For the first time that the Hague will investigate and prosecute any hacking crimes that violate existing international law, just as it does for war crimes committed in the physical world.
Read more at Wired
Long-Awaited Bitcoin Accounting Rules to Capture Rises, Dips
Crypto companies and other businesses with significant holdings of digital currencies will get long-awaited accounting rules to measure the value of the Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other crypto in their coffers, US accounting standard-setters unanimously voted Wednesday.
Read more at Bloomberg Law
Lawyers Faces Disciplinary Commission After Substitution Jutsu Goes Awry
A North Carolina lawyer told a disciplinary commission that she thought that substituting a litigant for her criminal client during an arraignment was “an acceptable strategy.”
The lawyer wants the commission to dismiss the ethics complaint on account of her desire to “represent clients zealously.”
Read more at Above The Law
Goldman, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, UBS in $499 million stock lending settlement
Investors accused the banks of having conspired since 2009 to relegate the stock lending market to “the stone age” by boycotting startup platforms.
Read more at CNN
