Feb. 16 Webcast: Navigating the Minefield of Dodd-Frank’s Whistleblower Provisions (2022 Update)

Feb. 16 Webcast: Navigating the Minefield of Dodd-Frank’s Whistleblower Provisions (2022 Update)

January 24, 2023, 3:10 pm
Please join F. Joseph Warin, John W.F. Chesley, Molly Senger, Nicole Lee, Sean X. McKessy and Jim Barratt for this...
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SEC Enforcement: A Look Back at 2022, and What to Expect in 2023

SEC Enforcement: A Look Back at 2022, and What to Expect in 2023

January 19, 2023, 12:31 pm
Please join Bill McLucas, Doug Davison, Marty Wilczynski and Jason Flemmons for this free webcast.
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December 14 Webcast: CFIUS and Non-US FDI Regimes – A 2022 Lookback and 2023 Outlook

December 14 Webcast: CFIUS and Non-US FDI Regimes – A 2022 Lookback and 2023 Outlook

December 5, 2022, 11:28 am
Please join Scott Boylan, Brian Egan, Nate Fisher and Joe Molosky for this webcast.
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Nov. 30 Webcast: Cyber Risk — Insider Threat and Whistleblower Risk Management

Nov. 30 Webcast: Cyber Risk — Insider Threat and Whistleblower Risk Management

November 25, 2022, 10:04 am
Please join Andrew Pak and Luke Tenery for this 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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Wall Street Firm Set to Reap Millions for Untangling FTX Empire

By on January 28, 2023, 11:52 am

Sullivan & Cromwell, after surviving a push to kick it off the FTX bankruptcy, stands to reap huge fees to sort out the finances of Sam Bankman-Fried’s fallen crypto empire. The Wall Street law firm has more than 150 people working on the FTX case, including 30 partners with rates that exceed $2,000 per hour, […]

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Perella Weinberg London HQ Searched in Insider Trading Probe – Bloomberg

By on January 28, 2023, 11:49 am

Perella Weinberg Partners LP London headquarters were searched this week as part of a German insider trading investigation. The investment bank was searched by officials on Jan. 25. Frankfurt prosecutors are looking into allegations that a London-based employee at the bank disclosed information on planned takeovers and other suspects traded on that, according to people […]

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Sam Bankman-Fried’s dog can attack on command using secret word

By on January 28, 2023, 11:20 am

Disgraced former cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried has reportedly enlisted the services of a 75-pound dog who is trained to attack on command using a secret code word. The family of the fallen FTX founder recently purchased Sandor, a German shepherd who is described by Forbes magazine as “welcoming, but trained to attack with the utterance […]

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White House Calls on Congress to ‘Step Up Its Efforts’ on Crypto Regulation

By on January 28, 2023, 11:17 am

Four senior U.S. officials in the Biden administration published a statement on Friday urging Congress to “step up its efforts” with respect to regulating the cryptocurrency market. The officials – Brian Deese, director of the National Economic Council; Arati Prabhakar, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy; Cecilia Rouse, chair of […]

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Retail Investors Plan to Demonstrate at SEC Offices Nationwide

By on January 27, 2023, 9:45 am

Retail investors will picket outside Securities and Exchange Commission offices across the country on Friday and Saturday, meme-stock internet personalities say. “Occupy SEC 2023” will be an “educational awareness rally,” said Mike Mynar, an event organizer and personality behind TheMarine Activist Channel on YouTube, which discusses and promotes retail investments in meme stocks. Rally attendees […]

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Breach of the Duty of Oversight Liability Extends to Officers as Well as Directors | The D&O Diary

By on January 27, 2023, 9:43 am

In a shareholder claim against the former global head of HR at McDonald’s, the Delaware Chancery Court has held that liability for breach of the duty of oversight, which Delaware courts had previously extended only to corporate directors, can also extend to corporate officers, as well. In addition, in a separate part of the opinion […]

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How the Crypto Industry Can Prepare for Regulatory Scrutiny: Earn Respect from Regulators – CoinDesk

By on January 27, 2023, 9:41 am

Their posture is not, “We’ve seen what’s happened with FTX and others and think it’s time we bring regulation to the space to make it safer.” Rather, it seems to be: “We don’t want to have any responsibility for this space that we think is disreputable and risky, and we certainly don’t want to be […]

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Mango Markets to Resume Crypto Trading, SEC Be Damned

By on January 27, 2023, 9:36 am

Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28. Secure Your Seat Developers behind the shuttered decentralized crypto exchange Mango Markets say they’re pushing forward with a relaunch of the project – even as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) alleges the project’s native token, MNGO, is […]

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Germany arrests man for suspected M&A insider trading; four other suspects | Reuters

By on January 27, 2023, 9:34 am

A 47-year-old German man has been arrested on suspicion of insider trading on upcoming M&A deals, one of five suspects who generated millions of euros between 2017 and 2021, Frankfurt prosecutors and German regulators said on Thursday. The authorities said they had been conducting an investigation since November 2021, and that they carried out multiple […]

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Sen. Ted Cruz Wants to Force Capitol Hill Vending Machines to Accept Crypto

By on January 27, 2023, 9:32 am

But Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has proposed requiring vendors on Capitol Hill to accept cryptocurrency as payment. On Wednesday, Cruz introduced a concurrent resolution that, if adopted, would require the Architect of the Capitol, the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives to only contract with food service […]

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