Powers On... is a new monthly opinion column from Marc Powers, who spent much of his 40-year legal career working with complex securities-related cases in the United States after a stint with the SEC. He is now an Adjunct Professor at Florida International University School of Law, where he teaches a course on 'Blockchain, Crypto and Regulatory Considerations.'
While I was in private law practice for 35 years, after serving for five years in the Security and Exchange Commission’s Division of Enforcement, I came to learn certain truths. Especially when a company and its officers were subject to SEC or other governmental investigations and enforcement proceedings.