Banking

  • April 03, 2026

    Law360 Announces The Members Of Its 2026 Editorial Boards

    Law360 is pleased to announce the formation of its 2026 Editorial Advisory Boards.

  • April 03, 2026

    Sanctioned Ex-Broker Pushes To Keep IRS Records Suit Alive

    The IRS should not be allowed to withhold records of its investigation into an ex-broker sanctioned by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority for hiding $1.7 million in tax liens, he told a North Carolina federal court Friday, urging it to let his case against the tax agency proceed.

  • April 03, 2026

    Mortgage Co. In Settlement Talks On NC Phone-Pay Fee Suit

    A certified class of North Carolina borrowers are working to settle claims over excessive fees charged by their mortgage servicer for paying bills by phone, with a judge agreeing to a stay in the case.

  • April 02, 2026

    Ex-Centerview Banker Inks DPA To End Insider Trading Case

    A former Centerview Partners investment banker on Thursday secured a deferred prosecution agreement with Manhattan federal prosecutors that will likely resolve her U.S. legal troubles stemming from her alleged role in a global insider trading ring that made tens of millions of dollars in illicit profits.

  • April 02, 2026

    Ex-Rabobank Officer Pushes OCC Again For $4M In Fee Fight

    Attorneys of a former Rabobank compliance officer told the Ninth Circuit that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency should not be allowed to abandon a "ruinous" failed enforcement action without paying $4 million to cover the fees and expenses incurred during the litigation.

  • April 02, 2026

    Treasury Proposes State Stablecoin Rules Meet OCC Standard

    The U.S. Department of the Treasury is seeking public feedback on a proposal that would counsel states to ensure their stablecoin regulatory regimes implement much of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's coming federal rules for issuers of the stable-value tokens.

  • April 02, 2026

    10th Circ. Agrees To Rehear Colo. Opt-Out Interest Rate Suit

    The Tenth Circuit agreed Thursday to rehear en banc banking groups' request for the court to take another look at their challenge to a Colorado law intended to curb high-cost lending in the state, vacating a November ruling that restored the law.

  • April 02, 2026

    FCC Seeks $4.5M Fine Against Fla. Provider Over Robocalls

    The Federal Communications Commission demanded an Orlando-based voice service provider shell out $4.5 million for allowing into U.S. networks foreign robocall traffic that appeared to spoof legitimate bank numbers.

  • April 02, 2026

    Morgan Stanley Boots VP's Sex Bias Suit To Arbitration

    A New York federal judge kicked a Black Morgan Stanley executive's race and gender bias suit to arbitration, ruling she couldn't invoke a law that blocks out-of-court resolutions for sexual misconduct disputes because the general mistreatment she allegedly faced didn't amount to sexual harassment.

  • April 02, 2026

    Fla. Homeowner Says Loan Scam Stripped Homestead Rights

    A Miami homeowner accused a lender in Florida state court of running a "predatory" lending scheme that led to him losing homestead protections and then losing his property in a foreclosure sale.

  • April 02, 2026

    Judge Keeps IRS, Booz Allen In Lawsuit Over Tax Data Leak

    A class action against the federal government and contractor Booz Allen Hamilton seeking to hold them accountable for the unauthorized disclosure of a trove of wealthy people's tax returns by a worker on the job with the IRS can move forward, a Maryland federal judge said.

  • April 02, 2026

    Coinbase Gets OCC's Nod For National Trust Charter

    Coinbase said Thursday that it has received the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's conditional approval to charter a national trust bank, a move that would position the crypto giant to broaden its business offerings under federal oversight.

  • April 02, 2026

    Ownership Limbo Spurs Stay Bid In $380M PetroSaudi Fight

    A PetroSaudi unit has urged a California federal court to continue its stay in litigation by the U.S. government over a $380 million arbitral award purportedly tied to funds embezzled from Malaysia, saying company control remains in limbo in the Cayman Islands and Barbados.

  • April 02, 2026

    Texas Capital Bank Faces Stiff Questions At 5th Circ.

    Texas Capital Bank faced tough questions from a Fifth Circuit panel in its bid to reverse a lower court's decision in favor of Ginnie Mae that extinguished TCB's lien on reverse mortgage assets, with one judge saying Thursday that the government has "the power under the statute."

  • April 02, 2026

    5th Circ. Rejects Stanford's Bid To Overturn $6.8B SEC Win

    A Fifth Circuit panel affirmed a lower court judgment requiring convicted Ponzi schemer Robert Allen Stanford to fork over $6.76 billion to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in its 16-year-old suit over Stanford's $7 billion fraud scheme, finding that he failed to properly raise many of his arguments during the summary judgment stage.

  • April 02, 2026

    BofA Sues Aequum, First Brands Group Over Inventory Liens

    Bank of America and others have sued troubled auto parts maker First Brands Group and lender Aequum Capital in Texas bankruptcy court, seeking a judgment that the plaintiffs hold liens on inventory that outrank those asserted by Aequum.

  • April 02, 2026

    Property Co. Not Liable To Investors In $40M Fraud Suit

    A group of investors were told by a Tennessee federal judge that they cannot claim that a property holding company is liable for debts to investors under state statute in a suit accusing a purported green energy outfit and its executives of using promises of extravagant returns to induce investments.

  • April 02, 2026

    BofA $72.5M Deal With Up To 75 Epstein Victims Clears Hurdle

    A Manhattan federal judge gave preliminary approval Thursday to a settlement in which Bank of America will pay $72.5 million to as many as 75 women to settle allegations that it facilitated what the court called Jeffrey Epstein's "monstrous" sex trafficking and abuse.

  • April 02, 2026

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    The past week in London has seen data giant Sportrader face action from software company Altenar over alleged market abuse, Mexican billionaire Ricardo Pliego sue a man who allegedly defrauded him out of $415 million, and Warner Bros. bring a copyright claim against a YouTuber who leaked set footage of the upcoming Harry Potter series. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K. 

  • April 02, 2026

    Corporate And Banking Atty Joins Barnes & Thornburg In DC

    Barnes & Thornburg LLP has hired a former Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP corporate attorney, who is joining the team in Washington to represent domestic and foreign banks, credit unions and financial services clients.

  • April 01, 2026

    Bank Must Turn Over $1.68B To Iran Terror Attack Victims

    A Luxembourg-based bank must turn over nearly $1.7 billion in Iranian assets to victims of terrorist attacks that a D.C. federal court previously connected to Tehran, a New York federal judge ruled Tuesday, saying the litigation can proceed despite the absence of Iran's central bank.

  • April 01, 2026

    Evita Boss Admits To Russia-Linked Crypto Laundering Ruse

    The founder of crypto payments firm Evita on Wednesday admitted to what prosecutors say was a scheme to launder over half a billion dollars in cross-border transactions through the U.S. financial system, including funds held by sanctioned Russian banks.

  • April 01, 2026

    CFPB Seeks Green Light To Shed Half Of Staff In New Plan

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has asked the D.C. Circuit to let it proceed with a new plan to lay off roughly half of its remaining staff, arguing this latest downsizing proposal moots concerns that led to a lower-court injunction freezing efforts to slash its workforce.

  • April 01, 2026

    US Bank Beats 'Highly Offensive' Meta Pixel Tracking Suit

    U.S. Bancorp escaped a suit calling its use of Meta's Pixel a "highly offensive" intrusion that shares bank website user information with Meta without users' consent, with a Minnesota federal judge ruling the plaintiff does not specify what information he shared with the bank or how it was used.

  • April 01, 2026

    FDIC Reports Fewest Consumer Compliance Citations In Years

    Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. examiners last year cited banks for the fewest number of federal consumer protection violations since at least 2018, while the agency initiated half as many consumer protection-related enforcement actions as it did the year prior.

Expert Analysis

  • Targeted Action, Rule Tweaks Reflect 2025 AML Priority Shifts

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    Though 2025’s anti-money-laundering landscape was characterized not by volume of penalties but by the strategic recalibration of how illicit finance risk is handled, a series of targeted enforcement actions signaled that regulators aren't easing off the accelerator, even as they refine the rules of the road, say attorneys at MoFo.

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    Mass. Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q4

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    Among the most significant developments on the banking regulation front in Massachusetts last quarter, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced her bid for reelection, and the state Division of Banks continued its fintech focus by finalizing rules implementing a new money transmitter law, say attorneys at Nutter.

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    Muay Thai Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Muay Thai kickboxing has taught me that in order to win, one must stick to one's game plan and adapt under pressure, just as when facing challenges by opposing counsel or judges, says Mark Schork at Feldman Shepherd.

  • Series

    Law School's Missed Lessons: Intentional Career-Building

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    A successful legal career is built through intention: understanding expectations, assessing strengths honestly and proactively seeking opportunities to grow and cultivating relationships that support your development, say Erika Drous and Hillary Mann at Morrison Foerster.

  • State AG Enforcement During CFPB Gap Predicts 2026 Trends

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    State attorneys general responded to the decrease in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau enforcement in 2025 by stepping in to regulate consumer finance more than ever before, and the trends in rebooting CFPB investigations, cracking down on ESG and DEI initiatives, and fighting financial exploitation of homeowners will likely extend into 2026, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.

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    A Day In The In-House Life: Chime GC Talks Pathfinding

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    On a recent Tuesday in the office, Chime's general counsel Adam Frankel shares his typical work day, tackling everything from strategically guiding product launches and testing AI tools to mastering the perfect latte and making time for extracurricular interests.

  • US Sanctions Targeting Russia's Oil Giants Heighten Biz Risks

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    Businesses operating in the energy sector, both in and outside the U.S., should review their operations for any links to Russian oil companies and their subsidiaries recently targeted by U.S. sanctions, to avoid unexpected reputational and financial risk, and even secondary sanctions, say authors at Blank Rome.

  • Expect A New Normal In Commercial Real Estate This Year

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    Even amid office vacancies and a wave of loan maturities, the commercial real estate market isn't as volatile as one might expect heading into 2026, but market stress is still uniquely intersecting with broader business challenges, creating new opportunities for corporate counsel and other practitioners beyond real estate, says Mark Bell at Stinson.

  • 2nd Circ. Ruling Shows Procedural Perils Of Civil Forfeiture

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    The Second Circuit’s recent U.S. v. Ross decision, partially denying the return of an attorney's seized funds based on rigid standing requirements, underscores the unforgiving technical complexities of civil asset forfeiture law, and provides several lessons for practitioners, says Elisha Kobre at Sheppard Mullin.

  • Preparing For Congressional Investigations In A Midterm Year

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    2026 will be a consequential year for congressional oversight as the upcoming midterm elections may yield bolder investigations and more aggressive state attorneys general coalitions, so companies should consider adopting risk management measures to get ahead of potential changes, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • How Bank M&A Prospects Brightened In 2025

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    Even with less-than-ideal macroeconomic conditions in 2025, federal banking regulators' shift away from procedural concerns to focus more on core financial risks boosted M&A in several key ways, including shorter review timelines and increased interest in de novo charters, say attorneys at Arnold & Porter.

  • 3 Securities Litigation Trends To Watch In 2026

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    Pending federal appellate cases suggest that 2026 will be a significant year for securities litigation, with long-standing debates about class certification, new questions about the risks and value of artificial intelligence features, and private plaintiffs' growing role in cryptocurrency enforcement likely to be major themes, say attorneys at Willkie.

  • Funding Haze And Deregulatory Pursuits: The CFPB In 2026

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    In 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau did not seek additional funding from the Federal Reserve and unwound the legacy of former bureau leadership, and this year will bring further efforts to rescind or rewrite bureau regulations, as well as a changed tone to supervision efforts, say attorneys at Covington.

  • 4 Developments That Defined The 2025 Ethics Landscape

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    The legal profession spent 2025 at the edge of its ethical comfort zone as courts, firms and regulators confronted how fast-moving technologies and new business models collide with long-standing professional duties, signaling that the profession is entering a period of sustained disruption that will continue into 2026, says Hilary Gerzhoy at HWG Law.

  • Navigating AI In The Legal Industry

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    As artificial intelligence becomes an increasingly integral part of legal practice, Law360 guest commentary this year examined evolving ethical obligations, how the plaintiffs bar is using AI to level the playing field against corporate defense teams, and the attendant risks of adoption.

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