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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. […]
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
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 […]
Coinbase says U.S. should create a new cryptocurrency regulator
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 […]
SEC Awards $40 Million to Two Whistleblowers
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 […]
SEC Enforcement Director Urges Market Participants to Practice “Proactive Compliance” | Cadwalader Cabinet
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 […]
SEC Chief to Wall Street: The Everything Crackdown Is Coming – AdvisorHub
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 […]
SEC Digs Deeper Into Companies’ EPS Manipulation – WSJ
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 […]
Cryptocurrency questions and answers with the experts
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 […]
Justice Department Sets Up National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team – WSJ
The U.S. Justice Department is creating a national cryptocurrency enforcement team to tackle investigations and prosecutions of criminal misuses of cryptocurrency and to recover the illicit proceeds from these crimes, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said Wednesday. The creation of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team, which would be under the supervision of Assistant Attorney General […]
Ripple lawsuit raises hopes as ‘Crypto Mom’ condemns SEC policy – FinanceFeeds
Hester Peirce, who has recently published a statement together with Commissioner Elad Roisman against the way the agency is regulating cryptocurrencies, has delivered her harshest assessment yet at an interview with Yahoo Finance. “It is disconcerting to me that for three years now I’ve been asking for regulatory clarity, and we can’t seem to provide […]