Assessing A New Path To Compliance For ICO Issuers

By Meagan Olsen, David Hernand, Nick Morgan and Vivian Tsai (December 5, 2018, 2:09 PM EST) -- On Nov. 16, 2018, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced settlements with two companies that had raised funds through initial coin offerings, which allegedly were neither registered nor exempt from registration under federal securities laws.[1] These cases mark the first time that the SEC has imposed civil penalties solely for violations of Section 5 in connection with ICOs, and introduce a novel method for redressing unregistered, nonexempt offerings under federal securities laws....

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