Should a 77-Year-Old Definition Be Used to Regulate Digital Assets?December 12, 2023InsightsSecurities LawSEC Chair Gary Gensler testified before the House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday and was unexpectedly tight-lipped about whether XRP, a digital currency, is a security. In response to Committee Chairman Warren Davidson’s question, Gensler said that the question of whether XRP is a security is currently “in court, and [there are] active discussions and litigation on that matter.” ForThe SEC’s Aggressive Tack on the Cryptocurrency IndustryDecember 12, 2023InsightsSecurities LawOn June 6, 1944, the 82nd Airborne Division went to war, dropping infantrymen from the skies above France. On the sixth of June of ’23, the SEC waged its own version of war against the cryptocurrency industry. In perhaps its most aggressive move against the industry to date, the SEC filed an enforcement action against Coinbase for acting as unregisteredI Knew You Were Trouble – Taylor Swift Avoids FTX Trap in Promoting Unregistered SecuritiesDecember 12, 2023InsightsSecurities LawBy: Jean-Pierre Bado Our office was abuzz earlier this week as one of our colleagues reminisced about his trip to Tampa to attend Taylor Swift’s latest show. Our colleague—whom we will not identify as we strive to protect the innocent—would not stop raving about the lyrics! The dancing! The costumes! Clearly, Taylor’s show has something to offer fans of any The Department of Justice Releases the First Edition of the FCPA Resource Guide in SpanishDecember 12, 2023FCPAInsightsOn March 3, 2023, at the American Bar Association White Collar Crime Conference, Kenneth A. Polite, the Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ), announced that the DOJ would–for the first time–publish the FCPA Resource Guide in Spanish. The DOJ followed through with its promise and released the Spanish language Guide in March 2023.El Departamento de Justicia lanza la primera edición de la Guía de Recursos FCPA en españolDecember 12, 2023FCPAInsightsEl 3 de marzo de 2023, en la Conferencia sobre Delitos de Cuello Blanco de la American Bar Association, Kenneth A. Polite, el Fiscal General Adjunto de la División Criminal del Departamento de Justicia (DOJ, por sus siglas en inglés), anunció que el DOJ publicaría, por primera vez, la Guía de Recursos FCPA en español. El DOJ cumplió su promesa