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Marketing of Cryptoassets – UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Issues ‘Final Warning’

Regardless of whether you are in the UK, or the type of technology you use, companies marketing ‘qualifying cryptoassets’ to customers in the UK will need to comply with the financial promotions regime of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the UK’s financial regulator. These measures will have a significant impact […]

Supreme Court Rules FCA Liability Turns on Subjective Belief, Not Objective Reasonableness

Key takeaways In a much-anticipated opinion released on June 1, 2023, the US Supreme Court held that the scienter element of the False Claims Act (FCA) turns on the defendant’s “knowledge and subjective beliefs” – not on “what an objectively reasonable person may have known or believed.” The unanimous decision […]