Banks and fintechs continued to clash over whether crypto firms should be able to pay yield and rewards on stablecoins in competing comments on the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's plans to implement the federal stablecoin law known as the Genius Act.
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OCC Stablecoin Rules Become Battleground For Yield Debate

By Aislinn Keely

Banks and fintechs continued to clash over whether crypto firms should be able to pay yield and rewards on stablecoins in competing comments on the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's plans to implement the federal stablecoin law known as the Genius Act.

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North Korea Victims Fight Crypto Co. Over $71M Frozen Funds

By Ganesh Setty

Individuals with $696 million in judgments against North Korea told a New York federal court that $71 million in crypto assets frozen following a hack they say was perpetrated by North Korea should remain frozen so they can collect on them.

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Vought Says EEOC Diversity Report At Odds With Trump Orders

By Tom Lotshaw

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's acting director, Russell Vought, chided the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for asking federal agencies about gender identity and diversity and inclusion for annual reports on their equal employment opportunity programs.

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ENFORCEMENT & COMPLIANCE

'GothFerrari' Gets 6.5 Years For Role In $250M Crypto Heist

By Bonnie Eslinger

A 20-year-old California man with the nickname "GothFerrari" was sentenced in federal court Wednesday to 78 months behind bars for his role in a sprawling cyber scam involving more than a dozen defendants who stole more than $250 million in cryptocurrency from people across the United States, according to prosecutors.

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Celsius Exec's Help Was Key, Feds Say Before Sentencing

By Emilie Ruscoe

Manhattan federal prosecutors said sentencing for the former chief revenue officer of the defunct cryptocurrency firm Celsius Network should reflect that the executive provided "substantial assistance" to the government as it pursued the conviction of Celsius' former CEO, who eventually pled guilty to misrepresentation and market manipulation charges.

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LITIGATION

Citizens Bank Customer Says Software Vendor Leaked Info

By Sydney Price

Communications software company Sefas Innovation Inc. has been hit with a proposed class action in Massachusetts federal court accusing it of failing to safeguard the data of its clients' customers from cybercriminals, resulting in a breach of its records in April.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

Banks Face Cloudy Rate Horizons As Opt-Outs Spread

Banks and fintechs are grappling with a fragmented, fast-changing consumer lending landscape as more states consider opting out of preemption under the Depository Institutions and Monetary Control Act, which may ultimately lead to a decrease in interstate lending and access to credit, says Marc Franson at Chapman and Cutler.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

Feds Say Stolen BigLaw Deal Info Aided Huge Trading Scheme

By Chris Villani

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday unveiled indictments outlining a massive insider trading scheme that allegedly netted tens of millions of dollars using nonpublic information about mergers and acquisitions worked on by some of the nation's biggest law firms.

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McDermott Is Cutting Its Associate Ranks

By Aebra Coe

McDermott Will & Schulte is downsizing its associate ranks less than a year after the firm was created via a combination of legacy firms McDermott Will & Emery and Schulte Roth & Zabel, the law firm confirmed Wednesday.

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Roberts Says High Court's Job Is To Make Unpopular Rulings

By Katie Buehler

Chief Justice John Roberts said Wednesday that the U.S. Supreme Court often must issue "unpopular" opinions, as the high court faces widespread backlash over its recent ruling limiting the Voting Rights Act's use in challenging racial discrimination in congressional redistricting.

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The Top Law Schools For Every Career Path: Class Of 2025

Where do law school graduates end up once they dive into the job market? Find out which schools came out on top for job placements in BigLaw, federal and state court clerkships, and other legal industry sectors.

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Atty Sanctioned Over Bogus Citations In Forced Labor Case

By Jake Maher

A Maine federal judge has sanctioned an attorney for submitting court filings with fake legal citations to oppose the dismissal of a forced labor trafficking suit against a school, after using an artificial intelligence platform.

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Feds Say 4th Circ. ICE Ruling Doesn't Help Ex-Wis. Judge

By Ryan Boysen

Former Wisconsin state judge Hannah C. Dugan can't use a recent Fourth Circuit ruling to overturn her conviction for obstructing ICE officers, the federal government said Wednesday, calling that ruling "merely relevant" and not at all binding.

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NC Man Pleads Guilty To Doxxing Justice's Home Address

By Bonnie Eslinger

A North Carolina man who posted the home address of a U.S. Supreme Court justice online and suggested violence against members of the high court pled guilty Wednesday to a "doxxing" charge with the intent to "threaten, intimidate, or incite a crime of violence" against the justice.

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Judge Won't Force Hunter Biden's Foreign Agent Registration

By Jack McLoone

A Washington, D.C., federal judge won't force the U.S. Department of Justice to register Hunter Biden as a foreign agent, dismissing a suit brought by a group founded by now-Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller because it can't establish it suffered an injury.

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Actelion Ltd.

Amazon.com Inc.

American Bankers Association

American Bar Association

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

Best Egg

Coinbase Global Inc.

Duke University

Ethereum GmbH

FMR LLC

Ferro Corp.

Friends of Animals

Johnson & Johnson

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

Paypal Holdings Inc.

Permira

The New York Times Co.

eBay Inc.

iRobot Corporation

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Chapman & Cutler

Dechert LLP

Gerstein Harrow

Gimbel Reilly

Goodwin Procter

Justice Law Collaborative

Latham & Watkins

Lowther Walker

McDermott Will & Schulte

Milberg PLLC

Morrison Cohen

Sidley Austin

Strang Bradley

The Berkman Law Office

Verrill Dana

Wachtell Lipton

Weil Gotshal

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

Federal Trade Commission

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

U.S. Attorney's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of North Carolina

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Supreme Court

US Office of Management and Budget

United States District Court for the District of Colorado

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin