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Banking - February, 2026

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• Energy Transfer Secures $345M Greenpeace Judgment
• 'Lack Of Adversity' Stops Court From Ending Biden SAVE Plan
• Morgan Stanley Joins Ranks Of OCC Crypto Bank Hopefuls
• TD Bank Escapes $3-Fee Suit, NY Law Ruled Unconstitutional
• OCC Finalizes Rule Confirming Trust Charter's Broader Scope
• SEC Issues Final Rules For Foreign Private Issuer Reporting
• Deutsche Bank Drops $180M Bond Bid Against Billionaire Vik
• PG&E Investors' $100M Wildfire Suit Deal Gets Initial OK
• Credit Bureaus Fight Bid To Add Plaintiffs, Claims To Suit
• Santander Sued In Pa. Over Alleged 'Pay-To-Pay' Loan Fees
• Bitcoin ATM Scam Suit Will Go To Arbitration, Ind. Judge Rules
• AI-Assisted Arbitration Needs Safeguards To Ensure Fairness
• Taxation With Representation: Linklaters, Wilson Sonsini
• Tricolor Noteholders Say Big Banks Ignored Auto Loan Fraud
• Ex-Morgan Stanley Pro's NBA Fraud Rap Falls Short, Jury Told
• Ex-Paxful CEO Charged Over Anti-Money Laundering Failures
• Fiserv Seeks Exit From Credit Union Security Flaws Suit
• SEC Fines Ill. Adviser Over COVID-Era Loan Valuations
• Fed's Bowman Says Basel Redo Coming By End Of March
• Fifth Third Bank Pursues $80M From Texas Developer
• Brink's, NCR Ink $6.6B Deal As Sidley, King & Spalding Advise
• 11th Circ. Axes ATM Co.'s Latest Bid To Revive Patent Dispute
• Reforms To Bank Agency Appeal Processes May Boost Usage
• Vanguard Will Pay $29.5M To Settle Red States' ESG Suit
• Ex-Exec. In $2B Denmark Tax Scheme Hid Assets, Court Told
• 'OnlyFake' Website Operator Cops To $1.2M ID Fraud Scheme
• Playing Piano Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Jefferies Faces Investor Fraud Suit Tied To First Brands Crash
• OCC Unveils Landmark Stablecoin Rule Proposal
• Ex-Morgan Stanley Pro Abused NBA Players' Trust, Jury Hears
• Senate Bill Would Make Gov't Admit It Perused Your Emails
• DCG Crypto Class Action Proceeds, But State Law Claims Cut
• 4 Questions About Trump's Retirement Savings Pitch
• CFTC Taps Ex-SDNY Prosecutor To Lead Enforcement
• Recruiter, Gov't Ink $1.3M Deal Settling Student Loan FCA Suit
• NY RAISE Act Raises The Bar For Frontier AI Developers
• Takeaways From CFPB's Retreat On Immigrant Fair Lending
• OppFi Nears Win Over Calif. Regulator's 'Rent-A-Bank' Case
• DC Circ. Weighs Power To Keep CFPB Job Cuts On Hold
• DC Circ. Presses Gov't On Reason For $20B EPA Clawback
• Watchdog Fines Debt Collector $100K For Repeat Calls To ER
• NC Judge Tosses 'Zombie Mortgage' Debt Collection Suit
• 11th Circ. Clears Path For CFPB's Clean-Energy Loan Rule
• A 'Bank Is A Bank': Lender Denies Aiding $100M Trust Fraud
• 4th Circ. Backs Homeowners In Fight With Loan Servicer
• Terraform Says Jane Street 'Insider Trading' Led To Ch. 11
• Pot Cos. Can't Reframe Loan Interest In Contract Suit
• Banking Groups Say Reg Tweaks Would Bolster Home Loans
• Bank Action Items For FDIC Digital Display Rule Compliance
• AI-Generated Doc Ruling Guides Attys On Privilege Risks
• Personal Injury Firm Fights Sanctions Bid In Swipe-Fee Case
• SEC's Crypto Task Force Taps Chainlink Atty As Chief Counsel
• Wells Fargo Denies Involvement In Alleged Fla. EB-5 Fraud
• Northern Trust Wants Heiress' Fraud Claims Tossed
• NY Pitches Pay-Later Oversight Rules, Borrower Protections
• Banking Orgs. Silent On Trump Family-Tied Crypto Charter Bid
• Fed Defends Ex-Wells Fargo Exec's Golden Parachute Denial
• Capital One Fights Consumers' Sanction Bid In Privacy Suit
• Crypto.com Says OCC Gave Initial OK To Trust Charter Bid
• NJ Statehouse Catch-Up: Family Leave, PFAS, Farmland Tax
• Senate Dems Aim To Require Refunds Of Illegal Trump Tariffs
• JPMorgan Asks To Send Trump's $5B Debanking Suit To NY
• 6 Things Bankers Need To Know About AI-Powered M&A
• The Law Firm Merger Diaries: Leadership Strategy After Day 1
• Analyst Who Claimed She Was Fired For Needing Sleep Settles
• Debt Services Firm Challenges Connecticut Banking Penalties
• Justices Deny Review Of Consultancy's $5M SBA Loan Suit
• Supreme Court Rejects Cafe's Petition Over $2.86M Grant
• Evolve Bank Freed From Fintech Yotta's Fraud Suit, For Now
• Wash. Man Admits To Role In $100M Oil Investor Crypto Con
• Zillow Fights Class Claims It Pushed Buyers Into Pricey Loans
• Credit One Bank Pays $10M In Calif. DAs' Suit Over Debt Calls
• Lebanese Bank Challenges NY Jurisdiction In Terrorism Suit
• Epstein's Advisers Ink $35M Deal With Sex Trafficking Victims
• Fintech Mortgage Co. Hit With Class Action Over Data Breach
• PrimaLend Confirms Ch. 11 Plan Folding In Asset Sales
• Veterans Accuse Mortgage Lender Of Illegal Kickback Scheme
• NY AG's Zelle Fraud Suit Sent Back To State Court
• Clearing US Legal Hurdles To Biz Opportunities In Venezuela
• How Blockchain Could Streamline Real Estate Transactions
• Flagstar Customers Closer To $31.5M Data Breach Settlement
• Calif.'s Civility Push Shows Why Professionalism Is Vital
• Shoddy 401(k) Funds Cost Stifel Workers $134M, Suit Says
• Middle-Market Private Data Sector Poised For M&A Growth
• Simpson Thacher Plans Dallas Launch, Adds Capital Practice
• JP Morgan Fined €12.2M By ECB For Misreporting Risk
• Trump Imposes Maximum Tariff After Supreme Court Rebuke
• Feds Rest In Ex-Morgan Stanley Adviser's NBA Fraud Trial
• Fidelity National Investors Get Initial OK For $210M Deal
• Ohio Justices Shield Lenders From COVID-Era Class Claims
• FNB Affiliate Denied Injunction Over Noncompete Clauses
• Outcome Execs Argue High Court Ruling Ends Restitution Bid
• UBS Whistleblower To Get Full Retrial On Long-Running Case
• JPMorgan Pans Trump's 'Woefully Inadequate' Debanking Suit
• SEC's Peirce Calls For Crypto-Updated Liquidity Rule
• Wells Fargo Urges 4th Circ. To Ax Ex-Director's $22M ADA Win
• Feds Hit 7 People With COVID Relief, Mortgage Fraud Claims
• Energy Startup Targets Binance, Banks In Loan Fraud Claims 
• Warren Seeks Treasury, Fed Pledge Of No Bitcoin Bailout
• Tips For Consumer Finance GCs Navigating AI In Pro Se Suits
• Doc Fight Delays Trial In $22M McCarter & English Loan Suit
• McDermott Adds Transmitter Licensing Atty To Crypto Team
• Trivia Competition Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Education Dept. Faces Suit Alleging Double Loan Reporting
• Robinhood Clears Fla. AG Probe Of Crypto Platform Marketing
• Epstein Survivor Seeks Class Cert. In BofA 'Blind Eye' Suit
• PayPal 'Too Optimistic' With 2027 Forecast, Investors Say
• BofA Military Interest Cap Suit Should Be Tossed, Judge Says
• Trump Admin Doubles Down At DC Circ. In Fight Over CFPB
• McCarter & English Seeks Delay, Toss Of $22M Ethics Case
• TD Bank Customers Seek OK Of $2.5M Debt Collection Deal
• Tips For Banks Navigating AI Benefits, Risks And Regulation
• Law School's Missed Lessons: What Cross-Selling Truly Takes
• Liberty Mutual Inks $13.4M 401(k) Fee, Investment Suit Deal
• OCC Floats New Appeals Board To Hear Bank Exam Disputes
• Educator Unions Call For SEC Probe Of Apollo's Epstein Ties
• Wash. Bank Ignored Ponzi Scheme Warnings, Investors Say
• SEC's Atkins Floats Litigation 'Safe Harbor' For Public Cos.
• CFTC Lands $1.3M Settlement In Immigrant Fraud Case
• OCC Mortgage Escrow Rules Add Fuel To Preemption Debate
• Gemini Parts Ways With CLO Amid Post-IPO Strategy Shift
• Firm Seeks Sanctions For Rhodium Settlement Fee Fight
• Fintech's Home Equity Product Is Predatory Loan, Suit Says
• Banking, Fintech Groups Clash Over OCC Trust Rule Update
• FinCEN Opens Online Portal For Whistleblower Tips
• CFPB Calls State AGs' Suit Moot Now That It Has Funding
• 9th Circ. Nixes Chase Atty Fees In Wrongful Garnishment Suit
• FinCEN Eases Beneficial Owner ID Rules For Banks
• How Lenders Can Be Ready For Disparate Impact Variabilities
• Judges On AI: Practical Use Cases In Chambers
• Fintech Clear Street Delays US IPO After Downsizing Offering
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• JPMorgan Unit Must Face Trimmed Cash Sweep Claims
• Goldman Sachs' CLO Resigns After Epstein Email Revelations
• 5 Key Flashpoints From Fed's 'Skinny' Account Proposal
• Simpson Thacher, Davis Polk Steer SoftBank-Backed IPO
• Fla. Bank Punished Whistleblowers, Fired Execs Say
• Ashurst Welcomes Back Hong Kong Partner From Debevoise
• Gravity Payments Sued In Seattle Over 2025 Data Breach
• Top SEC Enforcer Sees Fewer Cases Over Common Violations
• Bipartisan Bill Targets Scam Ads On Social Media Platforms
• Solar Co. PosiGen Control Suit Dismissed In Conn.
• A Closer Look At California Financial Regulator's 2026 Agenda
• McCarter & English Can't Tank $22M Suit, Insurer Says
• Trail Running Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Epstein Survivor Can Pursue Claims BofA 'Turned A Blind Eye'
• PNC Customer's Improper Withdrawal Claims Can Proceed
• DC Circ. Questions Denial Of CFTC Whistleblower Award
• SC High Court Probes Clerk's Misconduct In Murdaugh Appeal
• NBA Pro Says He Would've Balked At Deal Over Adviser's Role
• Paxful Sentenced To $4M Fine Over Compliance Failures
• JPMorgan Says Calif. City's Interest-Rate Swap Suit Is Barred
• Reflections From High Court Oral Args Over Fed Gov. Removal
• Crypto Scam Victims Can't Sue Signature Bank, 2nd Circ. Says
• Apple Keeps PTAB Win Over Fintiv Patent Claims At Fed. Circ.
• Banking Group Of The Year: Sullivan & Cromwell
• Ill. Tax, Tip Swipe Fee Ban Survives Banks' Challenge
• 5th Circ. Says Bank Worker's ERISA Claims Can Be Arbitrated
• 7th Circ. Mulls Outcome Health Execs' $1B Fraud Convictions
• Colony Ridge To Pay $68M To End DOJ, Texas Lending Case
• Swipe-Fee Class Wants Personal Injury Firm Sanctioned
• BlackRock Brass Face Derivative Suit Over Coal Investments
• HSBC Ignored $8M Pig Butchering Scam Warnings, Suit Says
• Financial Services Forum Taps Ex-Truist Exec For GC
• Biz Says Bank Unit Wrongfully Put It On High-Risk List
• Feds Argue Russian Billionaire Lacks Yacht Ownership
• 'Pig Butchering' Fugitive Gets 20 Years For $73M Crypto Scam
• Wash. Judge Won't Block Racial Equity Housing Program
• Chinese Bank Targets Expat Over $209M Awards
• How Securities Class Action Deals Fare After Prelim Approval
• What Applicants Can Expect From Calif. Crypto License Law
• Paul Hastings Lands 8 More Attys For New Charlotte Office
• Presidio Seeks $1B Debt To Fund Deals After SPAC Merger
• Next Steps For Fair Housing Enforcement As HUD Backs Out
• Banking Group Of The Year: Orrick
• Title Insurer Gets Lender's Fraudulent Loan Suit Trimmed
• DOJ Drops Bid For Offshore Asset Freeze In $28M Tax Suit
• Malpractice Claim Assignability Continues To Divide Courts
• AI Docs Sent By Exec To Attys Not Privileged, Judge Says
• Ex-Morgan Stanley Pro Scorns Key NBA Witness In Fraud Trial
• Sentencing Commission's Reform Ideas May Cut Prison Time
• Meta Allows Pump-And-Dump Scam Ads, New Suit Says
• 4th Circ. Reopens Class Action Door In Navy Federal Bias Suit
• Fifth Third Aided Ex-Mayor's $1.8M Theft, Ill. Village Claims
• 9th Circ. Backs Comerica's Escape From Investor Suit
• Banking Group Of The Year: Paul Weiss
• Pot Co. Seeks Default Judgment Against Defunct 'Neobank'
• NY Judge OKs $4M Bond While Wind Farm Case Is Appealed
• What Clarity Act Delay Reveals About US Crypto Regulation
• Pullman & Comley Says Lender Can't Sue Over $16.2M Deal
• Baker Donelson Adds CFPB Founding Atty In DC
• Deutsche Bank Escapes FDIC's RMBS Underwriter Claims
• State Street Says Kronos Data Breach Cost It $27.6M
• Wells Fargo To Arbitrate Claims Over Excessive Fees
• WithU, Scratchpay Sued Over Alleged 568% Loan Interest Rate
• Paycheck Advances Aren't Loans, Fintech Orgs Tell 9th Circ.
• $8M Rent-To-Own Class Settlements Get Final OK
• 'Very Bizarre': Trump's Funding Freeze Appeal Vexes DC Circ.
• Wintrust Beats Mortgage Loan Racial Bias Suit For Good
• Fla. Real Estate Developer Looks To Escape PE Fraud Suit
• NY Law Firm Can't Pause Client's R&W Coverage Arbitration
• Venezuela Legal Shifts May Create Investment Opportunities
• Weathering FINRA's Scrutiny Of Foreign Small-Cap Issuers
• Holland & Knight Adds Troutman Atty In Financial Services
• Taxation With Representation: Gibson Dunn, S&C, Wachtell
• BNY Mellon Can't Sue Investor In Texas Over Facility Funding
• Bessent Knocks 'Nihilist' Crypto Critics Of Market Reg. Bill
• BlackRock Arm Faces Investor Suit Over Lending Losses
• NJ Panel Backs Treasury Dept. Win In Discrimination Suit
• McCarter & English Wants To Torpedo $22M Malpractice Suit
• Bipartisan Enforcement Is Rising In Consumer Finance
• Former CFPB Counsel Joins McDermott In DC
• Trump Admin Finalizes Rule Facilitating Federal Worker Firings
• Seward & Kissel Taps Watson Farley Atty As Maritime Leader
• Ga. Law Firm's CTA Challenge 'Hypothetical,' Feds Argue
• Ramped Up Psychedelic Production Carries Opportunity, Risk
• Teaching Logic Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Albright Axes Texas' Anti-ESG Law As Unconstitutional
• NBA Star Tells Of Fury Over Ex-Morgan Stanley Pal's Fraud
• Bessent Says Card Rate Cap's Effects 'Important' To Review
• Split NC Panel Rules Adviser Can't Arbitrate Fee Fight
• DiCello Levitt Taps SEC Vets For Whistleblower Practice
• Clemency Was 'Broken' Long Before Trump. Can It Be Fixed?
• Walgreens Says Audio Recording Refutes Shareholders' Claim
• Fintech Exec Wins Toss Of $150M Fraud Case After Mistrial
• Law School's Missed Lessons: Practicing Resilience
• Takeaways From The DOJ Fraud Section's 2025 Year In Review
• What An Uptick In Shareholder Activism Means For Banking
• TMX Wants $52M Penalty From Pa. Banking Regulators Axed
• OCC Urged To Scrap Escrow 'Giveaway' To Banks
• Ex-Fed Adviser Acquitted Of Espionage Conspiracy Charge
• Calif. Cardholders Ask 2nd Circ. To Revive Swipe Fee Suit
• Wachtell Lipton, Davis Polk Steer $12B Santander Deal
• SEC Tosses Biden-Era Case Against Wyoming Crypto Co.
• Trump Admin Can't Gut CFPB Off The Books, DC Circ. Told
• Ex-BofA Banker Cops To Role In Medicare Fraud Scheme
• Mass. AG Sues Bitcoin ATM Co. For Allegedly Enabling Scams
• OCC's Ex-Chief Of Enforcement Joins Morgan Lewis In DC
• 2nd Circ. Keeps Credit Suisse Collapse Suit Out Of US Courts
• Can OCC State Banking Law Preemption Survive The Courts?
• How Selig May Approach CFTC Agricultural Enforcement
• NBA Star Says He Didn't Know Of Ex-Adviser's Self-Dealing
• Wheeling & Appealing: The Latest Must-Know Appellate Action
• Broker-Dealer Fined $750K Over Text Message Recordkeeping
• Investment Funds Pro Rejoins Davis Polk From Paul Weiss
• US Bancorp Beats Suit Over Brokerage Cash-Sweep Program
• How 3 CFTC Letters Overhauled Digital Asset Guidance
• Fla. Financial Adviser Gets 20 Years For $94M Fraud
• NYC Bar Opinion Warns Attys On Use Of AI Recording Tools
• The Biz Court Digest: Dispatches From Utah's Newest Court