January 01, 2019
California attorneys will see the news cycle converge with the courtroom in 2019, as women take their fight for workplace equality to the halls of BigLaw; the Golden State battles it out with President Donald Trump over immigration and the environment; Apple fights its latest epic IP war; and cryptocurrency begins to reckon with federal securities law.
December 13, 2018
From district courts to the highest court, judges decided major issues in 2018 affecting the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement process, the protections afforded to whistleblowers and the ability of investors and corporate defendants to pursue and defend themselves against securities claims.
November 27, 2018
A California federal judge on Tuesday denied the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's preliminary injunction bid against a cryptocurrency company accused of planning to fraudulently raise money in an initial coin offering, saying the regulator has failed to definitively show the tokens are securities.
November 09, 2018
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has bolstered its bid to block the initial coin offering — estimated to raise $100 million — of a company accused of faking regulatory approval to fool investors, telling a California federal judge that the company's founder has already admitted to much of the scheme.
November 05, 2018
Cryptocurrency index fund Blockvest LLC has urged a federal court to require the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to submit admissible evidence before allowing the agency to block its initial coin offering, saying the SEC's expert witness testimony is not enough.
October 11, 2018
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has blocked an upcoming initial coin offering after alleging in California federal court that the company behind it falsely claimed it received regulatory approval from not only the SEC but also a fictitious agency called the Blockchain Exchange Commission.