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Proliferation of Laws Providing Employment Protections for Marijuana Users Complicate Businesses' Efforts to Maintain Occupational and Public Safety

While the number of states protecting employee use of recreational marijuana is currently small, there is no question that the number will grow.
6 minute read

The Recorder

EU Enforcement Puts Big Law Attorneys on the Front Lines of Big Tech Regulation

With the European Union's new set of tech-focused competition rules just on the horizon, Northern California law firms are already feeling the weight of rising enforcement.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

SEC Announces 2022 Examination Priorities

On March 30, the SEC's Division of Examinations (DOE) announced its examination priorities for 2022. The list of priorities reflects the DOE's assessment of "certain risks, issues, and policy matters that arise out of market and regulatory developments, information gathered from examinations and other sources."
14 minute read

International Edition

The World Was Not Quite Ready for a Crypto Implosion, Lawyers in Asia Even Less So

The lack of robust legal frameworks in different Asian jurisdictions means investors in the region face more risk when investing in digital assets, including cryptocurrencies such as stablecoins.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

NY Lawyer: Cost of Web3 Compliance Seen as Expensive, Time-Consuming Barrier for Small, Midsized Firms

New York was the first state to regulate cryptocurrency, but according to Jacqueline Drohan, a partner in Drohan Lee, who focuses on virtual currency, the earliest BitLicense issued had problems and "seemed almost like a fishing expedition by the regulators."
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Privacy Protection in the Age of Data Aggregation: SDNY Examines the Scope of 'Personal Information' Under the VPPA

This article discusses a recent case out of the Southern District of New York that involved application of a hastily-crafted statute (passed in 1988 to regulate video rental stores) to a TikTok competitor. The court's opinion on a motion to dismiss is an informative overview of privacy laws and the challenges they present to the modern legal system.
10 minute read

International Edition

Former Paralegal Sentenced To Prison After Stealing £438,000 From UK Firm

The former employee of the Top 50 firm had arranged 116 payments to his bank accounts over three years.
2 minute read

International Edition

Cryptocurrency Regulation in Europe Enters New Phase

Lawyers say a new regulation of markets in crypto assets will attract more crypto service providers to the 27-member bloc, as well as generate a wave of regulatory advisory work for law firms.
7 minute read

Law.com

NFT Boom: What Are the Regulatory and Enforcement Risks?

The exploding market for NFTs has created a wide variety of potential risks, including consumer fraud, money laundering and sanctions evasion, regulatory lawyers say.
7 minute read

International Edition

Robust Regulation Makes Canada Attractive to Global Cryptocurrency Market

Digital assets, fintech, and more are providing new and exciting work for lawyers across many disciplines in Canada.
5 minute read

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