legal

Common legal phrase. Lawful action, such as an agreement consciously agreed to by two or more entities, establishing lawful accountability. For example, an apartment lease legally binds the lessor and the lessee.

CFTC Lawsuit Aims to Rein in DeFi
CFTC Lawsuit Aims to Rein in DeFi
September 28, 2022  |  Regulation

A pair of lawsuits by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) could upend the decentralized finance (DeFi) industry as we know it, making the projects...

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Veto of California Crypto Law Cold Comfort for State’s FinTech Sector
Veto of California Crypto Law Cold Comfort for State’s FinTech Sector
September 26, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The cryptocurrency lobbying industry won another victory Friday (Sept. 23) when California’s governor vetoed a bill that would have created a crypto regulation framework it...

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Today in Crypto: Pentagon Hires Inca Digital to Research Crypto Risks; JPMorgan Lowers Coinbase Price Target
Today in Crypto: Pentagon Hires Inca Digital to Research Crypto Risks; JPMorgan Lowers Coinbase Price...
September 25, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has hired Inca Digital, a digital asset data and analytics provider, to look into cryptocurrency risks to national...

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SEC Ethereum Lawsuit Asserts Control Over Most Crypto Blockchains
SEC Ethereum Lawsuit Asserts Control Over Most Crypto Blockchains
September 23, 2022  |  Blockchain

Earlier this week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) buried a very broad and very big jurisdiction claim 69 paragraphs down in a lawsuit about...

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French Law Aims to Give Small Bookshops an Edge Against Amazon
French Law Aims to Give Small Bookshops an Edge Against Amazon
September 23, 2022  |  Retail

France will impose a minimum 3-euro (about $3) delivery fee for online book sales of less than 35 euros (about $34) in a bid to...

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Jeff Bezos, CEO Andy Jassy Must Go Before FTC in Amazon Probe
Jeff Bezos, CEO Andy Jassy Must Go Before FTC in Amazon Probe
September 22, 2022  |  Amazon

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and CEO Andy Jassy have no choice but to testify before the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the agency’s ongoing investigation...

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Lithuanian Watchdog Launches Probe Into Revolut Data Breach
Lithuanian Watchdog Launches Probe Into Revolut Data Breach
September 22, 2022  |  Regulation

Digital bank Revolut is being investigated by a regulator in Lithuania following a data breach earlier this month that exposed sensitive information on 50,150 customers,...

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GOP AGs Ask Credit Card Companies to Drop Merchant Code That Tracks Gun Sales
GOP AGs Ask Credit Card Companies to Drop Merchant Code That Tracks Gun Sales
September 20, 2022  |  Regulation

Republican attorneys general in 24 states said America’s three largest card networks could be violating the law with a new system for processing firearms purchases....

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Report: Lawsuit Suggests US Jurisdiction Over Ethereum
Report: Lawsuit Suggests US Jurisdiction Over Ethereum
September 20, 2022  |  Blockchain

Does the United States have jurisdiction over the Ethereum blockchain? A lawsuit by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) could be suggesting that, Bloomberg reported...

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