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CFPB Enters Into Consent Order with Bank Resolving Allegations of Force-Placed-Insurance

On July 9, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it entered into a consent order with a national bank, resolving allegations related to the bank’s auto lending practices....more

CFPB Files Proposed Judgment in Bank Suit Regarding the Opening of Unauthorized Accounts

​On July 9, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it filed a proposed stipulated final judgment and ​order in its suit against a national bank accused of allegedly opening unauthorized accounts...more

California DFPI Revokes Company's Lending License for Failing to Comply with Regulatory Exam

On July 10, 2024, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) issued an order revoking the California Financing Law license of a company that had offered both individual and business loans in the...more

National Bank Settles with NY Attorney General for $700K

​On April 17, 202​4, the New York State Attorney General (NY AG) announced that it entered into an Assurance of Discontinuance​ (AOD) with​ a national bank, resolving​ allegations related to the bank’s debt collection...more

CFPB Enters Into Consent Order with For-Profit Coding School

​On April 17, 2024, the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced ​that it had entered into a consent order​ with BloomTech Inc., d/b/a Bloom Institute of Technology (BloomTech), and BloomTech’s CEO, Austen Allred,...more

Court Dismisses Post-SPAC Class Action for Lack of Standing

On March 31, 2023, U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams of the Southern District of New York dismissed a putative securities class action against CarLotz, Inc. (CarLotz), and certain of its officers and directors on the grounds...more

Court Denies Dapper Labs’ Motion to Dismiss, Finding That NFTs May Be Securities

On February 22, 2023, U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero of the Southern District of New York denied a motion to dismiss a putative class action brought by purchasers of a non-fungible token (NFT) against Dapper Labs, Inc....more

2022 Year in Review: Securities Litigation Against Life Sciences Companies

We are proud to present our seventh annual Securities Litigation Year in Review publication, in which we analyze data for securities class actions filed nationally against publicly traded pharmaceutical, biotechnology,...more

Delaware Court of Chancery Clarifies That Fiduciary ‘Duty of Oversight’ Applies to Officers and Extends Fiduciary Duty Claims to...

In what seems destined to be a landmark Delaware Court of Chancery decision, Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster denied former McDonald’s Executive Vice President and Global Chief People Officer David Fairhurst’s motion to...more

Delaware Court of Chancery Finds for the First Time That Officers’ Fiduciary Duties Include Caremark Duty of Oversight, and That...

On January 25, 2023, in In re McDonald’s Corporation Stockholder Derivative Litigation, Vice Chancellor Travis Laster of Delaware’s Court of Chancery denied a motion to dismiss a derivative lawsuit against David Fairhurst,...more

Dismissal of Putative Securities Class Action for Plug Power Inc.

​​​​​​​On September 29, 2022, U.S. District Judge Edgardo Ramos of the Southern District of New York dismissed a putative securities class action against Plug Power Inc. and certain of its officers. Plaintiff brought suit...more

SEC Enforcement Against Cheetah Mobile Execs Reflects Heightened Scrutiny of 10b5-1 Plans

​​​​​​​On September 21, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) charged the CEO, Sheng Fu, and former president, Ming Xu, of Chinese-based technology company Cheetah Mobile Inc. (“Cheetah Mobile” or the...more

2020 Year In Review Securities Litigation Against Technology Companies

In many ways, 2020 was an unprecedented year. In midMarch, the United States abruptly went into lockdown as coronavirus cases began to spike; a national emergency was declared, travel bans and gathering restrictions were...more

Virginia Becomes First Southern State and 16th in the U.S. To Legalize Adult Recreational Cannabis

On April 7, 2021, a majority of both houses of the Virginia legislature voted to legalize adult recreational use of cannabis. The approval made Virginia the 16th U.S. state – and the third state this year – to legalize adult...more

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