Fintech

  • January 17, 2025

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

    This past week in London has seen the family of the late chairman of Leicester City FC sue a helicopter manufacturer for £2.15 billion ($2.63 billion), Vivienne Westwood bring a copyright claim against the late designer's foundation and blockchain giant Tether file a new claim in its ongoing dispute with crypto trading firm Swan Bitcoin. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • January 16, 2025

    Two Sigma Fined $90M Over Investment, Whistleblower Issues

    New York-based Two Sigma has agreed to pay $90 million in fines and has already refunded $165 million to various funds and accounts to put to rest the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's allegations it failed to deal with known issues with its investment models, the SEC announced Thursday.

  • January 16, 2025

    Tech Groups Sue To Topple CFPB Payment Oversight Rule

    Trade groups for Big Tech firms moved Thursday to block the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from supervising their digital payment operations, filing a new lawsuit challenging the agency's recent rule broadening the reach of its oversight.

  • January 16, 2025

    SEC's General Counsel Barbero To Exit As Trump Takes Office

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Thursday that General Counsel Megan Barbero will depart the agency on the day of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, capping a nearly two-year run that saw the agency face setbacks to its regulatory powers before conservative courts, but also notch some important wins.

  • January 16, 2025

    Crypto Firm DRW Wants Out Of SEC's 'Scorched Earth' Suit

    The crypto-trading arm of DRW Holdings says it has become the latest target of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's "scorched-earth enforcement campaign against the crypto-asset industry" in its bid to dismiss a suit alleging it engaged in more than $2 billion in unregistered crypto transactions.

  • January 16, 2025

    SEC Hit With Atty Fee Request Over Rare In-House Loss

    A Michigan-based company that convinced the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to retroactively lift a trading suspension is now arguing that the agency should have to pay the company's attorneys because enforcement staff "lied and misled" in order to obtain the suspension.

  • January 16, 2025

    Yodlee Cannot Escape Consumers' Privacy Invasion Claims

    A California federal judge has ruled financial data aggregator Yodlee must face some customers' allegations that it unlawfully collected user data, saying the remaining plaintiffs have plausibly established their invasion of privacy claims.

  • January 16, 2025

    AmEx Inks $230M Deal Over DOJ, Fed Small Biz Sales Claims

    American Express has signed a nonprosecution agreement and said Thursday it will pay about $230 million to end investigations by the Department of Justice and the Federal Reserve into the financial services company's previous sales practices for some small business customers in the U.S.

  • January 16, 2025

    CFPB Says Block Must Pay Up To $175M Over Cash App

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Thursday that it has ordered Block Inc. to pay up to $175 million for alleged anti-fraud, customer service and dispute resolution failures tied to Cash App, its peer-to-peer mobile payment app.

  • January 15, 2025

    DeFi Upstart Brings On Seasoned Crypto Legal Chief

    Veteran crypto in-house attorney Rebecca Rettig will take on the chief legal officer role at Jito Labs, a developer of products on the Solana blockchain, as the firm's first legal hire, the company announced Thursday.

  • January 15, 2025

    SEC Says Restaurant Tech Co. Misled Investors On AI Product

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reached a non-monetary settlement with Presto Automation Inc. to resolve claims the restaurant technology company made false and misleading statements about aspects of its artificial intelligence product, which uses AI-assisted speech recognition technology to automate aspects of drive-thru order taking at quick-service restaurants.

  • January 15, 2025

    CFPB Serves Up Consumer Protection Roadmap For States

    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is handing off a baton to the states before President Joe Biden's term ends, laying out ideas for how state officials can forge ahead with key priorities — like curbing so-called junk fees — and tap the well of its guidance.  

  • January 15, 2025

    Crypto Co. Kraken's Legal Chief Says He's Stepping Down

    The legal head of Kraken announced Wednesday that he is stepping down as chief legal officer and stepping into a senior adviser role that will see him build a global advisory council at the crypto exchange.

  • January 15, 2025

    Silvergate's Ex-CFO Fires Back At SEC Accounting Claims

    The former chief financial officer of defunct crypto-focused bank Silvergate Capital urged a New York federal judge to toss the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's allegations that he concealed the bank's precarious financial position, saying he didn't have anything to gain from hiding Silvergate's financial woes.

  • January 15, 2025

    Block Pays Regulators $80M Over Cash App AML Compliance

    Jack Dorsey's fintech company Block Inc. has reached an $80 million settlement over alleged anti-money laundering compliance failures by its mobile payments platform Cash App, a coalition of state banking regulators announced Wednesday.

  • January 15, 2025

    9th Circ. Open To Reviving Robinhood Suit Over $2.1B IPO

    Judges on a Ninth Circuit panel appeared open Wednesday to reviving a proposed securities class action alleging Robinhood hid how a "meme stock" and cryptocurrency trading frenzy had impacted its outlook ahead of its $2.1 billion initial public offering, saying the lower court may have applied the wrong standard in tossing the case.

  • January 15, 2025

    SEC Announces Departure Of Top Economist And Accountant

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's chief economist and chief accountant are stepping down, the agency has announced, marking the latest departures given the pending inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.

  • January 15, 2025

    BitMEX Fined $100M For 5 Years Of Flouting US Banking Law

    A Manhattan federal judge slapped BitMEX with a $100 million fine Wednesday, rejecting its suggestion that $110 million of earlier penalties sufficed to punish the offshore crypto exchange for a five-year course of evading U.S. financial controls as it earned $1.3 billion.

  • January 15, 2025

    AI Travel App Co. Mondee Files Ch. 11 With Sale Plans

    Artificial intelligence-supported travel agency application maker Mondee Holdings Inc. filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware, saying it has a baseline offer for the acquisition of its assets and $49 million in financing from existing lenders.

  • January 14, 2025

    Wells Fargo Fights To Drop Officers From Investors' Bias Suit

    Wells Fargo & Co. urged a California federal judge Tuesday to free three executives from a derivative lawsuit filed by shareholders claiming the bank's leadership failed to address the company's discriminatory lending and hiring practices, saying there are no allegations that explain why a presuit demand to the board would have been futile.

  • January 14, 2025

    Latham Grabs Top Spot For 2024 IPOs By Large Margin

    Latham & Watkins LLP guided more initial public offerings than any law firm in 2024, capturing a diverse mix of large listings for companies that seized opportunities to go public as the broader IPO market inched toward recovery, new data shows.

  • January 14, 2025

    CFTC To Review Crypto Co.'s Sports Event Contracts

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission said Tuesday it plans to take a closer look at contracts tied to the outcome of high-profile sporting events trading on digital asset exchange Crypto.com, which self-certified the products in the final days of 2024.

  • January 14, 2025

    Crypto Co.'s Lax Compliance Enabled Hackers, Suit Says

    A proposed class action in California federal court accused digital asset exchange OKX of flouting U.S. laws and allowing criminals to launder stolen funds through its platform, including $725,000 worth of crypto looted from the crypto investor leading the suit.

  • January 14, 2025

    Influencer Says Capital One Steals Link Commissions

    An online content creator has filed a proposed class action against Capital One over an alleged theft of commissions she says are rightfully owed to those responsible for connecting shoppers with products.

  • January 14, 2025

    Frank Exec Wants Fraudster Comparisons Blocked At Trial

    The founder of student financial aid startup Frank has asked a Manhattan federal judge to block prosecutors from comparing her to well-known convicted fraudsters at her upcoming trial on charges that she tricked JPMorgan Chase & Co. into buying her company for $175 million.

Expert Analysis

  • A Look At SEC, CFTC's Record Year For Whistleblower Awards

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    Another banner year shows that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission have developed the gold standard for whistleblower award programs, but a CFTC funding crisis threatens to derail that program's success, say Andrew Feller and Geoff Schweller at Kohn Kohn.

  • What 2024 Trends In Marketing, Comms Hiring Mean For 2025

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    The state of hiring in legal industry marketing, business development and communications over the past 12 months was marked by a number of trends — from changes in the C-suite to lateral move challenges — providing clues for what’s to come in the year ahead, says Ben Curle at Ambition.

  • Expect Continuity In 2025 Anti-Money Laundering Policy

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    The past year has seen a range of anti-money laundering actions from federal financial regulators, and notwithstanding the imminent change from the Biden administration to the Trump administration, continuity may be more prevalent than change in the AML compliance space in 2025, say attorneys at White & Case.

  • 5 Notable Anti-Money Laundering Actions From 2024

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    Regulators' renewed interest in anti-money laundering programs in 2024 led to numerous enforcement actions and individual prosecutions in industries like banking, cryptocurrency and gaming, including the blockbuster TD Bank settlement and investigations of casinos in Nevada, says Michael Beckwith at Dickinson Wright.

  • Series

    Group Running Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    The combination of physical fitness and community connection derived from running with a group of business leaders has, among other things, helped me to stay grounded, improve my communication skills, and develop a deeper empathy for clients and colleagues, says Jessica Shpall Rosen at Greenwald Doherty.

  • Strategies For Home Equity Investment Providers In 2025

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    The home equity investment product market is thriving even amid consumer concerns, regulatory scrutiny and conflicting court decisions, setting the stage for a promising but challenging environment for providers in 2025, say attorneys at Sheppard Mullin.

  • Opinion

    6 Changes I Would Make If I Ran A Law School

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    Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner identifies several key issues plaguing law schools and discusses potential solutions, such as opting out of the rankings game and mandating courses in basic writing skills.

  • Implications Of NY Climate Case For Generating Facilities

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    Regardless of how Greenidge Generation LLC v. New York Department of Environmental Conservation develops on remand, this decision has immediate repercussions for generating facilities seeking permit applications and renewals in New York, likely involving Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act considerations, say attorneys at Hodgson Russ.

  • How CFPB Rule Would Affect Data Brokers And Beyond

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    The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau recently proposed a rule that would not only expand data broker oversight by classifying many as consumer reporting agencies, but would also impose new limitations on companies seeking to obtain information from them, potentially requiring such entities to alter their business models, say attorneys at Orrick.

  • Firms Still Have The Edge In Lateral Hiring, But Buyer Beware

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    Partner mobility data suggests that the third quarter of this year continued to be a buyer’s market, with the average candidate demanding less compensation for a larger book of business — but moving into the fourth quarter, firms should slow down their hiring process to minimize risks, say officers at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.

  • 5th Circ. Crypto Ruling Shows Limits On OFAC Authority

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    The Fifth Circuit's recent decision that immutable smart contracts on the Tornado Cash crypto-transaction software protocol are not "property" subject to Office of Foreign Assets Control jurisdiction may signal that courts can construe OFAC's authority more restrictively after Loper Bright, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.

  • Preparing For The New Restrictions On Investment Into China

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    In light of a new regulatory program governing U.S. investments in China-related technology companies of national security concern, investors should keep several considerations in mind, including the rules' effect on existing and new investments, compliance hurdles, and penalties for noncompliance ahead of the rules' January implementation, say attorneys at Gunderson Dettmer.

  • Think Like A Lawyer: 1 Type Of Case Complexity Stands Out

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    In contrast to some cases that appear complex due to voluminous evidence or esoteric subject matter, a different kind of complexity involves tangled legal and factual questions, each with a range of possible outcomes, which require a “sliding scale” approach instead of syllogistic reasoning, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.

  • FTX Exec's Sentencing Shows Pros And Cons Of Cooperation

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    The sentencing of former FTX tech deputy Gary Wang, whose cooperation netted him a rare outcome of no prison time, offers critical takeaways for attorneys and clients navigating the burgeoning world of crypto-related prosecutions, says Andrew Meck at Whiteford.

  • SEC Custody Rule Creates Crypto Compliance Conundrum

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    While the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's application of the custody rule may be a good faith attempt to enhance consumer protections for client assets, it doesn't appreciate the unique characteristics of crypto-assets, forcing advisers to choose between pursuing their clients' objectives and complying with the rule, say attorneys at Willkie.

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