New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Todd Harrison, Joseph Evans and Paul Helms | May 12, 2020
Many private plaintiffs' cryptocurrency securities class action lawsuits will likely be stopped short because of time limitations.
By Ross Todd | April 30, 2020
"This is new terrain in this litigation, so that is also something to take into account," said U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg of the Northern District of California in granting preliminary approval to the proposed deal to settle claims brought on behalf of investors who alleged that the initial coin offering on the Tezos blockchain violated U.S. securities laws.
By Victoria Hudgins | April 28, 2020
Regulators still aren't sure what to do with Libra and the multicurrency-backed cryptocurrency of its ilk, lawmakers say.
By Alaina Lancaster | April 21, 2020
Ripple Labs' Boies Schiller Flexner lawyers asserted that YouTube's "deliberate and inexplicable failure" to address a scam claiming to give away the company's XRP cryptocurrency has cost victims hundreds of thousands of dollars and created confusion in the digital asset market.
By Richard J. Sapinski | April 8, 2020
The IRS is fully aware of the tax avoidance potential of virtual currency and has now deployed its increasing artificial intelligence capabilities to analyze the information obtained from the Coinbase summons and other information it has gathered about the cryptocurrency reporting of U.S. taxpayers.
By Ross Todd | March 20, 2020
The proposed deal, reached after two rounds of mediation, would leave open the question of whether the initial coin offering qualified as a securities offering, which would have required the Tezos backers to file a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
By R. Robin McDonald | February 27, 2020
Lawyers for 147 million class members claim professional objectors are stalling their settlement benefits for personal financial gain.
By Alaina Lancaster | February 27, 2020
Wednesday's ruling from U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton didn't delve into whether the XRP cryptocurrency meets the definition of a security outlined under federal law, but did find that the class action lawsuits were filed within the applicable time limit.
By Doreen Edelman, Kathleen McGee and Abbey Baker, Lowenstein Sandler | February 19, 2020
The U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has been active in exerting control over digital assets. So what can cyber currency users, hosts and financial institutions do to stay on the right side of the law?
By Ross Todd | February 4, 2020
The plaintiffs claim that the mobile payment company violates the Telephone Consumer Protection Act by sending unauthorized text messages to consumers via its SquareUp loyalty program.
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