In view of the recent investigations of the Chinese American academic and scientific communities, the program will provide community members with guidance on their legal rights and strategies to employ when interacting with law enforcement officials and university counsel conducting investigations.

A new President and Congress brings new enforcement, regulatory and legislative priorities. Murphy & McGonigle’s team of experienced former federal prosecutors and regulatory enforcement attorneys will use their government and private sector experience to predict the new administration’s approach to financial crime enforcement and regulation in the Feb. 23 CLE program, "The New Administration: What Changes to White Collar Investigations and Prosecutions Should Businesses and Individuals Expect from the Biden Administration." Topics will include anti-bribery and corruption, anti-money laundering, securities and commodities fraud, healthcare fraud, the False Claims Act, and the fintech sector. CLE Credit is available.

To RSVP or for more information, click here.

Derivatives and Futures Law Committee Virtual Winter Meeting 2021

Murphy & McGonigle’s annual blockchain conference, CryptoLex, returns in virtual format to provide an early perspective on the upcoming year for cryptocurrency and blockchain. CryptoLex ’21 will take place on Tues., Jan. 12 (1:00 pm – 3:30 pm EST) and will include speakers from cryptocurrency companies, exchanges, legal and financial services.

As market momentum for bitcoin and blockchain continues to rise, CryptoLex will provide an in-depth look at the latest regulatory developments, litigation trends, and financial services adoption in the growing sector.

This is the fourth edition of CryptoLex, which was first conducted in 2018. The proprietary blockchain conference of Murphy & McGonigle, CryptoLex is conducted by Murphy & McGonigle’s FinTech & Blockchain Practice. To RSVP for CryptoLex, please contact Sarita Lavehim at Slavehim@mmlawus.com.

To view videos of the CryptoLex panels:

Digital Assets in an Analog World: The Application of Old Rules to a New Market
Crypto Prime Brokers and Institutional Custody Trends and Developments
Trading and Custody in Digital Securities

For the Conference schedule and featured speakers for CryptoLex ’21, please click on this link. 

Members of Murphy & McGonigle’s Commodities, Futures & Derivatives Practice will have prominent speaking roles at the upcoming FIA Law & Compliance Division virtual conference.

Chairman James Murphy and shareholder Daniel Payne lead a CLE webinar, “PPP Litigation Impacting SBA Lenders.”

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.