Law360: Securities /securities?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Securities Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Tue, 09 Dec 2025 22:43:58 +0000 OCC Says Banks Can Transact In Crypto As Intermediaries /securities/articles/2419881?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2419881 The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said Tuesday that banks under its oversight may buy and sell digital assets for customers as "riskless principals," clearing this broker-stye activity as an extension of established banking practices. Tue, 09 Dec 2025 22:19:12 +0000 Ad Analytics Co.'s Brass Face Investor Suit Over Bot Traffic /securities/articles/2420194?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2420194 Current and former officers and directors of digital advertisement measurement services DoubleVerify Holdings Inc. kept the company from disclosing artificial intelligence-driven industry shifts that hurt its bottom line, including the company's own failures to detect increasingly sophisticated bot traffic, a shareholder derivative action alleges. Tue, 09 Dec 2025 20:51:41 +0000 Tyson Seeks Del. Toss Of Suit For Poultry Growing Docs /securities/articles/2419849?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2419849 An attorney for a Tyson Foods Inc. stockholder told a Delaware magistrate in Chancery on Monday that records and sources spanning years support allegations of mismanagement and animal abuse and cruelty in poultry production, justifying wider document access. Tue, 09 Dec 2025 20:24:10 +0000 Conn. Barred From Taking Action Against Kalshi For Now /securities/articles/2419308?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2419308 A Connecticut federal judge has ordered the state to refrain from taking enforcement action against KalshiEX LLC, while the derivatives exchange's preliminary injunction motion is pending, in a suit seeking to prevent the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection from directing Kalshi to cease operations within the state. Tue, 09 Dec 2025 20:14:20 +0000 AmTrust Says Insurer Must Cover Securities Suit Losses /securities/articles/2419876?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2419876 A British insurance company wrongfully denied excess directors and officers coverage for underlying securities fraud litigation, AmTrust says in a suit filed in New York federal court Monday, saying the insurer must provide coverage since its primary policy and other excess policies have already been exhausted. Tue, 09 Dec 2025 20:07:22 +0000 Mobile Game Maker, Investors Get Final OK For $6.5M Deal /securities/articles/2420089?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2420089 Mobile game developer Playstudios Inc. and its investors have gotten a final nod for their $6.5 million settlement of claims the company failed to disclose issues with a game it projected would be lucrative as it prepared to go public via merger with a special purpose acquisition company. Tue, 09 Dec 2025 20:01:58 +0000 FINRA Flags GenAI Risks In Annual Oversight Report /securities/articles/2420026?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2420026 The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority said in a Tuesday report that firms "may want to consider" developing supervisory processes covering generative AI at an enterprise level, as well as steps to mitigate associated risks such as inaccuracy and bias. Tue, 09 Dec 2025 20:00:15 +0000 Ex-Oil Trader Gets 15 Months, Avoids Massive FCPA Forfeiture /securities/articles/2419259?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2419259 A former Connecticut oil trader convicted of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by laundering money and bribing officials at Brazilian oil giant Petróleo Brasileiro SA on Tuesday was sentenced to 15 months behind bars plus a $300,000 fine, avoiding a potential $7.8 million forfeiture order. Tue, 09 Dec 2025 19:17:43 +0000 Cummins Investors Ink $1.6M Deal Over Emissions Fraud Suit /securities/articles/2420030?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2420030 Engine manufacturer Cummins Inc. and its investors asked an Indiana federal court to approve a $1.6 million deal that will end claims that the company hurt investors by hiding emissions control devices in certain engines, causing it to owe $2 billion in payments to regulators to settle Clean Air Act claims. Tue, 09 Dec 2025 18:33:24 +0000 FTX Customers Seek Final OK For $10M Deal With Silvergate /securities/articles/2419805?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2419805 Customers of failed crypto exchange FTX asked a California federal judge to give final approval to a $10 million settlement resolving claims that Silvergate Bank and its parent company enabled the multibillion-dollar FTX fraud, saying the deal represents the best, and likely only, meaningful recovery available from the now-bankrupt lender. Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:39:32 +0000 Recent Proposals May Spell Supervision Overhaul For Banks /securities/articles/2417388?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2417388 A slew of rules recently proposed by the federal banking agencies with approaching comment deadlines would rewrite supervision standards to be further tailored to banks' size and activities, while prioritizing financial risks over process, documentation and other nonfinancial risks, say attorneys at Davis Wright. Tue, 09 Dec 2025 17:38:50 +0000 Starbucks Loses Bid For Second Look At 'Triple Shot' Ruling /securities/articles/2419179?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2419179 Starbucks can't get a Seattle federal judge to revise his order allowing a proposed investor class action over its "Triple Shot" reinvention plan to proceed, with the judge saying a recent Ninth Circuit decision on an investor suit over an ad slogan does not change his position. Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:58:18 +0000 Del. Justices Uphold Contract Bar On CityMD Merger Claims /securities/articles/2419809?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2419809 The Delaware Supreme Court Tuesday affirmed the Chancery Court's dismissal of minority investors' claims tied to the 2023 merger of urgent care operator CityMD and Summit Health with Walgreens-controlled VillageMD, siding with private equity group Warburg Pincus and holding that the dispute is governed by contract rather than fiduciary-duty principles. Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:46:55 +0000 Medical Appliance Co. Seeks Coverage For SEC Investigation /securities/articles/2419928?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2419928 A Connecticut-based medical device technology company told a federal court that its insurer wrongfully denied coverage for an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission, alleging in a new lawsuit that the federal government's inquiry into the company's insured members triggered its directors and officers policy.  Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:28:44 +0000 Tribes, Gaming Groups Challenge Kalshi's NY Gaming Lawsuit /securities/articles/2419762?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2419762 A slew of tribal gaming associations are backing the New York State Gaming Commission in a dispute with Kalshi over state gaming laws, arguing that the trading platform has unfairly entered the market to the detriment of Indigenous nations' revenue and bargained compacts. Tue, 09 Dec 2025 15:09:40 +0000 What US Can Learn From Brazil's Securities Arbitration Model /securities/articles/2418444?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2418444 To allay investor concerns about its recent approval of mandatory arbitration clauses in public company registration statements, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission should look to Brazil's securities arbitration model, which shows that clear rules and strong institutions can complement the goals of securities regulation, say arbiters at the B3 Arbitration Chamber. Tue, 09 Dec 2025 13:49:53 +0000 Sens. Eye Final Stretch To Wrap Crypto Market Structure Bill /securities/articles/2419832?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2419832 Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., said Tuesday that she's hoping to share a draft of a crypto market structure bill by the end of the week, but she may have to "cajole the White House" on ethics language and the appointment of Democrats to federal derivatives and securities agencies to get the bill across the finish line. Tue, 09 Dec 2025 10:44:40 +0000 AI Evidence Rule Tweaks Encourage Judicial Guardrails /securities/articles/2417855?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2417855 Recent additions to a committee note on proposed Rule of Evidence 707 — governing evidence generated by artificial intelligence — seek to mitigate potential dangers that may arise once machine outputs are introduced at trial, encouraging judges to perform critical gatekeeping functions, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl. Mon, 08 Dec 2025 22:32:00 +0000 OCC's Gould Responds To Crypto Trust Charter Concerns /securities/articles/2419610?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2419610 The head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on Monday expressed skepticism of banking industry concerns surrounding cryptocurrency trust charter applications, asserting in a speech that "innovation, competition, and fair access should always triumph over regulatory stagnation." Mon, 08 Dec 2025 21:36:41 +0000 Trump SPAC's Ex-CEO Seeks $50K Daily Sanctions In Fee Row /securities/articles/2419203?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /securities/articles/2419203 A former CEO of Donald Trump-tied blank check company Digital World Acquisition Corp. has urged the Delaware Chancery Court to impose a $50,000-per-day sanction against the company for allegedly "throwing a tantrum" and refusing to pay roughly $2 million of a $2.9 million and growing legal fee advancement order in connection with litigation in Florida.