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Texas Lawyer

Web 3.0: How Will Blockchain Impact Your Practice?

"There have been no shortage of government enforcement actions in this space, yet the law is far from settled," write Sidley Austin's Lilya Tessler, Scott Parel and Angela Zambrano.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

Caroline Ellison Requests Time-Served for 'Extensive' Cooperation Against Sam Bankman-Fried

Sentencing is currently scheduled for Sept. 24 before U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan of the Southern District of New York.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

SEC Charges Apex Partner Behind $852K Alleged Crypto Fraud

"This shows that individuals appear to be still using crypto as bait to lure investors into what are essentially old-fashioned get-rich-quick schemes," said Arlo Devlin-Brown, a partner at Covington & Burling.
4 minute read

Law.com

Athena Bitcoin, Genesis Coin Face Potential Class Action Over 'Epidemic' Elder Fraud

"We're taking a new legal problem and we're trying to find solutions for our client," said Marc E. Dann, an ex-state attorney general.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Decision of the Day: Court Finds Cryptocurrency Property Pursuant to New York Department of Taxation & Finance

This ruling was selected and summarized by the New York Law Journal's decisions editors. 
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

International Crypto Bank Faces New York Securities Fraud Class Action Lawsuit

"It was a cutting-edge bank and should have been a great success, but the CEO misrepresented the financials and allegedly stole the money," said Jeffrey W. Gutchess, a partner at AXS Law Group.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

California DOJ Fines Robinhood $3.9M in First-Ever Crypto Enforcement Action

The company, which also is facing a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission inquiry, finds itself in regulators' crosshairs despite legal chief Dan Gallagher's pledge to improve the company's compliance culture and work collaboratively with regulators.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Greenberg Traurig's Strategy to Recover $4M in Malicious Email Spoofing Attack

"This will be important for people to look at because … I think it will be one of those test cases in the blockchain space," said Dr. Tonya M. Evans, a tenured law professor at Penn State Dickinson Law.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

US Judge Tosses Lawsuit Accusing Elon Musk, Tesla of Rigging Dogecoin

"It's a very good day for Dogecoin," Musk attorney Alex Spiro of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan said in a statement.
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

In Dallas, Real Estate Investor Sues Person Allegedly Behind 'LPWhisperer' X Account

David Sillers, a partner at Clare Locke in Alexandria, Virginia, represents the plaintiff, Scott Everett, in the defamation-by-tweet lawsuit against the defendant, Jakub Kostecki, who allegedly goes by the handle LPWhisperer on the social media website X.
4 minute read

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