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The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Joel R. Levin has been named Director of the Chicago Regional Office. He will join the agency next month. Mr. Levin is a veteran federal prosecutor who has served in various senior leadership positions in the Department of Justice over the last 25 years. Since 2014, he […]
Enforcement Division Associate Director Scott W. Friestad passed away Wednesday, April 4, 2018. He served as an Associate Director in the Division of Enforcement beginning in March 2005, having left private practice to join the SEC in 1995. via Statement on Passing of Enforcement Division Associate Director Scott W. Friestad — SEC Press Release
If there was ever a regulatory grace period for virtual currencies and blockchain technology, it is officially over. Five federal regulators—The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the US Treasury Department (FinCEN), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Office of Foreign Assets Control […]
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is unlikely to announce its new director before parliament reconvenes on 17 April as the troubled search for a new head to replace David Green stumbles on. The SFO had been planning to announce its successor to Green by 6 April, possibly earlier, but will not be able to do […]
Global 50 law firm Goodwin announced today that James D. Gatta, the former Chief of the Criminal Division for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York (EDNY), has rejoined the firm’s New York office as partner in its Government Investigations and Enforcement and White Collar Defense practices. Gatta was an associate […]