Law and legal issues

The central bank's governing body said a limited disclosure would satisfy its obligations under administrative law. The Kansas City Fed, meanwhile, would be subject to full discovery.

The U.S. Supreme Court expanded a planned showdown over President Biden's student-loan relief plan, saying it will hear arguments from two borrowers who contend they are being unfairly excluded from the full scope of the program.

At least $73 million of political donations tied to Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX may be at risk of being clawed back as bankruptcy lawyers sort through the remnants of his crypto empire in search of assets to repay creditors.

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider a Coinbase Global appeal over a user lawsuit in a case that could bolster the ability of companies to channel customer and employee disputes into arbitration.

Sam Bankman-Fried missed the deadline set by a U.S. Senate committee for a response to a request to testify at a Dec. 14 hearing about FTX's collapse into bankruptcy.

Publicly traded companies exposed to the "crypto winter" and the collapse of FTX or other digital-asset companies might have to disclose those details to investors under new guidance from the Securities and Exchange Commission.

FTX's new chief executive and bankruptcy lawyers met with Manhattan federal prosecutors investigating the cryptocurrency exchange's collapse and allegations that it misused customer funds and lost billions of dollars, according to people familiar with the matter.

U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown and Patrick Toomey have asked Sam Bankman-Fried to testify at a hearing on Dec. 14 about the cryptocurrency exchange FTX's collapse, according to a letter issued Wednesday.

Galaxy Digital is paying $44.1 million to buy Celsius Network's GK8 business — more than 60% lower than what the bankrupt crypto lender paid to acquire the self-custody platform just last year.

The bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network won court approval to give out bonuses totaling as much as $2.8 million to workers in a bid to keep them from quitting.

Citigroup and creditors of Revlon fighting over an accidental $900 million payment the bank made two years ago said they are close to resolving their litigation over the mistake.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is investigating how the Jack Dorsey-led company handles fraud on its person-to-person payments app. After the bureau accused Block of dragging its feet, a federal magistrate judge gave the company a Jan. 5 deadline.

A federal judge will soon decide whether depositors at Celsius Network gave up ownership of their cryptocurrencies in exchange for interest payments, a key legal issue that could echo through other crypto bankruptcies.

The crypto lender Nexo Inc. is phasing out its products and services in the U.S. market after facing cease-and-desist orders from multiple states over its interest-earning products.

The Biden administration's student loan forgiveness plan remains stalled, after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to lift an order blocking the sweeping program.

Mystery continues to shroud the missing billions at the bankrupt crypto exchange FTX after its disgraced founder Sam Bankman-Fried denied trying to perpetrate a fraud while admitting to grievous managerial errors.

LedgerX — one of the few corners of Sam Bankman-Fried's crumbled crypto empire that remain solvent — is preparing to make available $175 million for use in FTX's bankruptcy proceedings, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Christopher Jordan was openly resentful of his colleagues on the JPMorgan Chase precious-metals desk for getting him fired. Now he's facing a fraud trial just like them.

Early next year the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals is slated to consider whether certain loans are actually securities.

The bankrupt cryptocurrency lender BlockFi will try to collect about $680 million it is owed by a part of Sam Bankman-Fried's failed crypto empire, a lawyer told the federal judge overseeing BlockFi's insolvency case.