Feb 28, 2022 DeFi? Rug Pulls? Stablecoins? What Does the Future Hold for Crypto-Related Fraud? By Jessica Lee A decade ago cryptocurrency was barely known; Bitcoin was assumed by many of those that had heard anything about it to be a bit of a fad....
Feb 21, 2022 Bloomberg LP v ZXC: Supreme Court Judgment on Expectation of Privacy for Individuals Under Criminal Investigation By Menelaos Karampetsos This week, the U.K. Supreme Court (“UKSC”) issued its judgment[1] on an appeal by Bloomberg LP against lower courts’ findings that an...
Feb 15, 2022 The London Laundromat in 2022: Pressure Grows on UK Government to Tackle Economic Crime By Brown Rudnick Pressure is growing on the U.K. government to tackle economic crime, following the resignation of the government’s anti-fraud minister...
Feb 14, 2022 The ‘Digital’ Arm of the Law By Brown Rudnick As a Valentine’s Day treat for crypto/blockchain lovers, the U.K.’s taxation authority Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) announced...
Feb 09, 2022 In The AmLaw Litigation Daily: Another Napster? Brown Rudnick’s Peter Willsey Expects NFTs to Fuel New IP Disputes By Peter Willsey Partner Peter Willsey was featured in a Q&A with The AmLaw Litigation Daily regarding the market for non-fungible tokens (NFT) and how it...
Feb 04, 2022 Partner Jane Colston Authors Article Discussing Diversity and the Rule of Law By Jane Colston Partner Jane Colston published an article in the Solicitors Journal on the importance of diversity in strengthening the rule of law....
Feb 04, 2022 UK National Pleads Guilty to Violating US Sanctions on Iran and Related Indictment Unsealed By Menelaos Karampetsos US authorities have recently secured the conviction of a UK national and disclosed charges against three other individuals (from Canada,...
Feb 01, 2022 Trade Alert: China By Louisa Watt Iden Asl Reena Patel CHINA On 31 December 2021, President Xi delivered a televised speech to China centered on 2022 and the Chinese Communist Party’s vision...