Seyfarth Synopsis: On Thursday, February 6, 2020, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce proposed rules which, if certain conditions are met, would, for three years, exempt (1) the offer and sale of tokens from most provisions of the...more
2/12/2020
/ Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Currency ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Exempt Transactions ,
Exemptions ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Safe Harbors ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation ,
Token Sales ,
Unregistered Securities
Synopsis: On December 6, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission issued a unanimous ruling against political data firm Cambridge Analytica for violating Section 5 of the FTC Act by misrepresenting that it would not download...more
12/20/2019
/ Cambridge Analytica ,
Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Data Breach ,
Data Collection ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
Facebook ,
FTC Act ,
Penalties ,
Personal Data ,
Political Campaigns ,
Popular ,
Section 5