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  • August 17, 2026

    Hospital Employees Seek Class Cert. In Retirement Funds Suit

    Employees of a faith-based nonprofit Colorado hospital urged a federal judge to grant class certification in their lawsuit alleging the hospital mismanaged employees' retirement funds and ultimately cost participants tens of millions of dollars.

  • August 17, 2026

    Suspended Pa. Atty Gets More Scrutiny In Investment Scheme

    A Pennsylvania attorney whose law license was recently suspended skipped a separate disciplinary hearing Monday over claims that he used his bank accounts to pool investors' funds and looked the other way as the money was allegedly being misappropriated.

  • August 17, 2026

    How 2 SEC Financial Report Initiatives May Clash In Practice

    The Securities and Exchange Commission’s near-simultaneous launch of a new unit to investigate fraud by accounting and audit professionals and its proposal to let public companies file less frequent financial reports sets up possible conflicts for issuers and their financial reporters that demand immediate strategic attention, say attorneys at Bracewell.

  • August 17, 2026

    Rising Star: Cahill Gordon's Miles Wiley

    Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP's Miles Wiley helped Credit Suisse beat nearly decade-old foreign-exchange rigging claims at trial and guide Deutsche Bank to two landmark wins against terrorism financing and fraud-related cases, earning him a spot among the banking law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • August 17, 2026

    Recent OCC Charter Approvals Signal Fintech Momentum

    The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's recent charter approval for Circle, along with faster Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. review procedures, signals a more workable path to national bank and trust charters, meaning fintech firms should prepare regulator-ready applications and plan for intensified competition, say attorneys at Davis Wright.

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