Members of McGonigle’s Commodities, Futures & Derivatives Practice will have prominent speaking roles at two high-profile conferences taking place the week of January 24, 2022.

On January 10, 2022, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) released a report to the public summarizing its findings on the use of virtual currencies to facilitate human and drug trafficking.  These findings were based on a review of federal agency records and interviews with federal officials from a number of agencies.

The year 2021 will be known as the year when blockchain and digital assets of all types (including "cryptocurrencies") became mainstream.

Steve Gannon, James Goldfarb, and Matthew Comstock of our FinTech & Blockchain Practice authored an article about digital asset regulation in the United States for the US-Israel Legal Review 2021. Read the full article here.

On December 16, 2021, the Staff of the Division of Trading and Markets (Staff) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a conditional extension of the no-action position that it published on September 24, 2021.

Financial Services law firm Murphy & McGonigle announced today the promotion of Gaurav Talwar, a litigator who serves in the Firm’s Securities & Complex Commercial and White Collar Defense, Investigations & Compliance Counseling practices, from Associate to Officer.