Securities law

Cryptocurrency markets are a blur. SEC can do something about it

03/21/18

Confusion over whether certain digital currency transactions are considered securities is shutting many U.S. investors out of initial coin offerings and spurring illegal behavior.

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Equifax executives cleared by board over post-breach sales

11/03/17

Four executives who sold stock after the company discovered a security breach had no knowledge of the incident when they made the trades, the company said. However, the status of federal investigations is unclear.

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Why banks should embrace ICOs — from a lawyer

08/01/17

Christine Duhaime, an anti-money-laundering attorney in Toronto, lays out the reasons banks should become early experts in and assist in initial coin offerings. She also lays out the risks, especially in the wake of the SEC’s report suggesting some ICO tokens are really securities.

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Who owns what, really? In securities, Delaware may soon clear things up

07/05/17

Delaware corporations will soon be able to issue shares on a blockchain. Beyond the capital markets, the move has implications for the way banks stake their claims to collateral.

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