August 9 Webcast: Addressing Digital Asset Integration Risks — From Regulation to Investigation

August 9 Webcast: Addressing Digital Asset Integration Risks — From Regulation to Investigation

July 25, 2022, 12:34 pm
Please join Ayana Murphy, Brad Lohmeyer and Andrew Sotak for this free webcast.
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May 5 Webcast — “Sustainable” Private Equity: An In-Depth Look at ESG Trends and Challenges

May 5 Webcast — “Sustainable” Private Equity: An In-Depth Look at ESG Trends and Challenges

April 28, 2022, 1:50 pm
Please join Rodolfo Araujo, Christopher DeSa, Jessica Monson and Danielle Reyes for this free webcast.
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Crypto: The Wave of the Future or a Giant Ponzi Scheme?

Crypto: The Wave of the Future or a Giant Ponzi Scheme?

February 22, 2022, 11:03 am
Please join Kelsey Hightower, Lee Reiners, Sandra Ro, Anthony Scaramucci, and John Reed Stark for this free webcast.
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Feb. 1 Webcast — SEC Enforcement: A Look Back at 2021, and What to Expect in 2022

Feb. 1 Webcast — SEC Enforcement: A Look Back at 2021, and What to Expect in 2022

January 14, 2022, 12:28 pm
Please join Bill McLucas, Doug Davison, Marty Wilczynski and Steve Richards for this free webcast.
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Jan. 18 Webcast: Navigating the Minefield of Dodd-Frank’s Whistleblower Provisions (2021 Update)

Jan. 18 Webcast: Navigating the Minefield of Dodd-Frank’s Whistleblower Provisions (2021 Update)

January 4, 2022, 10:34 am
Please join F. Joseph Warin, John W.F. Chesley, Greta Williams, Nicole Lee, Sean X. McKessy, and Jim Barratt for this webcast.
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Crypto skeptics have been debating online for years. Now they’re organizing.

By on August 16, 2022, 8:25 am

Every other Tuesday, a half-dozen people hop onto a Zoom call and talk about how to expose what they see as a global fraud phenomenon: cryptocurrency. The conversation is informal and they talk for only about an hour or so each time, said John Reed Stark, a former government lawyer who participates in the calls. […]

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King & Spalding Adds Financial Services Litigation Partner Jamie Dycus in New York – King & Spalding

By on August 16, 2022, 8:23 am

King & Spalding announced today that partner Jamie Dycus has joined the firm’s Trial and Global Disputes practice group in the New York office. Dycus represents financial institutions and other commercial clients in a variety of complex litigation, regulatory and enforcement matters. Source: King & Spalding Adds Financial Services Litigation Partner Jamie Dycus in New […]

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Former Facebook General Counsel Joins Latham Watkins

By on August 16, 2022, 8:22 am

Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Colin Stretch, Facebook Inc.’s (now Meta Platforms, Inc.) General Counsel from 2013-2019, has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as Of Counsel, with a focus on the Public Company Representation and Emerging Companies Practices. He will provide strategic counsel to clients, including pre-IPO and public companies […]

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SEC deal could end ex-Dewey & LeBoeuf CFO’s long-running legal trouble | Reuters

By on August 16, 2022, 8:21 am

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said it is poised to settle an eight-year-old civil case against the former chief financial officer of defunct international law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf, marking a possible end to the legal fallout of the firm’s collapse for its ex-leaders. In a Friday letter to U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni […]

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Tornado Cash’s Sanctions Show Shift in Crypto Regulatory Focus – WSJ

By on August 16, 2022, 8:15 am

The U.S. Treasury Department’s decision to crack down on cryptocurrency platform Tornado Cash for allegedly being used to launder stolen funds—and the subsequent freezing of millions of dollars in assets by one of the largest U.S. stablecoins in compliance with the order—has prompted concerns of excessive government pressure from many crypto participants, particularly those in […]

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ESG Funds Face US SEC Probe Over Ceding Votes on Social Issues – Bloomberg

By on August 15, 2022, 5:44 pm

US regulators are expanding their crackdown on misleading labels of investment products with a probe focused on whether managers of funds that are marketed as sustainable are trading away their right to vote on environmental, social and governance issues. For the past several months, Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement lawyers have been peppering firms offering […]

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SEC Charges 18 Defendants in International Scheme to Manipulate Stocks Using Hacked US Brokerage Accounts

By on August 15, 2022, 4:54 pm

According to the SEC’s complaint, in late 2017 and early 2018, hackers accessed at least 31 U.S. retail brokerage accounts and used them to purchase the securities of Lotus Bio-Technology Development Corp. and Good Gaming, Inc. The unauthorized purchases allegedly enabled fraudsters, who already controlled large blocks of Lotus Bio-Tech and Good Gaming stock, to […]

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SEC Names Monique Winkler as Regional Director of San Francisco Office

By on August 15, 2022, 2:02 pm

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Monique C. Winkler has been named Regional Director of the San Francisco Regional Office. Ms. Winkler has served as the office’s Acting Regional Director since March 2022 and as the Associate Regional Director for Enforcement in the San Francisco Regional Office since 2019. Source: SEC.gov | SEC […]

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SEC Names Nicholas Grippo as Regional Director of Philadelphia Office

By on August 15, 2022, 1:08 pm

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Nicholas P. Grippo has been named Regional Director of the Philadelphia Regional Office, effective September 12, 2022. Mr. Grippo currently serves as Chief of the Criminal Division for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey (USAO) where he supervises approximately 120 prosecutors and support […]

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Crypto Regulation Crackdown Looms for Stablecoin Market – Bloomberg

By on August 15, 2022, 8:56 am

Lawmakers in the US, the EU, the UK, Japan and others are considering rules that would overhaul the $150 billion sector. Several of these proposed restrictions are intended to bring issuers of the tokens — which are cryptoassets designed to keep a one-to-one peg with a less volatile currency like the US dollar — under […]

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