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SEC Actions
This Week In Securities Litigation (Week of June 2, 2025)
The Commission continued to dismiss previously filed enforcement action by stipulation with those involved last week. As with the early dismissals, no explanation was offered beyond the factually unsupported claim…
Overheard on the Block(chain)
SEC Staff Declares Certain Protocol Staking Not a Security Transaction
By Kyle Jaep
On May 29, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance issued a statement clarifying its view that certain types of protocol staking—a process used in proof-of-stake…
Compliance Building
The One Without and Anchor
One legal question that has renewed interest over the past few years is “what is a security?” Crypto lovers will tell you that their stuff is not securities. It all…
SEC Actions
This Week In Securities Litigation (Week of May 26, 2025)
Last week the Commission filed four new enforcement actions. Four other cases were dismissed with prejudice. The papers did not offer an explanation for the dismissal. Be careful, be safe…
The D&O Diary
Thinking About PFAS-Related Corporate and Securities Litigation Risk
It has been my privilege over the years to participate in insurance industry conferences and events, including conferences and events concerned with topics far outside my usual management liability insurance…
D&O Discourse
Making Better Judgments about Summary Judgment in Securities Class Actions
By Doug Greene
“Securities litigation” isn’t really “litigation” anymore. For the first 15 years of my career, securities class actions that were not dismissed would head into litigation, where we would test class…
Securities Law Prof Blog
New Securities Law Articles in Print
The following law review articles relating to securities regulation are now available in paper format:Marco Dell'Erba, Crypto-Trading Platforms as Exchanges, 2024 Mich. St. L. Rev. 1 (2024).Jared A. Ellias &…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Securities Regulation and Administrative Law in the Roberts Court
By David Zaring
In a new essay, I compare a judicial revolution that is happening with one that is not. Both the change and the status quo are being managed by the current…
Credit Chronometer
Reuters | How Trump’s Crypto Business Partners Left Their Old Clients in the Lurch
July 2024, Dough Finance — a crypto startup trading platform that made it easy to make risky bets using borrowed funds — suffered a major hack, resulting in the theft…
SEC Actions
This Week In Securities Litigation (Week of May 19, 2025)
The Commission filed one new administrative action last week. Other regulators published market advice on select topics to assist the markets and investors while streamlining key topics involved in in…