Judge Blocks Arizona From Policing Prediction Markets

By Aislinn Keely

A Phoenix federal judge on Tuesday barred Arizona officials from enforcing state gambling laws against federally regulated prediction market platforms in an order finding that the federal government is likely to succeed on claims that the event contracts at issue are swaps beyond the reach of state regulators.

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DOJ Asks To Toss Subpoena Defeats In Powell Case As Moot

By Sarah Jarvis

The U.S. Department of Justice has asked a Washington, D.C., federal judge to vacate his decisions that blocked subpoenas from its now-closed criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, arguing that the slate should be wiped clean on mootness grounds.

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DC Circ. Says SEC Whistleblower Denial Doesn't Pass Muster

By Jessica Corso

The D.C. Circuit has dinged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for failing to adequately explain why it denied a whistleblower award to an anonymous individual who brought forth information leading to a successful enforcement action, ordering the commission to reconsider whether it was in the public interest to deny the man's claim.

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SVB's $73M Fraud Losses Not Covered, Insurers Say

By Hope Patti

Two insurers said they owe no coverage for a fraudulent scheme that caused the failed Silicon Valley Bank to lose $73 million, telling a North Carolina federal court that the bank has not satisfied all requirements under its financial institution bonds' extended forgery coverage provision.

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Tax Shelter Trial Defendants Claim Promoter Misled Them

By Zach Dupont

More than a dozen lawyers and defendants packed a Colorado federal courtroom Tuesday to mark the first day of testimony in the trial against four individuals accused of using their businesses to help promote and sell abusive trust tax shelters.

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Ex-CEO Gets 5 Years In Prison For $212.5M Fraud Case

By Carla Baranauckas

A New Jersey federal judge on Tuesday sentenced the former CEO of a now-defunct medical billing company to five years in prison, the statutory maximum penalty, for his role in a $212.5 million scheme to inflate the value of his company to defraud investors.

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Exelon Shareholders Fight Objectors' Fee Bid On Bribery Deal

By Lauraann Wood

Exelon shareholders seeking an Illinois federal judge's approval on a derivative settlement addressing subsidiary Commonwealth Edison's legislative bribery scheme argued Tuesday that shareholders who've opposed the deal should not receive attorney fees because their three-year fight against approval has not substantially benefited the litigation.

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Fugitive Trader's Wife Held In Contempt Amid $67M Fraud Suit

By Brian Steele

A Connecticut federal judge has held the wife of a fugitive Oak Management Corp. trader in contempt for trying to use her divorce case to take control of assets under the management of a receiver, who was appointed as part of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission civil suit.

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Ex-Miami Official Accused Of Misusing Funds Settles Suit

By Carolina Bolado

Two former Miami city employees have settled their whistleblower suit accusing former City Commissioner Joe Carollo of ousting them for exposing misuse of public funds meant to manage parks that were instead used to pay for his political ventures and personal expenses, according to a notice filed in Florida federal court on Tuesday.

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11th Circ. Upholds Sentences In Medical Device Fraud Case

By Kelcey Caulder

The Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday refused to reduce the sentences of two men who lied to manufacturers about selling medical equipment to American troops in Afghanistan to obtain the goods at discounted prices and resell them within the United States.

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Texas Appeals Court Wary Of Reviving Trustee's $100M Claim

By Spencer Brewer

A Texas appeals panel seemed skeptical of a bankruptcy trustee's attempt to revive an action seeking to claw back money distributed by True Health Group to its shareholders before the company declared bankruptcy, asking Tuesday if the trustee brought its claims under the correct portion of the law.

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Freshfields Adds Skadden White Collar Lawyer In DC, NY

By Jack Rodgers

Freshfields LLP has hired a Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP white collar defense lawyer, who spent years working as a federal prosecutor investigating corporate financial crime, international money laundering and other related matters.

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Taft Brings Seward Gov't Practice Chair To New NYC Office

By Andrea Keckley

Less than a month after launching in New York City, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP announced Tuesday that its newest office has brought on a former federal prosecutor who most recently chaired Seward & Kissel LLP's government enforcement and investigations practice.

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Kilpatrick Adds Buchalter Financial Services Partner In Seattle

By Ben Adlin

Attorney Marcus J. Williams joined Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP's Seattle office as a partner in its financial institutions team, the firm announced Tuesday, saying the hire from Buchalter PC would help bolster Kilpatrick's growth in the Pacific Northwest and Intermountain Region.

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Bet On Prediction Market Regulation To Accelerate

Watershed developments concerning prediction markets — such as the first insider trading charges, major speeches from U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission leadership, and the introduction of rulemaking and legislation — dominated the first quarter of 2026, a trend that will likely continue throughout the rest of the year, say attorneys at K&L Gates.

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The 2026 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey: Make Your Voice Heard

How is your work-life balance? Are you content with your compensation and opportunities for advancement at work? Take the 2026 Law360 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey and share your thoughts.

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DOJ Atty Faces Possible Discipline Over DHS 'Lack Of Candor'

By Lauren Berg

A Rhode Island federal judge, whom the U.S. Department of Homeland Security criticized for releasing a noncitizen with an alleged overseas warrant for homicide, on Tuesday said she is referring an assistant U.S. attorney for disciplinary proceedings for not disclosing the warrant to her beforehand.

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Approach The Bench: Justice Bacon On School Accreditation

By Cara Bayles and Steven Trader

State high courts are responsible for regulating the legal profession in their jurisdictions, and so New Mexico Supreme Court Justice C. Shannon Bacon thinks it's only right that justices reevaluate the principles behind law school accreditation.

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Ga. Justices Sanction Asst. DA For AI Errors In Murder Case

By Lauren Berg

The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday sanctioned a Clayton County assistant district attorney for filing briefs that contained nonexistent case citations generated by artificial intelligence in a murder defendant's bid for a new trial, saying the prosecutor's misconduct has "sidetracked" the justices from delving into the merits of the appeal.

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High Court Clarity On Subpoenas Creates Murky Path For AGs

By Carla Baranauckas

The U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous decision that the New Jersey Attorney General's Office infringed free speech by asking an anti-abortion nonprofit to release donor names gives nonprofits and companies more leverage for challenging subpoenas at the outset, although the question remains if and how attorneys general and other enforcers can ultimately obtain sought-after information following a constitutional affront.

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FCC Chair Carr Promotes 6 In Key Legal, Policy Roles

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission's staff are playing musical chairs, and it means high-level promotions for a half-dozen legal aides of agency chief Brendan Carr.

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SEC Lifts NY Atty's Lifetime Practice Ban

By Katryna Perera

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday lifted a lifetime ban preventing a New York attorney from practicing before the agency, following an attempt to leverage a client's testimony before the SEC.

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