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1 week ago | 
morganlewis.com | Stacie R. Hartman |Erin Martin |Rahul Patel |Robert Schwartz
With the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act of 2025 advancing in Congress, a comprehensive digital asset market structure in the United States may finally be attainable. On June 10, 2025, bipartisan majorities of the House Committees on Financial Services and on Agriculture (Committees) voted to advance the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025[1] (CLARITY Act), an updated version of a discussion draft the Committees circulated weeks earlier.
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1 month ago | 
morganlewis.com | Penelope L. Christophorou |Stacie R. Hartman |Erin Martin |Rahul Patel
The US Securities and Exchange Commission recently convened a public roundtable, Tokenization – Moving Assets Onchain: Where TradFi and DeFi Meet, the fourth in a five-part series hosted by its Crypto Task Force.
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Mar 21, 2025 | 
jdsupra.com | Ethan Johnson |Christine Lombardo |Erin Martin
SEC staff issued no-action guidance on Rule 506(c) of Regulation D private securities offerings on March 12, 2025, which should provide issuers with an easier path to rely on Rule 506(c) and solicit and advertise their private investment funds to investors in the United States. Regulation D, which is a safe harbor from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, is commonly used by issuers who conduct private offerings in the United States.
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Mar 20, 2025 | 
coindesk.com | Jesse Hamilton |Nikhilesh De |Erin Martin
While the crypto sector's eyes are drawn to the policy fireworks in the White House and Congress, the financial agencies have been taking consequential bites out of the Biden Administration's digital assets stance. One move at a time, the stand-in chiefs of the banking and securities regulators are cutting away policies and significant enforcement work that had previously been used to hem in the digital assets industry.
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Mar 20, 2025 | 
morganlewis.com | Christine Lombardo |Erin Martin |Christine Ayako Schleppegrell |John O'Brien
SEC staff issued no-action guidance on Rule 506(c) of Regulation D private securities offerings on March 12, 2025, which should provide issuers with an easier path to rely on Rule 506(c) and solicit and advertise their private investment funds to investors in the United States. Regulation D, which is a safe harbor from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, is commonly used by issuers who conduct private offerings in the United States.
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Mar 3, 2025 | 
lexology.com | Stacie R. Hartman |Erin Martin |Rahul Patel |Todd P. Zerega |James E. Doench |Joseph Healy | +1 more
US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Hester Peirce and the SEC’s Crypto Task Force recently underscored the new administration’s commitment to engage with digital asset market participants in the near term. Commissioner Peirce issued a statement titled “There Must Be Some Way Out of Here” calling for public input on more than 50 questions with the goal of understanding how to better regulate crypto assets.
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Mar 3, 2025 | 
morganlewis.com | Stacie R. Hartman |Erin Martin |Rahul Patel |Todd P. Zerega
US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner Hester Peirce and the SEC’s Crypto Task Force recently underscored the new administration’s commitment to engage with digital asset market participants in the near term. Commissioner Peirce issued a statement titled “There Must Be Some Way Out of Here” calling for public input on more than 50 questions with the goal of understanding how to better regulate crypto assets.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Barry N. Hurwitz |Erin Martin |John O'Brien
Recent actions by the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Division of Enforcement highlight the importance of making timely filings pursuant to Sections 13(d), 16, and 13(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These filings report beneficial ownership (Schedules 13D and 13G), transactions by insiders and 10% investors (Forms 3, 4, and 5), and public company equity securities under the investment discretion of institutional investment managers (Form 13F).
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
morganlewis.com | Erin Martin |Celia Soehner |Barry N. Hurwitz |John O'Brien
Recent actions by the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Division of Enforcement highlight the importance of making timely filings pursuant to Sections 13(d), 16, and 13(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These filings report beneficial ownership (Schedules 13D and 13G), transactions by insiders and 10% investors (Forms 3, 4, and 5), and public company equity securities under the investment discretion of institutional investment managers (Form 13F).
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
readspeaker.com | Erin Martin
Boston, MA â ReadSpeaker, a text-to-speech (TTS) and voice-enhanced learning tools pioneer, continues to strengthen its important collaborative partnership with D2L with the goal of creating a better learning experience for all learners and educators. D2L’s Brightspace LMS, an award-winning learning management system, is renowned for its ability to deliver engaging and personalized learning experiences.
