied in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Ripple will have a broad impact on the crypto industry as it was the first to hold that blind sales of digital assets are not securities, even if deemed securities in other circumstances, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.

  • 5 Tips To Succeed In A Master Of Laws Program And Beyond

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    As lawyers and recent law school graduates begin their Master of Laws coursework across the country, they should keep a few pointers in mind to get the most out of their programs and kick-start successful careers in their practice areas, says Kelley Miller at Reed Smith.

  • The Bank Preemption Ripple Effects After Cantero, Flagstar

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    The importance of federal preemption for financial institutions will only increase as technology-driven innovations evolve, which is why the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Cantero v. Bank of America and vacatur of Kivett v. Flagstar Bank have real modern-day significance for national banks, say attorneys at WilmerHale.

  • Series

    Being An Opera Singer Made Me A Better Lawyer

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    My journey from the stage to the courtroom has shown that the skills I honed as an opera singer – punctuality, memorization, creativity and more – have all played a vital role in my success as an attorney, says Gerard D'Emilio at GableGotwals.

  • How Law Firms Can Avoid 'Collaboration Drag'

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    Law firm decision making can be stifled by “collaboration drag” — characterized by too many pointless meetings, too much peer feedback and too little dissent — but a few strategies can help stakeholders improve decision-making processes and build consensus, says Steve Groom at Miles Mediation.

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