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 […]
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 […]
Commercial Litigation Insights: Securities Enforcement? But They’re Crypto Tokens, Not Shares…
Canadian and American regulators have made concerted efforts in the last year to definitively demonstrate that cryptocurrencies are under their securities purview and to accelerate aggressive enforcement proceedings. Yet, the […]
Cryptocurrency ‘Regulation by Enforcement’ as Hot as Ever: What’s to come from Securities Regulators in 2024?
Cryptocurrencies are becoming increasingly regulated under securities laws in Canada and the United States, often to the chagrin of those in control of crypto assets. In recent years, both Canadian […]
Postponement of Long-Awaited Mango Markets Criminal Trial on the Heels of SBF Guilty Verdict: What’s to Come?
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (the “US DA”) was set to proceed to trial against Avraham Eisenberg on December 4, 2023[1] in relation to […]
WeirFoulds Partner James Kosa provides comment to The Globe and Mail on cryptocurrency fraud
WeirFoulds Partner James Kosa provided comment to Tim Shufelt of The Globe and Mail in an article published on March 14, 2023, entitled “Crypto hype is down, but crypto fraud […]
WeirFoulds Technology Insights: Canada’s Crackdown on Crypto: An Overview of Cryptocurrency Regulation and Enforcement
On November 21, 2022, the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) issued a reminder, warning that trading in crypto assets “comes with elevated levels of risk”.[1] The CSA noted that “the value […]