By Ross Todd | September 18, 2019
The agency claims that ICOBox—the self-described "first and the biggest new generation Blockchain Growth Promoter and Business Facilitator for companies seeking to sell their products via ICO/STO crowdsales"—acted as a broker without registering with the agency and should have registered its own "ICOS" tokens as securities.
By Ross Todd | September 3, 2019
The agency on Tuesday announced that Monique Winkler, a staff attorney in the office since 2008, has been named the associate regional director for enforcement in San Francisco. She succeeds former office enforcement chief Erin Schneider, who was tapped to lead the office as regional director in May.
By Martin Wellington, Hank Barry and Tom Duley | August 29, 2019
One factor contributing to the current IPO boom is the relative ease of preparing for the offering afforded by developments in the regulatory environment.
By Alaina Lancaster | August 2, 2019
The motion asks U.S. District Judge Haywood Gilliam Jr. to dismiss a complaint in the Superior Court of the State of California on the same grounds that he threw out claims in a district court case earlier this year.
By Xiumei Dong | July 19, 2019
Baker McKenzie takes DLA Piper's Perrie Weiner and Edward Totino to boost its practice in Los Angeles.
By Amanda Bronstad | June 10, 2019
U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf has scheduled a June 24 hearing about Labaton Sucharow's $4.1 million payment to a Texas lawyer and overbilling by Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein and Thornton Law Firm.
By Alaina Lancaster | June 4, 2019
Unlike many companies sued by the SEC, Kik has been looking forward to court in order to set a new standard that excludes cryptocurrency from securities law. “This is the first time that we're finally on a path to getting the clarity we so desperately need as an industry to be able to continue to innovate and build,” said Ted Livingston, Kik's CEO.
By Ross Todd | May 28, 2019
Erin Schneider, who joined the SEC in 2005 as a staff attorney in the San Francisco office, has headed up enforcement in the office since 2015.
By Alaina Lancaster | May 23, 2019
The Securities and Exchange Commission claims Daniel Pacheco offered investors an opportunity to speculate in cryptocurrency when he was operating a fraudulent pyramid scheme
By Alaina Lancaster | May 16, 2019
Levi & Korsinsky claim the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has wrongfully withheld documents related to the agency's fraud investigation into Elon Musk.
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