Law Decoded: Insurrections, transitions, monitoring transactions and 2021, Ja...

Law Decoded: Insurrections, transitions, monitoring transactions and 2021, Ja...

After watching protestors scale the walls of the Capitol Building, the U.S. will likely not be in the mood for financial regulation in the next couple of weeks. Every Friday, Law Decoded delivers analysis on the week’s critical stories in the realms of policy, regulation and law.Editor’s noteJanuary takes its name from Janus, the god of transitions and the guardian or the gates of Rome, looking always forward and backwards.So while this has been going on for over two millennia, only a week into 2021 I am thoroughly tired of retrospectives and prognostications. My personal takeaways from....


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