Tag: Crime/legal action
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Crypto faces legal reckoning as SEC prepares action against Coinbase
The SEC has informed Coinbase that it plans to sue the company for allegedly violating a series of investor protection laws, the company said this week. An eventual SEC lawsuit against the largest US crypto exchange could help determine the future shape of exchanging dollars for digital tokens such as bitcoin, ether or polkadot. It […]
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Silicon Valley Bank’s former parent company says FDIC seized about $2 billion in cash
Silicon Valley Bank’s former parent company cannot access about $2 billion it deposited with the bankrupt bank after regulators froze the company’s accounts and are investigating whether it should bear costs related to the bank’s bankruptcy . Lawyers for SVB Financial Group, the holding company that formerly controlled the now-defunct bank, alleged Tuesday at the […]
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Senator Elizabeth Warren is calling for an independent inquiry into the Fed’s banking regulations
Published: March 19, 2023 at 7:05 PM ET Senator Elizabeth Warren is calling for an independent investigation into the Federal Reserve and “the entire regulatory system” following the banking sector’s worst crisis in more than a decade. On Sunday, the Massachusetts Democrat told ABC News’ This Week that the chaos of the past few weeks […]
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SVB Financial Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
Silicon Valley Bank’s parent company filed for bankruptcy, facilitating the sale of its remaining assets after the technology-focused bank at its core was seized by federal regulators. SVB Financial Group filed for Chapter 11 protection in New York bankruptcy court on Friday, the largest bankruptcy filing due to a bank failure since Washington Mutual Inc. […]
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Department of Justice, SEC investigates Silicon Valley Bank collapse
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, according to people familiar with the matter, after the California lender was taken over by regulators last week amid a historic run on its deposits. The individual probes are in the preliminary phase and should not […]
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Uber, Lyft win as California court upholds right to treat drivers like contractors
Uber Technologies Inc., UBER -0.93% Lyft Inc. LYFT -2.87% and other companies won a California court ruling that maintains their model of independent contractors in the state and could boost their efforts to maintain that model elsewhere. A state appeals court said workers should continue to be treated as independent contractors under a California ballot […]