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Place Your Bets: US District Courts Are Split On Whether The Commodity Exchange Act Preempts State Gaming Laws With Respect To Sports Event Contracts

Derivatives exchange and prediction market KalshiEX LLC (Kalshi) was handed a litigation setback in defending its sports event contract offerings in federal court...

United States Finance

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

The White House Working Group On Digital Asset Markets Report: What It Means For The Derivatives Industry

The "Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology" Report, published in July 2025 by the President's Working Group on Digital Asset Markets (the PWG), includes comprehensive recommendations for immediate action by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

United States Technology

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K&L Gates LLP

The Show Can Go On: Second Circuit Analyzes Copyright Grants Involving Play Adaptations Of "To Kill A Mockingbird"

Fans of Harper Lee's classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird, admirers of walk-and-talk screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, Broadway enthusiasts, and devotees of esoteric copyright law recently hit the Venn diagram jackpot.

United States Litigation

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Reavis Page Jump LLP

Charting A Path Forward – The Senate Banking Committee Offers Principles-Based Approach To Digital Asset Market Structure

With the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (the "GENIUS Act") signed into law by President Donald J. Trump on July 18, 2025,1 the spotlight...

United States Finance

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Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP

SEC Chairman Atkins Announces "Project Crypto" – A New Era For Digital Asset Regulation In The United States

United States Technology

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A&O Shearman

Event Contracts: Financial Innovation Or Gambling Back Door? (Video)

United States Commercial

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Gamma Law

SEC Approves In-Kind Creations And Redemptions For Crypto Asset ETPs

United States Finance

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Dechert

Securities And Derivative Litigation: Quarterly Update Q3 2025

United States Commercial

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Dechert

CFTC Joins FERC And SEC In Issuing Guidance On DOJ Referrals For Criminal Offenses

United States Finance

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Steptoe LLP

Hitting The Snooze Button: CFTC Staff Issues Relief Intended To Reduce Burdens Of Swap Data Notification Requirements

United States Finance

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

We Read The 160-page Policy Report By The Working Group On Digital Asset Markets, So You Don't Have To

United States Technology

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McMillan LLP

Derivatives And Securities Dealers' Pre-Hedging Of Client Trades Faces Potential New Rules

United States Finance

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Bracewell

Everyone's Human: CFTC Rationalizes Swap Error Reporting

United States Finance

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Mayer Brown

CFTC Launches Listed Spot Crypto Trading Initiative

United States Technology

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

From Copyright Case To AI Data Crisis: How The New York Times v. OpenAI Reshapes Companies' Data Governance And EDiscovery Strategy

United States Technology

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Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

2025 Trade Policy Agenda Provides Rationale For Trump Tariff Actions

United States International

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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Are Emotional Distress Damages In FEHA Settlements Taxable?

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Trump Administration Passes The One Big Beautiful Bill Act

United States Tax

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Foley & Lardner

What Honeybees Have Taught Me About Dispute Resolution

United States Litigation

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JAMS

Reversals Of Fraud Charges Highlight Difficulties In Bringing Market Manipulation Cases

Establishing that criminal defendants engaged in market manipulation is extremely difficult, often due to the difficulty in establishing that the defendant created prices that did not reflect legitimate sources...

United States Criminal

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WilmerHale

The CLARITY Act: Key Developments For Digital Assets

During the recent "Crypto Week" on Capitol Hill, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the CLARITY Act as part of a suite of three bills for the benefit of the cryptocurrency industry.

United States Technology

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Loeb & Loeb LLP

FAQs - Final Rules For The Revised UK Commodity Derivatives Position Limits Framework

As of 6 July 2026 (some rules took effect from March 2025), all final rules of the new FCA commodity derivatives position limits framework will come into effect. In addition, responsibility from the regime will transfer from the UK regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") to UK trading venues to set position limits...

United States Finance

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Mayer Brown

Unearthing US Vulnerabilities: President Trump Outlines Steps To Strengthen The US Copper Industry

The Trump Administration has made it clear that it intends to increase the United States's production of critical minerals, with a focus on copper, through its implementation of the "Unleashing American Energy"...

United States Finance

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Mayer Brown

Regulatory Monitoring

United States Finance

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A&O Shearman

SEC Chair Atkins Unveils "Project Crypto" To Modernize US Securities Regulation

United States Technology

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WilmerHale

White House Charts New Course For Digital Asset Policy

United States Technology

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Proactive Compliance, Strategic Defense: Leveraging Compliance Programs To Mitigate Regulatory Enforcement Risk

United States Finance

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Steptoe LLP

Payment Stablecoins Get "Smart" (Or GENIUS-like)

United States Finance

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

EBA's Draft Regulatory Technical Standards Elaborate On Requirements For EU Branches Of Non-EU Banks

United States Finance

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A&O Shearman

Court Of Appeals Again Bolsters Internal Affairs Doctrine, This Time Clipping Derivative Suits Brought On Behalf Of Foreign Corporations

United States Commercial

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Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Weekly Blockchain Blog – July 28, 2025

United States Technology

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BakerHostetler

Stablecoins: Revolutionizing Global Finance?

United States Finance

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Jones Day

A New Era For The Stablecoin Industry: The GENIUS Act

United States Technology

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BakerHostetler

Court Of Appeals Again Bolsters Internal Affairs Doctrine, This Time Clipping Derivative Suits Brought On Behalf Of Foreign Corporations

Section 626 of New York's Business Corporation Law governs standing to sue derivatively in New York. It states that "an action may be brought in the right of a domestic...

United States Commercial

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Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Weekly Blockchain Blog – July 28, 2025

According to a recent press release, a major U.S. bank has entered into a strategic partnership with the largest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange platform. This collaboration reportedly aims to expand access to secure...

United States Technology

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BakerHostetler

Stablecoins: Revolutionizing Global Finance?

Following the recent focus on two major regulatory frameworks—the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (known as the GENIUS Act) in the United States, and Regulation (EU) 2023/1114...

United States Finance

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Jones Day

A New Era For The Stablecoin Industry: The GENIUS Act

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the GENIUS Act on July 17, clearing it to be signed into law by President Donald J. Trump on July 18.

United States Technology

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BakerHostetler

Crypto CLARITY: The Politics, Policy And Implications Of Digital Assets Regulatory Framework Legislation In The 119th Congress

United States Technology

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Building A Digital Asset Regulatory Framework: The GENIUS Act And Next Steps

On July 18, President Trump signed into law the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act of 2025 (the GENIUS Act) establishing a regulatory framework for digital assets classified as payment stablecoins.

United States Technology

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Wiley Rein

The GENIUS Act Is Here. What Now?

The Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins, or "GENIUS" Act, a sweeping legal framework for stablecoins in the US, was signed into law by President Trump on July 18, 2025.

United States Technology

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Steptoe LLP

CFTC Issues Guidance For Referrals Of Criminal Regulatory Offenses To DOJ

On July 9, 2025, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued an advisory describing its plan to address criminally liable regulatory offenses in accordance with Executive Order 14294...

United States Finance

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Mayer Brown

FINRA's $25K Rule Is On The Chopping Block: What A Lower PDT Threshold Could Mean For Retail Trading

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is reportedly preparing a seismic change to its pattern day trading (PDT) rule—a rule that, since 2001, has required investors to maintain...

United States Finance

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Anderson P.C.

The Texas Stock Exchange: A New Era For Public Markets In The Lone Star State

United States Commercial

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

ISDA Launches Notices Hub For Online Delivery Of Notices

United States Finance

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Proskauer Rose LLP

U.S. House Passes GENIUS And CLARITY Acts, Signaling Bipartisan Support For Digital Assets

United States Finance

JD

Jones Day

GENIUS Act Signed Into Law US Enacts Federal Stablecoin Legislation

United States Finance

MB

Mayer Brown

EMIR 3—the Active Account Requirement

Worldwide Finance

AO

A&O Shearman

Reform Of The EU Securitisation Framework—Part 1: STS Label Extended To Unfunded Credit Protection

Worldwide Finance

JD

Jones Day

GENIUS Act Enacted, Establishing A Regulatory Framework For Payment Stablecoins Issued Or Sold In The United States

United States Technology

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Quarterly Investment Update - 2nd Quarter 2025

United States Finance

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Perkins Coie LLP

Financial Markets And Funds Quick Take | Issue 40

United States Finance

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Congress Set To Bring CLARITY To Digital Asset Market Structure

United States Finance

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WilmerHale

SEC And CFTC Extend Form PF Compliance Date Again

United States Finance

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Foley & Lardner

Commodity Trading Entering Mainstream Puts Pressure On Congress

United States Finance

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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

CFTC's FCM FAQ Aims To Guide New Market Entrants But Adds No New Obligations

United States Finance

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Boots Down For Bitcoin: Texas Leads The Charge With One-of-a-Kind Bitcoin Reserve

United States Technology

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Bracewell

California Court Of Appeal Holds That Derivative Litigation Settlement Procedural Rules Apply Even In Intra-Shareholder Suits In Closely Held Companies

United States Commercial

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

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Event Contracts: Financial Innovation Or Gambling Back Door? (Video)

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Gamma Law

Dan Davis Shares Views On Digital Asset Regulation During House Subcommittee Hearing (Video)

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Mining In Focus: Latin America (Video)

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Gowling WLG

Current Issues In Derivatives (Video)

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Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Fall Blockchain Update Two: Kraken Fine (Video)

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Pryor Cashman LLP

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