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Google's Payments Unit Sues Over CFPB Supervision Order
Google on Friday sued the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in D.C. federal court almost immediately after the regulator said it ordered formal supervision for the tech giant's payments arm based on potential risks to consumers, a designation to which Google previously objected.
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March 21, 2025
Loan Servicer Faces 'Zombie Mortgage' Truth In Lending Suit
A mortgage loan servicer that allegedly tried to charge a North Carolina borrower $160,000 for a mortgage he discharged in bankruptcy during the Great Recession got hit with a proposed federal class action accusing it and a trust that purportedly attempted to foreclose his house of violating the Truth in Lending Act.
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March 21, 2025
Treasury Lifts Sanctions Against Crypto Mixer Tornado Cash
The U.S. Department of the Treasury said Friday that it has removed U.S. government sanctions against cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash, ending the Biden-era blacklisting after the Fifth Circuit said last year that key code underpinning the service wasn't sanctionable.
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March 21, 2025
CFPB Says Comerica Trying To Forestall Agency Suit
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau told a Texas federal judge on Friday that Comerica Bank was merely trying to use a lawsuit against the agency to forestall an enforcement action over the bank's handling of a government benefit card program.
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March 21, 2025
Cigna Wants Fees After Being Cleared In Payment IP Row
Cigna has urged a Texas federal court to award it legal fees in a case where it was cleared of infringing a card payment patent, saying the patent owner was trying to get the court to rule that a Federal Circuit ruling on the same patent in another case was wrong.
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March 21, 2025
Ex-UBS North America CEO Agrees To $4.9M FBAR Judgment
The former North American CEO for Swiss bank UBS on Friday agreed to a $4.9 million judgment to end claims that he failed to file timely or accurate foreign bank account reports with the Internal Revenue Service between 2003 and 2013.
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March 21, 2025
Fed Defends Swipe Fee Cap Against Ky. Pizzeria's Challenge
The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday asked a Kentucky federal judge to uphold its existing cap on debit card swipe fees, defending the regulatory measure's substantive and procedural merits in a suit brought by a family-owned pizza shop operating in the state.
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March 21, 2025
Conn. Firm Appeals Client's Win In Suit Over Email Scam
The Connecticut law firm Mancini Provenzano & Futtner LLC says it will appeal a negligence verdict won by a client after a fraudster infiltrated one of its attorney's emails and tricked the client into wiring $90,586 to an incorrect account.
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March 21, 2025
US-Swiss Agreement Exempts Retirees' Dividends, IRS Says
U.S. retirement accounts, including trusts, qualified annuity plans and other schemes, are exempt from Swiss taxes on dividends from Swiss companies in which they don't own a controlling interest, according to a U.S.-Switzerland competent authority agreement released Friday by the IRS.
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March 21, 2025
Spencer Fane Adds Armstrong Teasdale Debt Finance Chair
Spencer Fane LLP has hired the former chair of Armstrong Teasdale LLP's debt finance practice, who is joining the firm in St. Louis as a partner in several practices related to financial and corporate services, according to a recent announcement.
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March 21, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen a sub-postmaster sue the Post Office and Fujitsu, Russian insurer Ingosstrakh hit the Financial Times with a defamation claim, and Britvic-owned Robinsons Soft Drinks file a passing off claim against Aldi. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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March 21, 2025
High Court Says Misleading Statements To FDIC Not Criminal
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday overturned a Seventh Circuit ruling that upheld the conviction of a former Chicago alderman for making false statements about loans from a defunct bank, clarifying that the federal law in question criminalizes false statements but not those that are merely misleading.
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March 20, 2025
OCC Says It Will Stop Examining Banks For Reputation Risk
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said Thursday that it will no longer examine banks for reputation risk, adopting a policy change that some Republican lawmakers want to require for all federal banking regulators to help curb so-called debanking.
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March 20, 2025
Iowa Adviser To Pay $15M Over SEC Conflict Claims
An Iowa-based adviser has been ordered to pay $15 million over claims from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it invested client assets in funds that benefited an affiliated broker-dealer instead of lower-cost alternatives, without disclosing its conflicts of interest.
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March 20, 2025
Payday Lender Gets Appeal On Lawyer's Blackmail Conflict
The Second Circuit has decided to let a former payday lending executive, now incarcerated on charges that he ran a fraudulent $2 billion lending scheme, move ahead with a new appeal after hearing that his trial counsel faced blackmail from another client.
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March 20, 2025
Mortgage Co. Denied Legal Fees In EEOC Suit
A Washington federal judge has rejected mortgage and financial services company Covius Services LLC's bid for attorney fees after it defeated an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission employment suit alleging that it unlawfully refused to hire a woman because she took pain medication, saying the mortgage company had not shown that the suit was ill-conceived.
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March 20, 2025
Suit Says Stifel Underpaid Clients In Cash Sweep Accounts
Wealth management company Stifel Financial Corp. and its brokerage arm were hit with a proposed class action by two customers alleging Stifel systematically underpaid clients on cash sweep accounts while profiting from rising interest rates.
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March 20, 2025
Feds Say Crypto Lobbyist Can't Delay FTX-Tied Case
New York federal prosecutors Thursday opposed a request from attorney and crypto lobbyist Michelle Bond to extend filing deadlines for pre-trial motions in her criminal case until June, saying Bond's inability to access her assets due to bankruptcy proceedings involving her FTX-affiliated husband is not enough to warrant a delay.
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March 20, 2025
Pot Co. Disputes 'Forgery' Of Service In Banking Suit
A cannabis company is urging an Oregon federal court to reject a venture capital firm's bid to vacate a default judgment in a suit against a defunct cannabis "neobank," saying the evidence shows the suit was properly served and that receipts weren't forged.
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March 20, 2025
CFPB Union Narrows Injunction Bid In Shutdown Suit
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would be barred from idling its workforce under a narrowed injunction bid filed Wednesday in Washington, D.C., federal court, where the agency's employee union is squaring off with the Trump administration.
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March 20, 2025
Judge Denies CFPB's Bid To Pause Experian Dispute Case
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau can't pause its dispute-handling claims against credit reporting giant Experian to give the agency's new acting director time to review the case, a California federal judge said.
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March 20, 2025
4th Circ. Leery Of Reviving Class Claims In Lending Bias Suit
A group of borrowers faced an uphill battle Thursday trying to convince the Fourth Circuit to revive their class claims accusing Navy Federal Credit Union of discriminatory lending practices, with one judge chastising what he said were attempts to rewrite the complaint.
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March 19, 2025
Lenders Rally For CDFI Fund After Trump Orders Cuts
A broad coalition of lender trade groups is lobbying in support of a key federal program aimed at boosting Main Street investment, defending it to lawmakers after President Donald Trump ordered the program slashed as much as possible.
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March 19, 2025
Fired FTC Dem Warns Of Billionaire Influence On Trump
A Democrat who was terminated by President Donald Trump from the Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday that the public should be concerned about "which billionaire has the president's ear" when the next "mega-merger" is proposed, in remarks to a Colorado legislative committee the day after his firing.
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March 19, 2025
Bondholders Say $2B Venezuelan Bond Contracts Are Valid
The holders of approximately $2 billion in defaulted bonds issued by Venezuela's state-owned oil company Petróleos de Venezuela SA have urged a New York federal court to enforce their contracts with PDVSA, saying the country hasn't shown how its domestic law makes the bonds invalid.
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March 19, 2025
Fed. Circ. Backs Partial Ax Of 'Money Mart' TM In Pawn Fight
The Federal Circuit has backed the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's finding that two Dollar Financial Group trademark registrations for the phrase "Money Mart" can't be used for pawn brokerages and pawn shops.
Expert Analysis
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What Rodney Hood's OCC Stint Could Mean For Banking
Acting Comptroller of the Currency Rodney Hood's time at the helm of the OCC, while temporary, is likely to feature clarity for financial institutions navigating regulations, the development of fintech innovation, and clearer expectations for counsel advising on related matters, say attorneys at Vedder Price.
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Opinion
We Must Allow Judges To Use Their Independent Judgment
As two recent cases show, the ability of judges to access their independent judgment crucially enables courts to exercise the discretion needed to reach the right outcome based on the unique facts within the law, says John Siffert at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.
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4 Actions For Cos. As SEC Rebrands Cyber Enforcement Units
As the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission signals its changing enforcement priorities by retooling a Biden-era crypto-asset and cybersecurity enforcement unit into a task force against artificial-intelligence-powered hacks and online investing fraud, financial institutions and technology companies should adapt by considering four key points, say attorneys at Troutman.
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Opinion
Firms Must Speak Up After Trump Orders: An Associate's View
Rachel Cohen at Skadden discusses why she is helping to organize a movement of BigLaw associates urging their firms to stand up for the rule of law after the Trump administration’s moves against Covington, Perkins Coie and Paul Weiss.
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4 Key Payments Trends For White Collar Attys
As the payments landscape continues to innovate and the new administration looks to expand the role of digital currency in the American economy, white collar practitioners should be aware of several key issues in this space, say attorneys at Jenner & Block.
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Series
Performing Stand-Up Comedy Makes Me A Better Lawyer
Whether I’m delivering a punchline on stage or a closing argument in court, balancing stand-up comedy performances and my legal career has demonstrated that the keys to success in both endeavors include reading the room, landing the right timing and making an impact, says attorney Rebecca Palmer.
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How 2025 Is Shaping The Future Of Bank Mergers So Far
Whether the long-anticipated great wave of consolidation in the U.S. banking industry will finally arrive in 2025 remains to be seen, but the conditions for bank mergers are more favorable now than they have been in years, say attorneys at Skadden.
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Series
Adapting To Private Practice: From SEC To BigLaw
As I adjusted to the multifaceted workflow of a BigLaw firm after leaving the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, working side by side with new colleagues on complex matters proved the fastest way to build a deep rapport and demonstrate my value, says Jennifer Lee at Jenner & Block.
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What's Old And New In The CFTC's Self-Reporting Advisory
Attorneys at Blank Rome analyze the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's recent advisory that aims to provide clarity on self-reporting violations of the Commodity Exchange Act, and review whether market participants should shift their thinking — or not — when it comes to cooperation with the CFTC.
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The Revival Of Badie Arbitration Suits In Consumer Finance
Plaintiffs have recently revived a California appellate court's almost 30-year-old decision in Badie v. Bank of America to challenge arbitration requirements under the Federal Arbitration Act, raising issues banks and credit unions in particular should address when amending arbitration provisions, say attorneys at Orrick.
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Making The Case For Rest In The Legal Profession
For too long, a culture of overwork has plagued the legal profession, but research shows that attorneys need rest to perform optimally and sustainably, so legal organizations and individuals must implement strategies that allow for restoration, says Marissa Alert at MDA Wellness, Carol Ross-Burnett at CRB Global, and Denise Robinson at The Still Center.
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During Financial Regulatory Uncertainty, Slow Down And Wait
Amid the upheaval at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the slowdown in activity at the prudential agencies, banks must exercise patience before adopting strategic and tactical plans, as well as closely monitor legal and regulatory developments concerning all the federal financial regulators, say attorneys at Dorsey.
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4 Ways Women Attorneys Can Build A Legal Legacy
This Women’s History Month, women attorneys should consider what small, day-to-day actions they can take to help leave a lasting impact for future generations, even if it means mentoring one person or taking 10 minutes to make a plan, says Jackie Prester, a former shareholder at Baker Donelson.
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Why A Rare SEC Dismissal May Not Reflect A New Approach
While the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's pending dismissal of its case against Silver Point is remarkable to the extent that it reflects a novel repudiation of a decision made during the prior commission, a deeper look suggests it may not represent a shift in policy approach, say attorneys at Weil.
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Deficiency Trends In National Futures Association Exams
A recent notice from the National Futures Association outlining the most common deficiencies uncovered during exams gives member firms an opportunity to review prior guidance, particularly regarding the hot topic of implementing procedures governing the use of outsourced service providers, say attorneys at Akin.