WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IN A MINUTE OR LESS - Blockchain and distributed ledger technology hold great promise for advancements in logistics and supply chain management, health care, finance, and many other aspects of business...more
On 22 September 2022, in its first-ever enforcement action against a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) alleged that certain automated crypto transactions conducted on...more
Information is power, but the consequences of mismanaging information in the health care industry can be severe. Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems provide comprehensive real-time patient medical information in an...more
OVERVIEW - Most civil litigators successfully avoid having to address criminal matters, but sometimes the collision of civil and criminal worlds cannot be avoided. For instance, you may represent a financial adviser being...more
There’s no place like home. Now, more than any time in history, lawyers are working from home, supervising other lawyers who are also working remotely, and weighing options to integrate this change permanently in a...more
First there were CryptoKitties. Then came digital art, CryptoPunks and NBA Top Shot. But when Beeple’s digital art piece “Everydays: The First 5000 Days” sold at Christie’s for US$69 million, the NFT mania truly began. And as...more
Prosecutors offer Facebook posts to show that a gang leader “green lighted” the hatchet killing of a homeless man for “snitching” on him. A plaintiff in an Internet stalking case offers the hundreds of abusive emails she...more
INTRODUCTION - The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) recently voted 3–2, along party lines, to approve a final rule (Final Rule) regarding position limits for certain futures contracts and economically equivalent...more
Continuing to press the message that implementing and enforcing an effective compliance program is a business imperative, not an optional “best practice,” on 10 September 2020, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)...more
INTRODUCTION - On January 30, 2020, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or “Commission”) approved a proposed rule (the “Proposed Rule”) for new and amended regulations concerning speculative position limits for...more
As the new Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or the “Commission”), Chairman Tarbert’s short-term agenda is expected to include new position limit rules related to physical commodities....more
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On June 27, 2019, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) issued no-action relief for floor traders to “encourage new liquidity providers to trade cleared swaps on registered venues without...more
In this second installment of Qui Tam Quarterly, K&L Gates breaks down two policy statements by the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ"), providing an analysis of both (1) the 2018 "Granston Memo" and related case law; as well...more
Prosecutors offer Facebook posts to show that a gang leader "green lighted" the hatchet killing of a homeless man for "snitching" on him. A plaintiff in an internet stalking case offers the hundreds of abusive emails she...more
On March 13, 2019, the American Bar Association’s Derivatives and Futures Law Committee published a white paper called Digital and Digitized Assets: Federal and State Jurisdictional Issues. ...more
On Wednesday, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC” or the “Commission”) became the latest government agency to formally set its sights on foreign corruption. ...more
If 2017 was the year that cryptocurrencies came to the forefront of public attention, 2018 will be the year that this emerging medium of exchange enters a new phase of regulatory scrutiny. As an example, on January 4, 2018,...more
The Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”), enacted on May 11, 2016, provides the first private federal cause of action for trade secret misappropriation and allows employers whose trade secrets have been misappropriated to head...more
On March 10, 2017, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filed a civil complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York alleging that a Ukraine-based trading firm committed securities...more
In assessing potential sanctions against corporations, prosecutors must decide whether and how to exercise their discretion when evaluating penalties to impose upon a company whose employees engaged in wrongdoing despite the...more
One of the factors that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) considers in deciding whether to bring charges against a corporation is the existence and effectiveness of the corporation’s pre-existing compliance program. On...more
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