SEC Charges Hip-Hop Artist and Boxer for Unlawfully Promoting ICOs
On November 29, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced in a press release that it has settled charges against two celebrities for promoting investments…
Blockchain & E-Transactions Law
SEC Loses Injunction Bid on Crypto ICO
Earlier this week, SEC Enforcement staff lost a bid for a preliminary injunction against a prospective ICO in its pre-offering testing phase. Blockvest was preparing…
SEC Offers Compliance Guidance and Highlights Recent Enforcement Actions Involving Blockchain Technologies
In a November 16, 2018 Statement on Digital Asset Securities Issuance and Trading, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced its current position on regulation…
SEC on ICOs: Repentance, Registration and Rescission
Last Friday, November 16, the SEC issued a pair of settled actions setting a de facto standard of compliance for unregistered ICOs wanting to “come…
SEC on ICOs: Repentance, Registration and Rescission
Last Friday, November 16, the SEC issued a pair of settled actions setting a de facto standard of compliance for unregistered ICOs wanting to “come…
SEC’s First Action Against Unregistered Crypto “Exchange”
On November 8, the SEC filed its first settled enforcement action against cryptocurrency trading platform for operating as an unregistered exchange trading securities, in violation…
Distributed Health Meets Distributed Law
Burr & Forman was a sponsor at the recent Distributed Health conference held in Nashville, Tennessee, with members of the firm’s Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and E-Transactions…
State Banking Regulators Challenge OCC’s Nonbank Charter Program
On October 25, 2018, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the…
Southern District of New York Enjoins AlibabaCoin from Using Alibaba Trademark
On October 22, 2018, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba’s application for a preliminary…
SEC Sues Blockvest for False Claims of SEC Endorsement of ICO
On October 3, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission sued Blockvest LLC and its founder Reginald Buddy Ringgold, III for falsely claiming that its initial…