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  • July 09, 2026

    NY Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q2

    The year's second quarter brought several notable banking law developments to New York, including a proposal to align state stablecoin rules with the federal Genius Act, fresh fair lending and cybersecurity guidance from state regulators, and a significant Second Circuit holding on preemption, say attorneys at Ashurst Perkins Coie.

  • July 09, 2026

    How Rated Note Feeders Help Insurers Tap Private Credit

    With insurer investments comprising nearly a third of the private credit market, rated note feeders offer insurers a compelling way to access private credit yields through debt instruments by balancing key features of debt investment with the structural and economic profiles of private credit funds, say attorneys at Akin.

  • July 09, 2026

    How Reincorporating In Texas May Alter Earnout Disputes

    While the DExit debate has focused on shareholder suits, far less attention has been paid to what reincorporating in Texas means for M&A disputes, making it particularly important to understand the nuances between Delaware and Texas earnout jurisprudence, say attorneys at Selendy Gay.

  • July 08, 2026

    Baxter Beats Stable Value Fund 401(k) Plan Suit, For Good

    Baxter International permanently defeated a proposed class action claiming the relatively low returns of the medical products company's employee retirement plan were evidence of mismanagement, after an Illinois federal judge ruled Tuesday the allegations only show the stable value fund in the plan "may not have been best in class — nothing more."

  • July 08, 2026

    Meta Nears Ax Of Suits Over Pump-And-Dump Facebook Ads

    A California federal judge said Wednesday he's inclined to toss two proposed class actions alleging that Meta's AI tools enabled investment schemes advertised on Facebook, saying the litigation appears to be "on all fours" with a recent ruling in the same district finding such state claims are barred under federal securities law.

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