Month: July 2017

The Commission took the relatively unusual step of issuing an Exchange Act Section 21(a) report of an investigation last week. The report addressed the question of whether tokens issued by a firm using blockchain technology were securities. Halliburton Company settled …

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The focus of SEC enforcement has not changed under a new Chairman if recent cases are any indication – at least for now. For example, offering fraud actions have been a key focus of Enforcement for years. This week is …

SEC Settles Offering Fraud Tied to Cellphone App Read More »

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