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Virtual Currency (aka Digital Currency or Digital Money) is a type of currency or medium of exchange that is not issued by any government nor guaranteed by a government currency. Despite lacking legal tender... more +

Virtual Currency (aka Digital Currency or Digital Money) is a type of currency or medium of exchange that is not issued by any government nor guaranteed by a government currency. Despite lacking legal tender status, Virtual Currency is still traded and exchanged in some environments, typically online environments or communities. Bitcoin is the most well-known form of Virtual Currency. less -

Material Investment Management Developments and Template Annual Compliance Checklists for Registered Investment Advisers, Exempt...

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 4/7/2023

Lowenstein Sandler’s Investment Management Group is pleased to provide you with the summaries and checklists described below. Summaries of recent legal developments with respect to: •SEC’s 2023 Examination Priorities- ...more

Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services COVID-19 Newsletter - March 2022 # 3

Troutman Pepper on 3/15/2022

Like most industries today, Consumer Finance Services businesses are being significantly impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Troutman Pepper has developed a dedicated COVID-19 Resource Center to guide clients...more

NYAG’s Warning to Crypto Businesses Muddies Regulatory Waters; Compliance Requirements Remain Elusive

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 11/30/2021

New York’s chief law enforcement agency recently squandered an opportunity to bring much needed guidance to the digital assets space. On October 18, 2021, the Office of New York Attorney General, Letitia James (“NYAG”),...more

Bridging The Week - December 2019 #2

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 12/17/2019

The New York State Department of Financial Services proposed a self-certification regime for the approval of new digital coins by licensed virtual currency firms similar to the process applied by the Commodity Futures Trading...more

SEC Enforcement Trends: Highlights from Securities Enforcement Forum West 2018

Fenwick & West LLP on 5/18/2018

The Securities Enforcement Forum West 2018 brought together current and former senior U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and U.S. Department of Justice officials, securities enforcement and white-collar attorneys,...more

New Guidance From SEC, New York’s DFS

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 3/19/2018

Hoping to help covered entities, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released an update on cybersecurity while New York’s Department of Financial Services (DFS) published guidance for licensed virtual currency...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/9/2018

Looking Out for Main Street: SEC Focuses on Retail, Cybersecurity and Cryptocurrency - The Commissioners and senior officials of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or "Commission") addressed the public on...more

Privacy & Cybersecurity Update - February 2018

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/2/2018

In this month's edition of our Privacy & Cybersecurity Update, we examine the Identity Theft Research Center's findings on data breaches in 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court's denial of certiorari that leaves in place the circuit...more

Highlights From SEC Speaks 2018 - Retail, Cybersecurity And Cryptocurrency

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/1/2018

The Commissioners and senior officials of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or "Commission") addressed the public on February 23-24 at the annual "SEC Speaks" conference in Washington, D.C. Throughout the...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - February 2018 #4

Robinson & Cole LLP on 2/26/2018

U.S. Estimates that Cyber Hacks Cost Up to $109 Billion in 20 - The Council for Economic Advisors (CEA) issued a report this month, entitled “The Cost of Malicious Cyber Activity to the U.S. Economy,” which concludes that...more

SEC Announces 2018 National Examination Priorities

Troutman Pepper on 2/19/2018

The Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) recently announced its 2018 national examination priorities, which are broken down into five categories...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 11/13/2017

Big news out of Uber this weekend, where the company and its board resolved outstanding issues with Travis Kalanick in order to finalize a deal in which a SoftBank-led consortium of investors will buy up about $1 billion of...more

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - October 2017 #2

Robinson & Cole LLP on 10/18/2017

FBI Issues Flash Alert on Apache Struts Vulnerability - The Apache Struts vulnerability has been mentioned frequently in the media over the past month, as it is believed to have been involved in one of the largest and most...more

Back to the Future: 2017 [Expect Focus Life Insurance – December 2016]

Carlton Fields on 1/9/2017

- Should Your Company Purchase Bitcoin to Pay a Cyber Ransom? - NAIC Draws Line in CFPB Sandbox - NAIC’s Big Data Task Force Sets Charges for 2017 - Broker-Dealers Can Hold Customers’ Initial Checks ...more

Financial Services Report, Winter 2015

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 12/8/2015

BELTWAY - Finally Faster than Amazon Prime - The Federal Reserve Board recently announced that banks and other financial institutions that use its payments system will have to be able to process same-day...more

Securities Litigation and Enforcement Newsletter

Fenwick & West LLP on 11/20/2015

In this our second edition of Fenwick’s Securities Litigation and Enforcement Newsletter, we continue to provide you with short insights about timely securities litigation and enforcement developments. This edition’s topics...more

Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense - October 2015

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 10/23/2015

"Wherefore Art Thou Due Process?" Part III - Why it matters: It is time for another installment in our continuing "Wherefore Art Thou Due Process?" coverage into the ongoing constitutional challenges to the SEC's...more

Financial Services Weekly News - September 2015 #4

Goodwin on 9/24/2015

Regulatory Developments - NYDFS Announces Approval of First BitLicense Application from a Virtual Currency Firm: The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) announced Sept. 22 that it has approved...more

Expect Focus - ONLINE HEALTH CARE: NOT SO FAST Telemedicine Hits A Few Speed Bumps, Volume II, Spring 2015

Carlton Fields on 6/26/2015

In This Issue: - IN THE SPOTLIGHT • Risky Business: Common Cyber Security Risks, Expensive Consequences - LIFE INSURANCE • Ninth Circuit Finds Bonus Indexed Annuity Delivers Exactly...more

Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - Volume IX, Issue 48

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 12/15/2014

In this issue: - Recent Developments Relating to Rights to Exclude Shareholder Proposals from Proxy Statements - SEC Approves MSRB Best Execution Rule - SEC Sanctions Operator of Unregistered Virtual...more

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