Sept. 15 Webcast: The Current Compliance Landscape in Brazil--What You Need to Know About New Forms of Fraud, Corruption and Other Crimes

Sept. 15 Webcast: The Current Compliance Landscape in Brazil–What You Need to Know About New Forms of Fraud, Corruption and Other Crimes

By on August 5, 2021, 10:40 am

Please join Iris Bennett, Carlos Ayres and Steven Neuman for this free webcast.

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July 28 Webcast: The Modernization of Communications and Corporate Investigations

July 28 Webcast: The Modernization of Communications and Corporate Investigations

By on July 7, 2021, 4:42 pm

Please join Emmanuel Ayuk, Veeral Gosalia, Irumire (David) Okhumale, and Alex Semertzides for this free webcast.

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Feb. 2 Webcast: Navigating the Minefield of Dodd-Frank's Whistleblower Provisions (2020 Update)

Feb. 2 Webcast: Navigating the Minefield of Dodd-Frank’s Whistleblower Provisions (2020 Update)

By on January 22, 2021, 9:59 am

Please join panelists from Gibson Dunn, Phillips & Cohen and AlixPartners for this free webcast.

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SEC Enforcement: A Look Back at 2020, and What to Expect in 2021

SEC Enforcement: A Look Back at 2020, and What to Expect in 2021

By on December 29, 2020, 6:41 pm

Please join panelists Bill McLucas, Doug Davison, Marty Wilczynski and Jason Flemmons for this free webcast.

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Securities Docket Announces 'Enforcement 40' for 2020

Securities Docket Announces ‘Enforcement 40’ for 2020

By on October 29, 2020, 10:23 am

Securities Docket announces its list of the 40 best securities enforcement defense lawyers.

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Fed Imposes New Restrictions on Officials’ Investment Activities – WSJ

By on October 22, 2021, 7:39 am

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell imposed sweeping personal-investing restrictions on senior officials in a bid to address a stock-trading controversy that prompted the resignation of two reserve bank presidents and hurt his prospects of being reappointed to lead the central bank next year. The Fed on Thursday said the new rules will restrict senior officials’ […]

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Peace Returns to Brooklyn U.S. Attorney’s Office, Now as Boss – Bloomberg

By on October 18, 2021, 8:53 am

Breon Peace, who began his career as a prosecutor under the U.S. Attorney in Brooklyn two decades ago, is now running the office, one of the busiest in the nation. Appointed by President Joe Biden and sworn in Friday, Peace becomes the third Black lawyer to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of […]

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Former Southern District Prosecutor Sarah Krissoff Joins Day Pitney’s White Collar Practice in New York | Day Pitney LLP

By on October 15, 2021, 12:31 pm

Sarah Krissoff has joined Day Pitney as a partner in the firm’s Government Enforcement and White Collar Criminal Defense practice. Previously, she served with distinction for over a decade as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. She is based in the firm’s New York office. […]

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Troutman Pepper’s Boston Office Adds Jordi de Llano, Former Deputy Chief of the Securities, Financial & Cyber Fraud Unit of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts

By on October 15, 2021, 12:23 pm

Jordi de Llano, an experienced federal prosecutor, has joined Troutman Pepper’s national White Collar and Government Investigations Practice Group. De Llano most recently was the Deputy Chief of the Securities, Financial & Cyber Fraud Unit in the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, the state’s top federal law enforcement agency. Source: Troutman […]

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Coinbase says U.S. should create a new cryptocurrency regulator

By on October 15, 2021, 12:21 pm

The U.S. should create a new regulator to oversee digital asset markets, Coinbase said in a new policy proposal released Thursday. It warned that failure to regulate appropriately could leave the country even further “behind” other governments. The proposal comes a day after one of its investors, venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, released its own […]

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SEC Awards $40 Million to Two Whistleblowers

By on October 15, 2021, 11:37 am

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced awards of approximately $40 million to two whistleblowers whose information and assistance contributed to the success of an SEC enforcement action. The first whistleblower, whose information caused the opening of the investigation and exposed difficult-to-detect violations, will receive an award of approximately $32 million. The first whistleblower also […]

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SEC Enforcement Director Urges Market Participants to Practice “Proactive Compliance” | Cadwalader Cabinet

By on October 12, 2021, 12:24 pm

New SEC Division of Enforcement Director Gurbir Grewal urged firms to focus on “proactive compliance” to ensure that they are continually tailoring their compliance strategies to evolving technologies and regulations. In his first speech as Director, Mr. Grewal cautioned firms against the assumption that if “regulators are particularly focused on issues ‘X’ or ‘Y’ in […]

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SEC Chief to Wall Street: The Everything Crackdown Is Coming – AdvisorHub

By on October 11, 2021, 2:02 pm

The joke in Washington is that Gary Gensler could inspire his own version of the game, “Drink Every Time…” The rules: Down a shot every time the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chief says he’s “asked the staff” to consider new regulations. Gensler has “asked the staff” about oversight for crypto — drink. For online […]

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SEC Digs Deeper Into Companies’ EPS Manipulation – WSJ

By on October 11, 2021, 10:31 am

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s review of companies’ earnings per share has brought cases against three firms over the past year or so, and could come into greater focus under the regulator’s new leadership. The initiative, launched a few years ago, reviews earnings per share for the majority of U.S. public companies at least once […]

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Cryptocurrency questions and answers with the experts

By on October 7, 2021, 10:31 am

CNN Business talked to the biggest names in the crypto space — from billionaires who have made fortunes on crypto, to fierce detractors who argue that its societal costs outweigh any potential benefits — to answer your most pressing cryptocurrency questions. Listen to our assembled panel of experts, dig in and make up your mind […]

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