The Coinbase Bankruptcy Disclosure: Are Your Assets Safe?

The Coinbase Bankruptcy Disclosure: Are Your Assets Safe?

The press has been buzzing about Coinbase’s most recent 10-Q disclosure in its May 10, 2022, filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In the filing, Coinbase indicated that a bankruptcy court might treat its customers as unsecured creditors if a...
Are Oral Contracts Legally Binding (in NYS)?

Are Oral Contracts Legally Binding (in NYS)?

An arrangement can be as simple as a handshake agreement or an oral understanding over coffee.  When two parties form an agreement without written documentation, is that agreement legally binding? The answer, generally, is yes, unless the agreement is required to be...
An Overview of Email Marketing – the CAN-SPAM Act

An Overview of Email Marketing – the CAN-SPAM Act

Businesses use email marketing to engage prospects, clients and customers on a regular basis. If you’re one of these businesses, you should have some familiarity with the laws governing email marketing. Specifically the The CAN-SPAM Act, a law that establishes rules...
HIVE Closes $100,020,000 Private Placement

HIVE Closes $100,020,000 Private Placement

November 30, 2021.  We congratulate our client, HIVE Blockchain Technologies Ltd (“HIVE”) (TSX.V:HIVE) (Nasdaq:HIVE) (FSE:HBF)  on closing a Cnd$100,020,000 private placement of shares and warrants.  Stifel GMP acted as lead underwriter and sole bookrunner...
Non-Compete Agreement Update

Non-Compete Agreement Update

Non-compete agreements are “bread and butter” agreements in the business world. While the enforceability of these agreements has been a fundamental element in their drafting for many years, the environment is evolving more rapidly with the issuance of Executive Order...