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Banking - April, 2026

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• Senate Dems Press Lutnick On Stablecoin Co.'s Loan To Trust
• Bank's Racketeering Claims Over €4M Award Will Proceed
• Ariz. Bank Hit With Fraud Suit Over Merger Terms
• Borrowers Seek NJ Mass Tort Status For Debt Buyer Suits
• Trump Order Aims To Help More Workers Save For Retirement
• Revenue Jump Doesn't Bar $5M Worker Credit, Lender Says
• 6 Polsinelli Consumer Finance Pros Move To Hinshaw
• BofA Denied Quick 4th Circ. Appeal In 401(k) Forfeiture Suit
• Playing Magic: The Gathering Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• How Banks And Fintechs Can Build COPPA-Ready Youth Apps
• NC Biz Court Bulletin: Corporate Raid, MV Realty Settlement
• McGuireWoods Adds Hunton Capital Markets Pros
• CFPB Slashes Small-Biz Lender Reporting In Newly Final Rule
• Judge Slams $68M DOJ Deal As He Ends Colony Ridge Suit
• FTC Says Fla. Co. Destroyed Evidence In Fake ACA Suit
• Powell Says He'll Stay On Fed Board After Time As Chair Ends
• NY Says Crypto Co. To Pay $5M Over Fraud Promotion Claims
• Improving Well-Being In Law, 10 Years After Landmark Study
• Mapping Bank Exec Clawback Risk Ahead Of Revived Bill
• Blue Owl Adviser Sued Over Alleged Fee Inflation
• South African Investors Seek $2.3M From Disbarred Ga. Atty
• Warsh's Fed Bid Moves Ahead After Powell Probe Is Shelved
• Celsius' Mashinsky Must Pay FTC $10M
• Judge Grants Mortgage Broker Stock Sale Notice
• Citizens Bank Owed $470K After Case Went 'Off The Rails'
• OCC Gives Banking Charter Nod To Fintech Co. For Startups
• Robinhood Fraudsters Must Pay $432K In SEC Judgment
• 7th Circ. Backs $7M Loan Fraudster's 6-Year Sentence
• Wells Fargo Says DEI Whistleblower's Suit Belongs In Fla.
• Cartier Descendant Gets 8 Years For Crypto-Laundering Plot
• Calif. Judge Trims Wells Fargo Mortgage Loss Mitigation Suit
• Walgreens Can't Use Recording To Undo Investor Claim In Ill.
• Small And Midsize Business Finance Faces More State Regs
• Citigroup Escapes Ex-Employee's Trade Secret Suit, For Now
• Solar Co. Attyx Is Accused Of Tricking Customers Into Loans
• Homebuyers Defend Antitrust Case Against Rocket Mortgage
• Meet The Attys Arguing The High Court 'Skinny Label' Case
• Sidley Adds Another Finance Atty, This Time In DC
• Mapping The Affordability Crisis: A Special Report
• Sullivan & Cromwell Alum Returns After 5 Years With DOJ
• Firms Seek $1.65M Fee In Interactive Brokers Settlement
• DOJ's Blanche Says Scrutiny Is On Crypto Crimes, Not Coders
• Wells Fargo Ex-Exec Isn't Owed Payout, Fed Again Tells Court
• Feds Charge Chinese Nationals Over Crypto Scam Center
• NJ Justices Skeptical Of Retroactivity Defense In Bond Suit
• Ex-Ala. Football Player Admits To Posing As NFLers For Loans
• Viks Insist Deutsche Bank Hand Over $65M Sale Proceeds
• OCC Moves To Block Illinois' Limits On Card Swipe Fees
• Structuring Bank-Fintech Ties To Avert Risk
• What DOL Proposal Signals For 401(k)s, Alternative Assets
• DOJ's Superseding Policy Muddies Trade Crime Disclosures
• Flagstar Bank Wins Liability Ruling Against Ex-Live Well Exec
• Justices Skip Live Well Founder's Bond Fraud Conviction
• Justices Turn Away Lebanese Bank Terrorism Suit
• French Water Co. Looks To Enforce $40M Argentina Award
• Bankers Endorse FCC Fines For 'Know Your Customer' Regs
• Bank Asks 2nd Circ. To OK Fed-Blocked Mortgage Program
• Big Banks Say Investors' Beefed-Up Tricolor Claims Still Fail
• Wigdor Sanctioned For Lying In Leon Black Rape Case
• Chinese Bank Must Face Aon Unit's Reinsurance Fraud Suit
• Contract Language Reigned Supreme In Bancorp Dismissal
• Why Justices Seem Skeptical Of Curbing SEC Disgorgement
• Feds Lock In Cut To Community Bank Leverage Ratio
• DOJ Ends Powell Probe, Clearing Way For Warsh Vote
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Alaska Air Credit Union Left Members' Info Exposed, Suit Says
• BofA, EY Strike $2.5M Deal To Settle MOVEit Breach Claims
• Bitcoin Depot Data Breach Suit Can't Proceed, Judge Rules
• Cathay Bank Says Macquarie Hid $100M DTG Rival Acquisition
• Ex-First Liberty Chief Ran $140M Ponzi Scheme, DOJ Says
• Huawei's Long-Awaited NY RICO Trial Moved To Fall
• FDIC Sees Surging Growth In Bank Lending To Nonbanks
• 4 True Lender State Laws And 1 Appeal For Fintechs To Watch
• OFAC Signals Sanctions Diligence Can't Stop At 50% Rule
• Hungary CPAC Funding Probe Could Implicate US Entities
• Dechert Leads StepStone On $1.58B Credit Fund
• Officiating Football Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Baltimore Attorney Pleads Guilty In Real Estate Sales Scheme
• CFPB Curbs Fair Lending Oversight In Latest Reg Rollback
• House GOP Again Pushes Data Privacy Bill To Override States
• Anthropic Slams Hegseth's Security Risk Label At DC Circ.
• Pal Of Ex-Beneficient CEO Aided Fraud Cover-Up, Jury Hears
• Goldman Nears Deal With Investors Over 1MDB Scandal
• Pot Dispensary Owners Sue Partners Over 'Phantom Debt' Plot
• Citibank Defends Arbitration Ruling In Veteran Credit Card Row
• TD Bank, Airline Data Co. Accused Of Sharing Info With Govt.
• 2nd Circ. Amends Revival Of Mortgage-Backed Securities Suit
• Judge Agrees To Pause PetroSaudi $380M Award Suit
• Shifts At DOJ Alter Corporate Self-Disclosure Calculus
• Simpson Thacher Adds Another Kirkland Finance Alum In Calif.
• Womble Bond Hires Ex-White & Case RE Atty For Partner Role
• Law School's Missed Lessons: How To Draft Pleadings
• Tokenized Securities Have Capital Parity, But Details Matter
• Life Policy With $21M Payout Voided As Illegal Life Wager
• Crypto Exec Sun Accuses Trump Family-Tied Firm Of Fraud
• Capital One Clients Seek Cert. Over Info Sent To Meta, Google
• Jury Told Ex-Finance CEO Is The Fall Guy In $100M Fraud Case
• Ameriprise Didn't Disclose Records Breach, Suit Says
• US Lawmakers Float Path For Fintech Fed Accounts
• Meta Denies Knowing Of Social Media Pump-And-Dump Ads
• House Panel Votes To Gut Corporate Transparency Act
• FHFA Says High Court Ruling Dooms Shareholder Verdict
• Lender Asks If Weed Co. Cash-Seizure Ban Applies At Maturity
• Crypto Trading App Statement Advances SEC's New Direction
• How Cos. Can Prep For Conn. Data Privacy Amendments
• Ga. Attorney Gives Up License After Wire Fraud Conviction
• E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On ESI Control
• Record Penalty Sets Stage For FinCEN Whistleblower Awards
• $210M Appeal Bond Should Be $25M, Oil Exec Tells 5th Circ.
• Warsh Rejects Claim He'd Be Trump's 'Sock Puppet' At Fed
• Attys Get $20M Cut Of $84M Wells Fargo ESOP Deal
• Mass. Man Says Coinbase, Kraken Failed To Stop $500K Scam
• UK Wine Fraudster Gets 10 Years For $97M Ponzi Scheme
• US Firm Kicks Off Ukraine Claim Over Alleged Asset Grab
• 9th Circ. Open To Reviving FCRA Suit Against Wells Fargo
• Credit Agricole's Hedging Strategy Cost Investors, Suit Says
• REIT Investors Get Initial OK For $2.3M Settlement
• Bank Of America Wage Deal Over Boot-Up Time Gets OK
• What GAO Report Reveals About CFPB Cutbacks
• Inspired Healthcare Creditors Object To Reid Collins Retention
• CFPB's Layoff Bid Belongs Before DC Judge, Union Says
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Justices Cast Doubt On Effort To Limit SEC Disgorgement
• Digital Assets, AI Pro Rejoins Cleary From Amazon
• 2nd Circ. Ruling Reinforces Securities Act Limits Post-Slack
• Justices Won't Review Class Cert. In $12B VRDO Suit
• Justices Won't Hear 1st Circ. Escrow Law Preemption Case
• Oschadbank Kicks Off New Russia Claim Over Lost Assets
• 4 Firms Lead Kraken's $550M Buy Of Crypto Derivatives Biz
• Ky. Men Take Plea In $3.3M Bogus Credit Line Fraud
• Tycoon's 'Unclean Hands' Defense Fails In $5.4M Foreclosure
• AI Co. Execs Faked Customers For Fraud Scheme, Feds Say
• CFPB Could Soon Issue Overhauled Small-Biz Loan Data Rule
• How Banks Can React To Risks In FinCEN Whistleblower Rule
• 2 Discovery Rulings Break With Heppner On AI Privilege Issue
• 4th Circ. Says Merrill Bonus Plan Exempt From ERISA
• BofA, Ex-Workers Get OK For Boot-Up Time Deal
• MoneyLion Hit With Wash. Class Action Over Referral Texts
• Sentencing Commission Votes To Enact Modest Reform Agenda
• OCC Lifts JPMorgan's Trade Surveillance Consent Order
• Fed Orders Georgia Bank To Halt Dividends, Raise Capital
• Capital One Hit With Class Action Over Canceled Rewards
• OCC Says Bank Misled Borrowers Into Costlier VA Refi Loans
• US Bank Shorted Wash. Workers On Meals, Breaks, Suit Says
• BNP Paribas Case Could Upend Global Banking Norms
• Isshin-Ryu Karate Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• Expert Needed To Gauge Fault For Cyberattack, Panel Told
• Canadian Bank Defeats Country-By-Country Tax Proposal
• Trump Defends DOJ Investigation Of 'Incompetent' Fed Chair
• Consumer Cases Drive Class Action Spike, Report Says
• Ex-Citi, Cetera Rep Owes SEC $1.37M In Client Theft Case
• Texas Can't Revive Anti-ESG Law While Appeal Plays Out
• Winston & Strawn Must Face $1.7B GloriFi Malpractice Suit
• Payments Co., Owner 'Sabotaged' $175M Sale, Crypto Biz Says
• Brigit To Take Fight Over 'Instant' Wage Advances To 2nd Circ.
• Circle Failed To Freeze $280M Lost In April 1 Hack, Suit Says
• CBP's $166B Tariff Refund Portal Needs 4 Safeguards
• Mortgage Co. Says Vets' Fraud Scheme Claims Distort Truth
• How CFPB Opinion Changes Earned Wage Access Definition
• UBS Must Reveal Atty Comms In Ex-Trader's $400M Libor Suit
• Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: April Lessons
• Trump's Fed Chair Pick Will Get Senate Hearing Next Week
• 11th Circ. Grounds Jet Co.'s Defamation Suit Against Chase
• Red State AGs Fight Bid To Trim Suit Against BlackRock
• Austria's BAWAG To Buy Irish Lender Permanent TSB For $1.9B
• Michigan Judge OKs $13 Million Deal In Debt Collection Suit
• Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Mulling Mediation In $481M Loan Suit
• IHC's Ch. 11 Mediation Ask 'Jumped The Gun,' Creditors Say
• IRS Audited 3% Of Rich Taxpayers Pegged As Flouting FATCA
• How Developers Can Leverage The New Markets Tax Credit
• Insights From OppFi Suit On Building Calif. Bank Partnerships
• Delaware Eyes Stablecoin Edge With Banking Law Overhaul
• Experian Accused Of Reporting Fraudulent Pink Energy Loans
• JPMorgan Says Dimon Claim Can't Keep Trump Suit In Florida
• FDIC Taps New Consumer Division, Innovation Chiefs
• BofA Shielded In Iranian Bias Suit, 9th Circ. Says
• White House Study Minimizes Stablecoin Risk, ABA Says
• Fed. Circ. Looks Askance At Sanctions In E-Banking IP Case
• Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court
• Texas Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal In $250M Fraud Case
• Adams Street Wraps Private Credit Fund With $7.5B In Tow
• 5 Takeaways From Capital Proposals For Community Banks
• State Bars Need To Get Specific About AI Confidentiality
• REIT Investors Ink Deal Over CEO's Alleged Undisclosed Loan
• Big Banks Say They Were Victims Of Tricolor Fraud Scheme
• SEC To Craft Exemption For Foreign Bail-In Transactions
• Amex Consumer Attys Want $13M Of $17.5M Antisteering Deal
• $68M Colony Ridge Deal To Proceed Without Court's Blessing
• Don't Miss It: Kirkland, Simpson Thacher Steer Hot Deals
• Huntington National Bank Says Freight Firms Owe $12M
• The Federal Circuit's Evolving View Of Trade Secrets
• FDIC Scraps Biden-Era Bank Guidance On Multiple NSF Fees
• Calculating Damages In IEEPA Tariff Refund Litigation
• Mortgage EO Casts Wide Net In Push To Ease Lending Rules
• IRS Floats Excise Tax Regs On Overseas Money Transfers
• CFPB Pans Debt Collector's Bid To Exit 'Onerous' 2023 Order
• Arizona Check Casher Says FinCEN Rule Is 'Crushing' Business
• 'Made In America' Rules Raise Stakes For Gov't Contractors
• Fed Ends Crédit Agricole, Goldman Enforcement Orders
• Recent Bank Resolution Filings Stress Readiness Over Docs
• Alpine Skiing Makes Me A Better Lawyer
• PNC Tells Justices $233M Patent Win Was Rightly Axed
• 5th Circ. Revives Reinsurance Broker Row Over Credit Mishap
• Debt Collectors Sue Calif. Over 'Excessive' Licensing Fees
• DC Circ. Allows DOD To Ax Anthropic Contracts Amid Review
• Judge Affirms Default Judgment Against Defunct 'Neobank'
• NJ Bank Can't Get Conversion Plan Revived On Appeal
• Trump Asks NY's Top Court To Toss AG's 'Flawed' Fraud Case
• FinCEN, OFAC Propose AML Rules For Stablecoin Issuers
• Trump Economists Say Stablecoin Yield Ban Won't Help Banks
• Veterans Say Citibank Arb. Ruling Is 'Anti-Military Readiness'
• NY Tax Talk: Calculating Tiered Partnership Income
• Fair Housing Takeaways From Colony Ridge Settlement
• TD Bank Beats Whistleblower's Appeal For Shielded Info
• Understanding The SEC's Consequential Crypto Guidance
• SEC Taps Gibson Dunn Partner For Enforcement Director
• Feds Launch Bid To Revamp AML Framework For Banks
• $8.7M FCA Whistleblower Attys Award Too High, 9th Circ. Says
• FINRA Fines JPMorgan Unit $3.25M Over Red Flag Lapses
• TD Bank Says It's Not To Blame For $1.1M Sent To Scammer
• FDIC Stablecoin Plan Limits Yield, Pass-Through Insurance
• Private-Credit Focused SPAC Leads Two IPOs Raising $350M
• NY Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q1
• Firstrust Savings Bank Can't Nix 401(k) Mismanagement Suit
• Insider Trading Case Unscathed By US Atty Office Shake-Up
• Blackstone Clinches $10B Opportunistic Credit Fund
• BakerHostetler Adds Davis Wright Privacy Pro In LA
• Womble Bond Lands 3 Burr & Forman Bankruptcy Attys In Fla.
• AI Recruiting Suit Shows Old Laws May Implicate New Tools
• 2 Rulings Poke Holes In Mandatory Restitution Framework
• What Voluntary Calif. Carbon Reports Show About Compliance
• Ill. AG Urges 7th Circ. To Uphold Landmark Swipe-Fee Law
• JPMorgan's Dimon Has 'Mixed' Feelings On Capital Revamp
• Trump Admin Seeks $25M FinCEN Budget Boost
• Citi Tells 2nd Circ. EFTA Exempts Wire Transfers 'End-To-End'
• M&T Beats Investor Suit Over Delayed $3.7B Hudson Merger
• BNY, Robinhood To Help Roll Out Trump Accounts
• What A Court Doc Audit Reveals About Erroneous Filings
• Exploring When Fraud Asset Freezes Limit Right To Pick Atty
• Regulators' Basel Pitch May Bring Banks Capital Relief
• Justices Want Feds' Views On Ruby Tuesday Benefits Dispute
• Judge Sets Interest Rules In $540M BofA Payment Fight
• Long Island Investment Adviser Cops To $160M Fraud
• 3rd Circ. Preview: Arbitration Limits, Power Plant Safety
• Ameriprise To Pay $1.4M Over Annuity Supervision Claims
• Plaid Beats Fintech Patent Suit With Alice Finding
• Cross River Bank Beats Suit Over Alleged Solar Loan Scheme
• Judge Stands By Block Of DOJ Subpoenas In Powell Probe
• Special Master Sought In Ex-Commanders Partner's BofA Suit
• DOJ's New Corporate Enforcement Policy May Eclipse SDNY's
• Law360 Announces The Members Of Its 2026 Editorial Boards
• Mich. Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q1
• Sanctioned Ex-Broker Pushes To Keep IRS Records Suit Alive
• Mortgage Co. In Settlement Talks On NC Phone-Pay Fee Suit
• Ex-Centerview Banker Inks DPA To End Insider Trading Case
• Ex-Rabobank Officer Pushes OCC Again For $4M In Fee Fight
• Treasury Proposes State Stablecoin Rules Meet OCC Standard
• 10th Circ. Agrees To Rehear Colo. Opt-Out Interest Rate Suit
• FCC Seeks $4.5M Fine Against Fla. Provider Over Robocalls
• Morgan Stanley Boots VP's Sex Bias Suit To Arbitration
• Fla. Homeowner Says Loan Scam Stripped Homestead Rights
• Judge Keeps IRS, Booz Allen In Lawsuit Over Tax Data Leak
• Coinbase Gets OCC's Nod For National Trust Charter
• Ownership Limbo Spurs Stay Bid In $380M PetroSaudi Fight
• Texas Capital Bank Faces Stiff Questions At 5th Circ.
• 5th Circ. Rejects Stanford's Bid To Overturn $6.8B SEC Win
• BofA Sues Aequum, First Brands Group Over Inventory Liens
• Property Co. Not Liable To Investors In $40M Fraud Suit
• Calif. Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q1
• Ultramarathons Make Me A Better Lawyer
• BofA $72.5M Deal With Up To 75 Epstein Victims Clears Hurdle
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Corporate And Banking Atty Joins Barnes & Thornburg In DC
• Bank Must Turn Over $1.68B To Iran Terror Attack Victims
• Evita Boss Admits To Russia-Linked Crypto Laundering Ruse
• CFPB Seeks Green Light To Shed Half Of Staff In New Plan
• US Bank Beats 'Highly Offensive' Meta Pixel Tracking Suit
• FDIC Reports Fewest Consumer Compliance Citations In Years
• Reps. Probe Hegseth's Attempted Investment Pre-Iran Strikes
• Law Firm Not Insured By Cyber Policy After $158K Email Scam
• Sidley Beats Malpractice Suit Over Ex-Atty's Tax Scheme
• Key Takeaways From The 2026 ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting
• DOL, HHS Must Face Unions' Claims In DOGE Data Suit
• Ex-FTX Chief Engineer Resolves CFTC Fraud Suit For $3.7M
• Pa. Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q1
• Veterans Say Synchrony Arbitration Order Defies MLA
• 2nd Circ. Says No Atty Conflict For Convicted Payday Lender
• Madison Capital Action Displays SEC's Emphasis On Process
• Rocket Mortgage Seeks Toss Of Homebuyers' Antitrust Case