Jun 30, 2023 Post-Brexit Momentum: Financial Services and Markets Bill Receives Royal Assent By Carolyn Jackson Neil Robson Nathaniel Lalone Christopher Collins Ciara McBrien +2 more... Show less As a major post-Brexit milestone, HM Treasury (“HMT”) has announced that the Financial Services and Markets Bill received Royal Assent on...
Jun 28, 2023 U.S. Government Issues Africa Gold Advisory By Jacques Semmelman On June 27, a broad lineup of U.S. government departments and agencies issued an “Africa Gold Advisory.” The 29-page Advisory, jointly...
Jun 28, 2023 Post-Brexit Milestone: UK-EU Memorandum of Understanding Signed By Neil Robson Ciara McBrien As a major step forward in post-Brexit relations between the two jurisdictions, the UK and EU have signed the highly anticipated...
Jun 27, 2023 FTC Secures $18.5 Million Settlement and Order In Another 'Dark Patterns' Case By Chris Cole On the heels of its lawsuit against Amazon.com, the FTC filed a complaint yesterday against PCH, the marketer behind the venerable...
Jun 26, 2023 Want to Be a Hero to Your Company? ANA Report on Programmatic Ad Fraud and Digital Ad Waste Suggests How By Chris Cole Between sips of rose at the Cannes Lions Awards in France this week, the ANA revealed a blockbuster report that shames the programmatic...
Jun 23, 2023 If Amazon's Online PRIME Cancellation Process Is Found to Be a Prohibited 'Dark Pattern,' Lots of Other Advertisers Should Be Worried By Chris Cole The FTC made news yesterday by filing suit against Amazon for allegedly "tricking" consumers into signing up for the company's Prime...
Jun 23, 2023 Copyright Fair Use for GenAI Training Data – Summary Judgment Decision Arriving Soon? By Michael Justus One of the most impactful copyright law issues of our time is whether the unauthorized use of copyrighted materials as training data for...
Jun 22, 2023 SEC’s Spring 2023 Rulemaking Agenda: Spotlight on Investment Advisers, Broker-Dealers and Certain Funds By Adam Bolter The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs recently released the semi-annual, Spring 2023 regulatory agenda (“Agenda”). The Agenda...
Jun 20, 2023 FCA Publishes Near-Final Cryptoasset Marketing Rules By Neil Robson Christopher Collins Ciara McBrien The Financial Conduct Authority (the “FCA”) recently announced its “near-final” rules on financial promotions for cryptoassets. The FCA...
Jun 20, 2023 Enhancing Data Privacy: A Glance at Texas’s New Consumer Privacy Law By Eric Hail Trisha Sircar Lisa Prather On June 18, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law the Texas Data Privacy and Securities Act (TDPSA). Substantive portions of the...
Jun 16, 2023 Litigation Beginning to Challenge Carbon Offsets By Chris Cole Imagine an entity that is currently heavily dependent on fossil fuels pledging to become "net zero" by calendar year 2050. This is not...
Jun 16, 2023 OFAC Issues Fact Sheet on Provision of Humanitarian Assistance to Sanctioned Countries By Jacques Semmelman On June 14, the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) published a Fact Sheet: Provision of Humanitarian...
Jun 13, 2023 FTC Seeks Public Comment on Collaboration With States Regarding Consumer Protection By Trisha Sircar The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on June 7 that it is seeking public comments and suggestions on ways it can work more...
Jun 12, 2023 No Exemption for DAO from Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC Regulations for Operating a Decentralized Exchange Rules California-Based Federal Court By Dan Davis A decentralized autonomous organization is an unincorporated association under California and federal law that is liable for violations...
Jun 09, 2023 Secondary Boycotts Against Businesses Displaying Rainbow Flags By Chris Cole In recent weeks, there has been a groundswell of so-called group "boycott" activity aimed at businesses that have publicly expressed...
Jun 09, 2023 The ‘Inside’ Story: Market Abuse Trends By Neil Robson Ciara McBrien Katten recently hosted an interesting and insightful panel discussion on the latest market abuse trends in the UK and US. The session was...