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  • August 05, 2026

    Connex Data Breach Class Action Heads To Mediation

    A Connecticut state court judge has agreed to pause a proposed class action blaming a credit union for a breach of customers' private data while the parties head to a mediation session currently scheduled for September.

  • August 05, 2026

    Loomis Sayles Pulls Plug On $70M Suit Against Citi

    Loomis Sayles said Wednesday that it was dropping a lawsuit accusing Citigroup Global Markets of causing $70 million in trading losses when it fulfilled trades in shares of Shopify Inc. and Colgate-Palmolive Co. in violation of "best execution" practices.

  • August 05, 2026

    Deposit Contracts Do Heavy Lifting As Fraud Moves Upstream

    As courts increasingly find that upstream parties are best positioned to detect red flags in fraud disputes, most recently in Yangtze v. Ohio Valley Trackwork, companies should tighten treasury and deposit agreement verification protocols, indemnity terms, and insurance coordination to reduce exposure, says Nadine Dorsht at Stinson.

  • August 04, 2026

    Goldman Jury Sees Undercover Video As Bribe Trial Nears End

    A federal jury in Brooklyn Tuesday saw a clandestinely recorded video of a former Goldman Sachs banker talking to an acquaintance about what prosecutors say were bribes paid to government officials in Ghana to greenlight a power plant deal, as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act trial enters the home stretch.

  • August 04, 2026

    9th Circ. Upholds Jurisdiction In $22M Chinese Debtor Case

    The Ninth Circuit ruled in a published opinion Monday that a physically present defendant need not be personally served in order for a court to have personal jurisdiction, affirming the enforcement of a $22.2 million Chinese arbitral award in a case centering on a defaulted loan.

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