Rob Griffitts

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do: Big Tech and the Coming Antitrust Assault

November 1, 2019

Rob Griffitts

By: Rob Griffitts Big tech has been under assault by Europe’s regulators for years now, but until recently, not much has been happening in the US. But after a series of scandals, most notably Facebook’s privacy issues with Cambridge...

Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act & Cannabis

August 21, 2019

Rob Griffitts

By: Rob Griffitts and Kathryn Jones The free-spirited attitude of the 1960s counterculture, in part, fueled the crackdown of illicit substances by the following decade’s legislature. The Nixon Administration officially began its “War on Drugs” with the passing of...

Decriminalization in New York: A Half-Baked Measure?

July 11, 2019

Rob Griffitts

By: Rob Griffitts and Jordan M. Steele Passed in the twilight hours of New York’s last legislative session, months of negotiations produced a reform that will further decriminalize possession of marijuana. Advocates celebrate the bill for providing vital relief to individuals...

Blockchain and Insolvency: How Blockchain Can Make Matters Easier for Creditors, Debtors, and Bankruptcy Courts

June 25, 2019

Rob Griffitts

Digital currencies on a blockchain ledger provide enormous flexibility when conducting commercial transactions. In the capital markets, lenders and borrowers can structure credit transactions at arms-length since the lending amount need not be examined by a financial institution. On...

49 Shades of Grey: SEC Remarks Bring Some Welcome Crypto Clarity

June 14, 2018

Rob Griffitts

Earlier today, William Hinman, the Director of Corporation Finance at the SEC, made remarks at the Yahoo Finance All Markets Summit: Crypto that have crypto entrepreneurs and investors breathing a sigh of relief – namely, that ether, the second-largest...

U.S. Regulators & Your Cryptocurrency: State Money Transmission Laws

April 20, 2018

Rob Griffitts

In part one of this series, I provided an overview of the US regulatory landscape that impacts cryptocurrency businesses. This article resumes the topic and focuses on state money transmission laws. State money transmission laws present stifling hurdles to...

US Regulators & Your Cryptocurrency: It’s Complicated

December 22, 2017

Rob Griffitts

This is the first in a series of posts in which I’ll examine the US regulations that impact cryptocurrency businesses. Many describe bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as being unregulated. As a blanket statement, this is not true. What is...