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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
On October 6, 2021, the DOJ announced two new initiatives: the Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative and the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team.
Foley & Lardner
The counterfeit business is booming. In fact, counterfeit goods account for a whopping 3.3% of global trade1 and cost the U.S. economy approximately $600 billion a year.2
Torres Law, PLLC
In its press release announcing the sanctions, OFAC indicated that more than 40% of SUEX's transactions involved illicit actors.
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
SEC Commissioners Hester M. Peirce and Caroline A. Crenshaw critiqued current regulatory approaches to the crypto industry.
WilmerHale
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced plans to use the False Claims Act (FCA) to pursue cybersecurity-related fraud by government contractors, subcontractors and grant recipients.
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
Ahead of an upcoming merger between a digital banking platform and a special purpose acquisition company, both parties disclosed in a regulatory...
Pryor Cashman LLP
Last month the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) imposed a fine on Kraken, one of the largest digital asset exchanges in the United States.
Perkins Coie LLP
House Financial Services Committee discusses consumers' rights to access their personal financial data.
Jones Day
On October 6, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") announced a new Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative ("Initiative") that will use the False Claims Act ("FCA") to target cybersecurity-related fraud by government contractors and grant recipients.
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
In recent years, the U.S. government has become increasingly focused on regulating the use of virtual currencies as a means of addressing a host of financial crimes and malign activities.
Cooley LLP
On September 1, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) requesting public comment on its proposed rule to implement Section 1071...
Winston & Strawn LLP
Winston & Strawn and the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology held the fourth annual Disruptive Technologies Legal Summit virtually on September 14.
Duane Morris LLP
States are beginning to recognize cryptocurrency as a form of collateral under their Uniform Commercial Codes. As a result, commercial lenders and borrowers are learning more about their legal rights in cryptocurrency.
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
The DOJ established a National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team ("NCET") to investigate and prosecute criminal activity involving cryptocurrency.
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
The Congressional Research Service ("CRS") offered recommendations to Congress that would enhance federal cybersecurity management.
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
ISDA CEO Scott O'Malia emphasized the need to develop uniform legal standards for crypto derivatives contracts.
Foley Hoag LLP
Ransomware payments continue to be a focus of the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC"). As previously reported by Foley Hoag, on October 1, 2020
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
On September 21, 2021, the FinTech task force of the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing on consumer privacy.
Perkins Coie LLP
On September 21, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) released an updated advisory to "highlight the sanctions risks associated with ransomware payments"...
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
Many remember the birth of the CGI Influencer, popularized around 2018, out of which the digitally-rendered stars, Shudu, Bermuda, and the one and only, ...
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