Fintech

  • November 25, 2024

    TMX Moves For Emergency Block On $52M Pa. Fine Hearing

    An affiliate of TMX Finance asked a Texas federal court to pause Pennsylvania regulators' efforts to enforce the state's anti-usury laws against it, claiming it faced a "Hobson's choice" of responding to an enforcement proceeding whose legality was being questioned, or waiving its arguments and facing a $52.7 million fine.

  • November 25, 2024

    TD Ameritrade Urges High Court To Reject Patent Case

    TD Ameritrade said there is no reason for the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Federal Circuit decision in its favor in high-stakes litigation over computerized banking patents, pushing back at arguments that the justices should look at the circuit court's one-line orders in patent cases.

  • November 25, 2024

    SDNY's Williams To Resign Before Trump Takes Office

    Manhattan U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said Monday he will resign Dec. 13, clearing the way for President-elect Donald Trump's nominee, former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chair Jay Clayton, to run the office next year.

  • November 22, 2024

    PayPal Wants Renewed Suit Over Merchant Rules Tossed

    PayPal on Thursday urged a California federal court to again throw out a proposed class action claiming it illegally boosts online retail prices with its restrictive merchant agreements, arguing that the latest version of the complaint doesn't fix any of the issues flagged by the court.

  • November 22, 2024

    Private Cos. Seek Pre-IPO Share Sales Amid Liquidity Crunch

    Following a dearth of initial public offerings in recent years, more private companies are arranging secondary-share sales to help employees and early investors pare down equity stakes without waiting for a public listing, a trend capital markets attorneys expect will continue for the foreseeable future, even if IPOs rebound.

  • November 22, 2024

    Lenders File Suit To Repossess 600 Crypto ATMs As Payment

    Two holding companies are asking a Pennsylvania federal judge to appoint a receiver to help them take possession of nearly 600 digital currency kiosk machines that their defaulted borrowers pledged as collateral for loans totaling $5 million.

  • November 22, 2024

    CFTC Advisers: Current Rules Work For Tokenized Collateral

    A U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission advisory group on Friday brought the commodities regulator a step closer to clarifying the use of certain tokenized assets as collateral, voting to tell the commission that existing rules can apply to the use of blockchain-based, noncash collateral.

  • November 22, 2024

    Democratic SEC Member To Step Down Amid GOP Takeover

    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission member Jaime Lizárraga said Friday that he plans to step down before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, a day after SEC Chair Gary Gensler announced his plans to leave, further clearing the way for new Republican Party leadership.

  • November 22, 2024

    Trump Taps Hedge Fund Billionaire Bessent To Head Treasury

    President-elect Donald Trump on Friday announced that he's selected Scott Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager and the founder of Key Square Group, to serve as secretary of the Treasury in his upcoming administration.

  • November 22, 2024

    Crypto Lobby Asks Trump, Congress To Prioritize Rulemaking

    Crypto industry group Blockchain Association sent a letter to President-elect Donald Trump and members of Congress on Friday detailing what the industry feels should be immediate priorities for the next administration, including implementing a regulatory framework for digital assets and installing more crypto-amenable agency heads.

  • November 22, 2024

    Bondi Vowed Trump Payback. Ex-Colleagues Aren't Worried.

    U.S. attorney general nominee Pam Bondi is an outspoken ally of President-elect Donald Trump and vowed during the campaign that his "prosecutors will be prosecuted," but people who've worked with her say she's well qualified to serve as the nation's top cop and downplayed concerns that she would politicize the U.S. Department of Justice.

  • November 22, 2024

    Fed Bans Ex-CEO Of Bank Felled By Crypto Scam

    The former CEO of Kansas' now-shuttered Heartland Tri-State Bank has been banned by the federal government from being a part of the banking industry after stealing $47.1 million from the bank to give to cryptocurrency scammers, leading his bank to fail.

  • November 22, 2024

    Off The Bench: NBA Ices Media Flap, Paul-Tyson Netflix Suit

    In this week's Off The Bench, the NBA settles a high-profile suit regarding its new media rights deal, and Netflix's buggy presentation of the Mike Tyson-Jake Paul fight draws a proposed class action.

  • November 21, 2024

    FDIC's 'Hot Money' Revamp Gets Bank, Fintech Cold Shoulder

    Banking and fintech lobbyists are calling on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to scrap its proposal to overhaul rules on brokered deposits, also known as "hot money," arguing the effort represents a step backward for the industry that would raise costs for everyone.

  • November 21, 2024

    Dorsey's Fintech Co. Beats Investor's Cash App Suit, For Now

    Jack Dorsey's Block Inc. convinced a California federal judge Wednesday to toss a securities lawsuit alleging the company painted a rosier-than-reality picture of its Cash App and failed to explain why former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Larry Summers resigned from its board, but the investor will get a chance to rework the complaint.

  • November 21, 2024

    Forex Trader Gets 23 Years For $93M Investor Fraud

    A Colorado federal judge on Thursday sentenced a retired Marine convicted of wire fraud and conspiracy to 23 years in prison for his role in a scheme that swindled investors out of $93 million.

  • November 21, 2024

    Fed's Bowman Sees The Bright Side In Chevron's Demise

    Federal Reserve Gov. Michelle Bowman, a Republican seen as a potential Trump administration contender for the central bank's top supervision job, chided the regulatory response to last year's regional bank failures and said the U.S. Supreme Court's Loper Bright decision could "transform agency rulemakings positively."

  • November 21, 2024

    Tenant Class Attys Get $1.1M Fee In Race Bias Suit Deal

    A federal judge awarded a nearly $1.1 million fee to class counsel for housing applicants who accused a tenant screening company of disproportionately excluding Black and Hispanic renters, saying the requested fee was reasonable for the $2.2 million settlement the attorneys struck.

  • November 21, 2024

    Trump Selects Ex-Fla. AG Pam Bondi As New AG Pick

    President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday that he has selected Pam Bondi, a former attorney general of Florida, as his new pick for U.S. attorney general, just hours after former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration amid allegations of sexual misconduct and drug use.

  • November 21, 2024

    Prime Core's Ch. 11 Trust Sues To Reclaim $10M Payout

    The liquidating trust for Prime Core Technologies Inc., a troubled cryptocurrency technology business, sued in Delaware bankruptcy court Thursday to claw back what it described as a fraudulent transfer of more than $10 million that was paid to a creditor while the company was insolvent. 

  • November 21, 2024

    Grayscale Says Rival In $2M Suit Misled Bitcoin Investors

    Digital asset management firm Osprey Funds LLC "engaged in the same conduct" for which it is suing Grayscale Investments LLC in Connecticut state court, Grayscale said in defending itself against a $2 million lawsuit from its smaller rival while also countersuing for violation of the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act.

  • November 21, 2024

    New SEC 'Dealer' Rule Tossed In Win For Hedge Funds, Crypto

    A Texas federal judge on Thursday overturned a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule that expanded the definition of "dealer" to include proprietary trading firms, some hedge funds and crypto firms, saying the agency overstepped its authority when it adopted the rule.

  • November 21, 2024

    Trump Eyes Crypto, SpaceX To Sell Shares, And More Rumors

    Donald Trump's social media company wants to enter the cryptocurrency business, while Elon Musk's SpaceX is planning a tender offer of shares that values the space technology startup at $250 billion. Here, Law360 breaks down these and other notable deal rumors from the past week.

  • November 21, 2024

    SEC Chair Gensler To Step Down When Trump Takes Office

    U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler said Thursday that he will be leaving the agency on Jan. 20, clearing the way for new leadership under an incoming Trump administration that is expected to dismantle Gensler's climate disclosure regulation and open the SEC's door to more crypto-friendly policies.

  • November 21, 2024

    CFPB Wraps Rule To Pull Big Payment Apps Into Supervision

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Thursday that it has finalized a measure to bring providers of major digital payment apps under its supervisory umbrella, expanding the reach of its oversight deeper into the technology sector and drawing fresh calls to reverse course.

Expert Analysis

  • How Transaction Lookbacks Can Guide Fintech Companies

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    As transaction lookbacks continue to be a key focus of enforcement actions, newer financial institutions like fintech companies should know they can benefit from proactively investigating their potential failure to identify suspicious activity, creating a compliance road map and building trust with regulators in the process, say attorneys at Jenner & Block.

  • Firms Must Offer A Trifecta Of Services In Post-Chevron World

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    After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision overturning Chevron deference, law firms will need to integrate litigation, lobbying and communications functions to keep up with the ramifications of the ruling and provide adequate counsel quickly, says Neil Hare at Dentons.

  • A Day In The In-House Life

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    This Expert Analysis series follows in-house fintech counsel on an average workday as they grapple with everything from regulatory challenges and product launches to work-life balance and lunch orders.

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    A Day In The In-House Life: Narmi GC Talks Peak Productivity

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    On a work-from-home day in August, Narmi general counsel Amy Pardee chronicles a typical day in her life in which she organizes her time to tackle everything from advising on products and contract negotiations to volunteering and catching up on the New York Times crossword.

  • Opinion

    CFPB's AI Stance Backslides On Innovation Issues

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    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's recent response to a Treasury Department's request for information about artificial intelligence in the financial services sector uses alarmist rhetoric about the technology's risks, ceding an opportunity to help shape this important discussion, says Mike Silver at Husch Blackwell.

  • How Ripple Final Judgment Fits In Broader Crypto Landscape

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    The Southern District of New York's recent $125 million civil penalty levied in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission v. Ripple will have a broad impact on the crypto industry as it was the first to hold that blind sales of digital assets are not securities, even if deemed securities in other circumstances, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.

  • 5 Tips To Succeed In A Master Of Laws Program And Beyond

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    As lawyers and recent law school graduates begin their Master of Laws coursework across the country, they should keep a few pointers in mind to get the most out of their programs and kick-start successful careers in their practice areas, says Kelley Miller at Reed Smith.

  • The Bank Preemption Ripple Effects After Cantero, Flagstar

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    The importance of federal preemption for financial institutions will only increase as technology-driven innovations evolve, which is why the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Cantero v. Bank of America and vacatur of Kivett v. Flagstar Bank have real modern-day significance for national banks, say attorneys at WilmerHale.

  • Series

    Being An Opera Singer Made Me A Better Lawyer

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    My journey from the stage to the courtroom has shown that the skills I honed as an opera singer – punctuality, memorization, creativity and more – have all played a vital role in my success as an attorney, says Gerard D'Emilio at GableGotwals.

  • How Law Firms Can Avoid 'Collaboration Drag'

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    Law firm decision making can be stifled by “collaboration drag” — characterized by too many pointless meetings, too much peer feedback and too little dissent — but a few strategies can help stakeholders improve decision-making processes and build consensus, says Steve Groom at Miles Mediation.

  • Banking Compliance Takeaways From Joint Agency Statement

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    Federal bank regulatory agencies’ recent joint statement warning of risks associated with third-party fintech deposit services spotlights a fundamental problem that may arise with bank deposit products that are made through increasingly complex customer relationships, says Tom Witherspoon at Stinson.

  • Opinion

    Litigation Funding Disclosure Key To Open, Impartial Process

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    Blanket investor and funding agreement disclosures should be required in all civil cases where the investor has a financial interest in the outcome in order to address issues ranging from potential conflicts of interest to national security concerns, says Bob Goodlatte, former U.S. House Representative for Virginia.

  • Regulators Are Revamping Use Of Bank Service Company Act

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    Though the Bank Service Company Act was written six decades ago, banks and service providers should be alert to the evolving ways financial regulators are using the law as a tool for scrutinizing bank-fintech partnerships and third-party service providers that could put consumers at risk, say James Bergin and Paul Lim at Arnold & Porter.

  • Carbon Offset Case A Win For CFTC Enviro Fraud Task Force

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    An Illinois federal court's decision in Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Ikkurty — earning the CFTC a sizeable monetary award that will likely incentivize similar enforcement pursuit — shows the impact of the commission's Environmental Fraud Task Force, say attorneys at Steptoe.

  • RealPage Suit Shows Growing Algorithm, AI Pricing Scrutiny

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    The U.S. Department of Justice's suit against RealPage for helping fix rental rates, filed last week, demonstrates how the use of algorithmic and artificial intelligence tools to assist with pricing decisions is drawing increasing scrutiny and action across government agencies, and specifically at the Federal Trade Commission and the DOJ, say Andre Geverola and Leah Harrell at Arnold & Porter.

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