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Blockchain+ Bi-Weekly; Highlights of the Last Two Weeks in Web3 Law: February 27, 2025

Polsinelli on 2/27/2025

Three of the SEC’s key enforcement actions—all extensively covered in BitBlog and widely seen as emblematic of the agency’s adversarial stance toward the industry—are reportedly being halted or dismissed. The SEC has agreed...more

Reversal of Fortune: SEC to Drop Coinbase Suit

Seward & Kissel LLP on 2/25/2025

On Friday, Coinbase announced that the SEC staff had agreed in principle to dismiss its case alleging the company had failed to register as a securities exchange, broker-dealer, and clearing agency. We can expect the...more

Nutter Securities Enforcement Update: Oct. 1 Quarterly Review

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP on 10/14/2024

The Nutter Securities Enforcement Update is a periodic update of noteworthy recent securities enforcement activity, settlements, decisions, and charges. We provide brief summaries that highlight recent enforcement action...more

Legal Issues With Blockchains, Cryptocurrency Transactions, and Risks of Loss: Understand Your Contract

Houston Harbaugh, P.C. on 8/23/2024

The widespread and debilitating impacts of the recent faulty Crowdstrike® software update has caused businesses to evaluate processes and examine potential claims and defenses related to the deleterious commercial impacts of...more

The Trend Continues: Increased Regulatory Focus on Privacy & Cybersecurity for Private Funds

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment on 5/23/2023

Recent enforcement actions highlight the increased regulatory scrutiny that private funds may face with respect to internal cybersecurity protocols and responses to cyber-crimes and cyber incidents under new and updated...more

Investigations Newsletter: DOJ’s FCA Recoveries Were Lowest Level Since 2008

ArentFox Schiff on 2/13/2023

DOJ’s FCA Recoveries Were Lowest Level Since 2008 - On February 7, 2023, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) released statistics about False Claim Act (FCA) settlements and judgments for the 2022 fiscal year. Total...more

US Crypto Exchange Consents to $100M DFS Settlement for AML Compliance Failures

BakerHostetler on 1/17/2023

On January 4, 2023, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) announced that Coinbase, Inc., a major U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, will pay a $50 million penalty and invest an additional $50 million in its...more

New York Sends Clear Message Crypto Exchanges and Banks Must Meet AML Obligations

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 1/10/2023

New York’s Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) recently announced a $100 million settlement with Coinbase, Inc., one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, for Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (“BSA/AML”)...more

Coinbase Agrees To Settlement With New York Regulator

Shipkevich PLLC on 1/6/2023

On January 4, 2023, the New York State Department of Financial Services issued a consent order against Coinbase, a virtual currency company. Pursuant to the consent order, Coinbase will be paying a $50 million penalty to the...more

Decoded: Technology Law Insights, Volume 2, Issue 20

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 10/13/2021

The Story of Henrietta Lacks and the Biotechnology Company Accused of Selling Her Cells for Profit - These two articles (Newsweek and Fierce Biotech) describe the new lawsuit by the Henrietta Lacks Estate surrounding the...more

UK Court Grants Asset Preservation Order over Bitcoin

A&O Shearman on 9/5/2019

A U.K. court has granted an asset preservation order over Bitcoin stolen in a "spear phishing" attack on a major crypto-currency trader. The decision confirms that proprietary claims over Bitcoin constitute serious issues...more

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