Banking Archive » December, 2019

Banking - December, 2019

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• Hottest Legal Industry Guest Topics Of 2019
• 5th Circ. Again Backs $133M Stanford Ponzi Scheme Deals
• CFTC Sues Ex-HSBC Exec Over Price-Manipulation Scheme
• Ponzi Schemer Who Swindled Friends, Family Gets 7 Years
• Beyond Chevron: The Fight To Kill Agency Independence
• Crypto Startup Plans Token IPO That Could Raise $150M
• ECB Head Warns Of Libra Stablecoin Risks In Letter To EU
• Judge Sinks Challenges To Trump's '2-For-1' Reg Order
• Contested Equifax Data Breach Deal Gets Final Nod
• Pa. Seeks OK For 1st Settlement In Think Finance Case
• Texas Justices Say No 'Good Faith' Without 'Diligent' Probe
• The Biggest Stories In Florida Legal News Of 2019
• Wawa Data Breach Exposed Credit, Debit Card Numbers
• Top 10 Whistleblowing And Retaliation Events Of The Year
• This Year's Robust M&A Activity Will Likely Continue In 2020
• 3rd Circ. OKs Nonconsensual Ch. 11 Liability Releases
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• 5th Circ. Says Ponzi Claims Against Pershing Came Too Late
• The Biggest ERISA Decisions Of 2019
• Top Federal Tax Cases Of 2019
• Morgan Stanley Blasts Outside Attys' Fee Bid In Wage Suit
• EU Court Tosses Challenge To €4.8B Portuguese Bank Bailout
• Top Federal Tax Regs Of 2019
• Underwriters Look To Escape SunEdison Investor Claims
• Green Dot Hit With Stock Suit Over 'Self-Sabotaging' Strategy
• A Timeline Of Libra's Bumpy 2019
• Ex-Nomura Trader 'Admitted He Lied,' SEC Says
• Calif. Privacy Law Compliance Strategy For In-House Counsel
• DOJ Found New Ways To Coax Corporate Compliance In 2019
• The Biggest Securities Cases Of 2019
• Vape Bans, Investigations And Hemp: 2019 In Pot Regulation
• Highlights From 2019's AML Enforcement Activity
• New York Cryptocurrency Regs Will Boost Market Broadly
• Austria Rejects German Financial Transaction Tax Plan
• 5 Trends That Rocked The Legal Industry In 2019
• Calif. Lawmaker Warns Online Lenders To Obey New Rate Cap
• Warren, Gardner Aim To Lift Pot Biz Ban On Citizenship, Loans
• BofA Says La. Never Plugged Holes In Bond Price-Fixing Suit
• Real Estate Rumors: Blue Sky, Wiseman, Bank Of America
• Cannabis Banking Bill Faces 1st Hurdle In GOP-Led Senate
• SEC Proposes Letting More Investors In On Private Offerings
• CFTC Offers No-Action Relief To Ease Libor Transition
• Kodak Drops Some Claims In Aluminum Price-Fixing Suit
• FTC Wins Freeze Against Globex In Credit Rate Scam Case
• Manafort's NY State Mortgage Fraud Case Dismissed
• US Bank Says $29M Tribal Bond Fraud Not Its Problem
• NY Suit Against Tilton To Go Forward After Failed Appeal
• Justices Told SEC Will Be Fine With Curbed Disgorgement
• Fifth Third Bank Slams Class Cert. Bid In Call Recording Suit
• Bitcoin 'Inventor' Can't Skirt Hefty Sanctions, Estate Says
• Judging A Book: Hinojosa Reviews 'Crimes And Punishments'
• Energy Co. Trustee Sees $27M Deal OK'd In Adversary Case
• Banks Settle Fannie, Freddie Bond Price-Fix Suits For $337M
• Merchants' Attys Get Pared $537M Request In Swipe Fee MDL
• ERISA Class Claims Shifted To Defined Benefit Plans In 2019
• Rick Gates, Ex-Trump Campaign Aide, Gets 45 Days In Jail
• FTC Wants High Court To Hold Off On Review Of $1.3B Award
• Up To $1.6M Deal Over Chipotle Data Breach Gets Judge's OK
• HSBC Bank USA To Settle Commerzbank RMBS Suit
• SEC Settles 1MDB Claims With Former Goldman Sachs Exec
• 5th Circ. Says Texas Bank Not Yet Off Hook For Cattle Fraud
• Pension Prods Goldman Sachs For Records On 1MDB Scandal
• ProPay Asks Mass. Judge To Toss Revised TelexFree Suit
• Tribal Lender, But Not TransUnion, Dropped From FCRA Suit
• Securities Org. Queries Conflicts, Blockchain In Debt Raising
• More Joint SEC-CFTC Actions Raise Concerns Over 'Piling On'
• High Court FDCPA Ruling May Affect Other Laws' Time Limits
• Wells Fargo Settles Philly Loan Bias Claims For $10M
• Goldman Banker Denies 3 New Insider-Trading Counts
• European Crypto Mining Co. Latest To Shutter Over AML Regs
• Cuban Bank Heirs Push To Keep $792M SocGen Suit Alive
• Neal Gerber Grabs Mayer Brown Partner In Chicago
• Major UK Lenders Pass Bank Of England Stress Tests
• Stanford Liquidators Lose Fight Over $7B Ponzi Scheme
• Ex-Barclays Traders Fight Asset Seizure In Euribor Case
• Managing Financial Product Data In Antitrust Cases
• Chicago Exchanges Urge 7th Circ. To Uphold Antitrust Win
• Justices Will Take Up Trump's 3 Subpoena Appeals
• Fuel Card Co. FleetCor Settles Stock-Drop Suit For $50M
• Taxation With Representation: Mayer, Sullivan, Covington
• Chinese Fintech, US Social Media Co. Nab $462M Total In IPOs
• WorldPay Agrees To $15M Settlement With Small Businesses
• 7th Circ. Won't Rehear Seyfarth Tax Shelter RICO Suit
• Justices Told US Bank's Take On Pensions Is 'Backwards'
• Wells Fargo Again Fights Cert. Bid In Mortgage Glitch Suit
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Insurer Says Title Fee Suit Belongs In Federal Court
• New Hemp Banking Guidance Unlikely To Sway Wary Lenders
• Weil's $17.7M Legal Bill In Ditech Ch. 11 Approved
• JPMorgan Looks To Narrow Massive 401(k) Class Action
• Regulators Unveil Overhaul Of Community Lending Rules
• PayPal Sues CFPB Over Recent Digital Wallet Rule Change
• Rabobank Sues Ex-Trader For Exit Package Over Libor Fight
• FDIC Head Previews Plan To Update Brokered Deposits Regs
• Waypoint Administrator Says Lenders Were Overpaid By $4M
• Lenders Urge Justices To Review Payday Loan Ruling
• EU Officials Press Treasury Over FATCA Reciprocity Efforts
• Truist Buys Charlotte Tower From Cousins For $456M
• What The Federal Green Light On Hemp Means For Banks
• Pros And Cons Of Allowing Student Loan Bankruptcy Relief
• Fed. Circ. Won't Redo Capital One's IP Firm Antitrust Ruling
• EU Tax Scandal Is Sure To Reach London
• Strategies To Maintain Privilege In Crisis Response Scenarios
• Congress Needs Trump Bank Docs To Legislate, Justices Told
• 3 Firms Guide Brazilian Finance Co.'s Upsized $2B IPO
• NY Financial Regulator Moves To Streamline BitLicenses
• UBS Can't Ditch Feds' Crisis-Era RMBS Fraud Suit
• HSBC Agrees To $192M Penalty In Tax Evasion Case
• SG Urges Justices To Pass On Ariz.'s Tax Suit Against Calif.
• DOJ Supports Rick Gates' Bid For No Prison Time
• SEC Investigating 'Sham Letters' That Favored Proxy Regs
• US Strengthened And Expanded Economic Sanctions In 2019
• Venezuela Says OFAC License Needed For Share Seizure
• Bitcoin 'Inventor' Fights Atty Fee Bid Over Sanctions
• 10 EU Countries Nearing Deal On Financial Transaction Tax
• Feds Press Justices For Narrow Fix On CFPB Constitutionality
• MoFo Sex Bias Accuser Unmasks Herself As Linklaters Bigwig
• Justices Say FDCPA Clock Starts When Violation Occurs
• Justices Told CFPB Setup 'Badly Flouts' Separation Of Powers
• Romanians To Serve 2 Decades For $4M Email Scam
• Equifax Consumer Class Attorneys Defend Data Breach Deal
• CFTC Says 'Futures Trader' Netted $828K With Detailed Lies
• Sater Can't Pause Kazakh Money Laundering Claims
• Justices Won't Take Up Ex-Guinea Official's Bribery Appeal
• NJ Granite Co. Execs Charged In $17M Credit Fraud Scheme
• Texas Judge Says Fed. Circ. May Have Flubbed ATM Patent Ax
• How To Ward Off Nonclient Suits Over Lawyers' Speech
• 3 Firms Assist As 2 Goldman Sachs Units Merge In $1B Deal
• ResCap Says LendingTree Can't Escape $68.5M Judgment
• 11th Circ. Says Insurer Still Has To Cover $1.7M Transfer Fraud
• Wells Fargo Fights New Claims In Foreclosure Glitch Suit
• OCC Increasing Oversight Of Banks' Prep For Libor Phaseout
• Equity Bancshares Seeks End To 'Extend And Pretend' Claims
• State Protections For Vulnerable Investors Advance In 2019
• High Court Asks DOJ For Views On $3B Madoff Clawback Suit
• Beneficiaries Denied Cert. In Northern Trust Fiduciary Suit
• Payday Lender Can't Skip To High Court With CFPB Challenge
• Sullivan & Cromwell, Wachtell Lead $3B Bank Merger Deal
• Servicer Faulted For Impeding Notice In $90M Borrower Suit
• Don't Ignore 'Lack Of Diligence' In Mortgage Suit: Wells Fargo
• Nvidia Rips Morgan Stanley Analyst's Role In Stock-Drop Suit
• Justices Halt House Subpoenas For Trump's Bank Records
• US Trustee Questions Weil Gotshal's Ditech Fee Application
• 10th Circ. Upholds Reduced $5M Disgorgement In Kokesh
• 11 Firms To Steer IPOs Raising $2.7B, Led By Brazilian Fintech
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Deutsche Bank Pays €15M To Settle Money Laundering Probe
• EBA Urges Swift Moves On Green Finance In New Action Plan
• Don't Let CFPB Off Easy On Constitutionality, 5th Circ. Told
• Turkish Bank Must Show Up To Challenge Iran Sanctions Case
• Ex-SEC Atty Returns To Thompson & Knight As Trial Partner
• NY AG Claims Fund Manager Engaged In $13M Fraud
• Deals Rumor Mill: Kering, Aston Martin, Thai Beverage
• What Is A 'Reasonably Useful Form' For Production Of ESI?
• Key Takeaways From CFTC's Compliance Officer Guidance
• Kirkland Steers $510M Buy Of Fiserv Investment Service Stake
• US Charges 2 Russians With Massive Hacking, Fraud Scheme
• EU Takes Tough Line On Currencies Like Facebook's Libra
• FDIC Chair Defends Push To Address Madden Concerns
• Crypto Exec Kelly Loeffler Appointed To Ga. Senate Seat
• Ex-US Atty For Southern Florida Heads To Greenberg Traurig
• Dems Unveil Bill To Toughen Bank Merger Approval Process
• 7th Circ. Judge Won't Bite At Developer's Bid For Less Time
• US Feared As Losing Ground Amid Global Fintech Advances
• Bank Regulators' Proposals Won't Erase Madden Uncertainty
• Trust Beneficiaries Say BNY Mellon Can't Nix Self-Dealing Suit
• Curo Can't Ditch Investor Suit Over Canada Products
• Alternative Credit Data Useful If Deployed Sensibly: Agencies
• CFPB Pitches Wider Safe Harbor For Int'l Money Transfers
• FDIC Scores Partial Win Over Title Insurer In Post-Trial Dispute
• DOJ Atty Says FCPA Trial Prep Shifting Despite Alstom Win
• In Redo, Ex-JPMorgan Banker Gets 2 Years For Insider Trading
• BofA Workers Win Cert. In Missed Breaks, Unpaid Work Suits
• Fintech Lender SoFi Gets Virtual Currency License In NY
• Sidley Partner DQ'd From Huawei Bank Fraud Case
• Acquitted Ex-Trader's $112M Suit Has No Legs, Citi Says
• 1 Firm Led Pack In November Dominated By Blank Check IPOs
• First Citizens Will Shed 3 Branches For $220M Entegra Deal
• Patent Decision Highlights Cross-Appeal Considerations
• FDIC Releases Enforcement Manual To Promote Transparency
• Longfin Investors Want Redo Of Network 1 Claims Decision
• What NY And Mass. Exxon Climate Suits Mean For Other Cos.
• Goodwin Procter Faces DQ Bid In Ill. County's BofA Suit
• City National Will Pay $6.3M In DOL's Self-Dealing ERISA Suit
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Fraud Convictions, Cuts $18.5M Restitution
• More Qatar Money, More Problems, Barclays Exec Tells Jury
• Bank Regulators Ease Scrutiny On Hemp Companies
• Banks Must Hand Trump Records To Congress, 2nd Circ. Says
• Ex-Boies Schiller Atty Joins DLA Piper's New York Office
• 3 Tech Startups Launch IPOs That Could Raise $768M Total
• Big Banks Can't Dodge Merchants' Swipe Fee Claims
• Fugitive Russian Gold Exec Asks NY Civil Court To Clear Him
• Ex-CFTC Chair Giancarlo To Join Willkie As Senior Counsel
• Justices' Bank Refund Analysis Likely To Have Limited Impact
• Former Drinker Biddle Atty To Lead SEC's Cyber Unit
• FSOC Should Overhaul Approach To Examining Systemic Risk
• Davis Polk-Led Brazilian Financial Firm Launches $1.7B IPO
• TelexFree Ponzi Victims Seek To Revive Bank Claims
• $8M Target Cardholder Deal Over Hidden Fees Gets First OK
• Attys Seek $1.7M Fees In $5M BofA Overdraft Class Deal
• Financial Cos. Face A New Normal Under State Privacy Laws
• Made In Canada: Why US Pot Is Tied To Its Northern Neighbor
• Boustani Acquitted In $2B Mozambique Loan Fraud Case
• Barclays Exec Tells Jury Of Pressure Over Qatar Fundraising