Fintech Cos., States Split On Scope Of Prediction Market Regs

By Aislinn Keely

Fintech platforms have told the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission that few events should be off-limits for trading as the agency crafts rules for prediction markets, while tribes, consumer groups and states are calling on the agency to ban sports markets altogether as off-label gambling.

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Kalshi 'Swimming Upstream' In Appeal, Mass. Justices Say

By Julie Manganis

Prediction market KalshiEX may be facing long odds in its effort to convince Massachusetts' highest court that its sports-related offerings are governed by federal commodities regulators and not subject to state gaming laws, several justices suggested Monday.

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Trump-Backed Firm Says Crypto Exec Ran Smear Campaign

By Sydney Price

Trump family-tied crypto firm World Liberty Financial LLC hit back at crypto billionaire Justin Sun with a defamation suit Monday, claiming he bet against a token he publicly hyped as part of an alleged short-and-distort scheme.

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SEC Seals $26M Judgment Against Investment Adviser

By Matthew Santoni

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has finalized a $25.6 million disgorgement judgment against the former CEO of investment firm Vesta Advisors LLC, which a Pennsylvania federal court said had been satisfied by his restitution and forfeiture in his criminal case.

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SEC Investigating Private Credit Market Fraud, Atkins Says

By Jessica Corso

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins said Monday that the agency is investigating allegations of fraud in the private credit markets as default rates rise and investors are increasingly exiting the space.

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Calif. Tribes Back Stay In Kalshi Case Before 9th Circ. Rules

By Joyce Hanson

Three California tribes have asked a federal judge to stay their litigation seeking to stop prediction market platforms from conducting what they say is illegal gambling on their lands, saying they can wait until the Ninth Circuit rules on their appeal challenging a denied preliminary injunction.

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Gas Stations Bound To Visa Swipe Fee Deal, 2nd Circ. Says

By Bryan Koenig

A Second Circuit panel refused Monday to let a group of gas stations separately sue Visa and Mastercard over their swipe fees, holding the would-be plaintiffs cannot get out of a $5.6 billion antitrust settlement the credit card giants inked with merchants.

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Ex-Google Worker Says Co. Can't Dodge Cancer Firing Suit

By MJ Koo

A former Google Cloud salesman who claims the company fired him during cancer treatment to avoid a nearly $4 million life insurance payout told a Connecticut federal court that Google's latest bid to dismiss his suit should be denied.

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Catching Up With Delaware's Chancery Court

By Jarek Rutz

The Delaware Chancery Court this past week handled a wide-ranging docket of deal disputes, advancement fights, stockholder suits and contract claims, with several matters turning on timing, forum limits and the remedies available when transactions or governance agreements break down.

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5 Firms Guide Long Lake's $6.3B Amex Travel Unit Purchase

By Al Barbarino

American Express Global Business Travel said Monday it has agreed to be acquired by Long Lake Management in an all-cash deal valuing the corporate travel company at about $6.3 billion that was steered by five law firms.

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WilmerHale Adds SEC Veteran As Financial Services Partner

By Sydney Price

WilmerHale has added a former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission deputy director as a partner in its securities and financial services department, the firm announced on Monday.

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Framing Membership Filings To Anticipate FINRA's Concerns

Recent updates to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s membership application program should remind firm management to treat the filing process not as a compliance chore, but as a test of operational and regulatory readiness where they can anticipate and address FINRA's concerns, says Andrew Mount at Eversheds Sutherland.

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2 AI Snafus Show Why Attys Can't Outsource Judgment

The recent incident involving Sullivan & Cromwell where citations in a filed motion were fabricated by artificial intelligence, as well as a punitive ruling from the Sixth Circuit in U.S. v. Farris, demonstrate that the obligation to supervise AI has belonged and always will belong to lawyers, says John Powell at the Kentucky School Boards Association.

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The 2026 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey: Make Your Voice Heard

How is your work-life balance? Are you content with your compensation and opportunities for advancement at work? Take the 2026 Law360 Lawyer Satisfaction Survey and share your thoughts.

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DOJ Atty Faces Possible Discipline Over DHS 'Lack Of Candor'

By Lauren Berg

A Rhode Island federal judge, whom the U.S. Department of Homeland Security criticized for releasing a noncitizen with an alleged overseas warrant for homicide, on Tuesday said she is referring an assistant U.S. attorney for disciplinary proceedings for not disclosing the warrant to her beforehand.

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Approach The Bench: Justice Bacon On School Accreditation

By Cara Bayles and Steven Trader

State high courts are responsible for regulating the legal profession in their jurisdictions, and so New Mexico Supreme Court Justice C. Shannon Bacon thinks it's only right that justices reevaluate the principles behind law school accreditation.

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Ga. Justices Sanction Asst. DA For AI Errors In Murder Case

By Lauren Berg

The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday sanctioned a Clayton County assistant district attorney for filing briefs that contained nonexistent case citations generated by artificial intelligence in a murder defendant's bid for a new trial, saying the prosecutor's misconduct has "sidetracked" the justices from delving into the merits of the appeal.

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High Court Clarity On Subpoenas Creates Murky Path For AGs

By Carla Baranauckas

The U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous decision that the New Jersey Attorney General's Office infringed free speech by asking an anti-abortion nonprofit to release donor names gives nonprofits and companies more leverage for challenging subpoenas at the outset, although the question remains if and how attorneys general and other enforcers can ultimately obtain sought-after information following a constitutional affront.

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FCC Chair Carr Promotes 6 In Key Legal, Policy Roles

By Christopher Cole

The Federal Communications Commission's staff are playing musical chairs, and it means high-level promotions for a half-dozen legal aides of agency chief Brendan Carr.

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SEC Lifts NY Atty's Lifetime Practice Ban

By Katryna Perera

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday lifted a lifetime ban preventing a New York attorney from practicing before the agency, following an attempt to leverage a client's testimony before the SEC.

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