WeirFoulds Partners Benjamin Bathgate and Jessica Stansfield top ranked in Chambers FinTech Guide 2026
WeirFoulds is pleased to announce that Partners Benjamin Bathgate, Chair of the Commercial Litigation Practice Group and Co-Chair of the Blockchain and Digital Assets Practice Group, and Jessica Stansfield have […]
WeirFoulds Partner Benjamin Bathgate Comments on Alleged Cryptocurrency-Based Money Laundering Scheme in The Globe and Mail
Partner Benjamin Bathgate, Chair of WeirFoulds’ Commercial Litigation Practice Group and Co-Chair of the Blockchain and Digital Assets Practice Group, was quoted in an article in The Globe and Mail […]
Canada’s Rules on Stablecoins Incoming
Yesterday, the Government of Canada unveiled its first and hotly anticipated budget (the “Budget”).[1] Included in the Budget are plans to pass legislation to regulate fiat-backed stablecoins. Stablecoins are a […]
Landmark RCMP Seizure of Over $56 Million in Cryptocurrency from TradeOgre
The RCMP recently executed the largest cryptocurrency seizure in Canadian history, confiscating over CAD $56 million in digital assets from the online trading platform TradeOgre. In June 2024, the RCMP […]
De-Mystifying Digital Assets and Recognizing When Digital Asset Issues Arise – Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice
Partner Benjamin Bathgate will participate in De-Mystifying Digital Assets and Recognizing When Digital Asset Issues Arise, a webinar that will be hosted by the Canadian Institute for the Administration of […]
Partner Benjamin Bathgate appears on Deminor Litigation Funding podcast to discuss digital assets, fraud recovery and litigation finance
Partner Benjamin Bathgate, Chair of WeirFoulds’ Commercial Litigation Practice Group and Co-Chair of the firm’s Blockchain and Digital Assets Practice Group, recently appeared on the Deminor Litigation Funding podcast, which […]
Mango Markets Guilty Conviction Overturned on Appeal – Take-aways for DeFi Users Everywhere
The recent decision in United States v. Avraham Eisenberg is making waves in cryptocurrency circles, and highlights the evolving legal challenges posed by decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms.[1] After a jury […]
2025 London International Disputes Week
Partner Benjamin Bathgate will speak during the 2025 London International Disputes Week, which will be hosted in London, England on Monday, June 2 – Friday, June 6, 2025. Returning for […]
Commercial Litigation Insights: Maybe Now the SEC Will Let Crypto Be: Will the SEC’s Crypto Task Force and the Crypto Czar’s Working Group Find Harmony?
Are the tides turning? Digital assets are slowly entering the conversation alongside traditional assets. What was once ethereal and somewhat elusive, operating outside the confines of the U.S. securities regime […]
WeirFoulds Partners Benjamin Bathgate and Jessica Stansfield featured by The Globe and Mail in article on cryptocurrency platform exploit
Partner Benjamin Bathgate, Chair of WeirFoulds’ Commercial Litigation Practice Group, and Partner Jessica Stansfield were featured by The Globe and Mail in an article written by Alexandra Posadzki on April […]
Crypto Scammers Capitalize on Political Uncertainty as Securities Regulators Warn of Increasing Sophistication of Online Investment Frauds
As if the current international political situation that faces Canada is not enough to deal with, Canadians also need to be more vigilant than ever to protect themselves from online […]
Canadian Medjedovic Indicted for DeFi Fraud in the Eastern District of New York: Rule of Law ‘2’, Code is Law ‘0’?
The ongoing saga of decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol fraud,[1] and in particular the exploitation of smart contract code[2] to enrich a bad actor at the expense of other users, has […]
Re-thinking Compliance and Litigation Risk Assessments in a World of Digital Transactions – Association of Corporate Counsel
Partner Benjamin Bathgate will speak during Re-thinking Compliance and Litigation Risk Assessments in a World of Digital Transactions: Modern Third-Party Risks Need Modern Risk-Rating Methods, a program that will be […]
WeirFoulds Partners Benjamin Bathgate and Jessica Stansfield comment on jury’s Mango Markets decision in Bloomberg Law
Partner Benjamin Bathgate, Chair of WeirFoulds’ Commercial Litigation Practice Group, and Partner Jessica Stansfield were quoted in an article written by Matthew Bultman for Bloomberg Law on April 22nd, 2024. The article overviews the Mango […]
Rule of Law ‘1’, Code is Law ‘0’: Eisenberg Convicted in Mango Markets Criminal Trial after He Shies Away from Testifying
In the fateful words of Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Burnett: “Just because something is possible doesn’t make it legal”.[1] After an eight-day criminal trial in the U.S. District Court for […]