Christopher N. LaVigne

External publications

• '6th Circuit restores predictability to privilege and work product in 'In re FirstEnergy',' Westlaw Today - April 17, 2026, authored
• 'The SEC Explains How It’s Viewing a Crypto Security: State of Crypto,' CoinDesk - March 22, 2026, quoted
• 'Fla. Judge Orders Consumers To Arbitrate Binance Claims,' Law360 – March 17, 2026, mentioned
• 'Litigator of the Week Runners-Up and Shout-Outs,' The Am Law Litigation Daily - March 13, 2026, mentioned
• 'NY Judge Tosses Terror Victims' Binance Suit, For Now,' Law360 - March 9, 2026, mentioned
• 'Sam Bankman-Fried Goes on the Offensive,' Wired - November 25, 2025, quoted
• 'FTX's Billion-Dollar Lawsuits Linger As Creditors Regain Cash,' Law360 - July 2, 2025, quoted
• 'Lamborghini Stole Steering Wheel Trade Secrets, Suit Says,' Law360 - April 22, 2025, mentioned
• 'The US Is Turning a Blind Eye to Crypto Crimes,' Wired - April 11, 2025, quoted
• 'Binance, Ex-CEO Urge Arbitration Of Crypto Investor Suit,' Law360 - March 10, 2025, mentioned
• 'Top Verdicts of 2024,' Daily Journal - February 26, 2025, feautured
• ''Profound Shift' Forecast for Crypto Enforcement in ,'2025,' Law360 - January 1, 2025, quoted
• 'Employment Update: Recent Decisions and Agency Actions,' New York Law Journal - November 4, 2024, co-author
• 'What's Next in SEC v. Ripple?,' CoinDesk - August 15, 2024, quoted
• 'Ripple Claims Victory in SEC Suit but Paid a Price,' Law360 - August 9, 2024, quoted
• 'As the U.S. Commodities Regulator Urges Fast Crypto Action, Senators Still Scrambling,' CoinDesk - July 10, 2024, quoted
• 'Withersworldwide Secures Victory in Kraken's Gender Pay Bias Lawsuit,' Daily Journal - April 4, 2024, featured
• 'Representing Individuals in Interviews: The US Perspective,' Global Investigations Review - January 10, 2024, co-author
• 'Sins of the Father: Could Joe Bankman Go to Jail for Helping His Son Run FTX?,' Fortune Crypto - November 13, 2023, quoted
• 'What's next for Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX executives and investors,' NBCNews - November 4, 2023, quoted
• 'Sam Bankman-Fried Will Testify in His Own Trial. It’s a Legal Hail Mary,' Wired - October 25, 2023, quoted
• 'Sam Bankman-Fried Is a Terrible Client,' Wired - October 3, 2023, quoted 
• 'SBF’s trial promises to be just as riveting as the rest of the FTX drama,' TechCrunch - October 2, 2023, quoted
• 'Prosecutors Have Damning Evidence of Sam Bankman-Fried's Fraud: Why Isn't He Pleading Guilty?,' Fortune Crypto - September 29, 2023, quoted
• 'The FTX Trial is Bigger than Sam Bankman-Fried,' The Verge - September 28, 2023, quoted
• 'Bankman-Fried’s lawyers Wants To Tell the Jury About his ADHD—But Prosecutors Are Suspicious,' Fortune Crypto - September 19, 2023, featured
• 'Analysis: Grayscale Victory Big Boost for Decade-long Spot Bitcoin ETF Push,' Reuters - August 30, 2023, quoted
• 'Waivers may be ignored after Titan sub disaster,' The Times - June 28, 2023, quoted
• 'Victories Hone DOJ Playbook for Crypto Trading Crackdown,' Law 360 - May 9, 2023, quoted
• '1 big thing: The SEC names a few more securities,' Axios - April 18, 2023, quoted
• 'The Credit Suisse AT1 bond crisis – 5 things investors need to know,' The Edge - March 24, 2023, co-author
• 'Circle Stablecoin's Wild Weekend Raises Risk of Regulatory Scrutiny,' Bloomberg - March 13, 2023, quoted
• 'Silicon Valley Bank collapse: What you need to know,' Withers Insight - March 12, 2023, co-author
• 'Sam Bankman-Fried Cannot Shut Up,' Quartz - January 18, 2023, quoted
• 'SEC Charges Over Gemini, Genesis Earn Program Latest Shot at Crypto Lending,' The Block - January 17, 2023, quoted
• 'Global investigations: Representing individuals in investigative interviews in the UK and US,' Global Investigations Review - January 9, 2023, co-author
• 'FTX collapse - 5 ways in which investors can seek recourse,' Withers Insight - November 18, 2022, co-author

• 'If Sam Bankman-Fried Committed Fraud, He'll Face the Music in the U.S, Legal Experts Say,' MarketWatch - November 14, 2022, quoted

• 'FTX Faces Growing Regulatory, Criminal Scrutiny Amid Fallout,' Law 360 - November 14, 2022, quoted

• 'First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Struggles Following Inflation Report; California Crypto Bill Is an Overstep, Say Legal Experts,' CoinDesk - September 13, 2022, quoted

• ''Securities' Label in SEC Insider Case May Have Broad Crypto Impact,' Roll Call - August 2, 2022, quoted

• 'SEC Tests Its Reach With Coinbase Insider Trading Case,' Law360 - July 25, 2022, quoted

• 'What Does the SEC's Warning Shot at Crypto Mean?,' TechCrunch - July 22, 2022, quoted

• 'Unpacking the Latest Bitcoin ETF Rejections,' CoinDesk - July 8, 2022, quoted

• 'Proposed Bipartisan US Crypto Bill Could Be ‘Sigh of Relief' for the Industry,' TechCrunch - June 8, 2022, quoted

• 'Senate Crypto Bill Eyes Bigger Role For CFTC,' Law360 - June 7, 2022, quoted

• 'First Mover Asia: The Metaverse Is Subject to Earth's Boring Old Rules,' CoinDesk - April 24, 2022, quoted

• 'OpenSea Stops Gambling Apes NFT Trading From Sand Vegas Casino Club,' PYMNTS - April 22, 2022, quoted

• 'OpenSea Suspends Trading of Sands Vegas Casino Club NFTs,' CoinDesk - April 22, 2022, quoted

• '2022 - The year of regulation of digital assets,' Withers Insight - April 11, 2022, co-author

• 'Finding calm in the storm: dealing with a professional crisis can be life changing,' Withers Insight - January 13, 2022, co-author

• 'Interest-Earning Crypto Crackdown Is Bigger Than Coinbase,' Law360 - September 24, 2021, quoted

• 'With Approach to Coinbase, SEC Shows its Hand on Cryptocurrency,' Compliance Week - September 21, 2021, quoted

• 'Coinbase Probe Shows SEC Game To Play Hardball On Crypto,' Law360 - September 10, 2021, quoted

• 'A digital art gold rush? - the regulators are watching,' Withers Insight - April 1, 2021, co-author

• 'Withers talks: cryptocurrency | Ep 2 - What is the future of crypto regulation?,' Withers podcast - March 19, 2021, speaker

• 'XRP delisted on more platforms following SEC's Ripple complaint,' Business Insider - December 31, 2020, quoted

• 'Cryptocurrencies: What Type Of Gamble Are They?,' WealthBriefing - October 30, 2020, co-author