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After the Supreme Court Judgement – What’s Next for Motor Finance Claims in the UK?

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 8/6/2025

The types of consumer credit arrangements at issue in all of the relevant motor finance cases are “three-cornered” transactions. Motor dealers would offer a car for sale, which a member of the public would then see and wish...more

Buying a UK Crypto Business: The New Regulatory Hurdles

Goodwin on 9/21/2022

The advance of the regulation of crypto-assets and crypto-related service providers has been piecemeal in the U.K. The latest round of changes took place in the Money Laundering Regulations 2017 (MLR) on 1 September...more

AI and Regulation: UK Government Proposes Pro-Innovation Approach

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing on 8/19/2022

On July 18, 2022, the UK government published high-level proposals for its approach to regulating uses of artificial intelligence (AI), as part of its National AI Strategy and, more broadly, its UK Digital Strategy. The...more

Bitcoin 101: Halves, Halving, and ‘the Halvening’

Morgan Lewis - All Things FinReg on 5/13/2020

The virtual currency Bitcoin has been a hot topic in FinReg for some time, but in recent weeks mainstream interest in Bitcoin has grown in light of the approaching “halving” or “halvening.” So what is the “halvening” and why...more

FCA sets out approach to AML crypto supervision

Hogan Lovells on 3/10/2020

A Director of Enforcement at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set out some of the key challenges the regulator expects in its new role as AML/CTF (anti-money laundering/counter terrorist financing) supervisor for...more

UK FCA becomes AML/CFT crypto supervisor

Hogan Lovells on 1/21/2020

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has become the anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) supervisor for some types of cryptoasset businesses. These will need to meet certain...more

Blockchain Week in Review - August 2019

Perkins Coie on 8/9/2019

U.S. Developments - Regulatory Developments - Commissioner Hester Peirce Speaks Before the SUSS Convergence Forum: Inclusive Blockchain Finance, and Emerging Technologies - On August 1, 2019, Securities and Exchange...more

Blockchain Week in Review - November 2018

Perkins Coie on 11/13/2018

Upcoming Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (“ETF”) Decisions - On January 4, 2018, NYSE Arca filed a proposed rule change to list 9 Bitcoin ETFs. Subsequently, the time for the Security Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to approve or...more

Financial Conduct Authority Warns Banking Industry of ICOs and Cryptocurrency

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 6/15/2018

Writing a “Dear CEO” letter to banking executives, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) warned executives on June 11, 2018, to perform enhanced due diligence on clients who use or trade cryptocurrency for business...more

2016 Proskauer Annual Review and Outlook for Hedge Funds, Private Equity Funds and Other Private Funds

Proskauer Rose LLP on 11/16/2016

This special report provides a summary of some of the significant changes and developments that occurred in the past year in the private equity and hedge funds space, as well as certain recommended practices that investment...more

Time to Disrupt Insurance Regulation?

Carlton Fields on 8/26/2016

Innovators are not only disrupting the financial industry but also financial regulation as regulators weigh how to monitor financial technology (fintech) innovators and their new products and services. As they begin to...more

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