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.

Sen. Ron Wyden Accuses ICE of Secretly Collecting Money Transfer Data

Sen. Ron Wyden Accuses ICE of Secretly Collecting Money Transfer Data
Sen. Ron Wyden Accuses ICE of Secretly Collecting Money Transfer Data
March 08, 2022  |  Legal & Regulation

A secret program overseen by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) covertly tracked and collected data on at least 200 million money transfers in the last...

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CFPB, State Attorneys General Probe Block Over Cash App
CFPB, State Attorneys General Probe Block Over Cash App
March 06, 2022  |  CFPB

Digital payment company Block, run by CEO Jack Dorsey, is now being investigated by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and several state attorneys general regarding...

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Citing Libertarian Values, CEOs of Crypto Exchanges Won’t Cut Off Russian Customers
Citing Libertarian Values, CEOs of Crypto Exchanges Won’t Cut Off Russian Customers
March 04, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

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GameStop Appoints FinTech Legal Vet Cindy Yang from Duane Morris
GameStop Appoints FinTech Legal Vet Cindy Yang from Duane Morris
March 04, 2022  |  Personnel

GameStop appointed Duane Morris FinTech attorney Cindy Yang as vice president and assistant general counsel as the company continues its move from a brick-and-mortar video...

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US Imposes Fresh Sanctions on 8 Russian Oligarchs, Officials
US Imposes Fresh Sanctions on 8 Russian Oligarchs, Officials
March 03, 2022  |  Cross-border Payments

The U.S. has imposed more sanctions, this time against Russian oligarchs, in a bid to hit the ultra-wealthy in that country, according to a Reuters...

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Amazon Data Certification Sets Deadline for FTC to Rule on MGM Deal
Amazon Data Certification Sets Deadline for FTC to Rule on MGM Deal
March 03, 2022  |  ANTITRUST

Amazon has given the Federal Trade Commission a new, urgent deadline to decide something about its proposal to buy MGM, The Wall Street Journal wrote...

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Chinese Banks Revamp Ties With Russian Businesses to Avoid Sanctions, Report Says
Chinese Banks Revamp Ties With Russian Businesses to Avoid Sanctions, Report Says
March 03, 2022  |  Banking

Several Chinese banks are working to make sure they can maintain business with Russian clients and also avoid Western sanctions, Reuters reported Thursday (March 3)....

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Today in Crypto: MetaMask, Infura Block ‘Certain Jurisdictions’
Today in Crypto: MetaMask, Infura Block ‘Certain Jurisdictions’
March 03, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Two key parts of Ethereum’s ecosystem, MetaMask and Infura, have moved to cut off access to users in some areas, CoinDesk reported Thursday (March 3)....

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