Minn. Prediction Market Ban Gets Temporarily Blocked

By Hailey Konnath

A Minnesota federal judge on Monday issued a temporary injunction blocking the state's first-of-its kind law banning prediction markets, ruling that the state likely overstepped its authority just days before the measure was set to take effect.

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Kalshi To 'Geofence' Nevada After Regulators Expose Gap

By Aislinn Keely

Kalshi will implement additional tech tools to block Nevada users from its platform or face daily six-figure fines after the state's gambling regulators showed they could still place trades in the state despite a standing court order barring the prediction market platform from serving Nevada residents.

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FTX's $1.8B Clawback Suit Against Binance, Zhao Can Proceed

By Sarah Jarvis

A Delaware federal bankruptcy judge has allowed FTX's bankruptcy estate to continue to try to claw back a $1.76 billion payment to the cryptocurrency platform though she trimmed certain claims.

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NY AG Says States Must Have Power To Police Crypto, Ethics

By Aislinn Keely

New York Attorney General Letitia James called on federal lawmakers Monday to amend a pending proposal to regulate crypto markets to give states more latitude to protect consumers, go after scammers and hold government officials like the president accountable for profiting from the industry.

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NY AG Urges 2nd Circ. To Deny Kalshi Sports Bet Ban Shield

By Sydney Price

New York regulators urged the Second Circuit to deny Kalshi's request for an emergency order that would allow the prediction market company to continue conducting business in New York while its challenge to the state's gambling laws is resolved, arguing the company's operations are both prohibited and predatory.

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Kalshi Seeks To Keep Operating In Wash. Pending Appeal

By Katryna Perera

Kalshi has urged a Washington judge to pause a recent order granting the state attorney general's bid to preliminarily enjoin the prediction market platform from operating within the state, saying the injunction causes Kalshi to face a "'Hobson's choice' between state enforcement and its federal duties."

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Crypto Hedge Fund Manager Gets 3 Years For Tax Evasion

By Craig Clough

A crypto hedge fund manager who renounced his U.S. citizenship and moved to the Cayman Islands was sentenced to over three years in prison for tax evasion, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas said Monday.

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Amex Bracing For Enforcement Action Amid AML Scrutiny

By Jon Hill

American Express Co. may face regulatory fines over its anti-money-laundering compliance programs and has been working to "identify and remediate deficiencies" in them, according to its latest public investor disclosures.

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From Order To Regulation: How EOs Are Reshaping Banking

The pattern of regulatory activity emerging in the wake of the Trump administration's first 18 months of executive orders makes clear that financial institutions should treat presidential directives as early warning signs and not wait for final rules to assess the accompanying compliance impact, says Jonathan Kolodziej at Bradley.

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Using Disclosure Process Defense In Securities Fraud Cases

Courts' recent endorsement of the involvement-of-counsel defense in securities fraud litigation has clarified that its use depends on how evidence is used, carrying important lessons for presenting evidence of a disclosure process to undermine scienter, say attorneys at Sidley.

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Judges On AI: Examining Administrative, Organizational Uses

U.S. District Judge Alan Albright of the Western District of Texas examines how artificial intelligence could transform a court's ability to deal with administrative work and organize materials when preparing for hearings or drafting opinions, thereby affording judges more time to resolve contested issues.

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Trader In BigLaw Deal-Tipping Scheme To Plead Guilty

By Chris Villani

A Florida resident is set to plead guilty to his alleged role in a sweeping scheme to trade on insider information about impending acquisitions that was stolen from major law firms, according to a court filing Tuesday.

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Simpson Thacher Stock Work Hurt 2 Companies, Jury Told

By Madison Arnold

The chief financial officer for an insurance company told a Florida jury Tuesday that a stock drop for Patriot National Inc. — which is suing Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP for malpractice for allegedly putting together a shoddy securities offering — dramatically affected his own business as well.

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AT&T Whistleblower Told To Cut Facts From Ethics Case Filing

By Sue Reisinger

Former AT&T in-house counsel and whistleblower Theodore Marcus has been asked to delete part of his response to professional misconduct charges pending against him in Washington, D.C., because the filing allegedly contains privileged information.

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1st Circ. Asked To Save Mayer Brown $21M Fee Bid In RI Suit

By Linda Chiem

The American Trucking Associations told the First Circuit that its attorneys at Mayer Brown LLP reasonably justified their request for $21 million in fees and costs after securing "substantial" wins in long-running litigation over Rhode Island's truck tolling program, disputing a district court's determination that the trucking trade group wasn't actually a "prevailing party."

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Winston Taylor Seeks Sanction Against Ex-Client Hunter Biden

By Rae Ann Varona

Winston Taylor urged a D.C. state court on Monday to sanction its former client Hunter Biden in its legal bills collection suit, saying the former president's son destroyed Signal communications that would have proved he understood that he owes the law firm more than $50,000.

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Court Is In Session Whenever A Judge Says It Is, 6th Circ. Told

By Susan Smiley

Court is wherever and whenever a judge says it is, counsel for a Detroit judge told a Sixth Circuit panel Tuesday, arguing that subjecting a student to a mock arrest and trial because she fell asleep during a field trip was within his jurisdiction.

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Senate Confirms Jay Clayton As National Intelligence Chief

By Madeline Lyskawa

The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Jay Clayton as director of national intelligence, two weeks after Clayton, the former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, refused to answer who he thought won the 2020 election during his confirmation hearing.

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Queens Defenders Head Gets 3.5 Years For Looting The Nonprofit

By Pete Brush

A Brooklyn federal judge on Tuesday sentenced the former director of the Queens Defenders to more than 3.5 years in prison after the longtime attorney admitted to a course of embezzlement that destroyed the group dedicated to legal services for the poor.

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