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Legal problems holding back blockchain-based trade finance: research

R3, Shearman & Sterling, and BAFT (Bankers Association for Finance and Trade), have released a technical paper, ‘Code Is Not Law: The Legal Background for Trade Finance Using Blockchain’, which examines the paths to securing legal recognition for “electronic negotiable instruments.”

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Fintech lobby group opens North American division

The Financial Data and Technology Association (FDATA), which played a pivotal role over the last five years in crafting the design and implementation of open banking standards in the United Kingdom and in Europe, announced today the launch of a North American arm, FDATA North America.

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Crypto exchange IronX awarded licence in Estonia

IronX, the new Crypto Exchange joint venture between leading global online broker IronFX Group and EmurgoHK, creator of the Cardano Blockchain, today announces it has been awarded full regulatory licence approval by the Estonian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU).

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Mastercard settles US merchant class-action suit

Mastercard has reached an agreement to settle monetary damages claims in the U.S. merchant class-action litigation

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Adaptive appoints new non-exec directors

Adaptive, a software consultancy specialising in real-time trading systems, has selected senior investment banking and legal non-exec directors to sit on its board.

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CFTC wins cryptocurrency court case

A New York federal court entered final judgment ordering Patrick K. McDonnell of Staten Island, New York, and CabbageTech, Corp. d/b/a Coin Drop Markets (CDM), McDonnell’s New York-based company, to pay over $1.1 million in civil monetary penalties and restitution in connection with a lawsuit brought by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) alleging fraud in connection with virtual currencies, including Bitcoin and Litecoin.

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Diebold Nixdorf prevails in patent dispute

Diebold Nixdorf (NYSE: DBD) announced today that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the decision issued by the International Trade Commission (ITC) against the company in a patent dispute against Nautilus Hyosung.

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Former State Street EVP convicted over scheme to defraud insitutional investors

A former executive vice president of State Street Bank & Trust was convicted today by a federal jury in Boston in connection with engaging in a scheme to defraud at least six of the bank’s clients through secret commissions applied to billions of dollars of securities trades.

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Lemonade files suit against One Insurance

Lemonade today filed suit against ONE Insurance, its parent, wefox Group, and founder, Julian Teicke. Any proceeds will go to Code.org.

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Patent abuse claims against FactSet and Revere to go to jury trial

A San Francisco state court has ruled that fraud and breach of contract claims brought by plaintiff Ashbury Heights Capital against FactSet Research Systems (NYSE:FDS), Revere Data and its founder Doug Engmann are sufficiently supported by evidence and may proceed to trial.

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Accord Project to support R3's Corda

The Accord Project, the legal industry body for smart legal contracts, and enterprise software provider R3 today announced a technology partnership to develop support for Corda, R3’s blockchain platform, in the open source legal layer incubated by the Accord Project.

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Mastercard and Cinkciarz trademark dispute grinds on

Cinkciarz.pl wins against MasterCard. The company refuted MasterCard's objections against the registration of the Cinkciarz.pl company trademarks. In Europe alone Cinkciarz.pl has won every one of the 12 proceedings in which a decision has been made.

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Barclays and the Law Society launch 'law-tech' incubator

Barclays today launched a new law-tech incubator in partnership with the Law Society.

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FRT class action recovery tech to be made available on Eagle platform

Financial Recovery Technologies (“FRT”) and Eagle Investment Systems LLC, a BNY Mellon company and leading provider of financial services technology, have established a strategic alliance to offer Eagle clients FRT’s industry-leading securities class action recovery services.

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Law firm Nixon Peabody joins Wall Street Blockchain Alliance

The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA), an industry leading non-profit trade association with a mission to guide and promote comprehensive adoption of blockchain technology around the world, is proud to announce that the global law firm of Nixon Peabody LLP has joined the organization as a corporate member.

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Cinkciarz wins trademark appeal in EU Court of Justice

In 2015, the EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Office) made the decision to refuse to register Cinkciarz’s logo as an EU trademark. The company has its day in court as the EGC (European General Court) reverses the prior ruling.

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Addleshaw Goddards unveils six finalists for Elevate fintech programme

Addleshaw Goddard has today announced the six FinTechs who have been selected for its 2018 'AG Elevate' programme.

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Thomson Reuters collaborate with eBrevia for AI-driven contract remediation

Thomson Reuters has teamed up with eBrevia, a leading machine-learning contract analytics platform, to help enterprises tackle large and complex contract remediation projects involving commercial contracts.

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CBA fights back against fresh Austrac allegations

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA) today lodged with the Federal Court of Australia its response to the amended statement of claim filed by AUSTRAC on 14 December 2017 and its defence to the shareholder class action commenced by Zonia Holdings Pty Ltd on 9 October 2017.

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Waves sets up self-regulatory body to set ICO standards

Waves Platform is creating a self-regulatory body that will provide reporting, legal, tax & accounting, KYC and business due diligence standards for ICOs and blockchain industry.

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