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  • October 06, 2025

    Baltimore Sues Fintech Over Digital Payday Lending Scheme

    The city of Baltimore has sued MoneyLion in Maryland state court, accusing the fintech company of violating local consumer protection laws by disguising high-interest payday loans as "Instacash Advances" and trapping low-income residents in cycles of debt through excessive fees and "tips."

  • October 06, 2025

    Utah Bank Is No 'Dummy' Lender, OppFi Says In Calif. Fight

    Opportunity Financial is looking to close the book on California's banking regulator's claims that it illegally evaded the state's interest rate caps through a sham lending partnership with an out-of-state bank, arguing in a summary judgment bid that its Utah partner, FinWise Bank, is the lawful lender and therefore exempt from California's rate limits.

  • October 06, 2025

    Coinbase Seeks OCC Charter To Expand Custody Business

    Crypto exchange Coinbase is seeking a national trust company charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to expand its custody business and related services, joining a growing number of digital asset firms pursuing federal bank charters.

  • October 06, 2025

    Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

    Last week, the owner of the Kentucky Derby was hit with a suit accusing it of withholding escrow funds for environmental compliance violations owed under a 2022 deal with hospitality company Enchantment Holdings LLC.

  • October 06, 2025

    High Court Skips Review Of ERISA Liability For DuPont Heirs

    The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to consider whether DuPont heirs should be held liable for alleged Employee Retirement Income Security Act violations for inadequately funding a now-insolvent trust established in 1947 by their grandmother to pay them and their workers retirement benefits.

  • October 06, 2025

    Sullivan, Wachtell Guide Fifth Third's $10.9B Comerica Buy

    Fifth Third Bancorp and Comerica Inc. announced Monday that Fifth Third will acquire Comerica in an all‑stock transaction valued at $10.9 billion.

  • October 06, 2025

    Orrick Adds 37-Lawyer CLO Team From Cadwalader

    Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announced Monday that it has opened a new office in Charlotte, North Carolina, and added a 37-lawyer collateralized loan obligations and asset-backed lending team from Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft, part of a larger exodus of Cadwalader attorneys tracked by Law360 Pulse. 

  • October 06, 2025

    Justices Won't Hear Coinbase's Calif. Arbitration Challenge

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a case from Coinbase over whether federal arbitration laws preempt a California high court precedent that enabled a group of users to keep the crypto exchange in court over claims it misrepresented the security of its platform.

  • October 06, 2025

    Justices Will Not Review Question Of Credit Union's Liability

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a petition to overturn a Fourth Circuit ruling that found banks cannot be held liable for fraudulent fund transfers made from their accounts without having "actual knowledge" that there were discrepancies between the intended beneficiary and the account receiving the deposit.

  • October 06, 2025

    Justices Deny Certiorari In Auditor's $1.5M Retaliation Suit

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Axos Bank's petition challenging a $1.5 million award to a former auditor who claimed he was fired for whistleblowing, rejecting a matter that concerns how companies defend against such retaliation claims.

  • October 06, 2025

    High Court Turns Down 6 Patent Cases At Start Of Term

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected six petitions in patent-related cases, taking some of its first actions on intellectual property matters this term.

  • October 06, 2025

    High Court Passes On Halkbank's Immunity Claims

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up Halkbank's claims that it has common-law foreign sovereign immunity from criminal charges alleging the bank laundered about $1 billion in sanctioned Iranian oil proceeds.

  • October 06, 2025

    High Court Rejects USAA Appeal Over Patent Invalidations

    The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to review the invalidation of two USAA patents in litigation against PNC Bank after USAA argued the Federal Circuit blessed a contradictory ruling in a nearly identical patent review.

  • October 06, 2025

    Justices Turn Away BDO's Auditor Fraud Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said it would not hear a case that BDO USA LLP claimed could set a "dangerous precedent" for public-company auditors, leaving intact a Second Circuit decision allowing the securities fraud suit against the accounting firm to move forward.

  • October 03, 2025

    Up First At High Court: Election Laws & Conversion Therapy

    The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in six cases during the first week of its October 2025 term, including in disputes over federal candidates' ability to challenge state election laws, Colorado's ban on conversion therapy, and the ability of a landlord to sue the U.S. Postal Service for allegedly refusing to deliver mail. 

  • October 03, 2025

    4 Firms Steer Avalanche Treasury's $675M SPAC Merger

    Blank check company Mountain Lake Acquisition Corp. will combine with a crypto treasury company focused on the Avalanche ecosystem in a $675 million deal steered by four law firms.

  • October 03, 2025

    4 Top Supreme Court Cases To Watch This Term

    After a busy summer of emergency rulings, the U.S. Supreme Court will kick off its October 2025 term Monday with only a few big-ticket cases on its docket — over presidential authorities, transgender athletes and election law — in what might be a strategically slow start to a potentially momentous term. Here, Law360 looks at four of the most important cases on the court's docket so far.

  • October 03, 2025

    Press Freedom Org. Backs Overturn Of SEC 'Gag Rule'

    The Freedom of the Press Foundation is urging the Ninth Circuit to reconsider its decision to uphold the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's "gag rule," arguing that preventing settling parties from speaking out harms the public's right to know what is happening inside the agency.

  • October 03, 2025

    Retailers Push For Rounding Law To Avert Penny Shortage

    A coalition of major retail and restaurant trade associations has urged the leaders of congressional banking committees to quickly enact national legislation for cash transaction rounding in light of the end of U.S. penny production.

  • October 03, 2025

    Huntington's $1.9B Veritex Deal Gets Final Fed Approval

    Huntington Bancshares Inc. on Friday secured the Federal Reserve's sign-off on its $1.9 billion acquisition of Veritex Holdings Inc., wrapping up the required regulatory approvals for the merger less than three months after it was announced.

  • October 03, 2025

    Kentucky Derby Owner Churchill Downs Sued In Escrow Fight

    Churchill Downs Inc., the owner of the Kentucky Derby, has been sued in Delaware Chancery Court for allegedly withholding escrow funds for environmental compliance violations owed under a 2022 deal with hospitality company Enchantment Holdings LLC.

  • October 03, 2025

    Wells Fargo To Pay $33M To End 'Free Trial' Scam Suit

    Wells Fargo agreed to pay $33 million to resolve allegations it played a supporting role in two "free trial" marketing ploys that pulled $200 million from consumers, schemes that were the subject of since-settled Federal Trade Commission cases brought in 2018 against Triangle Media Corp. and Apex Capital Group LLC.

  • October 03, 2025

    Wells Fargo Wants Out Of Mortgage Fee Refund Class Claims

    Wells Fargo Bank NA has asked a California federal court to dismiss a proposed class action accusing it of making futile efforts to resolve mortgage origination fee errors, saying that even if the plaintiff was entitled to relief, the claims are time-barred.

  • October 03, 2025

    Judge Says Stoli Can't Pay Back Its Bank With Bourbon

    A Texas bankruptcy judge on Friday rejected Stoli Group USA's Chapter 11 plan, saying the vodka maker's proposal to pay off $78 million in secured debt with 35,000 barrels of unfinished bourbon is unfeasible in the face of a crashing worldwide market for the spirit.

  • October 03, 2025

    Biz Can't Sue Bank Over Patent It Didn't Own, Judge Suggests

    A Western District of Texas magistrate judge recommended Friday that a suit accusing a Canadian bank of patent infringement be tossed, finding that the business that brought the suit didn't actually own the virtual payment methods patent.

Expert Analysis

  • 5 Consumer Protection Compliance Issues In NY State Budget

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    Companies that engage with New York consumers should promptly familiarize themselves with new state budget provisions that require finance and retail companies to make certain business practices more transparent and easier for customers to execute, say attorneys at Mintz.

  • Open Banking Is On Ice As sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ 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 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 Guimarães & 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.

  • Series

    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.

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