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Corporate Counsel

CLO of North America's 5th-Largest Bank Promoted Ahead of Big Merger

Maria Douvas has rapidly ascended the leadership rungs of the Royal Bank of Canada since joining the Toronto-based institution eight years ago.
2 minute read

Legaltech News

Wash, Fine, Repeat? SEC Enters Fray of Agencies Monitoring Companies' AI Use

The SEC issued its first two official charges against companies' "AI washing" practices on March 18, which sources expect to be "only the beginning."
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

'This Defendant Knew Better': Disbarred Attorney Sentenced to 30 Months in Bank Fraud Case

Prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York asked for a 48-month sentence, but Judge Daniels said he considered the defendant's lack of a criminal history, past good works, age and health in imposing a lower sentence.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Federal Judge Determines Wife's Online Tax Account Creation Does Not Bind Husband to Arbitration Agreement

"While Sessoms's 'permission' that Krysta 'prepare [his] tax returns' could implicitly grant her actual authority to assent to the 2020 Terms of Service on his behalf, a rational factfinder could conclude otherwise," U.S. District Judge Wendy Beetlestone of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said.
5 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Goldman Sachs Reports 2023 Comp for CLO Kathryn Ruemmler

Kathryn Ruemmler and other top executives benefited in 2022 from the granting of millions of dollars in so-called shareholder value-creation awards. But last year, as the company retreated from an unsuccessful push into providing consumer loans for the masses, it awarded no SVC grants.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Financier Accused of 'Sham Pleading' in Miami Ahead of Decision on Sale of Premier League Team

The league, which can decide who is a "fit and proper steward," is mulling its approval of the sale of the Everton Football Club.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Feds Want Sam Bankman-Fried Sentenced to 50 Years

In their memo, prosecutors described Bankman-Fried's actions as "one of the largest financial frauds in history, and what is likely the largest fraud in the last decade."
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Recused: Texas Judge Steps Away From Case Amid Scrutiny of His Investments

The judge was presiding over over litigation contesting a proposed cap on credit card late fees.
2 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Discover CLO Scored $3M Change-in-Control Payment in 2023—And May Get an Even Bigger One This Year

Hope Mehlman, who helped engineer the $16 billion sale of her last employer, Bank of the West, before joining Discover, now is helping Discover try to sell itself for $35 billion.
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Patent Owners Slap 20 Lawsuits on Banks Across Texas Courts

Citigroup Inc., Capital One Financial Corp., JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Regions Bank, Truist Financial Corp., are among the 13 banks being sued by Innomemory LLC in the Western and Eastern Districts of Texas.
5 minute read

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