Karen J. Garnett
Proskauer Rose LLP
Articles
SEC sues crowd machine for allegedly fraudulent and unregistered ICO
USA - January 13 2022 In its first enforcement action of the year involving ICOs, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charged two companies and their founder…
SEC halts DAO’s registration of two stable tokens as securities, alleging material deficiencies in the disclosure
USA - November 12 2021 On November 10, 2021, the SEC announced that it had instituted proceedings against a Wyoming-based decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) to…
Front and Center: SVO Grants through the SBA
USA - August 16 2021 The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “CAA”), which provides $900 billion in new COVID-19 relief funding, was signed into law on December 27…
Andrew Bettwy, Lauren K Boglivi, Grant R. Darwin, Camille Higonnet, Jeffrey A Horwitz, Vincent Indelicato, Lara B. Miller, Laura Peterson, Yuval Tal, Patrick D. Walling
SEC Brings Charges against Allegedly Fraudulent Unregistered Decentralized Finance Project That Ran on the Ethereum Platform
USA - August 13 2021 On August 6, 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it had charged two men, Gregory Keough and Derek Acree, and their…
SEC Chair’s Remarks Suggest Crypto is the “Wild West,” Signaling Future Enforcement and Desire for Enhanced Regulatory Authority
USA - August 12 2021 Gary Gensler, Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), attracted a lot of attention following his remarks at the Aspen Security Forum…
