The SEC has issued a much-anticipated interpretation regarding when the federal securities laws apply to certain types of crypto assets and transactions. It is an important step forward, ...
The New York State Attorney General filed civil actions against a former executive for insider trading and against his company for approving the trading plan that the executive used. Thes...
The Federal Reserve and FDIC took actions last week designed to facilitate crypto-related activities. The Federal Reserve rescinded its anti-crypto 2023 policy statement and replaced it w...
Davis Polk partner Joe Hall and associates Boaz Goldwater and Justin Levine authored the “United States” chapter in the seventh edition of the Legal 500’s Blockchain & Crypto Assets...
Davis Polk partner and Corporate Governance practice head Joe Hall authored “Crypto bills’ narrow scope guarantees continued uncertainty” in Law360. In the article, Joe discusses ho...
SEC Chairman Paul Atkins’ speech last week in Delaware sounded to many like a death knell for shareholder proposals under Rule 14a-8. In fact, it was far more strategic: the opening mov...
President Trump entered the White House in January 2025 promising to make the United States the “Crypto Capital of the World.” The federal agencies and Congress are responding with un...
The President has signed the bipartisan GENIUS Act – a landmark stablecoin bill – into law. Our client update breaks down the key provisions of the GENIUS Act and includes charts summ...
Davis Polk partner Stephen Byeff, counsel Ida Araya-Brumskine and associate Julia Hirschberg contributed a chapter to the NYSE’s Public Company Series: Board Structure and Composition.I...
