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Dave is a highly respected member of the securities enforcement and regulatory counseling practice group at McGuireWoods, where he plays a key role shaping the strategic direction of the firm’s securities enforcement initiatives. Before joining McGuireWoods, Dave was Chief of the Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit in the SEC Division of Enforcement, and prior to that served as enforcement counsel to SEC Commissioner Crenshaw. He is a recognized expert and frequent speaker with a robust practice that spans a wide array of complex regulatory and enforcement matters, particularly those involving crypto and cyber.

On May 20, 2025, the Senate cleared procedural obstacles to consider the GENIUS Act on the Senate floor. Originally introduced on Feb. 4, by Senator Bill Hagerty, R-TN, along with Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott, R-SC, Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY, and Cynthia Lummis, R-WY, the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins of 2025

As public companies’ reliance on remote work, cloud computing and digital payments increases, so too does the cybersecurity risk. Recognizing this, the SEC finalized rules and regulations in September 2023 requiring new cybersecurity-related disclosures from public companies. In prior efforts to improve consistency and accuracy of public company cybersecurity risk disclosures, the SEC issued interpretive

On Oct. 22, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced settled charges against four current and former public companies, Unisys, Avaya Holdings, Check Point Software Technologies and Mimecast, for allegedly making materially misleading statements in their public disclosures regarding cybersecurity intrusions and risks following the SolarWinds Corporation software hack. This wave of enforcement actions