U.S. Magistrate Judge LaKeysha Greer Isaac on Tuesday established detailed protocols for a May settlement conference in a banking dispute, requiring parties to exchange written settlement proposals at least two weeks in advance and warning that those who at...
Writing for a unanimous panel, Circuit Judge Park, joined by Circuit Judge Merriam and District Judge Matsumoto, held Monday that a defendant's bitcoin-for-cash exchanges with an undercover officer constituted operating an unlicensed money transmitting busi...
The Tenth Circuit granted en banc rehearing Wednesday in a closely watched case challenging Colorado's banking regulations, vacating its prior November decision and ordering the parties to address federal preemption questions under the Depository Institutio...
An Eighth Circuit panel on Tuesday upheld summary judgment for Harvest Capital Asset Management, ruling that a written agreement barred Galtere Inc.'s claims for $802,400 in purported loans because the contract was "fully integrated" despite lacking an inte...
A Seventh Circuit panel on Monday affirmed a district court's denial of a motion to compel arbitration by a tribal online lender charging nearly 500% annual interest rates, finding the arbitration agreement lacked mutual assent because it specified governin...
The Second Circuit on Tuesday partially reversed a New York federal judge's grant of summary judgment for Ocwen Financial Corp. and Wells Fargo Bank N.A., ruling that pension fund trustees' investments in some mortgage-backed securities qualify as ERISA pla...