Law360 Names 2026's Top Attorneys Under 40

Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2026, our list of more than 160 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

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NY Takes Aim At Kalshi's 'Illegal Gambling Operation'

By Alex Lawson

New York sued Kalshi in state court early Friday, alleging that the prediction market giant is running a vast "illegal gambling operation" by allowing customers to trade on the outcomes of events across sports, politics and culture.

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CFTC Fines George Santos Over Prediction Market Trades

By Aislinn Keely

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission ordered convicted former U.S. Rep. George Santos to pay $35,000 to settle claims he manipulated a prediction market on whether he would attend the 2026 State of the Union address.

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SwervePay Sellers Awarded $120M In Merger Fraud Suit

By Rae Ann Varona

The Delaware Chancery Court on Friday awarded more than $120 million to sellers of former e-payment facilitator SwervePay who claimed buyers duped them into a merger by overstating payment volumes by the tens of billions, saying the buyers' intent to induce the sellers into the fraudulent transaction was "plain as day."

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OCC, FDIC Unveil Bid To Rewrite Community Lending Rules

By Jon Hill

Federal regulators on Friday launched their latest push to update long-standing community lending rules for banks, issuing a new proposal that officials say would better tailor requirements by bank size and ensure financing isn't "diverted to activist causes."

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Fed Pitches New Rules On Loans To Bank 'Insiders'

By Sarah Jarvis

The Federal Reserve Board on Friday proposed updates to its rule limiting the loans a bank can offer its executives, board members and major shareholders who could influence the bank's lending decisions, saying the updates to outdated monetary thresholds aim to help community bank leaders.

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UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

By Laura Stewart Liberty

The past week in London has seen George Michael's estate bring an intellectual property claim against the late star's friend over footage shared online, collapsed law firm Axiom Ince sue the U.K. branch of State Bank of India and Ryanair face a group claim from 262 people. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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3 Firms Steer TMX Group's $2.3B US Exchange Combo Deal

By Al Barbarino

Toronto Stock Exchange operator TMX Group has agreed to take a controlling stake in MEMX and combine the U.S. exchange operator with options market BOX, in a deal that values the combined business at about $2.3 billion. 

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Roundup

Taxation With Representation: Latham, Matheson, S&C, Weil

By Zak Kostro

In this week's Taxation With Representation, DCC Energy PLC backs a takeover offer from investment firm KKR and Energy Capital Partners, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange acquires MarketAxess Holdings Inc., and Grant Thornton Advisors LLC buys professional services adviser CBIZ Inc.

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Tips For Issuers Left In Lurch Without Genius Act Final Rules

The compliance runway envisioned by the Genius Act is steadily shrinking after regulators failed to finalize all the required implementing regulations by July 18, so stablecoin issuers should begin implementing "no-regrets" compliance measures and securing outside vendors before the law takes full effect in January, says David Zaslowsky at Baker McKenzie.

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How Does In-House Pay Compare? Take The Law360 Survey

How do in-house salaries vary across industries, roles, and organizational revenue? What compensation tools are companies using to lure top talent? Help Law360 Pulse answer these questions and more in this year's In-House Compensation Survey.

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Law360's Legal Lions Of The Week

By Andrea Keckley

Two Texas personal injury firms lead this week's edition of Law360 Legal Lions for their work securing a $604 million verdict against a freight broker and logistics company for their roles in a deadly 2021 highway collision.

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Goldstein Launches Appeal Of Tax, Mortgage Fraud Case

By Jared Foretek

Imprisoned SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein is formally launching a Fourth Circuit appeal challenging his 12 convictions for tax and mortgage fraud, as well as his six-year prison sentence and the $3.1 million restitution judgment against him, according to a new filing from his attorneys.

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Judges Rip DHS GC's 'Worst' Posts As Intimidation Campaign

By Jake Maher

Sitting federal judges on Friday blasted the general counsel of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for "painting a target" on judges' backs in a recent series of social media posts attacking judges who ruled against the Trump administration in immigration cases and called on him to take them down.

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NY Public Defense Org. Denies Union's ULP Claims

By Andrea Keckley

The Neighborhood Defender Services of Harlem's leadership on Friday denied allegations from the union representing its more than 100 employees that it has offered unlawful incentives to break its ongoing strike.

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Hub Hires: Pierson Ferdinand, Biogen, FisherBroyles

By Chris Villani

While not as sizzling as the temperatures or the Red Sox, the Boston legal market remained hot through the month of July, with Hogan Lovells Cadwalader adding a mergers and acquisitions partner, Pierson Ferdinand snagging a veteran litigator and Foley & Lardner hiring a finance attorney.

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Roundup

GC Cheat Sheet: The Hottest Corporate News Of The Week

By Michele Gorman

There has been a wave of cases alleging employers and their insurance brokers violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, and experts say this marks an increasing litigation trend. In the meantime, the American Bar Association is eyeing the elimination of the first of multiple diversity-related law school standards. These are among the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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In Case You Missed It: Hottest Firms And Stories On Law360

For those who missed out, here's a look back at the law firms, stories and expert analyses that generated the most buzz on Law360 last week.

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