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November 13, 2024, PIPEs Conference, "What you Need to Know About the SEC's Enforcement Campaign Against Convertible Debt PIPE Investors."
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October 2, 2024, ThinkAdvisor, "LPL CEO's Firing Catches Some by Surprise," "Nick Morgan, founder and president of the Investor Choice Advocates Network, said . . 'The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority 'have shown an increasing appetite to bring enforcement actions for what would previously have been considered internal employment and management issues . . .'"
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September 26, 2024, Free the Economy podcast, "How to Sue the SEC."
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September 5, 2024, Reuters, "US SEC abandons in-house malpractice suits after Supreme Court ruling."
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August 2, 2024, Wall Street Blockchain Alliance podcast, "Crypto Roundup."
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July 10, 2024, The Long-Short podcast, "How a humble fish has changed the face of US lawmaking."
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June 27, 2024, The Wall Street Journal, "Supreme Court Curbs SEC’s Enforcement Powers."
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June 27, 2024 -- Capital Account, "Justices Constrain SEC's In-House Courts."
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May 17, 2024 -- Bloomberg Law, "Crypto Case Tests SEC’s Ability to Police Blockchain Technology."
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April 25, 2024 -- inSecurities podcast, "Casting a Long Shadow: Assessing the Panuwat Insider Trading Case."
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April 24, 2024 -- Law360, "SEC Critics Preview Future Challenges To Agency Action."
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April 23, 2024 -- Securities Docket, "Flipping the Script-- Former SEC Enforcement Lawyers Bring 'Impact Litigation Against SEC Overreach.'”
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March 8, 2024 -- Bloomberg Law, "Sales Agents Take SEC Life Settlements Fight to Ninth Circuit," discussing ICAN appeal on behalf clients in the SEC v Pac West litigation.
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February 19, 2024 -- Risk.net, "Hot topic: SEC climate disclosure rule divides industry," quoting Nick Morgan on how First Amendment's restrictions on compelled speech thwart regulators from all political perspectives from forcing securities market participants to act as mouthpieces: "'What’s good for the goose is good for the gander,' says Nick Morgan, president of the Investor Choice Advocates Network."
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January 30, 2024 -- FortuneCrypto, "You’ve got a friend in me: How amicus briefs are helping the crypto industry win over the courts," describing ICAN's pro bono litigation efforts, "Some groups are already working to support industry defendants directly; for example, the Investor Choice Advocates Network is starting to take pro bono clients in SEC actions. I am sure they could use more resources to do so."
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December 21, 2023 -- Law360, "SEC's Accredited-Investor Report Could Signal Tighter Rules," "Nicolas Morgan, who heads the nonprofit group Investor Choice Advocates Network, said 'The SEC should be expanding opportunities for investors of all types.'"
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November 29, 2023 -- Capitol Account, "SEC's In-House Judges Have a Tough Day in Court," "Nick Morgan, a founder of Investor Choice Advocates Network . . . filed the amicus brief on behalf of Musk, Cuban and others who fought SEC charges and won in court. It focused on the right to a jury trial, which dominated the arguments today."
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November 9, 2023 -- Law360, "Pro-Market Groups Prod 5th Circ. to Ax SEC Hedge Fund Rule."
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November 1, 2023 -- Reuters, "SEC's shadow insider trading case sparks new 'major questions' challenge," reporting on ICAN's amicus brief and describing ICAN as "one of the pioneers" in using the major questions doctrine to challenge SEC overreach.
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October 23, 2023 -- Washington Times, "Elon Musk vs. the SEC," "Through a nonprofit group called the Investor Choice Advocates Network, or ICAN, Mr. Cuban and Mr. Musk filed a friend-of-the-court brief bashing the SEC for sometimes allowing jury trials while denying them at other times, depending on what the SEC thinks will lead to the better outcome for the agency."
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October 18, 2023 -- Crowdfund Insider, "Elon Musk, Mark Cuban, Join in Filing Amicus Brief Targeting SEC Court Case," noting, "ICAN advocates on behalf of smaller investors and entrepreneurs who too frequently are steamrolled by federal regulations, including the SEC."
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October 2, 2023 -- Legal Newsline, "Investor Choice Advocates Network files amicus brief supporting Binance's motion to dismiss SEC lawsuit."
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September 29, 2023 -- Law360, "Circle Cautions Court on SEC's Binance Stablecoin Claims," discussing "market access advocacy organization ICAN's" critique of SEC position that "may ultimately deprive investors and consumers of useful information about digital assets they wish to purchase."
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August 10, 2023 -- inSecurities podcast, "The Dangers of Regulation by Enforcement."
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July 28, 2023 - Law360, "Supreme Court Urged to Reverse SEC's Civil Penalty Win," quoting ICAN, "When the SEC seeks to expand its jurisdiction through litigation rather than rulemaking, the SEC explicitly excludes investor from that process. Who is and is not included within the definition of 'broker' is obviously of great importance to investors."
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July 20, 2023 - Law360, "Ex-SEC Officials Tell 5th Circ. to Vacate SEC Buyback Rule," noting "briefs supporting the U.S. Chamber were filed by . . . the Investor Choice Advocates Network, a nonprofit that touts its pushback against what it calls SEC overreach . . . Nicolas Morgan . . . told Law360: 'The SEC falls short in its investor advocacy mission when it piles on regulatory burdens that reduce investor choices, as is the case with the Share Repurchase Rule.'"
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July 10, 2023 - Bloomberg Law, "ESG Enforcement Emerges as Risk for Oil Firms, Bitcoin Miners," including comments on SEC proposed climate disclosure rules from "Nicolas Morgan, a former agency lawyer and president of Investor Choice Advocates Network, a nonprofit law firm that fights what it considers to be government overreach."
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May 17, 2023 - Reuters, "SEC in Coinbase case defends crypto rulemaking, enforcement," discussing ICAN's amicus brief criticizing the SEC's failure to respond timely to rule making petitions.
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April 14, 2023 - Law360, "Securities Experts React to the High Court's Decision," discussing ICAN's amicus in SEC v Michelle Cochran, "Investor Choice Advocates Network president Nick Morgan, whose organization filed a brief in support of Cochran, has promised that ICAN 'will be actively seeking cases to bring in federal court, challenging the constitutionality of the SEC's administration process. The unfairness of the SEC's process and the enormous amount of resources it takes to resist SEC cases, as illustrated in this matter, inspired us to create ICAN.'"
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March 27, 2023 - Wall Street Journal, "Coinbase Ex-Manager Convicted of Insider Trading Is Crypto's Latest Legal Hope," discussing amicus brief in SEC v Wahi from "nonprofit organization, Investor Choice Advocates Network, [which] represents people fighting what it calls SEC overreach."
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February 16, 2023 - Bloomberg Law, "Ex-Coinbase Manager Tests If SEC Crypto Reach Is ‘Major’ Question," discussing ICAN's amicus brief in SEC v. Wahi, "there’s no indication Congress intended 'investment contract' to be a catch-all phrase, nonprofit law firm Investor Choice Advocates Network said in an amicus brief filed Monday supporting the Wahis. 'The SEC nevertheless claims—as the EPA impermissibly did—to have discovered "an unheralded power" which would vastly transform and expand its regulatory authority,' ICAN wrote."
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December 16, 2022 - Law360, "Investor Org. Wants LBRY Tokens to be Usable After SEC Win," discussion of ICAN amicus brief in support of investor use of digital assets
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November 18, 2022 - Crowdfund Insider, "An Update to Reg D, Including Definition of Accredited Investor, is a Top Priority for the SEC: How Could This Impact Private Markets?" discussion of ICAN petition for SEC rule change to remove diversity, equity, and inclusion barriers
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November 9, 2022 - Bloomberg Law,"SEC Urged to Reduce Diversity Barriers for Accredited Investors."
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November 8, 2022 - Financial Planning, "Supreme Court case questions SEC's 'home court advantage' with in-house judges," discussion of ICAN brief in SEC v. Cochran
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October 20, 2022 - The Daily HODL, "Crypto Legal Expert Says SEC Being Bombarded From All Angles As Amicus Briefs Pile Up in Ripple and XRP Lawsuit," discussion of ICAN amicus brief
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October 18, 2022 - Capitol Account, "Ex-Regulators, Business Groups Line Up to Back Grayscale in SEC Suit," Rob Schmidt describes ICAN amicus brief
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August 30, 2022 - Capitol Account, "A New Plan to Fight Back Against SEC Overreach - From Agency Alumni," Jesse Westbrook describes ICAN's formation and mission
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August 16, 2022 - DWealth Muse Podcast, "The SEC Versus the Cryptocurrency Industry," Dara Albright interviews Nick Morgan about ICAN and current SEC trends
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May 5, 2022 - California Corporate and Securities Law Blog, "If the SEC favors full disclosure, why does it have a 'gag rule'?," Keith Paul Bishop comments on ICAN Supreme Court Amicus Brief