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Weekly Blockchain Blog – October 12, 2026
In this issue:
- Crypto Companies, Financial Institutions Continue Stablecoin Product Launches
- More Crypto Cos. Seek OCC Trust Charters; ICBA Challenges Charters in Lawsuit
- Crypto Exchanges Launch Tokenized Securities Initiatives
- SEC Proposes New Crypto Custody Framework for RIAs, Registered Funds
- CFTC
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“Fake” Is Not a Defense: The Continuing Trademark Risks of Replicas
The Lanham Act and corollary state trademark laws are rooted in preventing consumer confusion. It can seem hard to reconcile that fundamental principle of trademark law when consumers knowingly purchase fake products – i.e., counterfeits or infringements.[1] If a…
No RSVP Required: Delaware Frees Employees from ‘Captive Audience’ Meetings
Delaware has joined the growing group of states limiting mandatory workplace meetings concerning unionization. Signed Sept. 30, House Bill 84 adds Section 711B to Delaware’s employment law to prohibit so-called captive audience meetings. The law arrives at a particularly unsettled…
Proposed Regulations to Tax Race-Conscious Schools
Key Takeaways
- U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service propose regulations to tax any K-12 private school, college or university that uses race for any reason in any program or policy regardless of the impact, positive or
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From Hallucinations to Legislation: California Codifies AI Rules for Attorneys
Key Takeaways
- California’s SB 574 establishes the nation’s first statutory framework governing attorneys’ use of generative AI.
- The central compliance question is no longer whether attorneys use AI but how they use it.
- Rather than regulating AI technology itself, SB
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DOJ Announces Corporate Fraud Enforcement Priorities – Companies Take Note
Key Takeaways
- As discussed in a prior BakerHostetler Insight,[1] earlier this year the Department of Justice (DOJ or the Department) created the National Fraud Enforcement Division (Fraud Division or the Division), which thereafter released a memorandum that outlined its
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Weekly Blockchain Blog – October 5, 2026
Tax Credit for Donations to Scholarship-Granting Organizations
Key Takeaways
- On Oct. 1, the IRS and Treasury Department issued temporary and proposed regulations implementing the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit ($1,700 per individual; $3,400 for those filing jointly) for donations to scholarship-granting organizations (SGOs). Certain government press materials refer
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What <em>Thomson Reuters v. Ross</em> Does and Doesn’t Say NOW About Fair Use and Generative AI
In February 2025, I assessed the operative summary judgment opinion in Thomson Reuters v. Ross and guessed at what it might mean for generative AI copyright litigation. I drew a distinction between the “small model” AI at issue in…