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March 30, 2026
As the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission insists it will be the primary cop for the growing expanse of prediction markets, experts said the agency is signaling that its first line of defense will be the internal enforcement programs of registrants like Kalshi.
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March 30, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a plea by a Dallas real estate developer to hear a challenge to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's ability to seize the assets of alleged fraudsters before a trial can take place.
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March 30, 2026
The U.S. Department of Labor unveiled a proposal Monday to expand access to alternative investments, like private equity and digital assets, in retirement plans by establishing a safe harbor process for fiduciaries to follow when deciding where retirees' savings go.
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March 27, 2026
A California federal judge has shaved off a year from convicted ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes' 11-year-and-three-month prison sentence for securities fraud due to recent sentencing guideline amendments, reducing her time behind bars by one year, instead of the two years she requested, amid objections by prosecutors.
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March 27, 2026
A Tulsa, Oklahoma, man has agreed to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission claims that he defrauded investors out of $7.8 million in connection with two investment funds he launched as a college student.
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March 27, 2026
The ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee asked the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City to share more information about its decision to grant crypto firm Kraken Financial access to Fed payment rails, including what limits it imposed on the new type of tailored master account.
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March 27, 2026
Florida community bank First National Bank of Pasco told a federal judge that two former executives who claim they were fired for blowing the whistle on banking law violations were actually fairly terminated, and one of the plaintiffs did not even participate in the alleged whistleblowing.
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March 27, 2026
The Washington state attorney general accused Kalshi Friday of operating an illegal online betting platform under the guise of a prediction market, joining a growing number of states that have taken court action against the company over alleged gambling law violations.
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March 27, 2026
A D.C. federal judge threw out a lawsuit seeking to claw back millions in gambling losses from major sportsbook operators under an old "Statute of Anne" law on the district's books, ruling that local officials clearly exempted authorized sports wagering from its recovery provisions.
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March 27, 2026
Inflection Point Acquisition VI, the latest special purpose acquisition company led by Chairman Michael Blitzer, began trading publicly on Friday after raising $220 million in its initial public offering, marking the largest of three SPACs to hit the public markets Friday, totaling $520 million.
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March 27, 2026
The past week in London has seen Apple hit back at a tech company's wireless charging patent claim, a flurry of businesses bring COVID-19 pandemic insurance claims as a key deadline draws closer and Ipulse Partners LLP file a claim against a luxury yacht company it represented in a trademark dispute. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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March 27, 2026
Debt financing work at the fund level has long been dominated on the lender side by attorneys from Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP, Haynes Boone and Mayer Brown LLP, but other firms are increasingly crafting formal practices and poaching fund finance stars from the more established players.
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March 26, 2026
China-based online brokerage firm operator UP Fintech Holding Ltd. has escaped a proposed class action accusing it of misleading investors by concealing risks associated with its noncompliance with New Zealand and Chinese securities laws after a New York federal judge found the company's statements to be full and justified.
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March 26, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court should continue allowing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to collect ill-gotten profits from fraudsters without having to identify any particular victims of said scheme, the agency told the high court in a case that could limit its disgorgement powers.
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March 26, 2026
A Texas federal court tossed a crypto software developer's suit against U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi seeking protection over his forthcoming software from an enforcement action under federal money transmitting laws, finding the developer failed to show a substantial threat of prosecution.
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March 26, 2026
A judge in the Eastern District of Texas denied a bid by cryptocurrency mining company Core Scientific Inc. to move a case accusing it of infringing cryptography patents to the Western District of Texas, saying Core had not shown that it was clearly a more convenient venue.
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March 26, 2026
Cryptocurrency firm BlockFills secured a Delaware bankruptcy judge's permission Thursday to temporarily block a lawsuit from creditors alleging the company and three current and former executives failed to properly manage customer assets.
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March 26, 2026
Steptoe LLP has hired a Barnes & Thornburg LLP leader in Chicago who helped found two practice groups at his old firm that are focused on financial regulatory matters.
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March 26, 2026
The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday warned major payment companies that denying services to consumers based on their politics or religion could lead to an enforcement action, the latest move in the Trump administration's broader crackdown on so-called debanking.
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March 25, 2026
House lawmakers on Wednesday voiced support for bringing blockchain technology to Wall Street securities trading if it improves settlement times and market transparency, but Democrats worried whether certain regulatory experiments could lead to less oversight for crypto securities than their traditional counterparts.
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March 25, 2026
A New York federal judge on Wednesday trimmed a proposed class action alleging USB Financial Services Inc. put customers' money in low-yielding "cash sweep" accounts in breach of their contract, tossing a single duplicative unjust enrichment claim but allowing the contract claims to proceed.
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March 25, 2026
A California federal judge on Wednesday granted class certification in a shareholder case against chipmaker Nvidia that briefly went before the U.S. Supreme Court and that claims the company failed to inform investors about its reliance on the volatile crypto market.
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March 25, 2026
Payken is facing a Delaware Chancery Court lawsuit alleging the blockchain-based payments company owes roughly $3.2 million after breaching a master credit agreement and failing to repay loans owed to a jointly owned lending vehicle created to provide it with liquid assets.
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March 25, 2026
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., on Wednesday asked former Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP veteran Randall Guynn, a recent addition to the Federal Reserve, to explain how he is dealing with potential conflicts of interest stemming from his previous role chairing the BigLaw firm's financial institutions group.
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March 25, 2026
Binance will appeal a New York federal judge's ruling last month refusing to force users of the platform who accuse the crypto exchange of improperly selling securities to arbitrate their claims before the Singapore International Arbitration Centre.