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In today's evolving digital world, safeguarding your brand online is no longer a reactive measure, it's a strategic imperative.NMWatch™ goes beyond traditional trademark policing, leveraging cutting-edge AI, extensive databases, and deep expertise to develop and implement customized policing

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Nelson Mullins leverages its deep industry experience to meet the comprehensive needs of K-12 public and private schools and education service providers, including Drafting and oversight of legislation and policy Contract negotiation and drafting Accreditation issues Executive compensation Litigatio

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Seth focuses his practice in the area of debt finance representing commercial banks, life insurance companies, national CMBS lenders, and other fixed-income lenders in various corporate and real estate transactions, including syndicated and single-lender corporate credit facilities, CMBS loans, brid

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has proposed enhancing the rules that require corporate disclosures of Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) related activities as part of its Annual Regulatory Agenda. SEC Commissioner Allison Herren Lee has spoken at least twice

Nelson Mullins partner Deborah St. Lawrence Thompson has been selected as one of The Daily Record’s 2023 Leaders in Law due to her outstanding dedication to the occupation and her community.Through Leaders in Law, The Daily Record and the Maryland State Bar Association honor outstanding legal profes

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

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

Regulation, compliance, and enforcement actions have been trending words of late, striking fear into fintechs and the banks that sponsor them. On Tuesday, October 22, Brad Rustin, chair of the firm’s Financial Services Regulatory practice, will speak on a panel titled “Regulation in Fintech: How to

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP Charleston Office Managing Partner John C. McElwaine has been ranked in the 2022 edition of World Trademark Review 1000.He is ranked in WTR1000 both nationally for trademark enforcement and litigation and in the D.C. Metro Area for trademark

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 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

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles Office Managing Partner Richard H. “Rich” Otera has joined the Board of Directors of Community Legal Aid SoCal (CLA SoCal). The organization helps fight injustice by providing compassionate, high-quality legal aid to immigrants, homeless, elderly, abused, low income, and ot

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued two separate approval orders on Dec. 30 to Synchrony Bank and Payactiv, Inc. under the CFPB’s Policy on the Compliance Assistance Sandbox (“Sandbox Policy”). The approvals provide the two companies with safe harbors from liability and are expect

On November 12, 2025, leading U.S. cryptocurrency platform, Coinbase, notified the Securities and Exchange Commission of its plan to leave Delaware and reincorporate in Texas. Coinbase’s decision highlights a growing trend among major companies seeking a more predictable and business-friendly legal

The Federal Reserve recently announced a new proposal to expand its Main Street Lending Program to nonprofit organizations. Public comments may be made to the Federal Reserve via email, here, until Monday, June 22, 2020.The Main Street Lending Program is the Federal Reserve’s existing lending progra

DENVER AND WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Chambers and Partners has recognized Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP Partner Richard B. Levin, who serves as Chair of the firm’s FinTech and Regulation Practice, in its 2021 Chambers FinTech Guide.Levin is ranked in the FinTech Legal: Blockchain & Cryptocurrenci

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed a complaint on Jan. 9, 2023, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against Avraham Eisenberg. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) also filed a complaint against Eisenberg on Jan. 20, 2023. The complai

In an article published by American Banker discussing a recent announcement from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau detailing plans to develop interpretive guidance that would extend many existing consumer credit card protections to Buy Now, Pay Later loans – which could slow the installment-l

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

Consumer finance industry groups are sounding an alarm about what they see as a power grab at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “CFPB”) that risks exacerbating the agency's advantage in its in-house enforcement proceedings. The American Bankers Association, the Bank Policy Institute,

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

Nelson Mullins Partner Craig Nazzaro was quoted by Inside the CFPB based on his and Partner Brad Rustin’s recent blog post, “DOJ Redlining Initiative Revealed,” regarding the DOJ’s increased redlining of investigations. “It’s odd that we’re starting to see [investigations] without those first indica

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

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

Nelson Mullins partner Sally Caver joins other distinguished leaders from across South Carolina to participate in the Diversity Leaders Initiative (DLI), an award-winning program of Furman University’s Riley Institute.Now in its 19th year, the program equips participants with tools and perspectives

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 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

The Federal Reserve began accepting lender applications to participate in the Main Street Lending Program (the “Program”), which is a lending program intended to provide liquidity to small and medium-sized businesses with 15,000 or fewer employees or $5 billion or less in 2019 revenue. See our prior

As the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) continues to step up its enforcement concerning cryptocurrencies, U.S.-based exchanges should take note when conducting due diligence concerning tokens to list for trading to ensure that the projects are not smoke and mirrors.That’s the lesson t

Thunder Bridge Capital Partners IV, Inc. (NASDAQ:THCP), a special purpose acquisition company, was represented by Nelson Mullins as it entered a definitive merger agreement with Coincheck, Inc., one of the largest multi-cryptocurrency marketplaces and digital asset exchanges in Japan by verified acc

[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,

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

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

The SEC announced on May 3, 2022 that 20 additional positions will be allocated to the Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit within the Division of Enforcement. The announcement specifically identified crypto asset offerings, crypto asset exchanges, crypto asset lending and staking products, decentralized fi

Recently issued guidance from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) addresses frequently asked questions about the application of the agency’s Safeguards Rule, 16 C.F.R. § 314.1 et seq., to new car dealers since the 2023 overhaul of that rule. The latest guidance also reaffirmed the FTC’s 2005 guidance

The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued a joint letter reminding the auto finance industry to enforce certain interest rate restrictions and other consumer protection measures enjoyed by active duty service-members and their families. The joi

In its just-released Financial Stability Report, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System reveals that it has its eye on stablecoins, which now amount to more than $180 billion in the cryptocurrency market. The Fed has identified stablecoins as potentially backed by volatile assets that

I had the pleasure of presenting at Bank Director Magazine's Inspired By Acquire or Be Acquired: What Officers and Directors Need to Know Now virtual conference, along with Richard Levin, earlier this month. Our presentation, "Custody of Digital Assets," covered not only the custody of

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) recently proposed its Annual Regulatory Agenda, which recommends enhancing the rules requiring corporate disclosures of Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) related activities. Historically, SEC disclosure requirements have been b

New York partner Lori Anne Czepiel will join industry leaders on the panel "Banking on Innovation: Shaping the Future of Financial Services" at the Banking Transformation Summit on Tuesday, Nov. 19. The panel includes Cynthia Jackson with U.S. Bank, Amina Turgulova with Solidus Labs, and L

As Financial Technology, or "FinTech," continues to boom, we are happy to release the upcoming schedule for FinTech University, a series of webinars focusing on FinTech and how it's changing our world.Mark your calendars and register to participate virtually in future FinTech Universit

In a recent article, the Nelson Mullins’ AI Task Force describes recent updates to California’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Safety Bill and additional AI safety initiatives. Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed the California Artificial Intelligence (AI) Safety Bill, citing concerns that it imposed strict

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

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