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Lindsey Olson

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As a litigation associate, Lindsey Olson focuses her practice on white-collar defense and investigations and complex commercial litigation. She has particular experience representing individual and corporate clients in connection with domestic and international government-facing investigations.

Practice highlights include representing a leading global financial institution in a sweeping, multi-year federal criminal investigation into a multi-billion dollar investment portfolio; representing an individual in connection with criminal investigations relating to allegations of manipulation and collusion in the precious metals market; and representing a major cultural institution regarding allegations of abusive conduct by a high profile employee.

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SEC’s Coinschedule Settlement Offers Mere “Clue-By-Enforcement” Into Whether Cryptocurrencies are Securities

By Lindsey Olson on Posted in SEC Enforcement, Securities Law
On July 14, 2021 the SEC issued a consented-to Cease and Desist Order against U.K.-based cryptocurrency review website owner Blotics Ltd. (formerly doing business as Coinschedule Ltd.) for violating Section 17(a) of the Securities Act. According to two SEC Commissioners, the decision should have but didn’t clarify the Commission’s position as to whether and when … Continue Reading

DOJ Tax Division Shows Continued Interest in Cryptocurrency

By Lindsey Olson on Posted in SEC Enforcement, Securities Law, Securities Regulatory
On May 5, 2021, another federal district court, this time for the Northern District of California, permitted the IRS to proceed with a John Doe summons very similar to the one served on Circle last month (the subject of a recent post).  This time, the Summons seeks information on customers of a San Francisco-headquartered digital … Continue Reading

A Warning to Cryptocurrency Users from the Justice Department’s Tax Division

By Lindsey Olson on Posted in SEC Enforcement, Securities Litigation, Securities Regulatory
As you might expect during tax season, the Justice Department’s press releases seem particularly focused on tax-related issues these days.  At the start of this month, DOJ sent a stern reminder to the public that non-traditional currency users should not expect to escape federal tax law enforcement. On April 1, the district court for the … Continue Reading

Senate Considers Potential Changes to ECPA to Ease Access to Electronic Data Across Borders

By Joshua M. Newville and Lindsey Olson on Posted in SEC Enforcement, White Collar
Terrorist attacks, most recently in London and Manchester, England, have raised the pressure on law enforcement and lawmakers in countries like the U.K. and the U.S., to proactively intercept and interrupt terrorist communications. On May 24, members of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism addressed practical issues regarding warrants for overseas data … Continue Reading

Proskauer Attorneys Pen Cover Article for New York Law Journal’s White-Collar Crime Special Report

By Joshua M. Newville and Lindsey Olson on Posted in SEC Enforcement, Securities Law
Proskauer partner Joshua M. Newville and associate Lindsey A. Olson recently wrote the lead article for New York Law Journal’s White-Collar Crime special report. In the article, they discuss how proposed amendments to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 could affect financial fraud investigations by the SEC and DOJ.  For more information, please read … Continue Reading

10 Takeaways from Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates’ Remarks at the 2016 New York City Bar Association White Collar Crime Conference

By Lindsey Olson and Sigal Mandelker on Posted in White Collar
This week, Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates delivered remarks at the New York City Bar Association reflecting on the eight months since the release of the “Yates Memo,” or as Deputy AG Yates prefers, the “Individual Accountability Policy” (“the Policy”).  The Policy’s release in September 2015 followed prolonged criticism over a perceived lack of … Continue Reading

SEC Accepts DC Circuit’s Decision Vacating Retroactive Punishment

By Harry Frischer, Lindsey Olson and Rachel Wolkinson on Posted in Securities Law
Following the D.C. Circuit’s July 14, 2015 decision in Koch et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission, No. 14-1134 (D.C. Cir. July 14, 2015), which held that the SEC could not retroactively punish an investment advisor for conduct that occurred prior to the enactment of the statute authorizing the punishment, the SEC announced last week … Continue Reading
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