In 2023, the New York County Manhattan District Attorney’s Antiquities Trafficking Unit, or NYATU, had seized a statue in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art for repatriation to the Republic of Türkiye. CMA acquired...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently charged Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. with making inaccurate statements about the recyclability of its K-Cup single-use beverage pods in violation of securities laws. The case...more
On June 27, 2024, the United States Supreme Court issued a landmark decision in SEC v. Jarkesy, ruling that the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) use of in-house tribunals for civil penalties in securities fraud...more
8/2/2024
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Earlier this month, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced the first ever indictment for insider trading of digital assets. According to the indictment, in 2021 Nathaniel Chastain was...more
6/27/2022
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ELON’S MUSK TUMULTUOUS HISTORY WITH THE SEC -
Tesla’s colorful CEO, Elon Musk, has a history of feuding with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and it looks like the fight isn’t over. In 2018, the SEC...more
3/31/2022
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has not hesitated to conclude that crypto assets are securities subject to the Securities Act of 1933, but with BlockFi, the SEC went a step further and, for the first time with...more
3/14/2022
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