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MoFo Tech brings together legal insights and in-depth analyses on trends and complex issues shaping the global technology industry, covering fields such as blockchain and distributed ledger, cloud and SaaS technologies, driverless cars, drones, FinTech, computer hardware and software, the IoT, semiconductors, and telecommunications.
June 11, 2019 - Blockchain

You're Invited - The State of Blockchain

By: Susan I. Gault-Brown and Dario de Martino

Morrison & Foerster is hosting a blockchain panel discussion and reception at Tank18 on Thursday, June 20, 2019 in San Francisco. During the panel discussion, thought leaders will share how they are preparing themselves and their organizations for broader integration of blockchain technology. We will …›

June 6, 2019 - Asia, Mergers + Acquisitions

Japan Is Tightening Regulations Applicable to Foreign Direct Investment in the Information and Communications Technology Sector

By: Mitsutoshi Uchida, Fumihiko Hori, and Shotaro Maruyama

On May 27, 2019, the Japanese government published amended rules that aim to tighten the regulatory requirements applicable to foreign direct investment (tai nai chokusetsu toshi or FDI) under the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act of Japan (gaitame ho, or the “Act”). …›

June 4, 2019 - Blockchain, Financings, Fintech

Nevada Resident Sentenced for Fraud and Unlicensed Money Transmission in Case Involving Bitcoin

By: Dario de Martino, Marc-Alain Galeazzi, Sean Ruff, and Adam J. Fleisher

A Nevada resident, Morgan Rockcoons, was sentenced in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California to 21 months in prison for wire fraud and unlicensed money transmission. In connection with the sentencing, Rockcoons will also be required to forfeit $80,600 in …›

June 3, 2019 - Privacy + Data Security

CCPA: One Step Closer to Excluding Employee Data

By: Nathan D. Taylor

California is now one step closer to excluding information relating to employees from the scope of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). On May 29, 2019, the California Assembly passed Assembly Bill 25 (“AB 25”), which would narrow the CCPA’s definition of “consumer” to …›

May 23, 2019 - Hardware, Regulatory, Software, Telecommunications

Commerce Issues Narrow License for Certain Transactions with Huawei

By: John P. Carlin, John E. Smith, Nicholas J. Spiliotes, David A. Newman, Joseph A. Benkert, Panagiotis C. Bayz, Charles L. Capito III, Michael V. Dobson, and Amy S. Josselyn

The Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a 90-day temporary general license exempting a set of transactions from the Entity List designation of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (“Huawei”) and its affiliates worldwide, which was effective May 16, 2019. The …›