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CFTC Divisions Interpret "U.S. Person" Definition and U.S. Location Versus Foreign Location

Jones Day on 6/2/2025

A 2024 CFTC enforcement action settlement that may have introduced a new test for when the Commodity Exchange Act and the agency's regulations apply on a cross-border basis concerned then-CFTC Commissioner and now Acting CFTC...more

Changes Are Coming

Seward & Kissel LLP on 11/27/2024

Elections, as they say, have consequences. That bit of political wisdom certainly will be true again this time around—our president-elect has been announcing appointees for cabinet positions that are bound to bring about...more

China’s New Data Security Law: What to Know

Latham & Watkins LLP on 7/22/2021

The Data Security Law will enhance an increasingly comprehensive legal framework for information and data security in the PRC. Key Points: Notably, the DSL: ..Applies to a wide range of data and data activities, with...more

Cryptocurrency and OFAC: Beware of the Sanctions Risks

Orrick - On the Chain on 1/24/2020

A recent federal criminal action shows the depth of the U.S. government’s concern about the use of cryptocurrency (or virtual currency) to violate economic sanctions laws and the lengths to which it will go to charge such...more

Should I Be Worried About the GDPR? – EDPB’S Guidelines on the GDPR’S Territorial Scope

Hogan Lovells on 12/31/2019

Does the GDPR really apply to my company? From a data protection standpoint, this is the first thing that comes to mind within non-EU companies. In many cases, the GDPR seems like an issue of the Old Continent, so some assume...more

Some Legal Issues Surrounding Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Part 7: The CFTC’s Proposed Cryptocurrency Interpretation.

Burr & Forman on 9/19/2018

After Bitfinex, the CFTC issued its Proposed Interpretation on “Retail Commodity Transactions Involving Virtual Currency.” Proposed Interpretation, 82 Fed. Reg. 60335 (CFTC Dec. 20, 2017). Although the comment period closed...more

Some Legal Issues Surrounding Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Part 5: Commodities Forwards: Dodd-Frank & Hunter Wise.

Burr & Forman on 9/17/2018

The 2011 Dodd-Frank Act amended the CFTC’s jurisdiction to authorize regulation of “retail commodity transactions offered ‘on a leveraged or margined basis, or financed by the offeror, the counterparty, or a person acting in...more

Blockchain Week in Review - February 2018

Perkins Coie on 3/23/2018

Below is a summary of some of the significant legal and regulatory actions that occurred over the past week. This alert is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all such developments, but rather a selection of...more

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