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Fintech Law360 provides breaking news and analysis on financial technology. Coverage includes legal and regulatory developments in cryptocurrency, including bitcoin and initial coin offerings, as well as electronic payment systems, peer-to-peer lending, algorithmic trading and many other aspects of this fast-evolving area of the law.
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Latest News in Fintech
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November 21, 2024
Tenant Class Attys Get $1.1M Fee In Race Bias Suit Deal
A federal judge awarded a nearly $1.1 million fee to class counsel for housing applicants who accused a tenant screening company of disproportionately excluding Black and Hispanic renters, saying the requested fee was reasonable for the $2.2 million settlement the attorneys struck.
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November 21, 2024
How D&O Coverage Can Aid Against Increased AI Scrutiny
The recent increase in regulatory enforcement and securities class actions stemming from corporate use of artificial intelligence should prompt companies to ensure that their directors and officers liability insurance coverage is appropriately tailored to AI-related risks, say attorneys at Reed Smith.
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November 21, 2024
Prime Core's Ch. 11 Trust Sues To Reclaim $10M Payout
The liquidating trust for Prime Core Technologies Inc., a troubled cryptocurrency technology business, sued in Delaware bankruptcy court Thursday to claw back what it described as a fraudulent transfer of more than $10 million that was paid to a creditor while the company was insolvent.
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November 21, 2024
Grayscale Says Rival In $2M Suit Misled Bitcoin Investors
Digital asset management firm Osprey Funds LLC "engaged in the same conduct" for which it is suing Grayscale Investments LLC in Connecticut state court, Grayscale said in defending itself against a $2 million lawsuit from its smaller rival while also countersuing for violation of the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act.
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November 21, 2024
Crypto Cos. Add New Play In Their Offense Against SEC
Consensys and Crypto.com have adopted a novel strategy of preempting U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement actions by moving to crypto-friendly Texas and filing declaratory lawsuits challenging the SEC's jurisdiction to regulate crypto-assets — an aggressive approach that may pay off, say attorneys at Herrick Feinstein.
Areas of Coverage
- AGENCIES
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
- Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
- Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
- Federal Reserve
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- Federal Trade Commission
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
- U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
- U.S. Department of Justice
- Self-regulatory organizations
- State and international regulators
- POLICY & REGULATION
- OCC Fintech Charter
- Regulatory sandboxes
- Bank Secrecy Act
- Securities Act
- Securities Exchange Act
- Securities Investor Protection Act
- Commodities Exchange Act
- Federal and state guidance on fintech products
- Federal and state legislation
- International banking legislation and regulation
- ENFORCEMENT
- Cryptocurrency and Initial Coin Offering fraud investigations
- Asset and credit freezes
- False advertising of fintech products
- Cybersecurity and privacy matters related to fintech companies
- Spoofing
- Federal criminal matters
- State enforcement actions
- LITIGATION
- Intellectual property matters
- Investor class actions
- Challenges to federal or state regulations
- TRANSACTIONS
- Initial coin offerings
- Mergers and acquisitions of fintech companies
- Private equity and venture capital fundraising for fintech companies
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of law firm fintech practices
- General counsel interviews
Readership
- Fintech lawyers at top law firms
- Corporate counsel, compliance officers and executives for fintech companies
- Information experts at law firms, agencies and companies
- Policymakers at federal and state agencies
- Judges and court staff across the U.S.
- Professors, students and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.