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Live Webinar: The Crypto Landscape Post-FTX

Join us for a free, live webinar on the current status and near-future outlook for the blockchain (crypto) sector. NY Cyber CLE credits and CLE credits in other states available.
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The Recorder

SEC Says Lawsuit From Crypto Law Firm Seeking Declaration Assets on Ethereum Not Securities Lacks Jurisdiction

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.
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New York Law Journal

Ex-Coinbase Employee Pleads Guilty in Pioneering Crypto Insider Trading Case

The former project manager's plea in Manhattan federal court came just one day after his lawyers filed a motion to dismiss an SEC complaint against him in Washington state's U.S. district court.
4 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

'Too Fragile an Environment'?: FTX Bankruptcy Attorneys Criticize U.S. Trustee's Motion to Add Outside Investigator

If U.S. District Judge John T. Dorsey sides with the U.S. Trustee on its motion to hire an independent examiner, it could increase the total cost of the crypto platform's Chapter 11 case in the District of Delaware by tens or hundreds of millions of dollars.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judge Throws Out Class Action Suit Against Coinbase, Citing 'Diametrically Contrary' Gaps Between Complaints

Lawyers for Coinbase argued that the putative class action suit should be dismissed as "the latest attempt" in a series of efforts "to manufacture violations of federal and state securities laws against digital asset trading platforms."
3 minute read

International Edition

Clifford Chance, A&O Advise on Blockchain Deal That 'Brings Bond Issuance Into the Next Century'

The European Investment Bank has issued its first digital bond using a hybrid combination of private and public blockchain.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Sullivan & Cromwell Seeks to Quash 'Fishing Expedition' Subpoena in FTX Brand Ambassador Lawsuit

Sullivan & Cromwell say they should not have to comply with an out-of-state subpoena relating to a lawsuit against alleged FTX brand ambassadors including the retired quarterback Tom Brady.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Sam Bankman-Fried Blocked From Contact With Former Co-Workers Ahead of Bail Hearing

Manhattan federal prosecutors expressed alarm about Bankman-Fried's communications with FTX U.S. General Counsel Ryne Miller.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

Looks Like Crypto's Securities Litigation Moment Has Arrived. Will ESG's Be Next?

The latest annual securities class action numbers from Cornerstone Research show the total number of core filings crept up by one case last year to 201, but the number related to cryptocurrency more than doubled to a record 23 filings.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Supreme Court To Decide If Stay Is Required Pending Arbitration Appeal

A Coinbase case has serious implications for companies that have not been successful in enforcing arbitration agreements in federal district court, according to retired Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Benny Osorio.
5 minute read

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