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Weekly Blockchain Blog - June 2024 #2

BakerHostetler on 6/10/2024

TradFi/DeFi Integrations Announced, Yield-Bearing Stablecoin Launches - According to reports, Robinhood, a major U.S. financial services company, has entered into an agreement to acquire Bitstamp, a global cryptocurrency...more

UK Criminal Enforcement Update - Spring 2024

WilmerHale on 5/20/2024

Recent weeks have seen several notable developments in the UK criminal enforcement landscape...more

Swiss Banks Launch Crypto Offerings; GAO Addresses SEC Crypto Bulletin; UK and Hong Kong Publish Crypto Guidance; DOJ and SEC...

BakerHostetler on 11/6/2023

Swiss Banks Launch Tokenization Pilot, Crypto Custody and Trading Services - A recent press release announced a pilot by “SIX, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) and six commercial banks” that seeks “to test, in a live...more

Recent Developments for Directors - October 2023 Edition

Latham & Watkins LLP on 10/18/2023

SEC Adopts Final Rules on Cybersecurity Disclosures - The SEC has adopted rules requiring companies to provide disclosure within four business days of determining that a material cybersecurity incident has occurred, and...more

Regulating AI: An Overview of Federal Efforts

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C. on 8/2/2023

This first part of a two-part series on U.S. regulation of artificial intelligence systems provides an overview and modern context for the existing regulatory, legal and risk management landscape for AI systems in the U.S.,...more

‘Unboxing’ the New NIST Guidance: NIST Publishes Significant Update to Healthcare Cybersecurity Guide

BakerHostetler on 8/5/2022

Without question, healthcare providers and the companies that support them operate in an elevated cybersecurity risk environment. And when a cybersecurity incident occurs, the ensuing regulatory inquiries and/or...more

OFAC Puts Virtual Currency Industry On Notice

King & Spalding on 10/26/2021

Guidance Demonstrates OFAC’s Expectations for Sanctions Compliance by Cryptocurrency Industry - On October 15, 2021, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury published Sanctions...more

Treasury Releases Guidance for the Virtual Currency Industry and Analysis on Ransomware Trends

K2 Integrity on 10/25/2021

Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) released detailed sanctions compliance guidance for the virtual currency industry (the Guidance). The Guidance provides an overview of OFAC sanctions requirements and lists several best...more

OFAC Releases Updated Ransomware Advisory and Announces First Designation of Cryptocurrency Exchange

K2 Integrity on 9/29/2021

On 21 September 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued an updated advisory that highlights the sanctions risks associated with making ransomware payments. OFAC reiterated...more

FDIC Seeks Comment on Supervisory Approach to Examinations During Pandemic

Goodwin on 8/20/2021

In This Issue. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is seeking information and comment regarding the FDIC’s supervisory approach to examinations during the pandemic; the FDIC’s tech lab, FIDTECH, announced a “tech...more

Plan Cybersecurity Guidance: DOL Enforcement Warrants Plan Sponsor Action

Poyner Spruill LLP on 8/3/2021

Benefit plan sponsors and plan fiduciaries should take note and act quickly—the Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a new cybersecurity guidance package with far-reaching effects and has already begun including this in its...more

The Illinois Department of Insurance Issues Cybersecurity Guidance Regarding Microsoft Exchange Server Installations

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Privacy, Cyber & AI... on 6/4/2021

The Illinois Department of Insurance (the "Department") recently released guidance to all regulated entities concerning vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Exchange Server installations. Issued on the heels of other state and...more

DOL Issues Cybersecurity Guidance for Retirement Plans

Smith Gambrell Russell on 4/27/2021

Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Labor (the “DOL”) issued informal guidance outlining “best practices” for managing the cybersecurity risks facing employer-sponsored retirement plans. Although the DOL has...more

US Department of Labor Issues Highly Anticipated Cybersecurity Guidance for ERISA Plans

Perkins Coie on 4/22/2021

On April 14, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released three-part guidance on cybersecurity issues for employee benefit plans, marking its first significant commentary on the issue since its comprehensive but...more

USDOL Offers Guidance on Data Security for Plan Fiduciaries and Service Providers

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 4/15/2021

The Employee Benefits Security Administration of the United States Department of Labor (“EBSA”) recently published guidance regarding cybersecurity best practices for recordkeepers and service providers responsible for plan...more

MSB or Not MSB? That Is the Question (for Determining Applicability of Anti-Money Laundering Rules)

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 1/26/2021

Over the last 20 years, commerce, finance, and banking have become increasingly digital. Anti-money laundering (AML) regulators have found themselves catching up with the pace of technological innovation.1 As AML regulators...more

You can’t just wash your hands of it… A landlord and tenant’s guide to COVID-19 in the UK

Hogan Lovells on 3/12/2020

As hand gels and toilet paper fly off the shelves and children across the world cross their fingers for school closures, the COVID-19 strain of coronavirus has taken over the news. ...more

SEC Sets Disclosure Expectations on IP Risks Associated with International Operations

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog on 1/3/2020

The SEC has issued new guidance it believes will assist public companies both in assessing materiality and in drafting disclosure related to risks to technology and intellectual property that may result from conducting...more

Clarity and Transparency: DOJ Issues Updated Corporate Compliance Guide

BakerHostetler on 5/15/2019

On April 30, 2019, the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") released a new corporate compliance guidance document for prosecutors titled “Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs” (“Guidance”)....more

HHS Issues Practical New Cybersecurity Guidance for Healthcare Businesses of all Sizes

Stoel Rives - Health Law Insider® on 3/7/2019

In late January, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Healthcare & Public Health Sector Coordinating Council issued a new cybersecurity guidance document for healthcare businesses of all sizes. The guidance...more

Department of Justice Fraud Section Provides Guidance on Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs

Jones Day on 3/2/2017

On February 8, 2017, the United States Department of Justice ("DOJ") Fraud Section published a blueprint for assessing corporate compliance efforts, titled "Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs" ("Guidance"). It...more

Privacy Commissioners Issue Joint Guidance on Bring Your Own Device Programs

Bennett Jones LLP on 8/19/2015

An organization’s information can be put at risk when staff begin to bring their own devices and use them in the workplace. As a result, in such cases, an organization should consider adopting an appropriate “bring your own...more

SEC Updates Guidance on Cybersecurity

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 5/3/2015

Emphasizing the critical importance of cybersecurity to registered investment companies (RICs), including insurance separate accounts and business development companies, and to investment advisers, the SEC’s Division of...more

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