The Robinson-Patman Act: Everyone Old Is New Again

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Partner Patrick A. Bradford is featured in the January 2023 CLI Antitrust Chronicle discussing the Biden administration’s DOJ and FTC appointees signaling of “intent to brush the dust off of the Robinson-Patman Act and renew enforcement of unfair as opposed to inefficient practices.”, and the “potential Robinson-Patman Act enforcement action against certain e-commerce giants of today, such as Amazon and Walmart, …

Would Rules Have Cured FTX’s ‘Internal Controls Wasteland’?

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Partner Denver Edwards is quoted in Law360 discussing the role regulations have played in FTX’s collapse. Edwards, a former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement attorney, discusses how the collapse of FTX is an example of government inaction as “Regulators cling to outmoded frameworks while the digital asset market grows unchecked.”

Bradford Edwards & Varlack LLP Welcomes Two New Counsel, Adding Litigation and Transactional Lawyers

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Bradford Edwards & Varlack LLP continues to deepen its expertise with veteran lawyers with shared commitment to excellence and diversity. NEW YORK (October 31, 2022) – Bradford Edwards & Varlack LLP was formed with the explicit mission of bringing together expert teams of diverse lawyers to solve clients’ most significant business problems with unparalleled excellence. The firm advises Fortune 500 companies, mid-market corporations, directors and officers, …

Partner Denver Edwards Speaks At GICLI’s Eighth Annual Meeting

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Partner Denver Edwards will speak at The Government Investigations & Civil Litigation Institute’s Eighth Annual Meeting, taking place in Miami Beach, Florida from November 7th – 9th, 2022. In A Dialogue with Heads of Litigation Managing Mass Litigation, Denver will discuss the topic of “Regulatory Oversight and Enforcement of Digital Assets.” 

CFTC Commissioner Dawn Stump Challenges the CFTC to “Do the Hard Thing” – Provide Regulatory Guidance to the Digital Asset Industry

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On January 13, 2022, CFTC Commissioner Dawn D. Stump delivered remarks at the Chamber of Digital Commerce. Commissioner Stump acknowledged that: (1) market regulators must avoid stifling beneficial market innovations by rigidly clinging to past regulatory approaches that do not fit the current paradigm of products and services offered to the public; and (2) infrastructure providers must accept regulatory oversight to assure market integrity and consumer protection.

Biden Administration Releases U.S. Strategy on Countering Corruption

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In December 2021, the White House released the “United States Strategy on Countering Corruption” (the “Strategy”). The Strategy is a follow-on document to the June 3, 2021, Memorandum on Establishing the Fight Against Corruption; (See our prior Alert regarding corruption as national security priority), which set Administration policies regarding the corrosive impact of corruption globally and directed key agencies and departments to develop strategies to attack corruption.