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Cryptocurrency is Modern Ransomware's Double-Edged Sword

Cryptocurrency has fast become the lifeblood of ransomware operations. However, law enforcement might be able to use the anonymous blockchain-based technology to their advantage when it comes to clawing back ransom payments.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Sam Bankman-Fried Becomes Defendant-Patient in Courtroom Surgical Amphitheater

It's a bad look for federal prosecutors' offices to add to the spectacle already happening in court, but they also know the power of the court of public opinion, writes a former communications director for the Manhattan District Attorney's Office
4 minute read

Law.com

Crypto Blockchain Startup Accused of Leaving Customers With 'Worthless' Coins Following SEC Cease-and-Desist

This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Mark Cuban, Miami Attorney Take Shots Over Voyager Token Insider-Trading Claims

"I owned a total of 4,000 Voyager tokens and sold a total of about 400 tokens," said Mark Cuban, a defendant in the Voyager Digital Ltd. class action. "So the concept of insider trading, particularly when there's no conversation with the CEO around that time, is ridiculous."
4 minute read

Legaltech News

SEC Says It's Clear Securities Rules Apply to Crypto. But Is It That Clear?

While the SEC doesn't seem poised to release new bespoke guidance to address cryptocurrencies, the commission's sometimes selective enforcement actions have left some professionals unclear on where the agency draws the line when it comes to securities.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

'Imagine My wonder': Court Disgorges $29M Trust

"After 20-plus years of trusting you to manage my retirement, my inheritance, my investments, my car, my home in El Paso and most recently my Social Security and Scripps pension; to ultimately be at your mercy with no home of my own," Frank Ahlgren Jr. said.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judge Severs Five Counts From Bankman-Fried's Indictment Amid Bahamian Legal Proceedings

The Supreme Court of the Bahamas has granted the FTX founder leave to file an application for judicial review of issues relating to his extradition.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Coinbase CLO Paul Grewal 'Ultimately Optimistic' Despite 'Regulatory Backlash'

Grewal talked with Berkeley Law's Irene Liu on Tuesday, a week after the SEC sued the crypto exchange, alleging it was illegally operating as an unregistered broker.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

House Republicans Seek to Remove SEC Chair Gensler and Restructure Commission

The proposed SEC Stabilization Act would add a sixth commissioner and ensure political party parity.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Here's How to Avoid the Next FTX or George Santos

For some of the most sophisticated investors, such in-depth due diligence investigations are routine. These checks can be resource-intensive and probing. But they should also be much more common practice than they are now.
6 minute read

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