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Google's Payments Unit Sues Over CFPB Supervision Order
Google on Friday sued the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in D.C. federal court almost immediately after the regulator said it ordered formal supervision for the tech giant's payments arm based on potential risks to consumers, a designation to which Google previously objected.
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August 11, 2025
2nd Circ. Revives Hezbollah Terrorism Suit Against Bank
The Second Circuit held Monday that a Lebanese bank is subject to the personal jurisdiction of New York courts on claims over its predecessor's alleged assistance to Hezbollah, citing the state highest court's certified answer in the case while also reasoning that the bank being subjected to the state's jurisdiction was foreseeable.
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August 11, 2025
Calif. Trader To Pay SEC $358K Over Spoofing Allegations
A former day trader has agreed to give the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission nearly $358,000 to end claims he manipulated options markets by means of so-called spoofing, illegally making about $234,000.
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August 11, 2025
'Flipping NJ' Developer Fights Charges, Citing Habba's Role
A New Jersey real estate developer and influencer, who is accused of running a Ponzi-like investment fraud scheme and laundering drug money, on Monday became the latest defendant to seek dismissal of his indictment over what he says was the illegal appointment of Alina Habba as acting U.S. attorney for the Garden State.
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August 11, 2025
FINRA Fines Goldman Over IPO Conflicts Of Interest
Investment banking giant Goldman Sachs has agreed to pay the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority $250,000 to end claims it failed to bring in an independent underwriter to work on a registration statement for a $700 million initial public offering in which Goldman had a conflict of interest.
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August 11, 2025
Paxos Is Latest Crypto Firm To Seek OCC Bank Charter
Stablecoin issuer Paxos Trust Co. LLC said Monday that it has applied to become licensed and supervised by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, joining a wave of digital asset firms that are now pursuing U.S. banking charters from the agency.
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August 11, 2025
Justices Told USAA's $218M Win Threatened By Inconsistency
The Federal Circuit's decision to let the Patent Trial and Appeal Board invalidate patents at the heart of the United Services Automobile Association's recently reversed $218 million infringement verdict against PNC Bank, endorsed allowing government agencies to issue contradictory rulings without explaining themselves, USAA has told the U.S. Supreme Court.
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August 11, 2025
2nd Circ. Revives Ex-Fed Worker's COVID Vax Exemption Suit
The Second Circuit has revived a former employee's claims against the Federal Reserve Bank of New York over its COVID-19 vaccination requirement, saying Monday there was a disputed issue of fact over whether the executive assistant had a genuine religious objection.
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August 11, 2025
CRE Fintech Firm Securities Paused For Possible Arbitration
A proposed class action accusing real estate platform CrowdStreet of enabling a $63 million fraud was paused Monday to allow individual arbitration to decide if the investors' claims can proceed.
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August 11, 2025
Judge To Order Bond, Sanctions In Crypto Miner's Ch. 11
A Delaware bankruptcy judge said Monday she would require the creditors that petitioned to force a cryptocurrency mining operation into Chapter 11 to post a multimillion-dollar bond in case their petition is dismissed.
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August 11, 2025
3 Firms Guide Western Union's $500M Purchase Of Intermex
Financial services firm Western Union Co. will acquire money transfer service International Money Express Inc., known as Intermex, in a $500 million all-cash deal led by Sidley Austin LLP, Holland & Knight LLP and Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP.
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August 11, 2025
Mayer Brown Adds Ex-Jones Day Partner To Finance Team
Mayer Brown LLP expanded its financial advisory resources in Chicago with the recent addition of an attorney who moved his transactional practice after more than seven years at Jones Day.
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August 11, 2025
Terraform Founder Set To Plead Out Of $40B Fraud Case
Terraform founder Do Kwon is on track to enter a guilty plea in his $40 billion criminal fraud case, a Manhattan federal judge said Monday, in an order that comes ahead of a scheduled 2026 trial and amid weeks of talks between his lawyers and prosecutors.
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August 11, 2025
Investors Sue CTO Realty Over Alleged Dividend Deception
A proposed class of shareholders in retail-focused real estate investment trust CTO Realty Growth Inc. filed a lawsuit in Florida federal court claiming the REIT misled them about its financial metrics, the sustainability of dividends and the profitability of an Atlanta mixed-use community.
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August 08, 2025
CFPB Preps Complaint Against Failed Fintech Firm Synapse
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is getting ready to file a complaint against bankrupt Synapse Financial Technologies on allegations it failed to properly keep track of consumer funds and left as much as $90 million in consumer funds unrecovered, the fintech firm's trustee has told a bankruptcy judge in California.
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August 08, 2025
Frank Founder, Exec Can't Undo JPMorgan Fraud Convictions
Charlie Javice, the startup founder convicted of lying to JPMorgan Chase ahead of its $175 million purchase of her college-aid website Frank, and her former colleague have failed to show good reasons why they should now be acquitted, the judge on her case has found.
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August 08, 2025
9th Circ. Says Ex-Atty Sued By CFPB Still On Hook For $243M
The Ninth Circuit refused to free a disbarred attorney from a $243 million order that included civil penalties to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for his role in a student loan scam, finding no genuine dispute whether the former lawyer violated consumer protection law.
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August 08, 2025
BofA Must Face Trust Property Suit, Ga. Judge Says
A Georgia federal judge refused to let Bank of America escape a proposed class action accusing it of overcharging residential trusts for insurance, ruling in part that the named plaintiff can seek damages for his breach of trust claim against the bank.
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August 08, 2025
Tight Budget Not Enough To Justify Delay In PrivatBank Case
A Florida federal magistrate judge has denied the U.S. State Department's bid to pause litigation by two associates of the former owners of Ukraine's largest bank, ruling that heavy workloads due to budget constraints do not justify delaying the case.
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August 08, 2025
DC Circ. Hands Banker's Estate Win In IRS Whistleblower Bid
A split D.C. Circuit sided with the estate of a former banker at Rabobank in ruling Friday that the Internal Revenue Service used the wrong legal standard to deny him an award for contributing to investigations into two companies' tax avoidance scheme.
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August 08, 2025
Trump Planning Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Stock Sale This Year
The Trump administration may move to sell stock in federally backed mortgage bundlers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, with officials discussing the details of a possible sale later this year.
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August 08, 2025
GOP Sens. Call For Overhaul Of Bank Supervisory Warnings
Republican senators are pressing federal regulators for an overhaul of how they flag and track supervisory concerns at banks, warning that the current system of confidential notices lacks legal grounding and is "increasingly opaque, ineffective and inconsistent."
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August 08, 2025
Feds Rip Cuellar's Bid To Ax Entire Bribery Indictment
Federal prosecutors on Friday urged a Texas federal court to reject U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar's bid to toss his entire indictment for bribery, saying its decision to strike some counts does not deprive the lawmaker of his Fifth Amendment right to have a grand jury determine what charges he should face.
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August 08, 2025
Conn. Legislation Highlights In The 1st Half Of 2025
The highest-profile bill of Connecticut's 2025 legislative session was the state's two-year, $55.8 billion budget, which increased salaries for judges, boosted access to early childhood education programs and made changes to corporate taxes that are expected to raise around $350 million. But lawmakers also tackled issues in family, criminal and employment law, with mixed success.
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August 08, 2025
Fight Over Choice Of Arbitrator Lands In Mass. Court
A weekslong disagreement over whether JAMS or the American Arbitration Association will serve as arbitrator in a dispute between a North Carolina bank and an employee in Massachusetts ended up in the place both sides were trying to avoid: a state court in Massachusetts.
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August 08, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission target a British investor over a $10 million microcap fraud scheme, Merck Sharp & Dohme move against Halozyme Inc. following a recent clash over its patented cancer medicine, and Birmingham City Council sue a school minibus operator years after ending its contract over DBS check failures. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
Expert Analysis
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A Simple Way Courts Can Help Attys Avoid AI Hallucinations
As attorneys increasingly rely on generative artificial intelligence for legal research, courts should consider expanding online quality control programs to flag potential hallucinations — permitting counsel to correct mistakes and sparing judges the burden of imposing sanctions, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl and Connors.
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Surveying The Changing Overdraft Fee Landscape
Despite recent federal moves that undermine consumer overdraft fee protections, last year’s increase in fee charges suggests banks will face continued scrutiny via litigation and state regulation, says Amanda Kurzendoerfer at Bates White.
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What's At Stake In High Court Review Of Funds' Right To Sue
The U.S. Supreme Court's upcoming review of FS Credit Opportunities v. Saba Capital Master Fund, a case testing the limits of using Investment Company Act Section 47(b) to give funds a private right of action to enforce other sections of the law, could either encourage or curb similar activist investor lawsuits, say attorneys at Goodwin.
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Handling Sanctions Risk Cartel Control Brings To Mexico Port
Companies operating in or trading with Mexico should take steps to mitigate heightened exposure triggered by routine port transactions following the U.S. Treasury’s recent unequivocal statement that a foreign terrorist organization controls the port of Manzanillo, says Jeremy Paner at Hughes Hubbard.
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The Road Ahead For Digital Assets Looks Promising
With new legislation expected to accelerate the adoption of blockchain technology, and with regulators taking a markedly more permissive approach to digital assets, the convergence of traditional finance and decentralized finance is closer than ever, say attorneys at Dechert.
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Unpacking The Supreme Court's Views On Judgment Finality
The U.S. Supreme Court's June opinion in BLOM Bank SAL v. Honickman reaffirmed that the bar for reopening a final judgment remains exceptionally high — even when the movant seeks to amend their complaint based on a new legal development, say attorneys at Venable.
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Series
Creating Botanical Art Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Pressing and framing plants that I grow has shown me that pursuing an endeavor that brings you joy can lead to surprising benefits for a legal career, including mental clarity, perspective and even a bit of humility, says Douglas Selph at Morris Manning.
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Supreme Court's Criminal Law Decisions: The Term In Review
Though the U.S. Supreme Court’s criminal law decisions in its recently concluded term proved underwhelming by many measures, their opinions revealed trends in how the justices approach criminal cases and offered reminders for practitioners, says Kenneth Notter at MoloLamken.
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Compliance Is A New Competitive Edge For Mortgage Lenders
So far, 2025 has introduced state and federal regulatory turbulence that is pressuring mortgage lenders to reevaluate the balance between competitive and compliant employee and customer recruiting practices, necessitating a compliance recalibration that prioritizes five key strategies, say attorneys at Mitchell Sandler.
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Even As States Step Up, They Can't Fully Fill CFPB's Shoes
The Trump administration's efforts to scale down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have prompted calls for state regulators to pick up the slack, but there are also important limitations on states' ability to fill the gap left by a mostly dormant CFPB, say attorneys at Covington.
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Opinion
The Legal Education Status Quo Is No Longer Tenable
As underscored by the fallout from California’s February bar exam, legal education and licensure are tethered to outdated systems, and the industry must implement several key reforms to remain relevant and responsive to 21st century legal needs, says Matthew Nehmer at The Colleges of Law.
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What Dismissal Rulings May Mean For ERISA Forfeiture Cases
Following an influx of Employee Retirement Income Security Act class actions challenging the long-standing practice of plan sponsors using plan forfeitures to offset employer contributions, recent motion to dismiss rulings and a U.S. Department of Labor amicus brief may encourage more courts to reject plaintiffs' forfeiture theories, say attorneys at Mayer Brown.
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'Pig Butchering' Seizure Is A Milestone In Crypto Crime Fight
The U.S.' recent seizure of $225 million in crypto funds in a massive "pig butchering" scheme highlights the transformative impact of blockchain analysis in law enforcement, and the increasing necessity of collaboration between law enforcement agencies, cryptocurrency exchanges and stablecoin issuers, says David Zaslowsky at Baker McKenzie.
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The Pros, Cons Of A Single Commissioner Leading The CFTC
While a single-member U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission may require fewer resources and be more efficient, its internal decision-making process would be less transparent to those outside the agency, reflect less compromise between competing viewpoints and provide the public with less predictability, says former CFTC Commissioner Dan Berkovitz.
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E-Discovery Quarterly: Rulings On Relevance Redactions
In recent cases addressing redactions that parties sought to apply based on the relevance of information — as opposed to considerations of privilege — courts have generally limited a party’s ability to withhold nonresponsive or irrelevant material, providing a few lessons for discovery strategy, say attorneys at Sidley.