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GREENVILLE, S.C. – Nelson Mullins partner Neil Grayson was selected as one of the 2024 BTI Client Service All-Stars on BTI Consulting Group’s annual list. The designation is one of the industry’s highest honors, as attorneys only make the list through unsolicited nominations and proof of performance

Nelson Mullins partners Brad Rustin and Craig Nazzaro, along with associate Marianna McDevitt, will present a one-hour webinar on July 25. This webinar will focus on best practices as to how banks should apply the current broker deposit regulations and guidance within their Fintech partnerships and

Nelson Mullins partner Jackson Hwu will present at the Florida Venture Capital Conference on February 9, 2023, in Miami, Florida. Hwu is moderating a panel titled "Let's Separate Blockchain Technology from Cryptocurrency." The panel will discuss use cases for blockchain technology and

Earlier this week, the CFPB announced a final rule covering small dollar lending which rescinds the mandatory underwriting provisions of the 2017 Payday Lending Rule. The 2017 Payday Lending Rule was the result of a prior CFPB initiative, which was led by former CFPB Director Richard Cordray, and wh

CHARLESTON, S.C. (November 3, 2020) – John C. McElwaine, managing partner of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP Charleston office, has been selected as one of the National Law Journal’s 2020 Intellectual Property Trailblazers.Now in its sixth year, the National Law Journal’s Intellectual Propert

Fort Lauderdale partner Scott Knapp will be appointed the 76th international president of Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) in August of 2022. AEPi is the world’s Jewish college fraternity, operating chapters on more than 150 college campuses in four countries. Knapp will be inducted into this position at AEP

[Update: Governor Baker has signed the emergency legislation into law and it is effective immediately.]After some delay, on April 23, 2020, the Massachusetts Senate and House passed emergency legislation that allows for notaries public to use electronic videoconferencing to perform acknowledgements,

Left to right, Emily Guerrero, Elisa Kodish, Norah RogersATLANTA — Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP has tapped Atlanta partner Elisa Kodish to serve as the firm’s national Pro Bono Partner, leading the award-winning program as it invests further in its mission of providing legal services to th

Join us for an in-depth discussion on the intersection of cryptocurrency technology and First Amendment protections. As digital currencies and decentralized platforms continue to grow in use and influence, questions arise about their classification and rights within the legal framework of free speec

NOTE: The information contained in the following alert is up-to-date as of March 15, 2023. News and events are evolving, so check the websites for the FDIC and the applicable banks for updates and announcements.Start-up, emerging, middle market and other companies and their founders, executives, and

The South Carolina Supreme Court recently issued Administrative Order No. 2020-05-06-01 adopting a court form for the foreclosing party to use when certifying compliance with the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in foreclosures. The foreclosure form is available here and ha

RALEIGH — North Carolina Lawyers Weekly has selected Nelson Mullins Administrative Manager Nancy Childers for a 2019 Unsung Heroes. The award recognizes dedication to duty and the positive influence recipients have on others, according to the organization.Based in Raleigh, Childers oversees more tha

Please select this link for an updated loan modification chart that lists permitted modification to consumer loans and accounts. Many of our clients have been asking about what they can and cannot do with consumer consent. This chart also contains links (updated through today) to all public state re

The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) released Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 121 (“SAB 121”) on March 31, 2022. SAB 121 provides SEC staff’s views regarding accounting treatment of obligations incident to a reporting company’s custody of crypto-assets for its platform users. The staff notes

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP Charleston Office Managing Partner John C. McElwaine has been selected as a World Trademark Review Global Leader.Now in its second year, this new guide entitled, “WTR Global Leaders 2020” brings together the world’s foremost law firm and corp

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP’s Charleston office managing partner John C. McElwaine has been selected as a 2023 World Trademark Review Global Leader. Now in its fifth edition, the guide, entitled the “WTR Global Leaders: Private Practice” lists McElwaine as a Global Lead

For the past six months, we have received calls from banks and non-depository mortgage lenders regarding Department of Justice (“DOJ”) investigations into mortgage lending discrimination. These DOJ inquiries are bypassing the banks’ prudential regulators and the non-bank state regulators, which have

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or “Commission”) sanctioned Blockratize, Inc. d/b/a Polymarket.com on January 3, 2022 and ordered it to pay a $1.4 million civil money penalty for violations of the Commodity Exchange Act (“Act”), United States Code, and Commission Regulations (“Regul

CHARLESTON, S.C. — John C. McElwaine, office managing partner of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP’s Charleston office, has been named to the Who’s Who Legal (WWL): Intellectual Property 2023 report by legal publisher Law Business Research. This recognition is given to the highest-ranking lawye

Nelson Mullins partners Jackson Hwu and Caio Prado, and associate Rebecca Lester provided legal counsel for Digibee as it raised $25 million in a Series A equity round. Digibee is a low-code Brazilian SAP startup whose business involves integrating large business systems into the digital world throu

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP recently recognized two attorneys from the firm’s Greenville office with the Claude M. Scarborough Pro Bono Award for their outstanding commitment and contributions to pro bono work. This year’s honorees from the firm’s Greenville office were

The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence has undeniably transformed the digital landscape, with AI-generated content becoming increasingly common. This shift has profound implications for brand owners introducing both challenges and opportunities.One of the most pressing concerns is trademark

Richard Levin, the chair of Nelson Mullins‘s Financial Technology and Regulation was recently quoted in an article in Yahoo Finance – “The Risks & Rewards of Growth Hacking & Clout Chasing with BitClout.” The article discusses a new technology that allows individuals to monetize their identities th

Within a recent address to an industry conference, Dr. Lael Brainard, a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB), drove home her belief that the adoption of stablecoins over a U.S. Centralized Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) could place the U.S. in danger of “inefficiency, f

According to Reuters, the civil division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating several FinTech companies, including Kabbage Inc., to determine if the firms miscalculated the amount of aid owed to individual borrowers during the distribution of Paycheck Protection Program loans.The

Nelson Mullins client, Invest Newark, who established the New Jersey “40 Acres and a Mule” Fund (NJ FAM), announced that Bank of America has committed to provide an equity investment in its fund. The NJ FAM Fund is a $100 million private investment vehicle formed to reduce social and economic dispar

Speaking at last week’s Munich Cyber Security Conference, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced the formation of a new FBI unit dedicated to blockchain analysis and virtual asset seizure – the Virtual Asset Exploitation Unit. This announcement comes on the heels of the DOJ’s largest eve

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) brought an action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against five alleged promoters of a digital asset called BitConnect, claiming they promoted the sale of unregistered securities that raised over $2 billion

Congress recently passed the Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA) of 2020, as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for the present fiscal year. This Act is a potential game-changer for enforcement and compliance and is the most significant anti-money laundering legislation passed in years. I

The National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA) announced Nelson Mullins is among the 40 law firms honored with the 2024 Beacon of Justice Award, which recognizes firms for their pro bono efforts related to civil and human rights issues. NLADA is a large nonprofit organization devoted to provi

Richard B. Levin, the chair of Nelson Mullins' FinTech and Regulation Practice was recently quoted in a Wall Street Journal article regarding Diem (originally known as Libra), a digital currency project launched by Facebook, PayPal, and other leading financial services firms - Facebook Inc. - Ba

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The partners of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP re-elected James K. Lehman as Managing Partner of the firm to a three-year term effective Jan. 1, 2024.Lehman began his role as the managing partner in 2012, and under his leadership during the past 12 years, the firm has experi

The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued final regulations on December 27, 2024, relating to information reporting requirements for brokers of digital asset transactions. Treasury Rule No. 2024-30496, “Gross Proceeds Reporting by Brokers that Regularly Provide Services Effectuating Digital Asset

Nelson Mullins FinTech attorneys Richard Levin, Kevin Tran, and Bobby Wenner recently co-authored a chapter titled “HAL, the Terminator, and Agent Smith entered a bar; Regulation of Artificial Intelligence in the United States,” in Global Legal Insights’ AI, Machine Learning & Big Data 2024. This ch

Employers engaged in critical infrastructure face significant challenges in maintaining business operations while ensuring the health of their employees and the public. While many employees are now working remotely, employers engaged in essential services do not have that luxury.As a result, busines

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP Charleston Office Managing Partner John C. McElwaine has been ranked in the 2021 edition of World Trademark Review 1000.He is ranked in WTR1000 both nationally and in the D.C. Metro Area for trademark enforcement and litigation and in the D.C

Nelson Mullins partners Matthew Lindenbaum and Robert Lindholm, associate Daniel Curran, and chair of the FinTech and Regulation Practice, Richard B. Levin, recently had their article, “Gov't Backtrack On Ether As Security May Spur Crypto Clash,” featured on Law360. In the article, the trio of s

Nearly all of our student financial aid clients are calling about this one, so wanted to pass this on to the world. Last week, the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) reported that the U.S. Department of Education reversed its prior interpretation and confirmed that

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Corrections is renaming one of its signature family programs in honor of former U.S. Secretary of Education and former South Carolina Governor Richard Riley, who is currently a senior partner with Nelson Mullins.Now called “Riley’s Readers,” the form

Nelson Mullins attorneys Jon Talcott, Mike Bradshaw, Peter Strand, Gary Brown and Kaylen Loflin, with assistance from Wells Hall and Drew Hermiller, represented the underwriters, led by B. Riley Securities and Needham & Company as joint book-running managers, in a $40 million initial public offering

Nelson Mullins partner Richard Levin will be speaking on a panel at Hong Kong FinTech Week on Nov. 2, 2023, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center in Wan Chai North, Hong Kong Island. Levin will be speaking on a panel titled "Risks and Opportunities of Emerging Products: Crypto Deriv

Nelson Mullins partner Richard Levin will speak on Thursday, Jan. 26 from 1:45–2:45 p.m. MST at the 2023 Rocky Mountain Bankruptcy Conference. Levin will be speaking during a segment focused around cryptocurrency, which is just a part of the conference's larger theme centered around current econ

Nelson Mullins Financial Institutions Corporate & Regulatory Partner Craig Nazzaro was quoted by S&P Global Market Intelligence in an article titled “Banks can expect return to strict oversight of anti-money laundering rules.” The article discussed how banks may now face increased enforcement from r

Congress on Monday approved a deal on a $900 billion COVID-19 economic relief package, which is expected to be signed into law within the next few days. The bill provides $12 billion in support to small lenders focused on low-income and minority communities, buttressing minority-owned banks (MDIs) a

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) adopted a final rule on June 2, 2020 that clarifies that when a bank transfers a loan, the interest permissible before the transfer continues to be permissible after the loan is transferred, a doctrine referred to as “valid when made.” This rule

Dallas partner Paula Pendley was featured on a recent episode of the Coin Stories podcast, titled “Legally Bitcoin with Paula Pendley: The Intersection of Bitcoin, AI, & Legal Power Plays.” Hosted by Natalie Brunell, the podcast focuses on one-on-one interviews with thought leaders in Bitcoin and ma

* Brianna Drayton, a 2022 summer associate at Nelson Mullins, co-authored this publication.This article discusses whether it is time for the U.S. government to rethink its position and speed up adoption of cryptocurrency as an official currency. The authors point out that investment in digital asset

Nelson Mullins senior associate Jeffrey Kelly will be speaking at North Carolina Central University's (NCCU) upcoming Technology Law and Policy Center Inaugural Law and Technology Summit. The hybrid event will be held on the NCCU campus and virtually. The summit aims to bring together some of th

ATLANTA – Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, a full-service national law firm with offices from coast to coast, is pleased to welcome partner Jim Dudukovich to its corporate practice in Atlanta. Dudukovich brings three decades of multifaceted legal experience to the role and will spearhead the

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