by dcadmin | Jan 23, 2024 | FAQs
The “right” lawyer depends on the context When it comes to representing the audit firm’s interests in an SEC or DOJ investigation, it may be entirely appropriate that the lawyer or law firm that has previously represented the firm in other contexts...
by dcadmin | Jan 9, 2024 | Digital Assets, AI & Emerging Technology
Digital assets are based on blockchains, which are chains of transaction blocks. They include cryptocurrencies, which use their own blockchains, and “crypto tokens [that] are built on an existing blockchain.” Cryptopedia, Digital Assets: Cryptocurrencies vs....
by dcadmin | Jan 9, 2024 | Digital Forensics, eDiscovery & Data Analytics
A digital asset need not be a financial product generally or a cryptocurrency specifically1; it can be a digital collectible—a blockchain-tracked, non-duplicable digital item or image. Digital collectibles are becoming a popular product in an emerging industry; such a...
by dcadmin | Jan 9, 2024 | Digital Forensics, eDiscovery & Data Analytics
Introduction In 2017, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) established an agency-wide program dedicated to shutting down the cryptocurrency industry: what we call the cryptocurrency-suppression program (“Suppression Program”).1 The...
by dcadmin | Jan 9, 2024 | Financial Services
We’ll speak in the context of an SEC subpoena, but any subpoena issued by the government–whether by the SEC, DOJ, CFTC, or some other agency–will have similar considerations and parallel processes Before a Subpoena is Issued Often (although by...