News of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) plans to create a new task force focused on monitoring competition in U.S. technology markets is making headlines for the suggestion that the agency might seek to unwind already approved mergers involving the nation’s so-called “tech giants.” But the FTC’s initiative is likely to have at least as […]

On 21st January 2019, the U.K. Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (“OFSI”) issued its first ever monetary penalty against Raphaels Bank. While the penalty is small (5,000), there are parallels with the Bribery Act 2010’s early enforcement which suggest this is merely OFSI’s opening salvo. Corporates would be well advised to prepare for more complex […]

 Paris partner Loïc Henriot and associate Magalie Jullien review the new French law regarding the protection of trade secrets in their latest C&G Client Alert: On July 30, 2018, the French law n°2018-670 regarding the protection of trade secrets (the “Law”), implementing the Directive 2016/943 (the “European Directive”), was promulgated after being examined by the […]

Partner Bonnie J Roe explores how Regulation A may be the best alternative for conducting an Initial Coin Offering in her latest article for Bloomberg BNA.

Christian R Everdell continues his examination of SEC enforcement actions regarding Initial Coin Offerings in an article published by the New York Law Journal, this time analyzing the SEC’s response to RECoin, PlexCoin, and Munchee.