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Crypto Heads Into 2025 Hoping Regulatory Clouds Will Clear

By Aislinn Keely

The digital asset industry may be on the verge of a political and regulatory landscape it has long sought as a crypto-friendly executive branch and Congress take their seats in the new year and potentially work to create favorable guardrails for crypto markets and stablecoins.

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'Profound Shift' Forecast For Crypto Enforcement In 2025

By Aislinn Keely

The crypto industry is heading into 2025 with hopes that new leadership at federal agencies under President-elect Donald Trump will ease off an enforcement agenda that has pressed issues of where regulatory authority lies and return to a focus on fraud, while federal appeals courts have a chance to establish keystone rulings for the sector.

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5 Banking Regulation Issues To Watch In 2025

By Jon Hill

The year ahead is poised to be an inflection point for banking regulation as the arrival of the second Trump administration sets the stage for further easing of plans for new capital rules, greater receptiveness to mergers, new fair access debates and more.

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How Wall Street Regulators May Adapt To Trump's Return

By Jessica Corso and Sarah Jarvis

The incoming presidency of Donald Trump is likely to upend some Biden-era policies at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, leaving proposed rules on climate and artificial intelligence in the lurch while its sister agency, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, could be given more authority over the cryptocurrency industry.

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IPO Outlook Brightens As More Companies Eye 2025 Listings

By Tom Zanki

Capital markets attorneys are preparing to advise more companies toward initial public offerings in 2025, given evidence that a rising number of candidates are joining the pipeline in expectation of a long-awaited resurgence in new listings. ​​Here, Law360 looks at what deals attorneys and market participants expect.

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Trump 2.0 Signals Shift Toward Capital Markets Deregulation

By Tom Zanki

The arrival of a second Trump administration promising a business-friendly agenda, along with Republican majorities governing Congress and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, signals a decisive shift toward deregulation that observers expect will broadly impact capital markets in 2025 and beyond.

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3 Areas Where SEC Enforcement May Change Under Trump

By Jessica Corso

The leadership of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is slated to change hands in three weeks when President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated, and attorneys believe that a Republican-led SEC is likely to bring with it a downturn in crypto- and climate-related cases as well as a potential end to recordkeeping sweeps.

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5 Big Questions For White Collar Enforcement In 2025

By Phillip Bantz

White-collar lawyers are bracing for potentially seismic shifts in government enforcement as President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House with a sweeping new set of priorities and a squadron of tech gurus and political allies to carry them out.

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On Tap In NY: Diddy, Trump And A New Manhattan Top Cop

By Pete Brush

The coming year's main event in New York courts is an expected sex-trafficking trial for hip-hop icon Sean "Diddy" Combs, while the political reascendancy of Donald Trump will echo in halls of the judiciary as the president-elect litigates to quash his own conviction.

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What Banking Attorneys Are Watching In The Courts In 2025

By Jon Hill

Lawsuits pushing back on novel state-level consumer protection laws and a host of Biden-era Consumer Financial Protection Bureau regulatory actions are top of mind for financial services attorneys heading into the new year. Here, Law360 previews what's on tap. 

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Patent Cases To Watch In 2025

By Dani Kass

The Federal Circuit has taken on a rare en banc patent case looking at damages, while the U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to review when foreign damages can be incorporated into patent awards. Here's what you need to know about these cases and others that attorneys are keeping an eye on in 2025.

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Trademark Cases To Watch In 2025

By Ivan Moreno

Justices will decide whether it's appropriate to have corporate affiliates of a trademark defendant pay $47 million in damages, and appellate courts are expected to grapple with how to apply the U.S. Supreme Court's 2023 opinion in Jack Daniel's fight over a chewy dog toy. Here are Law360's picks for trademark cases to watch in 2025.

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Predicting The Lasting Changes CFPB May Face In 2025

President-elect Donald Trump and the incoming Republican-controlled Congress' likely attempts to reshape the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could significantly alter its rulemaking, supervisory and enforcement abilities for years to come, says Jim Sandy at McGlinchey Stafford.

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The Securities Litigation Trends That Will Matter Most In 2025

2025 is shaping up to be a significant year for securities litigation, as plaintiffs and defendants alike navigate shifting standards for omission theories of liability, class certification, risk disclosure claims and more, say attorneys at Willkie.

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An Associate's Guide To Career Development In 2025

As the new year begins, associates at all levels should consider establishing career metrics, fostering key relationships and employing other specific strategies to help move through the complexities of the legal profession with confidence and emerge as trailblazers, say EJ Stern and Amanda George at Fractional Law Firm.

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What's Keeping Law Firm Leaders Up At Night In 2025

By Aebra Coe

Law firms have experienced rapid change and growth in recent years, and 2025 will likely be no different. Firm leaders told Law360 Pulse they are bracing to respond quickly to a number of different opportunities likely to arise in the new year.

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Trump Begins 2nd Term With At Least 45 Judge Seats To Fill

By Courtney Bublé

Incoming President Donald Trump will take office Jan. 20 with 45 seats on the federal bench to fill. Currently, there are 39 empty seats on U.S. district and circuit courts and 6 pending vacancies due to announced retirements and plans to take senior status, three of which opened on Dec. 31 and another that opened Jan. 2.

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The Top 5 High Court Cases To Watch This Spring

By Katie Buehler

The U.S. Supreme Court justices will return from the winter holidays to tackle major First Amendment questions and several administrative law disputes — all arising from the Fifth Circuit — that could further change how federal agencies promulgate rules and defend them.

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The Hottest Topics Appellate Attys Are Tracking In 2025

By Jeff Overley

Appellate lawyers in 2025 should probably stock up on coffee and expect some all-nighters — numerous high-profile appeals, a new presidential administration and a new framework for legal challenges to regulations suggest it'll be an uncommonly tumultuous trip around the sun.

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Legal Ethics Matters To Watch In 2025

By Emma Cueto

After an eventful 2024, industry experts are looking ahead to what might be the big topics in legal ethics in the new year, including the ethics implications of artificial intelligence and ethics opinions that may be relevant to attorneys in the incoming second Trump administration.

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3 Ways Associates Can Survive An Average Annual Review

By Tracey Read

You're a rock star associate in your fourth or fifth year trying to make partner, and you just got an average review after previously receiving high marks. Although it's tempting to panic, experts say it's possible to come back after such setbacks by being proactive.

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