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  • June 01, 2026

    UK Fintech OpenPayd To Go Public Via $1.15B SPAC Deal

    Allen Overy Shearman Sterling and Winston & Strawn LLP are steering a deal under which financial infrastructure platform OpenPayd will be acquired and taken public at an estimated equity value of $1.15 billion by Titan Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company purportedly focused on high-growth fintechs, the parties announced Monday.

  • June 01, 2026

    Ill. Swipe-Fee Law Blocked For Most Banks, Slated For Delay

    A Chicago federal judge ruled Monday that Illinois cannot enforce its landmark ban on tax-and-tip swipe fees against most banks, handing the banking industry a major legal win the same day that state lawmakers voted separately to delay the ban altogether until next year.

  • June 01, 2026

    JPMorgan Defeats Suit Over Transaction Processing Patent

    JPMorgan Chase & Co. was able to dodge a suit accusing it of infringing a patent covering a way to process a financial transaction, after a Delaware federal judge agreed that the patent didn't pass the U.S. Supreme Court's Alice test.

  • June 01, 2026

    2nd Circ. Backs Yacht Forfeiture Absent Proof Of Ownership

    A Second Circuit panel on Monday affirmed a district court decision that authorized the United States to sell a seized superyacht, finding the businessman contesting its sale could not prove he was the yacht's true owner.

  • June 01, 2026

    What End Of SEC Settlement Gag Rule Means For Defendants

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent rescinding of its gag rule prohibiting defendants from publicly denying allegations in settled SEC enforcement actions actually heightens the need to think strategically when negotiating resolutions and pursuing public denials of wrongdoing, say attorneys at Cleary.

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