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  • October 01, 2025

    Ex-CFTC Enforcement Head, DOJ Veteran Joins Jones Day

    Jones Day has hired a former director of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Division of Enforcement who is also a nearly two-decade alumnus of the U.S. Department of Justice.

  • October 01, 2025

    Wash. Appeals Panel Reopens Teachers' Pension Interest Suit

    A Washington state appeals court unanimously revived a class action claim that accuses a state pension agency of unlawfully skimming interest from teachers' retirement accounts, holding that a lower court was wrong to decide that it couldn't take up the matter.

  • October 01, 2025

    Here's How The SEC Survived 2 Prior Shutdowns

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sent home 90% of its staff Wednesday, including the bulk of its enforcement division, as the agency braces for a shutdown of uncertain length by drawing on lessons from two prior long-running impasses in the past 12 years.

  • October 01, 2025

    Trump Withdraws Nomination Of Quintenz For CFTC Chair

    President Donald Trump has withdrawn his nomination of Brian Quintenz to lead the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, following a delay at the president's request of a Senate committee vote on the nomination and Quintenz's public feud with crypto exchange founders Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss.

  • October 01, 2025

    sa国际传媒 'Will Continue Operations' As Gov't Shutdown Hits

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has told its staff to expect business as usual amid the government shutdown that began Wednesday, assuring them that operations, pay and benefits will continue uninterrupted, according to an internal email obtained by Law360.

  • October 01, 2025

    Trump Moves To Elevate FDIC's Hill To Permanent Chair

    President Donald Trump has nominated the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s acting Chairman Travis Hill to lead the deposit insurer on a permanent basis, the White House confirmed Wednesday.

  • October 01, 2025

    UBS Says Ex-Advisers Poached $1.4B In Clients For New Firm

    UBS Financial Services has accused several of its former financial advisers of violating nonsolicitation and confidentiality agreements by plotting to launch a rival firm and poaching clients with $1.4 billion in assets, damaging UBS and its other former employees still entitled to client revenue.

  • October 01, 2025

    Mich. Judge Slashes RICO Claims Against Mortgage Lender

    A Michigan federal judge has dismissed the bulk of a proposed class action accusing United Wholesale Mortgage of forcing mortgage brokers to originate loans with UWM instead of shopping around for the best options for borrowers.

  • October 01, 2025

    4th Circ. Won't Rehear Consultancy's $5M SBA Loan Suit

    The Fourth Circuit declined to reconsider a global consultancy and risk management company's lawsuit against the U.S. Small Business Administration in which the consultant argued its $5 million loan was eligible for COVID-19 debt relief.

  • October 01, 2025

    Ga. Law Firm Looks To Ax Bank's Malpractice Suit Over Fraud

    Stanley Esrey & Buckley LLP has urged a Georgia state appeals court to dismiss claims from a bank accusing it of legal malpractice and negligence, arguing that it did not cause the bank to lose more than $8 million through bogus loan transactions.

  • October 01, 2025

    Simpson Thacher Taps Barclays Atty For Shareholder Group

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced on Wednesday it has hired a former Barclays Capital attorney to lead its shareholder engagement and activism defense group.

  • October 01, 2025

    3 Firms Guide Rocket Merger To Close With $14.2B Valuation

    Online mortgage giant Rocket has finished its all-stock purchase of rival Mr. Cooper Group with help from Paul Weiss, Wachtell and Bradley Arant, noting Wednesday the now-$14.2 billion deal has a higher price tag because stock values have risen since the merger's announcement.

  • October 01, 2025

    High Court Lets Fed's Cook Keep Job For Now

    The U.S. Supreme Court said Wednesday that it will wait to hear oral arguments early next year before ruling on President Donald Trump's bid to immediately oust Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook, a move that will allow her to remain on the job in the meantime.

  • September 30, 2025

    Banker Defamed Jack Nicklaus After Pact Ended, Jury Told

    Jack Nicklaus told a Florida state court jury on Tuesday that a banker and his associates defamed him after discontinuing a 15-year business relationship, saying their public relations campaign intentionally smeared his reputation聽after he refused聽to make a deal with Saudi Arabia.

  • September 30, 2025

    Merrill Lynch Denied Bid To Block Rival Firm's Launch

    A Georgia federal judge on Tuesday refused to grant Merrill Lynch's bid for a temporary restraining order against a dozen former employees, Charles Schwab and Dynasty Financial Partners in a case concerning an alleged attempt to start a new independent financial advisory firm with Merrill's staff and confidential information.聽

  • September 30, 2025

    Morgan Stanley Gets Fed Capital Buffer Break After Review

    The Federal Reserve Board said Tuesday that it has lowered a key capital requirement for Morgan Stanley after reconsidering its stress-testing results, marking the second time a bank has successfully petitioned for such a break.

  • September 30, 2025

    Murdaugh's Banker Sentenced To 60 Months After Guilty Plea

    The onetime bank CEO who pled guilty in South Carolina federal court to helping ex-lawyer and convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh steal client money has been sentenced to 60 months in prison, the same amount specified in his plea deal.

  • September 30, 2025

    Regions Bank Brass Must Face Suit Over $191M sa国际传媒 Fine

    A Delaware chancellor ruled Tuesday that most board members of Regions Bank cannot escape a shareholder derivative suit over a $191 million fine the bank paid to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in 2022 for charging unlawful "surprise" overdraft fees on certain debit card transactions and ATM withdrawals.

  • September 30, 2025

    Credit Suisse Aided Looting Of Tech Exec's Stock, Suit Says

    The co-founder of sensing-tech company Aeva Technologies says Credit Suisse provided "institutional cover" to conspirators who stole tens of millions of dollars in Aeva shares from him in what he described as a "calculated, multi-year orchestrated racketeering scheme," according to a suit filed Tuesday in New York federal court.

  • September 30, 2025

    Waters Warns sa国际传媒 Furloughs Would Be 'Baseless,' 'Harmful'

    A senior Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives is warning the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau not to use a looming government shutdown as a "pretext" to furlough employees at the agency, arguing that such an unpaid work stoppage would be unnecessary and dangerous.

  • September 30, 2025

    FinCEN Seeks Feedback On Financial Compliance Burden

    The U.S. Treasury Department's enforcement arm requested feedback Tuesday on the compliance burden for financial institutions responding to the agency's information requests "as part of its continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and respondent burden."

  • September 30, 2025

    UBS Beats Investors' Swiss Franc Rate Rigging Suit For Good

    A New York federal judge has dismissed claims against UBS AG in a long-running case alleging financial institutions conspired to rig the聽Swiss franc Libor,聽saying the plaintiffs failed to demonstrate they had been assigned the necessary recovery rights to pursue their claims.

  • September 30, 2025

    SEC Approves Cost Cuts For Consolidated Audit Trail

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday approved a plan that it says could save at least $20 million a year by adopting new data retention standards for a key market surveillance tool, with the agency's chair promising to cut the "ballooning" costs of the market tool even further in the coming months and years.

  • September 30, 2025

    Bain Capital-Backed SPAC Leads 3 Offerings Totaling $670M

    Three special purpose acquisition companies hit the public markets Tuesday after raising a combined $670 million in their initial public offerings, joining a surge in SPAC listings recently.

  • September 30, 2025

    sa国际传媒 Looks To Save Renewed Experian Credit Reporting Suit

    Consumer reporting agency Experian Information Solutions Inc. should not be allowed to escape certain Fair Credit Reporting Act allegations taking aim at its handling of consumer disputes, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has argued, asserting the parties made an "inadvertent mutual mistake" in leaving Experian's name off the parties' agreement to toll the sa国际传媒's claims.

Expert Analysis

  • Open Banking Is On Ice As sa国际传媒 Seeks To Toss Its Own Rule

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    Even as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's efforts to toss its open banking rule play out in Kentucky federal court, it remains statutorily required to effectuate consumer access to data, raising questions about how it would replace the previously finalized standard, say attorneys at Cooley.

  • SEC, FINRA Obligations In Changing AI Regulatory Landscape

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    Despite the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent withdrawal of its proposed artificial intelligence conflict rules, financial regulators remain focused on firms developing the correct AI compliance framework, as well as continuously testing and supervising them to ensure they're fit for purpose, say attorneys at Cahill Gordon.

  • Series

    Playing Baseball Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Playing baseball in college, and now Wiffle ball in a local league, has taught me that teamwork, mental endurance and emotional intelligence are not only important to success in the sport, but also to success as a trial attorney, says Kevan Dorsey at聽Swift Currie.

  • How US Cos. Should Prep For Brazil's Int'l Data Transfer Rules

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    Brazil's National Data Protection Authority's new rules concerning the processing and storing of Brazilians' personal data carry significant reputational risks for the e-commerce, financial services, education and health sectors, so U.S. companies with business in Brazil should prepare ahead of the Aug. 23 compliance date, says Juliane Chaves Ferreira at Guimar茫es & Vieira de Mello.

  • Roundup

    Ohio Banking Brief

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    In this Expert Analysis series, attorneys provide quarterly recaps discussing the biggest developments in Ohio banking regulation and policymaking.

  • Wells Fargo Suit Shows Consumer Protection Limits In Mass.

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    The Massachusetts Appeals Court's May decision in Wells Fargo Bank v. Coulsey underscores that consumer rights are balanced against the need for closure, and even the broad protections of state consumer protection law will not open the door to relitigating the same claims, say attorneys at Greenberg Traurig.

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    Ohio Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q2

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    Ohio's financial services sector saw several significant developments in the second quarter of 2025, including a case that confirmed credit unions' setoff rights, another that established contract rights between banks and cardholders, and the House passage of a digital asset bill, say attorneys at Frost Brown.

  • Managing Risks As State AGs Seek To Fill Enforcement Gap

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    Given an unprecedented surge in state attorney general activity resulting from significant shifts in federal enforcement priorities, companies must consider tailored strategies for navigating the ever-evolving risk landscape, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Skillful Persuasion

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    In many ways, law school teaches us how to argue, but when the ultimate goal is to get your client what they want, being persuasive through preparation and humility is the more likely key to success, says Michael Friedland at Friedland Cianfrani.

  • Special Committees Gain Traction In Chapter 11 Investigations

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    Tara Pakrouh at Morris James discusses why special committees are becoming more common in Chapter 11 bankruptcies, how they've been used in real cases and what makes them effective.

  • Lessons From Crackdown On Mexican Banks With Cartel Ties

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    Recent U.S. Treasury Department orders excluding three major Mexican financial institutions from the U.S. banking system for laundering drug cartel money and processing payments for fentanyl precursor chemicals offer guidance for companies in reviewing their procedures and controls to ensure they are not the next targets, say attorneys at Paul Weiss.

  • Litigation Inspiration: How To Respond After A Loss

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    Every litigator loses a case now and then, and the sting of that loss can become a medicine that strengthens or a poison that corrodes, depending on how the attorney responds, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.

  • Tips For Cos. From California Climate Reporting FAQ

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    New guidance from the California Air Resources Board on how businesses must implement the state's sweeping climate reporting requirements should help companies assess their exposure, understand their disclosure obligations and begin documenting good-faith compliance efforts, says Thierry Montoya at Frost Brown.

  • New Interpol Silver Notice Could Be Tool For Justice Or Abuse

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    Interpol has issued dozens of Silver Notices to trace and recover assets linked to criminal activity since January, and though the tool may disrupt organized crime and terrorist financing, attorneys must protect against the potential for corrupt misuse, say attorneys at Clark Hill and Arktouros.

  • DOJ Crypto Enforcement Is Shifting To Target Willfulness

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    Three pending criminal prosecutions could be an indication of how the U.S. Department of Justice's recent digital assets memo is shaping enforcement of the area, and show a growing focus on executives who knowingly allow their platforms to be used for criminal conduct involving sanctions offenses, say attorneys at Gibson Dunn.

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