The Law Office of Pascual & Pascual LLP

02/11/2026

Part II of a three-part series on designing a campaign from scratch.

01/29/2026

The New York Times has been tracking every lawsuit challenging President Trump’s policies since he returned to office in January 2025 — more than 600 cases and counting. Here is a snapshot of where the lawsuits stand. https://nyti.ms/4c07NcL

12/05/2025

When I was growing up, my Dad would drive out of his way to the HESS gas station because it was 5 cents cheaper than the Exxon station.

I used to tell him “Dad it’s only five cents who cares”

He said “It’s not about the five cents, it’s about sending a message. Today it’s five cents, tomorrow it’s fifty cents.”

I didn’t really get that logic until tonight when I needed gas and the cash price was $2.99 and the credit price was like $3.15.

16 cent difference. Insanity. I put $20 cash in and left just because I will not have time tomorrow

Dad, 30 years later, I finally get it. Still teaching me lessons 10 years after you left.

04/02/2025

Starting May 7, anyone flying domestically or entering secure federal facilities in the United States must have a Real ID, Enhanced ID or valid passport.

07/07/2023

No one has been able to quantify the precise number of romance scammers in Nigeria, but it may well be in the hundreds of thousands.

The person sending messages to Brett, James, and dozens of other American men was named Richard, but he preferred to be called Biggy. He was 28 and from Nigeria. The photos he used in the Facebook account where he posed as Natasha—a 32-year-old single mother from Wisconsin, interested in economic development and cryptocurrency—were pilfered from the social media of a real woman named Jennifer. He’d used other accounts to pretend to be a gym instructor, and a lonely American soldier deployed abroad.

https://apple.news/A9g9LeVLBQIOvzlP6GhBVpQ

07/07/2023

Cryptocurrency scams can take many forms. Similar to the money in your bank account, scammers want your crypto and will do anything they can to get it. To protect your crypto assets, it helps to know when and how you’re being targeted and what you can do if you suspect that a cryptocurrency and communications related to it are a scam.

KEY TAKEAWAYS
There are several ways that thieves and scammers can get your cryptocurrency or trick you into giving it to them.

Crypto scams often aim to gain private information such as security codes or trick an unsuspecting person into sending cryptocurrency to a compromised digital wallet.

Some scam examples are giveaways, romance scams, phishing, extortion emails, fake company alerts, blackmail, rug pulls, initial coin offerings (ICOs), non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and fake mining apps or networks.

Signs of crypto scams include poorly written white papers, excessive marketing, and claims that you’ll make a lot of money quickly.

You can contact several federal regulatory agencies and your crypto exchange if you suspect that you’ve been the victim of a crypto scam.

06/03/2023

The EU Parliament agreed last week on the world’s first comprehensive set of rules to regulate the transfer of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, as it looks to crack down on money laundering and illegal transfers in the bloc.

From 2024, all crypto transfers, regardless of amount, will be covered by the so-called ‘travel rule’ — information on the source of the asset and its beneficiary will have to travel with the transaction and be stored on both sides of the transfer.
The regulation requires firms that want to issue, trade, and safeguard crypto-assets, tokenised assets, and stablecoins in the 27-country bloc to obtain a licence.

“Recent events have confirmed the urgent need for imposing rules which will better protect Europeans who have invested in these assets, and prevent the misuse of the crypto industry for the purposes of money laundering and financing of terrorism,” said Swedish finance minister Elisabeth Svantesson.
MiCA — as the new regulation is known — is designed to ensure that crypto transfers within the EU can be traced in much the same way as ordinary bank transfers. Furthermore, they are meant to protect investors by increasing transparency and putting in place a comprehensive framework for issuers and service providers including compliance with the anti-money laundering rules.

The EU Parliament agreed last week on the world’s first comprehensive set of rules to regulate the transfer of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, as it looks to crack down on money laundering and illegal transfers in the bloc. From 2024, all crypto transfers, regardless of amount, will be covered by t...

03/30/2023

The Federal Reserve raised rates at the fastest pace in decades to tame inflation, pushing its key policy rate from about zero to a range of 4.75% to 5%. Treasury prices spiraled downward, since bond prices move in the opposite direction of rates. That’s only an immediate problem for someone who wants to sell a bond before it matures.

Unfortunately for SVB, it fell into that category. Its clients, many of whom had much more than $250,000—the cap on federal deposit insurance—at the bank, got nervous and started yanking out their money.

SVB could only sell Treasury holdings, as well as mortgage bonds backed by government agencies, at steep losses. The bank collapsed within days.

US Treasuries came back to haunt investors and bankers who ignored the basics of interest-rate risk—and there could be more surprises in store.

03/28/2023

Members of the virtual currency industry must navigate and comply with OFAC sanctions.

This brochure provides an overview of OFAC sanctions requirements and procedures, including licensing and enforcement processes, and highlights sanctions compliance best practices tailored for the virtual currency industry. Publication of this brochure is in keeping with OFAC's commitment to engage with the virtual currency industry to promote an understanding of, and compliance with, sanctions requirements.

https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/126/virtual_currency_guidance_brochure.pdf