Technology & Digital Evidence
Keeping the FOCUS on Data Analytics and False Claims
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the FOCUS Initiative to enhance its relationships with data miners who use data analytics to detect fraud in publicly available data. This initiative aims to prioritize collaboration with reliable data miners and direct resources to cases with a high probability of recovery. Companies exposed to potential FCA claims should proactively scrutinize their data and consider leveraging AI models to assess risks and build defensive narratives.
May 4, 2026
How the SEC Defines Digital Assets
Digital assets are based on blockchains, which are chains of transaction blocks. They include cryptocurrencies, which use their own blockchains, […]
January 9, 2024
What about Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)?
A digital asset need not be a financial product generally or a cryptocurrency specifically1; it can be a digital collectible—a […]
January 9, 2024
The SEC’s Cryptocurrency Suppression Program
Introduction In 2017, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) established an agency-wide program dedicated to shutting down the cryptocurrency […]
January 9, 2024
How the SEC “regulates” blockchains and digital tokens
The SEC defines everything from cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum to digital tokens that are tracked on the blockchain […]
January 9, 2024