ICOsInitial Coin Offerings SEC Provides Enforcement Driven Guidance On Digital Asset Issuances And Trading Laura Anthony, Esq.December 26, 2018 On November 16, 2018, the SEC settled two actions involving cryptocurrency offerings which settlement requires the registration of t... 045600
Dodd-Frank ActRegulation ARegulation S-KRegulation S-XSECTest The WatersThe FAST ActXBRL SEC Fall 2018 Regulatory Agenda Laura Anthony, Esq.November 27, 2018 November 27, 2018 In October 2018, the SEC posted its latest version of its semiannual regulatory agenda and plans for rulemaking with the U.S. Office... 037000
CryptocurrenciesSEC SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce Continues to Support Technology Laura Anthony, Esq.October 30, 2018 In three recent speeches, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce continued to proclaim her support for technological innovation and freedom... 045800
Capital MarketsPenny Stocks Shifting Capital Markets; Bank of America’s Merrill Lynch Exits the Penny Stock Business Laura Anthony, Esq.October 23, 2018 November 4, 2018 There is a strange dichotomy building in the capital markets and what some are calling a clearing firm crisis. At the same time that... 053000
SEC SEC Adopts Amendments to Simplify Disclosure Requirements Laura Anthony, Esq.October 16, 2018 November 4, 2018 In August the SEC voted to adopt amendments to certain disclosure requirements in Regulations S-K and S-X (the “S-K and S-X Amendmen... 026800
Blockchain Technology Securities Token Or Not? A Case Study – Part III Laura Anthony, Esq.October 9, 2018 This is the third part in my three-part series laying out fact patterns and discussing whether a specific digital asset is a securit... 028600
BlockchainBlockchain TechnologyCFTCDistributed Ledger TechnologyDLTInitial Coin OfferingsInitial Cryptocurrency OfferingsRegulation A+ Securities Token Or Not? A Case Study – Part II Laura Anthony, Esq.October 2, 2018 This is the second part in my three-part series laying out fact patterns and discussing whether a specific digital asset is a securi... 042200
Cryptocurrencies Security or Utility Token? A Case Study – Part I Laura Anthony, Esq.September 25, 2018 September 26, 2018 Is it a security or is it a utility, currency, commodity or some other digital asset? That question has been continuously raised by... 041400
Blockchain TechnologyCybersecurityCybersecurity DisclosuresDistributed Ledger TechnologyDLTSECSEC Guidance SEC Strategic Plan Laura Anthony, Esq.September 18, 2018 On June 19, 2018, the SEC published a draft Strategic Plan and requested public comment on the Plan. The Strategic Plan would guide... 034400
Form S-8Rule 701SEC SEC Amends Rule 701 And Issues A Concept Release On Rule 701 And Form S-8 – Part II Laura Anthony, Esq.September 4, 2018 On May 24, 2018, President Trump signed the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (the “Act”) into law. Sec... 029900