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  • July 17, 2026

    Feds Say NYC Duo Laundered $43M In 'Pig-Butchering' Funds

    New York federal prosecutors have announced charges against two Chinese nationals who are alleged to be top members of a sophisticated money laundering network in New York and China that used numerous shell companies and bank accounts to conceal at least $43 million in illicit proceeds from "pig-butchering" scams.

  • July 17, 2026

    Trader Chats Keep Deutsche Bank In UK Bond-Rigging Case

    A New York federal judge has ruled that Deutsche Bank must face a proposed class action accusing it of conspiring with other big banks to fix U.K. government bond prices, finding that newly alleged trader chats provide "smoking gun" evidence allowing the case to proceed.

  • July 17, 2026

    FDIC Says Excessive Risk Dooms SVB's $1.7B Claim

    The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. argued during closing arguments in a trial in California federal court that Silicon Valley Bank's 2023 failure was due to excessive financial risk and mismanagement, while SVB countered that its losses were sparked by an "unprecedented" bank run.

  • July 17, 2026

    Deutsche Bank Can Pursue Billionaire Vik Over $243M Order

    A Connecticut appeals court on Friday revived a Deutsche Bank lawsuit against billionaire Alexander Vik, concluding that the bank's prior litigation loss did not bar a second lawsuit accusing Vik and his daughter of disrupting a Norwegian software company's share sale designed to partially satisfy a $243 million English court judgment.

  • July 17, 2026

    Generative AI Patents Booming Globally, World IP Org. Reports

    The number of patent families for generative artificial intelligence inventions more than doubled between 2024 and 2025, with mostly Chinese companies leading the pack, according to a report from a United Nations intellectual property agency.

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