Custodia Bank has received support from a pair of current and former senators and two other digital asset organizations in its fight with the Federal Reserve pending before the U.S. Supreme Court over a "master account."
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Fed Shouldn't Have State Banking 'Veto,' High Court Told

By Katryna Perera

Custodia Bank has received support from a pair of current and former senators and two other digital asset organizations in its fight with the Federal Reserve pending before the U.S. Supreme Court over a "master account."

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Bristol-Myers Can't Duck UMB Suit Targeting Drug Approvals

By Rae Ann Varona

The Second Circuit on Thursday revived UMB Bank's suit alleging Bristol-Myers Squibb's slow-walking of the drug approval process caused investors to miss out on billions of dollars, rejecting the pharmaceutical giant's contention that the bank lacked standing to sue.

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BNY Should Face Stanford Ponzi Suit In NJ, Judge Says

By Sydney Price

A Texas federal judge recommended that a class action alleging the Bank of New York Mellon's involvement in R. Allen Stanford's Ponzi scheme be removed to New Jersey, saying the claims do not belong within the wider multidistrict litigation.

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Brief

CIBC Deal Ends Hedge Fund's Pharma Stock Spoofing Suit

By Jon Hill

A lawsuit accusing major banks of manipulating a former Canadian pharmaceutical company's stock and inflicting millions in losses on a hedge fund is drawing to a close after more than five years of litigation, according to a Thursday filing in New York federal court.

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POLICY & REGULATION

CFPB Brass Accused Of 'Sham' Probe Of Union Leader

By Emily Brill

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is conducting a "sham" investigation into an employee who is active in the staff's union, the union's president said, taking the agency's new leader to task for its probe of the data scientist and National Treasury Employees Union local activist.

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SEC Scraps Friday Meeting To Propose Crypto Regulations

By Lauren Berg

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday canceled closely watched plans to hold a public meeting Friday to potentially issue a proposed rule outlining a path forward for the trading of cryptocurrency assets under the agency's oversight.

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ENFORCEMENT & COMPLIANCE

Exec Gets 2 Years For Role In $380M Ponzi Scheme

By Kelcey Caulder

A former financial advisory group executive who federal prosecutors said used investor money gleaned from a $380 million Ponzi scheme to buy herself a house was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison after pleading guilty to money laundering in March.

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LITIGATION

Fla. Law Firm Cost Bank's $134M BP Oil Spill Claim, Suit Says

By Katryna Perera

An Ohio bank holding company has sued a Florida law firm in Ohio federal court for more than $134 million in damages, alleging the firm missed key filing deadlines while representing the bank in litigation tied to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, costing the bank its chance to recover millions in losses.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Complying With Calif. Crypto License Law's 11th-Hour Rewrite

Financial businesses that applied early for the digital asset license now required in California should check their filings and compliance decisions against last-minute updates to the law and its rules, as overlooked changes could leave companies budgeting for nonexistent bonds, relying on an outdated exemption or racking up steep fines, say attorneys at Astraea Counsel.

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Decoding Arbitral Disputes: Award Enforcement Is Just Step 1

In Qatar National Bank v. South Sudan and Bank of South Sudan, a D.C. federal court recently confirmed a $1 billion arbitral award, but the judgment itself remains only the entrance to the asset-recovery exercise, says Josep Galvez at 4-5 Gray's Inn Square.

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Series

Going To Hardcore Shows Makes Me A Better Lawyer

While government contracts law and the hardcore scene may seem entirely unrelated, in my experience, both are about community, focus, being prepared for the unexpected and managing chaos, says Isaac Natter at Fluet.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Anti-DEI Group Asks FTC To Probe Law Fellowship Program

By Dorothy Atkins

An advocacy organization against diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives filed an antitrust complaint with the Federal Trade Commission Wednesday, accusing Sponsors for Educational Opportunity of engaging in anticompetitive practices by allegedly colluding on DEI metrics and falsely advertising its program.

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Baker Botts Atty Cleared Of Defamation In Inventor's Suit

By Carolina Bolado

A Florida federal judge on Thursday tossed a defamation claim against a Baker Botts LLP patent attorney after agreeing with a magistrate judge's conclusion that an inventor had not shown that the lawyer's comments to a reporter were defamatory.

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NYC Bar Committee Calls For Nationwide AI Rules Framework

By Andrea Keckley

A New York City Bar Association committee concluded in a policy paper published Wednesday that artificial intelligence tools "may assist legal work but cannot substitute for professional legal judgment," calling for a national framework to be built into the Model Rules of Professional Conduct governing its use.

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Trump Picks Ex-Arkansas SG, Walmart Lawyer For 8th Circ.

By Courtney Bublé

President Donald Trump has announced that he's looking to elevate Judge Lee Rudofsky of the Eastern District of Arkansas to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

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State Farm Attys Admit Filing Motions Full Of AI Hallucinations

By Jonathan Capriel

A law firm representing State Farm has admitted that its pretrial motions contained citations to nonexistent cases and legal quotes, errors that were seemingly "hallucinations" generated by AI software designed for lawyers and caught by the plaintiff's attorneys as they prepared for trial in a California state court case about fire damage coverage.

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DOJ Fraud Division To Reach 500 Staffers This Month

By Courtney Bublé

By the end of the month, there will be about 500 attorneys and staff in the U.S. Department of Justice's new fraud division, with more to come as time goes on.

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JP Ward Attorney Exodus Delays Pa. Labor Trafficking Suit

By Matthew Santoni

A "staffing disruption" at the Pittsburgh law firm J.P. Ward & Associates led the firm to request a stay of a labor-trafficking case against hotels in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, after the firm was reduced to one attorney and two staff members, according to court filings.

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COMPANIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Allegheny Health Network

Bank of America Corp.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

Celgene Corp.

Concordia International Corp.

DHL International GmbH

Equiniti Group PLC

FTI Consulting Inc.

International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

LinkedIn Corp.

London Court of International Arbitration

National Public Radio Inc.

National Treasury Employees Union

New York City Bar Association

Park National Corp.

Qatar National Bank

Sponsors for Educational Opportunity Inc.

Starbucks Corp.

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

Toronto-Dominion Bank

UMB Financial Corp.

Walmart Inc.

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

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Alston & Bird

Avyno Law

Baker Botts

Comber Miller

Cooley LLP

Covington & Burling

Cravath Swaine

Cummins & White

DLA Piper

Davis Polk

Debevoise & Plimpton

Fluet & Associates PLLC

Foley Hoag

Gibson Dunn

Ice Miller

J.P. Ward & Associates

Jones Day

Jones Walker LLP

Katten Muchin

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Levin Papantonio

MoloLamken

Morgan Lewis

Musick Peeler

Patterson Belknap

Proskauer Rose

Quinn Emanuel

SML Avvocati

Selendy Gay

Wachtell Lipton

White & Case

Williams & Connolly

WilmerHale

Winston Taylor

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

Federal Reserve System

Federal Trade Commission

Food and Drug Administration

Los Angeles Superior Court

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Georgia

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

U.S. Department of Defense Office of General Counsel

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

U.S. Senate

U.S. Supreme Court

United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio