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The Maryland 911 Board is issuing a warning that older phones may stop operating in early 2022 due to the retirement of 3G networks and support for phones using 3G service.
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The Biden Administration has moved quickly to nominate new leadership at the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or "Commission"). President Biden, in a move that provides insight into his priorities and the approach his administration will pursue with regard to regulatory action, has nominated former Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") Chairman Gary Gensler to lead the SEC. Mr. Gensler, who led the CFTC during the Obama Administration in the aftermath of the 2008 financial ...
Monday, December 21, 2020 Executive Summary As one of the regulators engaged in the cryptocurrency space, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has been bringing enforcement actions against virtual currency market participants, including traders, issuers, exchanges, and service providers. From January 1, 2015, to June 30, 2020, the CFTC brought 19 such actions. Of the 19 actions between 2015 and Q2 2020, 14 were litigated in U.S. district courts. The other five were resolved within the CFTC as orders and simultaneous settlements. The majority of actions involved an al...
Monday, December 21, 2020 Virtual Currencies as Commodities In recent years, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or the Commission) has taken a role as one of the regulators of cryptocurrency in the United States. In this article, we review the CFTC’s regulatory and enforcement approach in this space. In December 2014, the CFTC stated that virtual currencies are encompassed under the definition of a “commodity” in the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA), and thus subject to its jurisdiction. [1] Nine months later, in September 2015, the CFTC brought its first enforcem...