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Veteran Fintech Lawyer, Headed for Startup, Talks Privacy Hurdles and Building a 'Counsel Team'

Square Inc. deputy general counsel Kirupa Pushparaj will be the first GC of Step, a new banking platform for teens and young adults.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Fair Credit Reporting Act Suit Claims TransUnion, Equifax Sought Collection on 'Fraudulent Accounts'

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

New York Law Journal

The LIBOR Transition: Regulators Continue To Stress Importance of Companies Addressing LIBOR Transition Now

By now, firms should have reviewed all existing LIBOR exposures, assessing whether the contracts provide for fallback rates, determining what changes need to be made and deciding on the process by which to amend them (such as assessing whether counterparties need to approve an amendment).
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Class Action Over Personal Loan Company's Allegedly Excessive Rates Removed to Fed Court

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

McGuireWoods Representing Bank of America in Case Over Allegedly Forged Check

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
1 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Case for Regulating Crypto 'Exchanges' Sooner Rather Than Later

In May, SEC Chairman Gary Gensler strongly suggested that it be Congress to take up the cause of regulating cryptocurrency exchanges selling alt-currency to investors. Given that the name "exchange" is already being used quite publicly by trading platforms, this article suggests three solutions to the SEC jurisdictional problem.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

When Plaintiffs Raise Claims of Platforms Behaving Badly

Consumers and businesses should be able to control their financial assets and investments through use of electronic cryptocurrency platforms with confidence. What happens, however,  when these platforms do not function properly or the platform operators work against their own users? Does the user have any remedies? A series of rulings over recent months provides little encouragement for plaintiffs.  
18 minute read

New York Law Journal

Legislative Solutions to the LIBOR Replacement Dilemma

This article explores legislative solutions—both one that already has been enacted and another that has been proposed—to the problem of LIBOR transition in securitization trusts. These solutions address some of the LIBOR transition challenges, but uncertainty—and hence substantial litigation risk—remains on their ultimate scope or effectiveness.
9 minute read

Litigation Daily

The Dangers of 'Prosecution by Soundbite': Dropped Charges Against Forex Trader Strike a Cautionary Tale for Antitrust Enforcers

The U.S. Office of Comptroller of the Currency dropped its regulatory case against former currency traders at JPMorgan and Citigroup last week. The move came nearly three years after they were acquitted of criminal antitrust charges. The traders' lawyers at White & Case and Wilmer wonder what took so long.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

De-Stabilizing IPOs: Didi and Robinhood

IPOs can be successful (often) or unsuccessful (less common). But rarely can they destabilize an industry or imperil a fast-growing sector of the economy. Yet, that may have just happened, or be about to happen, in two long-anticipated IPOs: Didi Global and Robinhood Financial. In this edition of his Corporate Securities column, John C. Coffee Jr. explores recent developments and writes that both IPOs underline the critical nature of the disclosure decisions made by securities lawyers.
10 minute read

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