Alert 04.10.25
U.S. Department of Justice Curtails “Regulation by Prosecution” in Digital Asset Enforcement
A new DOJ policy directs prosecutors to focus on crypto fraud and use of digital assets to facilitate other crimes.
Alexis Wansac is a litigator with extensive experience representing clients in matters involving technology, gaming and consumer protection.
Alexis represents domestic and foreign clients across a range of matters, serving as trusted counsel on a number of highly sensitive cases and complex commercial disputes. Alexis combines strategic insight with a steadfast commitment to achieving favorable outcomes in the most challenging environments to help clients navigate complex legal, reputational and operational challenges.
Representative Experience
- Represents a major video game company in a high-profile consumer protection and intellectual property dispute concerning unauthorized digital markets and platform integrity.
- Advised a leading global social media platform on the implications of emerging AI regulations, including alignment of product design, data governance and global compliance strategy.
- Successfully defended through international arbitration a large electronics-industry company in a cross-border dispute with excess of $40 million in controversy, including recovery of attorneys’ fees.
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- Represented technology company in investigation brought by Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia.
- Represented a loan provider in a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau civil investigation demand related to marketing practices.
- Successfully defended through arbitration a real estate trust company against claims of breach of contract and fraud in a multimillion-dollar dispute involving the buyout of a minority interest in a land development partnership.
- Defended former co-president of uranium transportation company against Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and related federal charges through a multiweek criminal trial, resulting in acquittals of multiple charges.
Professional Highlights
Speaking Engagements
- “Whose Fault Is It Anyway: Section 230 & Liability for Online Harms,” Pillsbury CLE Webinar, Nov. 9, 2023
- “Waiver of Subrogation Clauses and Provisions in Construction Contracts,” Lorman CLE Webinar, June 11, 2024
External Publications
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- The Singapore Convention: Not Much There, There, 3 ITA Rev. 32, 2021, David Stute and Alexis Wansac
- GAR Know How Litigation: USA, Global Arb. Review, 2021, Authors: Michael Jaffe, Charles Conrad, Roland Reimers, Alexis Wansac, Richard Deutsch and Rafael Boza
- Disclosure at Home and Across the Pond, 170 New L. J. 19, July 15, 2020, Authors: David Stute and Alexis Wansac
- Firm Publications
- Level Unlocked: Insurance Recovery Options for Video Game Manufacturers Facing Video Game Addiction Lawsuits, Oct. 24, 2024, Authors: Eric Gold and Alexis Wansac
- Subrogation 101 (and Why Should I Care?), June 8, 2023, Authors: Clark Thiel and Alexis Wansac
- USDA Outlines $19 Billion in COVID-19 Relief, April 22, 2020, Authors: Matthew Oresman, Alexis N. Wansac and Warren A. Kessler
- Associations
- Video Game Bar Association
- International Game Developers Association
- American Bar Association, Digital Games and New Media Committee
- ChIPs (Advancing Women in Tech, Law & Policy)
Education
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J.D., Harvard Law School, 2019
B.A., University of Central Florida, 2014
cum laude
Admissions
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District of Columbia
New York