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Republican AGs Bullish on Protecting Consumer Data from Chinese Communist Party

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A group of 14 Republican AGs wrote a letter to the CEO of Webull Financial LLC, inquiring into whether Webull—which is both a U.S. and Chinese company—may have exposed customers’ personal information to the Chinese Communist...more

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That’s a Lot of Coin: AG James Settles with Crypto Platform for $22 Million

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New York AG Letitia James settled with Mek Global Limited and Phoenixfin PTE Ltd., both doing business as KuCoin, to resolve allegations that the cryptocurrency platform violated the Martin Act when it failed to register as a...more

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Fintech Firms Launch New Products; Crypto Guidance Published by CFTC, EBA, UAE; OFAC Adds Public Keys to SDN List; CFTC, NY AG...

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Crypto Firms Announce New Product Launches in Custody, Stablecoins, Wallets - According to a recent press release, Prometheum Capital has received the first-ever approval from the Financial Industry Regulation Authority...more

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NYAG Proposition of Digital Assets Legislation

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On May 5, 2023, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a landmark bill — the Crypto Regulation, Protection, Transparency, and Oversight (CRPTO) Act — that, if passed, would dramatically tighten regulation on...more

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AG James Sues Cryptocurrency Platform KuCoin, Alleging Registration Status Violations

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New York AG Letitia James filed a lawsuit against Mek Global Limited and Phoenixfin PTE Ltd., both doing business as KuCoin, alleging that the cryptocurrency platform violated the Martin Act when it failed to register as a...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

NYAG Files Action Against Crypto Trading Platform, Takes Position That ETH Is a Security

On March 9, 2023, the New York State Attorney General’s Office (NYAG) filed a lawsuit charging crypto trading platform KuCoin for “failing to register as a securities and commodities broker-dealer and falsely representing...more

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New York Attorney General Sets Enforcement Sights on Cryptocurrency Platforms

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New York AG Letitia James directed two cryptocurrency lending platforms to cease sales of unregistered virtual or cryptocurrency lending products, which allegedly violate New York’s Martin Act that is intended to protect the...more

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Gurbir Grewal Named as New Director of SEC Enforcement Division

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) announced that New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal will become the next director of its Enforcement Division (Division), after resigning his New Jersey's...more

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Cryptocurrency Platform Hit With Motion For TRO, Preliminary Injunction, And Receiver Appointment

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New York AG Letitia James moved to stop cryptocurrency trading platform Coinseed, Inc. (“Coinseed”) from allegedly executing unauthorized trades and acting as an unregistered commodity broker-dealer....more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Tuning Out Harmony: The Second Circuit Upholds Regulation Best Interest

Last year, a group of state attorneys general (AGs) filed suit against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), challenging the agency’s Regulation BI (Best Interest), enacted in June 2019. Regulation Best Interest...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Update – Who’s calling the Hoosiers? Indiana’s amended telephone solicitations law unlikely to apply to broker-dealers and...

On September 24, 2019, in response to a request for clarification by certain industry groups, the Indiana Attorney General’s Office issued a Memorandum of Legal Guidance (the “MLG”) confirming that the amendments to the...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Who’s calling the Hoosiers? Indiana amends its telephone solicitations law

Insurance companies that do business in Indiana may be concerned that they are now required to register as a telephone solicitor with the Indiana Attorney General’s Office as a result of legislation that went into effect in...more

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Blockchain Week in Review - May 2019 #2

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U.S. Developments - Regulatory Updates - SEC Continues to Delay Decision on Bitwise ETF - On May 14, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) continued its delay on a decision regarding a bitcoin...more

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