jurisdiction

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“Where jurisdictional questions are at issue, the Commission has the expertise and responsibility to defend its exclusive jurisdiction over commodity derivatives,” Selig said.

From Barron's

Their joint efforts down the line could include deciding which crypto assets fall under each agency’s jurisdiction, an issue regulators have at times clashed over in the past.

From The Wall Street Journal

It alleges the cases were filed in plaintiff-friendly jurisdictions and used as “bargaining chips” by the firms, which would agree to dismiss them in negotiating a settlement.

From Los Angeles Times

"China has extraterritorial jurisdiction to prosecute its citizens for conduct which occurs outside China," the joint statement read.

From BBC

While Congress and state legislatures have passed reform to soften criminal sentencing laws, immigration detention remains, technically, a civil jurisdiction and outside their scope.

From Salon