Banking

  • October 02, 2025

    Florida Man Gets 19 Years For Running $36M Ponzi Scheme

    A Florida federal judge sentenced a Miami man to more than 19 years in prison for running a $36 million Ponzi scheme through a company that purported to make money through quick loans to small businesses.

  • October 02, 2025

    Many Cos. Not Ready For National Security Risks, Report Says

    At least a third of U.S. companies aren't fully prepared to address key national security compliance risks they face, and the C-suite often isn't aligned with its in-house counsel as to who is primarily responsible for those efforts, according to a new survey from Eversheds Sutherland.

  • October 02, 2025

    Ch. 11 Trustee Appointed In Eventide Bankruptcy

    A Texas bankruptcy judge has appointed a Chapter 11 trustee in the bankruptcy of Eventide Credit Acquisitions following a request from the official committee of unsecured creditors.

  • October 02, 2025

    McCarter & English Won't Face Pretrial Win Bid In $22M Suit

    A Connecticut Superior Court judge has denied requests by Phoenix Life Insurance Co. and PHL Variable Insurance Co. to file late partial summary judgment motions in a $22.3 million professional negligence lawsuit against McCarter & English LLP over the law firm's work on a Long Island loan deal.

  • October 01, 2025

    SEC Gives Crypto Custody Nod To State Trust Companies

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission staff has assured registered investment advisers and certain fund issuers they won't risk an enforcement action by using state trust companies as cryptocurrency custodians in a move that some praised as widening access to more crypto-savvy custody options and others decried as an erosion of custody rules.

  • October 01, 2025

    SEC Wins Case Over Alpine's 'Worthless' Penny-Stock Sales

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has secured a win in Nevada federal court in its lawsuit accusing a Utah securities firm of violating federal anti-fraud provisions by transferring roughly $54 million in client assets from customer accounts to state unclaimed property accounts.

  • 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

    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 after he refused 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. 

  • 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 CFPB 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 CFPB 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.

Expert Analysis

  • New Calif. Chatbot Bill May Make AI Assistants Into Liabilities

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    While a pending California bill aims to regulate emotionally engaging chatbots that target children, its definition of "companion chatbot" may cover more ground — potentially capturing virtual assistants used for customer service or tech support, and creating serious legal exposure for businesses, say attorneys at Crowell & Moring.

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    NY Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q3

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    Of note in the third quarter of the year, New York state regulators moved forward on their agendas to limit abuse of electronic banking, including via a settlement with stablecoin issuer Paxos and a lawsuit against Zelle alleging insufficient security measures, says Chris Bonner at Barclay Damon.

  • Gauging SEC Short-Sale Rules' Future After 5th Circ. Remand

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    Though the Fifth Circuit recently remanded to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission two Biden-era rules requiring disclosure of securities lending and short-sale activity in order to consider the rules' cumulative economic impact, it's possible they will get reproposed, meaning compliance timelines could change, says Scott Budlong at Barnes & Thornburg.

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    Judging Figure Skating Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Judging figure skating competitions helps me hone the focus, decisiveness and ability to process complex real-time information I need in court, but more importantly, it makes me reengage with a community and my identity outside of law, which, paradoxically, always brings me back to work feeling restored, says Megan Raymond at Groombridge Wu.

  • $100K H-1B Fee May Disrupt Rural Healthcare Needs

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    The Trump administration's newly imposed $100,000 supplemental fee on new H-1B petitions may disproportionately affect healthcare employers' ability to recruit international medical graduates, and the fee's national interest exceptions will not adequately solve ensuing problems for healthcare employers or medically underserved areas, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

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    Calif. Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q3

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    The third quarter of 2025 brought legislative changes to state money transmission certification requirements and securities law obligations, as well as high-profile accounting and anti-money laundering compliance enforcement actions by the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

  • What Ethics Rules Say On Atty Discipline For Online Speech

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    Though law firms are free to discipline employees for their online commentary about Charlie Kirk or other social media activity, saying crude or insensitive things on the internet generally doesn’t subject attorneys to professional discipline under the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, says Stacie H. Rosenzweig at Halling & Cayo.

  • A Mortgage Lender's Guide To State Licensing Overhaul

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    Recent changes to the Conference of State Bank Supervisors' Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System require careful attention and planning from mortgage lenders, including tweaks to remote work designations and individual disclosure questions, says Allison Schilz at Mitchell Sandler.

  • 2 Rulings Highlight IRS' Uncertain Civil Fraud Penalty Powers

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    Conflicting decisions from the U.S. Tax Court and the Northern District of Texas that hinge on whether the IRS can administratively assert civil fraud penalties since the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2024 decision in SEC v. Jarkesy provide both opportunities and potential pitfalls for taxpayers, says Michael Landman at Bird Marella.

  • Junior Attys Must Beware Of 5 Common Legal Brief Mistakes

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    Junior law firm associates must be careful to avoid five common pitfalls when drafting legal briefs — from including every possible argument to not developing a theme — to build the reputation of a sought-after litigator, says James Argionis at Cozen O'Connor.

  • As Student Loan Outlook Dims, What Happens To The Banks?

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    While much of the news around the student loan crisis focuses on the direct impact on young Americans' decreasing credit scores, the fate of the banks themselves — and the effect on banking policy — has been largely left out of the narrative, says Madeline Thieschafer at Fredrikson & Byron.

  • Digital Asset Report Opens Doors For Banks, But Risks Linger

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    A recent report from a White House working group discussing digital asset market structure signals how banks may elect to expand into digital asset custody, trading and related services in the years ahead, but the road remains layered with challenges, say attorneys at Foley & Lardner.

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    Power To The Paralegals: How And Why Training Must Evolve

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    Empowering paralegals through new models of education that emphasize digital fluency, interdisciplinary collaboration and human-centered lawyering could help solve workforce challenges and the justice gap — if firms, educators and policymakers get on board, say Kristine Custodio Suero and Kelli Radnothy.

  • 5 Real Estate Takeaways From Trump's Sweeping Tax Law

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    Changes to the Internal Revenue Code included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will have a range of effects on real estate sponsors, investors and real estate investment trusts — from more compliance flexibility around taxable REIT subsidiary limits to new considerations raised by a key retaliatory tax provision that was left out, say attorneys at DLA Piper.

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    Playing Softball Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    My time on the softball field has taught me lessons that also apply to success in legal work — on effective preparation, flexibility, communication and teamwork, says Sarah Abrams at Baleen Specialty.

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