Throughout a tumultuous 2022, the digital currency and blockchain space saw a number of significant investigation, litigation, and enforcement matters as regulators continue their laser focus on the industry. This Year in...more
2/14/2023
/ Bankruptcy Court ,
Blockchain ,
Crypto Exchanges ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Digital Assets ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Insider Trading ,
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ,
Popular ,
Stablecoins ,
Unregistered Securities
On September 13, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced a settlement with investment advisory firm Buckman Advisory Group LLC (“Buckman Advisory”) and its CEO Harry Buckman Jr. to settle...more
9/22/2022
/ Bonds ,
Cease and Desist ,
Cherry Picking ,
Elon Musk ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Investment Adviser ,
Misrepresentation ,
MSRB ,
Municipal Bonds ,
Rule 10b-5 ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Violations ,
Settlement ,
Twitter ,
Underwriting ,
Whistleblowers
On July 25, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced insider trading charges against ten individual defendants across four separate cases (Bhardwaj, Goel, Markin, and Buyer), filed in the...more
8/11/2022
/ Analytics ,
Apple ,
Attorney-Client Privilege ,
Certificates of Incorporation ,
Corporate Governance ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Discovery Disputes ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Illegal Tipping ,
Insider Trading ,
Internal Communications ,
Material Nonpublic Information ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Violations ,
Share Classes ,
Shareholder Litigation