Fintech

  • March 27, 2026

    Bank Says Ex-Execs Fired For Conduct, Not Whistleblowing

    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.

  • March 27, 2026

    Kalshi Sued By Wash. AG In Latest 'Illegal Gambling' Case

    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.

  • March 27, 2026

    DC Law Change Thwarts Sportsbook Recovery Suit

    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.

  • March 27, 2026

    Latest Inflection Point SPAC Leads 3 Offerings Totaling $520M

    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.

  • March 27, 2026

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

    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.

  • March 27, 2026

    BigLaw Races To Capture Expanding Fund Finance Market

    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.

  • March 26, 2026

    Fintech Firm Beats Investor Suit Over Noncompliance Risks

    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.

  • March 26, 2026

    SEC Urges Justices To Keep Disgorgement Powers Intact

    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.

  • March 26, 2026

    Crypto Developer Loses Bid To Block Potential DOJ Action

    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.

  • March 26, 2026

    Core Scientific Can't Move Crypto Patent Case Across Texas

    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.

  • March 26, 2026

    BlockFills Gets Ch. 11 Stay Of Crypto Suit Targeting 3 Execs

    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.

  • March 26, 2026

    Steptoe Adds Barnes & Thornburg Financial Regulatory Leader

    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.

  • March 26, 2026

    FTC Warns Mastercard, PayPal, Stripe, Visa About Debanking

    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.

  • March 25, 2026

    Lawmakers Probe SEC Rulemaking Role In Tokenization

    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. 

  • March 25, 2026

    UBS Must Face Class Action Over Low-Yield Sweep Accounts

    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.

  • March 25, 2026

    Nvidia Investors Score Class Cert. After High Court Pass

    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.

  • March 25, 2026

    Payments Co. Sued Over $3M Liquidity Pool Loan Default

    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.

  • March 25, 2026

    Warren Grills Fed's Ex-BigLaw Supervision Chief On Conflicts

    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.

  • March 25, 2026

    Binance Will Challenge Singapore Arbitration Bid Denial

    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.

  • March 25, 2026

    FSOC Seeks To Rein In Too-Big-To-Fail Labels In Latest Pivot

    Federal regulators moved Wednesday to curb their authority to subject large asset managers, insurers and other nonbank firms to heightened, bank-like supervision, proposing guidelines that would reinstitute tougher standards for these too-big-to-fail designations.

  • March 25, 2026

    Del. Chancellor Pauses Tesla Suit As Musk Cites LinkedIn Post

    The Delaware Chancery Court has paused a high-profile Tesla stockholder case following a recusal bid from Elon Musk and Tesla Inc. after a judge's LinkedIn account appeared to react to a post celebrating a recent California jury verdict against Musk, including language praising efforts to stand up to "the richest man in the world."

  • March 24, 2026

    Charlie Javice Can't Get Retrial Based On Clerk Conflicts

    A New York federal judge Tuesday shot down a retrial bid from Charlie Javice, who was convicted of conning JPMorgan Chase & Co. into buying her financial aid startup Frank, rejecting her argument that there was a conflict of interest because clerks who worked on the trial accepted jobs with the bank's firm.

  • March 24, 2026

    NY Regulator's Fintech Unit Chief Is Ex-BigLaw, CFPB Analyst

    New York's financial services regulator announced Tuesday it has promoted one of its own to permanently head up its division responsible for licensing crypto firms and regulating fintech, a job formerly held by the agency's current acting Superintendent Kaitlin Asrow.

  • March 24, 2026

    Game Developer Seeks To Toss Suit Over NFT Delay

    Game development studio Neon Machine Inc. urged a New York federal court to dismiss a suit brought by an investment fund specializing in virtual "real estate" over the company's alleged failure to timely deliver an unregistered NFT associated with an unreleased game, arguing the delays in developing the game do not warrant a securities fraud suit.

  • March 24, 2026

    BofA Wants Customer Suit Over Post-Jan. 6 Data Sharing Axed

    Bank of America has asked a Florida federal judge to toss a proposed class action accusing it of financial privacy violations tied to the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack, arguing the U.S. Supreme Court has held that bank customers do not have ownership or expectations of privacy over their bank account records.

Expert Analysis

  • 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.

  • Regulatory Rollback And Lingering Limbo: The CFPB In 2025

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    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has implemented significant changes since President Donald Trump took office in January, including dismissing actions with prejudice, withdrawing guidance and rescinding rules, casting the bureau in uncertain light heading into 2026, say attorneys at Mayer Brown.

  • 2025 Calif. Banking Oversight Centered On Consumer Issues

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    The combination of statutory reform, registration mandates and enforcement activity in 2025 signals that California's financial regulatory landscape is focused on consumer protection, particularly in the areas of crypto kiosk fee practices, earned wage access providers and elder fraud, say attorneys at Ropes & Gray.

  • The Major Securities Litigation Rulings And Trends Of 2025

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    The past 12 months saw increased regulator focus on disclosures concerning artificial intelligence, signs of growing judicial scrutiny at the class certification stage, and shifting regulatory priorities at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission — all major developments that may significantly affect securities litigation strategy in 2026 and beyond, say attorneys at Debevoise.

  • The CFTC's Road Ahead Under Newly Confirmed Chair

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    Michael Selig's Dec. 18 confirmation as U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission chair comes at a critical juncture, as the agency is poised to gain oversight over the crypto industry and increase its jurisdictional mandate covering prediction markets, says Elizabeth Lan Davis at Davis Wright.

  • How Fractional GCs Can Manage Risks Of Engagement

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    As more organizations eliminate their in-house legal departments in favor of outsourcing legal work, fractional general counsel roles offer practitioners an engaging and flexible way to practice at a high level, but they can also present legal, ethical and operational risks that must be proactively managed, say attorneys at Boies Schiller.

  • SEC Rulemaking Radar: A Reset, A Shift And A Preview Of '26

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    With major proposals withdrawn and new priorities emerging, forthcoming U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proposals in 2026 will look to reshape how digital assets are regulated, recalibrate market structure and simplify how small companies go public, says Christopher Grobbel at Goodwin.

  • Changes In Crypto, Cybersecurity Defined NY Banking In 2025

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    The major takeaways from 2025 in New York banking policy involve updated guidance, regulations and requirements primarily affecting innovation and digital banking, in areas such as cybersecurity, virtual currencies, and buy now, pay later programs, say attorneys at Steptoe.

  • Series

    Nature Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Nature photography reminds me to focus on what is in front of me and to slow down to achieve success, and, in embracing the value of viewing situations through different lenses, offers skills transferable to the practice of law, says Brian Willett at Saul Ewing.

  • 2025 Brought A New Paradigm For Federal Banking Regulation

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    A series of thematic shifts defined banking regulation in 2025, including a fundamental reform of prudential supervision, a strategic easing of capital constraints, steps to streamline merger reviews, and a new framework for fair access and entrants seeking to offer banking services, say attorneys at Simpson Thacher.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Practical Problem Solving

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    Issue-spotting skills are well honed in law school, but practicing attorneys must also identify clients’ problems and true goals, and then be able to provide solutions, says Mary Kate Hogan at Quarles & Brady.

  • Crypto In 2025: From Federal Deregulation To State Action

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    The cryptocurrency enforcement landscape evolved in 2025, marked by federal deregulatory trends and active state attorney general enforcement, creating both opportunity and risk for businesses navigating the digital asset market, say attorneys at Cozen O'Connor.

  • How CFTC Enforcement Shifted In 2025 And What's Next

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    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission pivoted sharply under acting Chairman Caroline Pham in 2025, resulting in a pared-back enforcement docket, sweeping policy changes intended to provide greater transparency, and a renewed focus on fraud prevention and maintaining market integrity for the CFTC's core markets, say attorneys at Moore & Van Allen.

  • Opinion

    A Uniform Federal Rule Would Curb Gen AI Missteps In Court

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    To address the patchwork of courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence, curbing abuses and relieving the burden on judges, the federal judiciary should consider amending its civil procedure rules to require litigants to certify they’ve reviewed legal filings for accuracy, say attorneys at Shook Hardy.

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