Matthew Comstock of our FinTech & Blockchain Practice will moderate the opening session of the Parallel blockchain series, “U.S. Competitiveness in Blockchain Technology” on Fri., May 29.

Parallel is a new, virtual series of seven blockchain and crypto episodes being conducted by the Chamber of Digital Commerce, of which Murphy & McGonigle is a member.

The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) spawned an almost immediate wave of litigation against both banks and the Small Business Administration. In a one hour CLE Webinar on Thurs., May 21 (2:00 pm), Chairman James Murphy and shareholder Daniel Payne will discuss this litigation wave and analyze the merits and defenses of the lawsuits.

Our Client Alert looks at potential legal defenses under New York State law to nonperformance of contractual obligations that might occur due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Murphy & McGonigle has once again received both noteworthy firm and multiple lawyers’ recognition in the new edition of Chambers USA, which was recently published.

How To Defend Against New Wave of Cryptocurrency Class Actions

On April 3, investors in tokens filed 11 class action lawsuits in New York Federal Court against token issuers and exchanges. Our Securities Litigation and Blockchain lawyers will host a webinar on Thurs., Apr. 23 that takes a deep dive into this surge of class actions and provides strategies for how to defend against them.

On April 9, the Securities and Exchange Commission acted on its proposal published in 2016 and adopted rules that are designed to simplify the scope of “covered clearing agency” in Rule 17Ad-22(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.