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Join the Securities Litigation and Enforcement Group on LinkedInStephanie Avakian, Former SEC Enforcement Director, Rejoins WilmerHale | WilmerHale
WilmerHale is pleased to announce that Stephanie Avakian, most recently Director of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Enforcement, is rejoining the firm as Chair of its Securities and Financial Services Department and member of the Management Committee. Stephanie will rejoin the firm later in the year and will have a wide-ranging public company […]
Elizabeth Holmes denies destroying evidence in Theranos case
“The reason that the government has built its case on this teetering card house of irrelevant evidence is that it lost—or, worse, did not want to analyze preindictment—the actual evidence of testing results in this case,” Holmes’ attorneys argued. However, prosecutors allege that Theranos executives destroyed the LIS system that proved her blood-testing product was […]
NYAG’s Probe of Bitfinex, Tether Ends in an $18.5M Settlement – CoinDesk
Charles Michael, a partner at law firm Steptoe & Johnson LLC who represented the companies in the inquiry, said the settlement “resolves allegations about public disclosures” around Tether’s loan to Bitfinex. “To the Attorney General’s office’s credit, after two and a half years of investigation, [its] findings are limited only to the nature and timing […]
IRS is ‘setting the trap’ for bitcoin and virtual currency investors on 2020 tax form
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is making it harder for taxpayers to conceal cryptocurrency transactions — whether intentionally or not — by adding a new question about it near the top of the new Form 1040. Source: IRS is ‘setting the trap’ for bitcoin and virtual currency investors on 2020 tax form