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A recent federal district court ruling in a criminal anti-money laundering case suggests that the transmission of virtual currency on behalf of another person requires a state money transmission license — even if the state’s money transmission law does not expressly address the regulation …›
Online platform operators have a rare cause to be cautiously optimistic at news from the European court. In a recently-published European Court of Justice (ECJ) opinion, Advocate General Henrik Saugmandsgaard Øe stated that, under the current EU legal regime, operators should not be directly …›
Today, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“Court”) issued its judgement in the Schrems II‑case. The case relates to the validity of certain transfer mechanisms to legitimize international sharing of personal information from the EU to outside the EU. In short, the …›
From 12 July 2020, any business (whether or not EU-based) providing an online platform or search engine to business users in the EU and the UK must comply with a new EU regulation designed to promote fairness and transparency. Platform use terms may need …›
On June 24, 2020, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) announced a series of initiatives designed to provide further guidance and resources for businesses operating in, and potential new entrants into, the virtual currency industry. The initiatives represent the first major …›
The California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA), the California ballot initiative that would amend and expand the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA), has qualified for the November 2020 California ballot. Read our client alert. …›
In a time when data breaches are on the rise, a recent court ruling serves as a stark warning for companies attempting to shield from disclosure their incident response consultant’s report. The court’s decision compelling the disclosure of a report prepared by Mandiant should …›
Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the process of implementing Brexit continues. One of the key Brexit issues for the tech sector is the extent to which the UK will either align or diverge its digital regulations with the EU. Both the UK and EU have set …›
The European Union is supposed to have the strongest data protection laws in the world. So why do privacy violations continue to make the headlines? I believe that the lack of material privacy compliance is not due to lack of enforcement, but is due …›
On May 1, 2020 the last part of the German Trademark Law Modernization Act (Markenrechtsmodernisierungsgesetz – “MaMoG”), which contains practical relevant amendments to the procedural rules of the German trademark system, took effect. In particular, an administrative procedure for the revocation and the invalidation …›