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 Adriaen Morse | Jan 9, 2024 | Digital Assets, AI & Emerging Technology
The SEC defines everything from cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum to digital tokens that are tracked on the blockchain as “digital assets” that may be regulated as a security. Learn more about our blockchain practice here. SEC’s...
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...
by dcadmin | Jan 9, 2024 | White Collar Defense & Investigations
How did we come to the government’s attention? Many clients wonder how the government came to focus on them. Where did the original information come from? How did the government learn about our audit client or us? The answer will vary, of course, and it may be...
