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April 16, 2026
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has settled with an Illinois bank over claims it deceptively marketed federally guaranteed home refinance loans for veterans, issuing an enforcement order that is drawing consumer advocate scrutiny for omitting key redress details.
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April 16, 2026
Charles Schwab on Thursday announced the launch of its new spot cryptocurrency trading offering that will provide retail clients direct access to bitcoin and ethereum trading, developed with the guidance of Paul Hastings LLP.
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April 15, 2026
President Donald Trump expressed support Wednesday for the U.S. Department of Justice continuing to investigate Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over the Fed's headquarters renovation, saying the government must "find out what happened" with the project's $2.5 billion price tag.
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April 15, 2026
A Chapter 7 malpractice suit brought by the trustee of fintech company GloriFi asserting $1.7 billion in damages from a failed initial public offering mostly survived a motion to dismiss late Tuesday, with a Texas bankruptcy judge saying the trustee sufficiently pled breach claims against law firm Winston & Strawn.
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April 15, 2026
A cryptocurrency wallet platform seeks to enforce its $175 million deal to purchase a global payments company, accusing the company and its owner of "a blatant, reckless, and improper campaign" to keep the sale from closing.
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April 15, 2026
Short-term cash advance company Brigit has said it will appeal a New York federal judge's refusal to dismiss a proposed class action alleging it overcharged military borrowers with its "Instant Cash" earned-wage advances, which the judge ruled qualified as consumer loans under federal law.
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April 15, 2026
Circle is facing a proposed class action from a Missouri crypto user who accused the stablecoin issuer of failing to intervene and freeze assets as unknown hackers drained an estimated $280 million in digital assets from crypto project Drift Protocol in an April Fools' Day exploit.
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April 15, 2026
The Second Circuit upheld convictions and judgments for defendants behind a $58 million IcomTech cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme after rejecting their arguments that there's no evidence they knew it was a fraud, ruling Wednesday "sufficient red flags existed" for the lower court to properly provide a "conscious avoidance" jury instruction.
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April 14, 2026
The former leader of the nation's derivatives regulator dubbed "Crypto Dad" says he's leaving his law practice at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP to focus on advising fintechs and crypto firms, researching public policy issues and working with nonprofit programs.
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April 14, 2026
The Senate Banking Committee will meet next week to vet Kevin Warsh as President Donald Trump's nominee as the next leader of the Federal Reserve, moving forward with his confirmation process despite bipartisan protests over a still-pending probe of current Fed Chair Jerome Powell.
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April 14, 2026
Investors in the "Let's Go Brandon" meme token urged a Florida federal judge Monday to issue "case-terminating sanctions" against the man behind the coin, saying he and his counsel have lied in discovery, disobeyed court orders and submitted fake legal citations in at least eight filings.
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April 14, 2026
Delaware lawmakers and industry attorneys say a pair of proposed bills updating the state's banking laws and creating a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins are aimed at ensuring the state remains a leader as financial services evolve, just as it did decades ago with credit card banking and corporate law.
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April 14, 2026
A Virginia consumer is accusing Experian of violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act by blindly listing inflated loan balances from the now-bankrupt Pink Energy solar panel scheme on consumers' reports, claiming in a new class action that the reporting agency ignored warnings from state regulators and continued showing overstated debts.
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April 14, 2026
JPMorgan Chase is pressing its bid to move a whittled version of President Donald Trump's $5 billion debanking lawsuit to New York federal court, arguing the president can't use a "makeweight claim" against its CEO, Jamie Dimon, to anchor the case in Florida state court.
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April 13, 2026
An Oregon man has not shown that he is entitled to a share of profits from a purported joint venture in cryptocurrency investment involving a once close friend, the Second Circuit said Monday, affirming a Manhattan federal judge's dismissal of the claims.
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April 13, 2026
Kalshi on Monday asked a federal court to block Montana from trying to limit the prediction market's operations in the state, arguing that the exchange can only be lawfully regulated under federal law — not state gambling laws.
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April 13, 2026
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Monday that it has hired a onetime BigLaw partner to take over its consumer protection division and brought in a former Oregon community bank executive to become the agency's top innovation official.
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April 13, 2026
The American Bankers Association pushed back Monday on a recent White House study that found banning stablecoin yield programs wouldn't have much benefit for bank lending, saying the study downplayed the risks from such programs by asking the "wrong question" about them.
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April 13, 2026
A Federal Circuit panel on Monday appeared bothered by a lower court's nearly $85,000 sanctions order against a company and its counsel in its infringement lawsuit over an online banking patent, with one judge saying the record does not seem to support such action.
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April 13, 2026
The Delaware Chancery Court's docket this past week featured a mix of high-stakes settlements, fast-moving deal litigation, governance disputes and a notable post-trial ruling involving fraud-tainted loans.
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April 13, 2026
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday cleared a regulatory hurdle for some websites and smartphone applications that aid investors trading in cryptocurrencies, saying those meeting certain conditions will not have to register as brokers.
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April 13, 2026
Twitter's former chief marketing officer has agreed to drop her $20 million severance suit, which defendants X Corp. and Elon Musk had appealed to the Ninth Circuit seeking to force arbitration, after parties reported a settlement of their dispute late last month.
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April 13, 2026
A group hoping to use a 1700s law to stop sportsbooks from operating in Washington, D.C., filed an appeal on Monday of a federal judge's decision to throw out its suit against the city and the sportsbooks.
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April 13, 2026
The Justice Department has asked a North Carolina federal court to grant final approval to its settlement with LivCor LLC, a Blackstone portfolio company, which would resolve allegations that the landlord used RealPage's revenue management software to fix rent prices.
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April 13, 2026
The Chapter 7 trustee for Aspiration Partners Inc. has sued investors who have alleged in California state court that the company's co-founder and others defrauded them, telling a Delaware bankruptcy court the civil case risks depleting estate assets that should be shared among all of Aspiration's creditors.