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ABA June Administrative Practice Monthly Call: SEC v. Jarkesy

Victor Suthammanont and MacDonald Norman will present a webinar as part of the American Bar Association’s June Administrative Practice Monthly Call. Victor and Mac’s presentation, “SEC v. Jarkesy: Do the SEC and the IRS Have a Seventh Amendment Problem,” will discuss the holding and aftermath of the 2024 landmark case

SEC Issues Staff Guidance on Crypto Staking Programs

On May 29, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance (“Corp Fin”) issued a Statement on Certain Protocol Staking Activities. The staff-level guidance addresses the staking of “Covered Crypto Assets” (described below) on networks that use proof-of-stake (“PoS”) as a consensus mechanism and opines, contrary to the

DOJ’s New Crypto Crime Guidance Muddies the Prosecutorial Waters

Kostelanetz partners Sharon McCarthy and Victor Suthammanont co-wrote an article for Bloomberg Law titled “DOJ’s New Crypto Crime Guidance Muddies the Prosecutorial Waters.” In the article, Sharon and Victor detail concerns about the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) April 2025 memo regarding cryptocurrency and digital asset enforcement, which sets objectives that