Tag Archives: Crypto

Terraform Labs Case: Key Takeaways for the Crypto Industry

By: Eddie Suarez and Diego Pestana / The Suarez Law Firm This past Friday (April 5, 2024) a federal jury in Manhattan returned a verdict finding Terraform Labs and its co-founder, Do Kwon, liable for fraud. In this post, we … Continue reading

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Coinbase vs. SEC: A Legal Overview

By: Diego Pestana / The Suarez Law Firm / Jan 7, 2024 The Legal Tug-of-War This incident marks the latest episode in an ongoing legal tug-of-war between the cryptocurrency sector and the SEC. The core of the dispute lies in … Continue reading

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The Latest in Sam Bankman-Fried’s Potential Advice-of-Counsel Defense: Key Points

By: Eddie Suarez On August 29, 2023, the ongoing dispute regarding Sam Bankman-Fried, the prominent cryptocurrency entrepreneur and former CEO of FTX, took a new turn when prosecutors filed their latest objection to Bankman-Fried’s notice of reliance on an advice-of-counsel … Continue reading

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The First Cut is the Deepest: The First SEC Enforcement Action Against an NFT Project

By: Eddie Suarez and Diego Pestana On August 28, 2023, Impact Theory, LLC, a Los Angeles media and entertainment company, was charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for conducting an unregistered offering of crypto asset securities in the … Continue reading

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