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National Law Journal

SEC Reports Nearly $5B in Financial Recovery in Fiscal 2023

"The investing public benefits from the Division of Enforcement's work as a cop on the beat," SEC Chair Gary Gensler said.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

A Growing Type of Fraud Has Put Verizon in the Hot Seat in Federal Court

SIM swaps typically require the company employee to get a customer's personal information number, photo ID or email confirmation, but the Verizon manager failed to follow such steps, according to the suit.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Ex-FTX GC Can Sun Starting New Crypto Exchange

Son said investors will store their assets in their own digital wallets—wiping out the chance they could be misappropriated, as they were at FTX.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Consulting Giant Hires Ex-Voyager Attorney to Lead Digital Assets Practice

FTI Consulting has hired as managing director David Brill, who most recently was a deputy GC of the crypto lender Voyager, which landed in bankruptcy last year and now is winding down.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

SEC Will Investigate Crypto Fraud With Insider-Trading Fervor, Gensler Says

"It's a matter of following the facts and the law where they take us—without fear or favor," SEC Chair Gary Gensler said.
3 minute read

Pro Mid Market

Mid-Market Roundup: Where to Look for Industry Growth

A new crop of female associates in Texas; Philly firms adjust with tactful downsizing; anticipating white-collar work in New York; and cannabis law sees a green light in Jersey.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Streamlined Case, Bankman-Fried's Lack of Credibility Led to Guilty Verdict, White-Collar Attorneys Say

Attorneys predicted a "massive penalty" when the disgraced crypto entrepreneur is sentenced in early 2024. He still faces a second set of charges.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Teaching an Old Bond New Tricks: Blockchain-Based Digital Bonds Are Reinvigorating the Global Bond Market: Part 2

Part two of a two-part series on how blockchain-based digital bonds are reinvigorating the global bond market. This part provides an overview of digital bonds and the growing digital bond market.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Found Guilty on All Counts in Crypto Fraud Trial

Jurors heard testimony from former FTX customers, investors and, crucially, a group of former employees who testified about Bankman-Fried's state of mind and behind-the-scenes actions as his companies grew and then collapsed in November 2022.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Sam Bankman-Fried Lawyer Closes by Asking Jury to Find FTX Founder Acted in Good Faith

Assistant U.S. attorney Nicolas Roos asked jurors if they noticed that Bankman-Fried's testimony, on direct examination, was "smooth, like it'd been rehearsed a bunch of times"—but that his cross-examination was "uncomfortable to hear."
3 minute read

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