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  • March 19, 2026

    Sens. Urge SEC To Tackle China Exploit Of 'Opaque' Entities

    A bipartisan group of Senate Banking Committee members said in a Thursday letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that Chinese-owned companies' exploitation of a corporate structure controlled through contractual agreements exposes U.S. investors in such "opaque" entities to serious risks, including a lack of meaningful legal protections.

  • March 19, 2026

    AMG Bank Denies Duty In Synapse Fintech Collapse Case

    AMG National Trust Bank on Thursday urged a Colorado federal judge to grant it a win in a suit attempting to hold it liable for monetary losses related to the collapse of fintech middleman Synapse Brokerage, saying it has no obligations to non-customers and it has cooperated with instructions to return nearly all the $110 million Synapse held in AMG accounts.

  • March 19, 2026

    Ex-Judges Say Anthropic Case Doesn't Merit Court Deference

    Nearly 150 former judges are backing Anthropic's fight against its designation as a "supply chain risk" by the U.S. Department of Defense, telling the D.C. Circuit in an amicus brief that the judiciary shouldn't simply defer to the executive just because it invokes national security.

  • March 19, 2026

    Fed. Circ. Rejects Last Challenge To Squires' Discretion

    The Federal Circuit on Thursday shot down Volkswagen's mandamus petition claiming that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director shouldn't have "unfettered discretion" to deny Patent Trial and Appeal Board challenges, closing the last of 14 related appeals.

  • March 19, 2026

    Ex-Bank CEO Cops To $13.6M Fraud, Evading Sanctions

    The former CEO of the Puerto Rico-based Nodus International Bank pled guilty Thursday to running a scheme that stole more than $13.6 million from the now-collapsed bank and evading sanctions on Venezuela.

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