On August 5, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler responded to Senator Elizabeth Warren's July 7 letter regarding the SEC's authority to regulate cryptocurrencies, as discussed in our client advisory...more
On August 3, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler spoke on cryptocurrencies at the Aspen Security Forum — his first significant remarks regarding cryptocurrency since his confirmation in April....more
On July 7, Senator Elizabeth Warren penned a letter to Chairman Gary Gensler of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), requesting information on the SEC's authority to regulate cryptocurrency exchanges. Warren's...more
Troutman Pepper understands the business of technology. We have the privilege of working with great companies, and created an interview series that features our clients, partners, and other guests sharing an eclectic mix of...more
Troutman Pepper understands the business of technology. We have the privilege of working with great companies, and created an interview series that features our clients, partners, and other guests sharing an eclectic mix of...more
Troutman Pepper understands the business of technology. In our practice, we have the privilege to work with some great technology companies, so we created a special client interview series to provide valuable insight to other...more
2/22/2021
/ Blockchain ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Data Privacy ,
Digital Health ,
Entrepreneurs ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Technology ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
Physicians ,
Popular ,
Technology Sector
With a constantly evolving legal landscape, colleges, universities and independent schools encounter a vast spectrum of new topics on any given day. Pepper Hamilton's Higher Education Practice Group has created its "In Brief"...more
11/6/2019
/ Colleges ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Applications ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Ownership ,
Fair Use ,
Grants ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inventors ,
IP License ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Ownership ,
Patents ,
Research Funding ,
Trademark Application ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Ownership ,
Trademarks ,
Universities
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has now made it clear that, in its view, certain initial coin offerings (ICOs) within the United States or affecting U.S. residents may be within its jurisdiction. On October...more
10/19/2017
/ Blockchain ,
CFTC ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Currency ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Financial Markets ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Token Sales ,
Unregistered Securities ,
Virtual Currency
Two initial coin offerings (ICOs) were the target of a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement action filed on September 29. Based on the SEC’s descriptions, both ICOs, on their face, appear to be frauds, with...more
10/5/2017
/ Blockchain ,
Digital Currency ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Markets ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Violations ,
Token Sales ,
Unregistered Securities ,
Virtual Currency
Many experts believe blockchain technology will drive innovation in health information and that it has the potential to solve critical health care issues, including interoperability, security, records management and data...more
10/4/2017
/ Blockchain ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
Electronic Medical Records ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
PHI ,
Popular ,
Risk Management ,
Technology Sector
On July 21, Delaware governor John C. Carney Jr. signed into law a series of amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) that will allow companies to keep shareholder information on blockchain technology-based...more
8/3/2017
/ Alternative Trading System (ATS) ,
Blockchain ,
Delaware General Corporation Law ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Markets ,
Innovative Technology ,
Investors ,
Nasdaq ,
New Legislation ,
Popular ,
Securities Transactions ,
Shareholders
Many initial coin offerings (ICOs) have recently raised large amounts of capital without the regulatory constraints of traditional initial public offerings (IPOs) and other capital-raising strategies. On July 25, the U.S....more
7/28/2017
/ Blockchain ,
Digital Currency ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Markets ,
Howey ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
Popular ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Violations ,
Token Sales ,
Unregistered Securities ,
Virtual Currency
Just as blockchain technology has allowed for the tracking and authentication of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency transactions, it could similarly mediate transactions in energy units.
Blockchain technology — once...more
12/8/2016
/ Bitcoin ,
Blockchain ,
Connected Items ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Currency ,
Energy Market ,
Energy Sector ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Internet of Things ,
Popular ,
Power Grid ,
Technology ,
Virtual Currency
The application of blockchain technology to the securities market could prove to be a game changer by adding transparency, reducing costs and speeding up settlements.
Initially known as the technology underlying the...more
9/27/2016
/ Bitcoin ,
Blockchain ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Currency ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Markets ,
Popular ,
Securities ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Stocks ,
Virtual Currency
The promise of blockchain technology for the music industry is its ability to solve the problem of “shared facts” and to provide transparency in real time or near-real time.
Advancing digital technology has created new...more
Delaware’s corporate law blockchain initiative includes a new class of “distributed ledger shares” and promises to lower transactional costs, speed up and automate manual processes, and reduce fraud.
The public and...more
5/19/2016
/ Bitcoin ,
Blockchain ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Delaware General Corporation Law ,
Digital Currency ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Markets ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Popular ,
Securities ,
Virtual Currency
On January 27, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued an FTC staff report titled “Internet of Things: Privacy & Security in a Connected World” (Report). The Report summarizes the FTC’s November 2013 workshop on the privacy...more