Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will co-chair a joint venture between cryptocurrency exchange OKX and New York Stock Exchange parent Intercontinental Exchange, a partnership aimed at developing infrastructure for "tokenized and digitally native financial products," according to an announcement made Monday.
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Cuomo To Lead OKX-NYSE Parent Crypto Joint Venture

By Hailey Konnath

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will co-chair a joint venture between cryptocurrency exchange OKX and New York Stock Exchange parent Intercontinental Exchange, a partnership aimed at developing infrastructure for "tokenized and digitally native financial products," according to an announcement made Monday.

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OCC Pitches Anti-Illicit Finance Rules For Stablecoin Issuers

By Sarah Jarvis

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a plan Monday to implement Bank Secrecy Act and sanctions compliance standards for stablecoin issuers, folding in a past plan from Treasury Department regulators and marking the latest regulatory proposal under the federal stablecoin framework known as the Genius Act.

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SEC Signals Interest In Novel ETF Rulemaking

By Jessica Corso

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission could soon ask the public what it thinks about new types of exchange-traded funds that some companies have proposed, potentially moving a step closer to writing rules for the fund industry as prediction market ETFs await the agency's approval.

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LITIGATION

Bitcoin Miner Hut 8, Investors Ink $2.3M Merger Settlement

By Katryna Perera

A proposed class of investors in Hut 8 Corp. has reached a $2.3 million settlement with the bitcoin miner to resolve claims that it overpaid for a company with severe operational issues and misled investors about energy and connectivity failures at a Texas facility that was part of the merger.

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ENERGY

CFTC Seeks Input On Energy Perpetual Contracts, 24/7 Trading

By Jessica Corso

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is asking for public input on how it should address around-the-clock trading and perpetual contracts in the energy industry, asking how the industry developments could impact the price of commodities like crude oil.

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PEOPLE

Dentons Adds Ex-Yuga Labs Legal Chief To Corporate Team

By Katryna Perera

The former chief legal officer of Yuga Labs has joined Dentons as a partner in the firm's corporate practice, where he will advise technology companies, investors and financial institutions in the fintech, digital asset and artificial intelligence spaces.

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EXPERT ANALYSIS

What Fed's Fast Track To Account Access Means For Fintechs

Fintechs, stablecoin issuers and other nonbank entities should assess eligibility, compliance demands and operational limits ahead of the Federal Reserve's potential finalization of a payment account framework proposing a faster path to direct access to key payment rails, says Stephen Aschettino at Fox Rothschild.

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Responding To US Labeling Brazilian Gangs As Terrorist Orgs

The Trump administration's recent designation of two Brazilian criminal organizations as foreign terrorists affects companies in multiple sectors that must now assess their exposure and enhance their sanctions, know-your-customer and anti-money-laundering screening programs, say attorneys at King & Spalding.

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LEGAL INDUSTRY

LA Superior Court Gains Prominence With 'Nuclear' Verdicts

By Daniel Moritz-Rabson

Los Angeles County Superior Court was among the country's top sites for awarding big civil damages in recent years, according to a Lex Machina report.

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Office Snapshot: Summer Brings Move For Lathrop GPM In DC

By Jack Rodgers

Lathrop GPM LLP is set to move its office in the nation's capital this summer, leaving the Watergate complex near George Washington University for a smaller space in a building just blocks from the White House.

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The 2026 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey

Lawyers are generally happy being lawyers, but nonequity partners and associates told Law360 Pulse that several aspects of their job leave them feeling dissatisfied. Explore our analysis of these and other findings in the 2026 Law360 Lawyer Satisfaction survey.

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Texas, DOJ Get Judge To End Biden Immigration Rule In 1 Day

By Ganesh Setty

A Texas federal court has approved a deal between Texas and the Trump administration to vacate a Biden-era rule allowing immigration courts to temporarily close cases, the same day Texas filed a lawsuit alleging the policy had created a "de facto amnesty program."

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Clifford Chance Adds Ex-V&E Debt Finance Atty In Houston

By Matt Perez

Clifford Chance LLP announced on Monday the hiring of a former Vinson & Elkins LLP attorney as a finance and derivatives partner in its Houston office.

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NY Rule Rewrite Drops 30-Day Pause For Atty Soliciting

By Emily Sawicki

New York's Appellate Division has adopted new rules of professional conduct on attorney advertising and solicitation, deleting a ban on soliciting clients less than 30 days after an incident.

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NC Becomes First State To Ban Outside Funding Of Civil Suits

By Hayley Fowler

North Carolina has become the first state in the country to ban outside investors from funding civil litigation, after Democratic Gov. Josh Stein signed into law a bill that outlaws third parties from footing the bill for civil suits in exchange for a cut of the payout at the finish line.

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Judge Who Denied Goldstein Retrial Says It Wasn't Close Case

By Rachel Rippetoe

A Maryland federal judge has elaborated on her decision to deny SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein's bid for an acquittal or new trial, saying that the evidence presented at trial either supersedes or invalidates his claims of issues with jury instructions and insufficient or excluded evidence.

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Judicial Noms Still Say Biden Won In 2020 — Technically

By Courtney Bublé

A group of judicial nominees, who earlier this month were the first of the Trump administration's nominees to say President Joe Biden won the 2020 election, reiterated in follow-up statements that Biden won the election "as a matter of law" — doubling down on what critics say is an equivocation on the election's outcome.

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Judge Allows Brazil To Join Trump Suit Against Justice

By Carolina Bolado

A Florida federal judge on Tuesday allowed Brazil to intervene in a suit by President Donald Trump's media company and online video-sharing platform Rumble Inc. against a Brazilian Supreme Federal Court justice's gag orders but deferred ruling on Brazil's motion to dismiss the suit.

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Ahern Rentals Inc.

American Bar Association

American Tort Reform Association

British Broadcasting Corp.

CME Group Inc.

Chiquita Brands International Inc.

Claremont McKenna College

Fordham University

George Washington University

Hay Adams Hotel LP

Johnson & Johnson

LafargeHolcim Ltd.

Lex Machina Inc.

LexisNexis Legal & Professional

LinkedIn Corp.

Meta Platforms Inc.

New York State Bar Association

North Carolina Justice Center

RELX PLC

Starbucks Corp.

Twitter Inc.

LAW FIRMS IN TODAY'S NEWS

Akerman LLP

Boies Schiller

Bronstein Gewirtz

Clifford Chance

DLA Piper

Dentons

Dordick Law

Faegre Drinker

Fenwick & West

Foley Hoag

Fox Rothschild

Gibson Dunn

Greenberg Gross

Hodgson Russ

Jones Day

King & Spalding

Kirkland & Ellis

Lathrop GPM

Munger Tolles

O'Melveny & Myers

Parris Law Firm

Parry Law PLLC

Pomerantz LLP

Troutman

Vinson & Elkins

Winston Taylor

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Commodity Futures Trading Commission

Executive Office for Immigration Review

Federal Reserve System

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Internal Revenue Service

New York Attorney General's Office

New York Department of Financial Services

New York State Unified Court System

North Carolina General Assembly

Office of Foreign Assets Control

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

Texas Attorney General's Office

U.S. Attorney's Office

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

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of State

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District & Bankruptcy Courts of Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

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

U.S. General Services Administration

U.S. Government Accountability Office

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

US Office of Management and Budget