The Clearing House conference was insightful as always. Here are our main takeaways. Preemption remains alive and well-at least at the OCC. Comptroller Gould provided another full-throated defense of preemption for national banks.

Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that telemarketing robocalls do not require written consent under the Telephone...

In 2024, Colorado enacted the Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act, establishing the nation's most comprehensive state-level frameworks for regulating high-risk AI systems.

In D.R. Horton (2012), the NLRB invalidated class action waivers in individual employment agreements on the grounds that such waivers interfere with an employee's rights to collective action...

On October 6, 2025, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released three bulletins and two proposed rules directed at lessening the regulatory and supervisory burden on community banks...

As anticipated, on August 7th, the White House published its Executive Order designed to address the "unlawful debanking" of certain individuals and industries.

In recent weeks the Department of State (DOS) has taken steps to revoke visas and terminate the status of international students who have criminal infractions and/or who have engaged in activism...

Moore & Van Allen attorney Reginald Sainvil examines the governance challenges and litigation risks that emerge when control of financially distressed companies shifts at the board level through "board flips."

The False Claims Act has long been used by the Department of Justice to combat health care and government contract fraud. Now the department is using the FCA for immigration enforcement.

The Federal Reserve Board and FDIC's May 2026 feedback to the eight U.S. Global Systemically Important Banks signals a potential meaningful shift in resolution planning supervision, moving away from prescriptive benchmarking toward a more tailored, firm-specific approach. For the first time in recent cycles, the Agencies identified no new deficiencies or shortcomings, instead placing responsibility on GSIBs to critically examine their own capabilities and adapt them to changing market conditions. This devel

The 2026 ABA Banking Law Committee Meeting held in Washington, DC from January 15-17 delivered significant content in just over two full days of sessions.

Delivery terms aren't just legal fine print—they are strategic terms that can drastically shift the costs and obligations between the parties to a contract, especially when tariffs are involved.

North Carolina has enacted groundbreaking legislation empowering financial institutions to temporarily halt suspicious transactions when older or disabled adults may be victims of financial exploitation. How does this new law balance protecting vulnerable customers while preserving their financial autonomy, and what compliance obligations must institutions now meet to qualify for legal protection?

The banking industry is on the cusp of more changes in recovery and resolution planning, shaped by shifting regulatory priorities and perspectives on the 2023 regional bank failures.

Recent enforcement actions by the U.S. Department of Justice and CFTC signal a new era of regulatory scrutiny for prediction markets, where trading on misappropriated information may now face insider trading-style enforcement. Moore & Van Allen attorneys examine the compliance implications and provide six critical steps market participants should implement immediately to navigate this evolving landscape.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is publishing a final rule that will increase premium processing fees, effective March 1, 2026. The increase reflects inflation adjustments between June 2023 and June 2025, authorized under the USCIS Stabilization Act.

North Carolina has enacted comprehensive legislation to regulate cryptocurrency kiosks, establishing a detailed framework that balances consumer access to virtual currency transactions with robust protections against fraud and financial risk. The new law imposes stringent licensing requirements, mandates extensive consumer disclosures, and implements innovative anti-fraud measures including interactive warning systems and transaction holds.

On December 11, 2025, the White House issued an Executive Order titled "Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence." This EO aims to establish a uniform...

On October 29th, the Eastern District of Kentucky (the "Court") enjoined the CFPB from enforcing the Personal Financial Data Rights Rule (the "Rule") until it has completed its reconsideration of the Rule.

Connecticut has enacted comprehensive legislation regulating employers' use of artificial intelligence in hiring and employment decisions, establishing notice requirements, transparency obligations, and human review processes. The Act takes a notably different approach from New York City's law by emphasizing disclosure and correction rights over mandatory bias audits. Employers using AI-enabled recruiting and screening tools in Connecticut face key compliance deadlines in October 2026 and 2027.