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D.C. Circuit Finds SEC Acted “Arbitrarily and Capriciously” in Disapproving Proposed Bitcoin ETP

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (the “Court”) issued a major ruling against the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on August 29, 2023, holding that the SEC acted arbitrarily and capriciously when it...more

SEC Brings First-Ever Enforcement Action Against Non-Fungible Cryptocurrency Tokens

The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued a cease-and-desist order on August 28, 2023, charging Impact Theory, LLC (“Impact Theory”) with conducting an unregistered offering of crypto asset securities in violation...more

The Southern District of New York Splits on Whether a Digital Token is a “Security”

In the latest decision evaluating the application of federal securities laws to the digital asset context, Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (“SDNY”) ruled in favor...more

Don’t Trade on Me: Second Circuit Excludes Confidential Agency Information From the Definition of “Property” in Insider Trading...

A divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held, on December 27, 2022, in United States v. Blaszczak (“Blaszczak II”) that an agency’s confidential, pre-decisional information did not count as...more

SEC Brings First-Ever Insider Trading Action Involving Digital Assets in Parallel Civil Suit to SDNY’s Criminal Indictment

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on July 21, 2022, filed a complaint (the “SEC Complaint”) alleging insider trading violations against an insider, his brother, and a friend, claiming that the trio engaged in...more

SEC Tags Nvidia for Alleged Disclosure Insufficiencies in its Cryptocurrency Mining Business

Key Takeaways- The United States Securities and Exchange Commission announced a settlement against chip manufacturing company Nvidia Corporation, on May 6, 2022, for inadequate disclosures concerning the impact of...more

U.S. SEC Proposes New Share Repurchase/Buyback Disclosure Rules and Amendments to 10b5-1 Plan Regime

As expected, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission released two significant rule proposals for issuers on December 15, 2021—one regarding issuer share repurchases and the other regarding issuer and director and officer...more

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