This is the fourth in our 2025 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. We will be posting further installments in the series throughout the next several...more
2/20/2025
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Climate Change ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Insider Trading ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Regulatory Reform ,
SCOTUS ,
SEC v Jarkesy ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation ,
Technology Sector ,
Trump Administration
This is the fourth in our 2024 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. We will be posting further installments in the series throughout the next several...more
2/27/2024
/ Board of Directors ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corporate Governance ,
Cybersecurity ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Final Rules ,
Insider Trading ,
Popular ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Regulation ,
Shareholders ,
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) ,
White Collar Crimes
Editors’ Note: With the advent of the Biden presidency, we invite you to join us as we examine important trends in white collar law and investigations. Our first entry takes a closer look at SEC enforcement. Up next: a review...more
3/11/2021
/ Biden Administration ,
CFTC ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Disclosure ,
Disgorgement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Financial Reporting ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Insider Trading ,
Market Manipulation ,
Private Funds ,
Regulation BI ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Whistleblowers
On January 11, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the 2019 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in United States v. Blaszczak, which substantially broadened the scope of criminal insider trading...more
1/25/2021
/ Appeals ,
Bridgegate ,
Carpenter v US ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Dirks v SEC ,
Employees ,
Hedge Funds ,
Insider Trading ,
Investigations ,
Kelly v United States ,
Personal Benefit ,
Remand ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Fraud ,
Tippees ,
White Collar Crimes
The recently-reported sales of stock by several U.S. Senators following private briefings on the COVID-19 pandemic, apparently allowing them to avoid significant losses before the markets plummeted, have focused attention on...more
The recently-reported sales of stock by several U.S. Senators following private briefings on the COVID-19 pandemic, apparently allowing them to avoid significant losses before the markets plummeted, have focused attention on...more
December 9th, 2019, the full House of Representatives approved H.R. 2534, otherwise known as the Insider Trading Prohibition Act. If passed by the Senate and signed by the President, this legislation would mark an important...more