Compliance Hot Spots: Crypto & Cannabis Lobbying | Script Flipped on Big Tech | Plus: Latest Promotions and New Hires
Catch up with Dina Ellis Rochkind of Paul Hastings about what's on her plate these days: cryptocurrency, blockchain and cannabis. Plus: meet the Brownstein Hyatt partner in Colorado who is the Trump's pick for U.S. attorney. Thanks for reading Compliance Hot Spots.
July 24, 2018 at 09:00 PM
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Cryptocurrency, Cannabis & More: Catching Up With Dina Rochkind of Paul Hastings
Paul Hastings LLP Dina Ellis Rochkind signed on to lobby registered to lobby Your work in 2018 alone has dealt with some of the hottest up-and-coming issues. How have you gotten involved in cryptocurrencies and also financial services for the state-legalized marijuana industry? The SEC, on the enforcement side, has been very active in cracking down on fraudulent coin offerings and is clearly trying to send a message. To what extent has that message gotten through to the wider industry? ➤➤ Check back at NLJ.com on Wednesday for the extended version. Meanwhile, here's my report Monday about a blockchain cyber-defense startup that is suing an investor. There's a Paul Hastings connection in my piece. Compliance Reads: Script Flipped on Big Tech | Meet Trump's Colorado U.S. Attorney Pick
Wall Street Journal Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Jason Dunn more here at NLJ New York Times Evan Greebel New York Law Journal Bloomberg reports. Speaking of insurance coverage... Law.com has a must-read piece about law firms and cyber insurance. The takeaway: "Most law firms typically do not comprehend the scope of the cyber exposures they face, and second, those firms—like many businesses—possess a very limited understanding of the coverage protections available to them, what losses are covered, and how valuable cyber insurance can be."
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Williams & Connolly BuckleySandler Dykema Gossett Eric Blankenstein National Law Journal Venable LLP a new disclosure Thomas Boyd Wiley Rein Joshua Turner disclosure Got a new client engagement? Shoot me a note at [email protected].Promotions and New Hires
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Edmund Polubinski and Marie Killmond of Davis Polk & Wardwell have entered appearances for data platform software development company MongoDB and other defendants in a pending shareholder derivative lawsuit. The action, filed Oct. 7 in New York Southern District Court by the Brown Law Firm, accuses the company's directors and/or officers of falsely expressing confidence in the company’s restructuring of its sales incentive plan and downplaying the severity of decreases in its upfront commitments. The case is 1:24-cv-07594, Roy v. Ittycheria et al.
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Amy O. Bruchs and Kurt F. Ellison of Michael Best & Friedrich have entered appearances for Epic Systems Corp. in a pending employment discrimination lawsuit. The suit was filed Sept. 7 in Wisconsin Western District Court by Levine Eisberner LLC and Siri & Glimstad on behalf of a project manager who claims that he was wrongfully terminated after applying for a religious exemption to the defendant's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The case, assigned to U.S. Magistrate Judge Anita Marie Boor, is 3:24-cv-00630, Secker, Nathan v. Epic Systems Corporation.
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David X. Sullivan, Thomas J. Finn and Gregory A. Hall from McCarter & English have entered appearances for Sunrun Installation Services in a pending civil rights lawsuit. The complaint was filed Sept. 4 in Connecticut District Court by attorney Robert M. Berke on behalf of former employee George Edward Steins, who was arrested and charged with employing an unregistered home improvement salesperson. The complaint alleges that had Sunrun informed the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection that the plaintiff's employment had ended in 2017 and that he no longer held Sunrun's home improvement contractor license, he would not have been hit with charges, which were dismissed in May 2024. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer, is 3:24-cv-01423, Steins v. Sunrun, Inc. et al.
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Greenberg Traurig shareholder Joshua L. Raskin has entered an appearance for boohoo.com UK Ltd. in a pending patent infringement lawsuit. The suit, filed Sept. 3 in Texas Eastern District Court by Rozier Hardt McDonough on behalf of Alto Dynamics, asserts five patents related to an online shopping platform. The case, assigned to U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap, is 2:24-cv-00719, Alto Dynamics, LLC v. boohoo.com UK Limited.
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