The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is employing a creative use of a Dodd-Frank Act provision to fashion itself a form of authority over crypto spot markets after the Clarity Act failed to move forward, an effort that experts say will draw industry applause and state scrutiny.
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is employing a creative use of a Dodd-Frank Act provision to fashion itself a form of authority over crypto spot markets after the Clarity Act failed to move forward, an effort that experts say will draw industry applause and state scrutiny.
Kalshi is asking the entire bench of Sixth Circuit judges to take another look at a September ruling that declined to shield its sports event contracts from Ohio and Tennessee gambling regulators, arguing recent rule proposals from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission "substantially undermine" the appeals court's decision.
Bank of America was hit with $1.21 billion in fines from the U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday, with regulators alleging "widespread breakdowns in internal controls" related to the Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering compliance at the nation's second-largest bank.
The Second Circuit has declined to revive a 53-count suit alleging Voyager Digital's former bank, Metropolitan Commercial Bank, was complicit in the now-defunct crypto lender's fraud, agreeing with the lower court that the suit failed to allege the bank knew about Voyager's fraud or aided in it.
Mayer Brown LLP has grown its capital markets offerings in New York with the addition of a former senior special counsel at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Newly proposed interagency guidance on banks’ third-party risk management would shift rigid compliance frameworks to a principles-based, risk-proportionate approach, potentially creating new opportunities for bank-fintech partnerships and giving smaller institutions a clearer path to innovation, say attorneys at Davis Wright.
A nonprofit government watchdog on Wednesday asked the State Bar of California to investigate whether the new White House press secretary has claimed to be an attorney without being licensed to practice law.
A former BigLaw associate accused of insider trading is seeking records from ex-employers Sidley Austin LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP and Goodwin Procter LLP to help fight charges that he tipped others about nonpublic deals the firms were working on.
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP is urging a California federal court to order an entrepreneur to arbitrate malpractice claims stemming from the firm's representation of her in a sexual harassment claim against a technology investor as it seeks to collect more than $1.7 million in unpaid fees.
A Baker Botts LLP patent attorney has moved for almost $3.4 million in attorney fees and expenses in a defamation suit an inventor brought against her that was dismissed.
A New Jersey state court dismissed an adult daycare company's suit against Fox Rothschild LLP and one of its attorneys related to their prosecution of a fraudulent loan lawsuit that led to a $65,000 sanction against the firm, according to a court order.
American businessman John Textor has filed a legal malpractice suit in Florida against DLA Piper over the firm's representation in connection with an investment vehicle he created to acquire soccer clubs in the United Kingdom and other countries, claiming his damages could exceed hundreds of millions of dollars.
