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Delaware Business Court Insider

NFT Venture Split With Warring Allegations of Extortion, 'Megalomaniacal Thirst for Control'

"He was supposed to be their partner, but instead is a schemer and fraudster," stated the Delaware filing, which brings 14 claims including those citing fraud and breaching collective venture agreements.
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New York Law Journal

Crypto, the SEC and a Tale of Two Judges

What if you had been waiting years to get judicial clarity on a legal issue, only to receive contradictory rulings from two different judges in the same court just weeks apart? This ironic outcome is what befell the crypto industry in two high-profile challenges to SEC enforcement actions regarding sales of crypto tokens.
22 minute read

New York Law Journal

Brooklyn DA Launches Virtual Currency Unit to Combat Crypto Fraud

The standalone unit is set to be led by Alona Katz, who is joining the Brooklyn DA's office from the Manhattan DA's office.
2 minute read

Legaltech News

Generative AI Captured Lawyers' Attention. But What Ever Happened to Blockchain?

While blockchain-related law firm practices are still expanding, blockchain may have lost some of its development potential in the eyes of some lawyers.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Preparing a Positive Message About DeFi for Judges and Juries

Baker McKenzie's Bradford Newman says with U.S. courts acting as de facto regulators on issues relating to decentralized finance, or DeFi, defense lawyers need to gear their approach to telling the industry's story to judges and juries.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Next Big Case in the Crypto Wars

In his Corporate Securities column, Professor John Coffee discusses how in two SDNY decisions, each decided in July 2023, two respected judges have disagreed as to whether certain cryptocurrency instruments amount to securities.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

'He Makes His Own Bed': Sam Bankman-Fried Meets Skeptical Appellate Panel in Bid for Pretrial Release

Mark S. Cohen, representing the former cryptocurrency entrepreneur, said the trial judge failed to "give sufficient weight to the First Amendment issues."
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

New York Financial Regulator Aims to Bolster Criteria for Coin-Listing, Delisting

Department of Financial Services Superintendent Adrienne A. Harris said the guidance would make clear the regulator's expectations of entities in the cryptocurrency space.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

When is a Crypto Sale an Unregistered Securities Offering? Two SDNY Decisions Provide Conflicting Guidance

The cryptocurrency industry and its watchers are as keen as ever on gaining clear guidance on when, and how, the sale of a digital asset constitutes an unregistered securities offering. However, two recent SDNY cases considered this question and reached differing conclusions.
7 minute read

Law.com

Shaq Suit Shows NFTs Could Be Next Wave of Crypto Securities: The Morning Minute

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